Following this weekend’s electric PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Unleash The Beast event in Kansas City, Missouri, not only is there a new No. 1 ranked bull rider in the world, but the race to be crow...

Area teams are biting at the bit and excited about returning to play sports after a long spring break. The Eufaula Ironhead baseball team will want to return where they left off as they swept Heavene...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Training, dedication and passion – three things that are typically used to define the traits of an athlete. However, those same words can also describe the men and women who put hours ...

The Oklahoma State Cowboys will open camp on Tuesday, March 22, and close out the five-week stretch of workouts with the Spring Finale on Saturday, April 23. There is also a Coaches Clinic scheduled f...

Chicago Cubs draftee and Checotah baseball standout Caleb Knight reported to Mesa, Arizona for the 2022 Spring Training camp. Knight plays for the Iowa Cubs, a Triple A Affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. ...

Casey Fairchild, the new Director of Sports and Recreation for the City of Checotah, wants locals and visitors to know that the Checotah Sports Complex is the place to be with lots of scheduled events...

Fast Lanes Bowling Center is home to two USBC Sanctioned Youth Leagues and these teams are winning big. The Afterschool Fast Lanes The Afterschool Fast Lanes Youth League consists of 27 members rangin...

In 1893 the first women’s basketball game was played, but men weren’t allowed to watch. The idea caught on, though, and by 1895 women all around the country were playing collegiate basketball. Alas, i...

6A Boys at OU, 6A Girls at Carl Albert 5A Boys at Noble, 5A Girls at Norman North 1. Game Times: Thursday: At all sites: 2p.m., 3:30 p.m., 7:00 p.m., 8:30 p.m. 2. Tickets: All general admission digita...

After the Eufaula Lady Ironheads heartbreaking 40- 37 loss to Kellyville in Regional action at Henryetta, Eufaula head coach Nick Yarbrough posted a sincere statement to his team and the Ironhead fai...

A OSSAA Transfer Bill that would allow students who transfer from high schools during the summer time to play sports the following year failed to pass in the Oklahoma House in Oklahoma City. Shawnee R...

Several times in this column the past three years, the NFHS has shared concerns about the declining number of officials for high school sports. Last fall, in fact, the headline stated that the officia...

The Checotah Wildcats fell to the Inola Longhorns 6-5. The Wildcats had a commanding 3-0 lead but the Longhorns kept chipping away at the lead after taking advantage of Wildcats’ mistakes. The moment...

Elevation below normal, water 47 and murky. For current elevation conditions go to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website at https://www.swt-wc.usace.army.mil/EUFA . lakepage.html. Largemouth, small...

Eufaula senior power lifter Ty Dodd punched his ticket to compete in the state tournament in El Reno. Dodd competed in the powerlifting regionals in Broken Bow on Friday. The 6’, 5”-306 pound won fir...

The Eufaula Ironheads head coach Josh Luna had his team well prepared as they had plenty of production at the plate in an 11-9 win over Haskell on Thursday at the Ball Park in Eufaula. The excitement...

The Checotah Wrestling team took five wrestlers to the state tournament in Oklahoma City and came away with one state championship and four other great competitors. Freshman Luke Collett went 5-0 to ...

Eufaula senior forward Alex Parish has joined a small group of players to score 1,000 or more points in a high school career. Parish has totaled 1,250 points so far this season with regionals and area...

The Bartlesville Board of Education unanimously voted to hire new varsity football coach Harry Wright for the position. Wright is a Eufaula graduate and has had a lot of success coaching. Wright earne...

Rangers edge Ironheads 61-58 The Roland Rangers used a quick start on their way to a barn burning 61-58 win over a feisty Eufaula Ironhead (16-6) team in the Ranger Dome. Roland’s Bryce Bird scored 2...