Kingfisher Oklahoma

Kingfisher’s quest to return to the top of the Buckle of the Wheatbelt Invitational was derailed by a bunch of Boomers.The kind from Woodward.The Boomers continued their upward trend Saturday by knocking off the Jackets 65-56 in the championship game of the tournament.

Cashion needed this one…in more ways than one.The Lady Wildcats got their biggest win of the season Saturday as they upset 2A’s eighth-ranked Riverside 50-45 to win their own Cashion County Line Tournament.It was Cashion’s first time to win its own tournament since 2018.

They found a way.Taylor Young knows that’s all that matters.Kingfisher won the girls championship of the Buckle of the Wheatbelt Invitational on Saturday by escaping Weatherford with a 46-45 victory in the championship game.

Camdyn Richardson continued his torrid pace and it helped bring Hennessey another Yale Tournament championship.The Hennessey senior followed up Thursday’s school-record 56-point performance with 37 in the semifinals and then another 21 in the championship.

It’s safe to say Lomega all but owns the Cherokee Strip Conference Tournament championship.The Lady Raiders made it 10 in a row Saturday night when they downed Class B’s 17th-ranked Medford 62-44 in the championship game at Pioneer-Pleasant Vale High School.

New coach.Same result. The Okarche Lady Warriors have had different head coaches in each of the last three years they’ve participated in the Coyle Invitational.But each year, they’ve still come home with the championship trophy.

Charlene Dale Franks was born July 24, 1941, in Konawa. She went on to be with our Lord on Jan. 24, 2025. She was 83 years old.Charlene grew up in Konawa where she attended Summers Chapel Country School.

Verilea Elsie Gleichman of Okarche departed this life for heaven on Jan. 21, 2025.Verilea’s birth on Nov. 22, 1936, on the Okarche family farm marked the beginning of a life grounded in faith. Rudolph and Margaret (Henrichs) Meyer welcomed her at the “home place.

Alice Virginia Hinkle, 98, passed away Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Kingfisher.Funeral services were Friday, Jan. 24, at Watonga Church of the Nazarene with Jeff Liles and Jared Burch officiating.Burial followed at Watonga I.O.O.F. Cemetery under the direction of Wilkinson Mortuary in Watonga.

Diann Magnus has long bragged about her Kingfisher vocal students being some of the best out there.Once again, they’re proving her right.Several Kingfisher singers were honored recently by being named to various all-state choirs for the different grade levels.