Checotah Impact Player of the Week

Sports

November 20, 2025

The Checotah Impact Player of he Week is Jayden Lake. Lake finished with three receptions for 152 yards in the Wildcats’ 38-20 loss to Inola in the first round of the playoffs.

Impact Player of the Week is sponsored by Zach McQuay Construction Your Cement Specialist

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OU Regents green-light major step toward $450 million stadium transformation

By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR

November 20, 2025

The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents took a major step Tuesday toward one of the largest capital projects in school history — approving the design development phase and authorizing the creation...

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Sooners’ defense ignites chaos in 23-21 victory over Alabama

By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR

November 20, 2025

Oklahoma’s playmaking defense packed its biggest punch of the season Saturday, torching Alabama for 17 points off three massive turnovers and throwing the entire SEC and College Football Playoff race ...

Sports | Outdoors

Antlerness harvest

November 20, 2025

With antlerless deer harvest trending downwards the past few years, hunters are urged to take advantage of the state’s more liberal bag limits and more open days for antlerless harvest. There are seve...

Sports | Outdoors

BIG GAME SEASONS

November 20, 2025

Deer • Deer Archery: Oct 1, 2025 – Jan 15, 2026 • Deer Gun: Nov 22, 2025 – Dec 7, 2025 • Holiday Antlerless Deer Gun: Dec 18, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025 Elk • Elk Archery: Oct 1, 2025 – Jan 15, 2026 • Elk Gu...

Sports | Outdoors

Lake Eufaula Fishing Report

November 20, 2025

Fishing at Eufaula Lake in Oklahoma is currently fair to good, with largemouth bass biting on crankbaits and plastic baits near brush, points, and shorelines. Catfish are good, particularly blue catfi...

Sports | Outdoors

Deer Gun Season draws near; We got you covered

By Rut Report to Drop Next Week

November 20, 2025

With deer archery season underway and the popular gun season set to open Nov. 22, hunters are turning their attention to what’s happening in the woods and fields. Next week’s 2025 Rut Report from the ...

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No. 9 Longhorns rally to end Wildcats’ season in first-round playoff showdown

By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR

November 20, 2025

INOLA — For one dramatic half, the Checotah Wildcats looked poised to shock Class 3A. But a late second-quarter swing, punctuated by an 87yard pick-six with just six seconds left, ignited No. 9 Inola’...

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Eufaula’s Kacin Bass riding high toward a World Championship dream

By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR

November 20, 2025

Kacin Bass of Eufaula has been riding to success since the first time he burst out of the chute — and he’s not slowing down anytime soon. The young cowboy has already wrangled an impressive list of ac...

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Hodgins keeping All-State dream alive

By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR

November 20, 2025

Eufaula senior football standout Luke Hodgins has been working hard to keep his dream of making All-State alive. Hodgins (6’2”, 220 lbs) is an overwhelming talent on the gridiron. He has played multip...

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Battle of Honey Springs still making history

By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER

November 13, 2025

The Battle of Honey Springs Reenactment drew sizable crowds as did Education Day as actors and staff made history come to life over the threeday weekend of events from Nov. 7-9. Visitors and students ...

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Youth missing then found safe

November 13, 2025

A 16-year-old youth who went missing from his home in Lawrence, KS and was later found in Checotah, though he had no local ties to the area. According to a missing flier shared on social media, on Nov...