The Checotah Wildcats track team competed against some of the best athletes on the east side of the state Thursday at the Wagoner Invitational. Several local athletes had a great outing. “I was very p...

Boater Tad Sweitzer of Eufaula caught five bass Saturday weighing 23 pounds, 6 ounces, to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine on Eufaula Lake. The tournament was the season...

In much discussion, it is the opinion of some that the recent victory by transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, winning the NCAA 500 Swimming title has changed the dynamics of women’s sports. Thomas, who was...

Elevation below normal, water 51 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...

Tye Pippenger proudly displays his Barbary Sheep he harvested while hunting with his father in South West Texas. COURTESY

Local fishermen Brian Young and Gerald Overstreet won the Magnolia Crappie Club tournament held on Grenada Lake in Mississippi. The team had a total weight of 20.02 pounds, winning by more than three ...

The ODWC annual Wildlife Youth Camp provides youth ages 14 to 16 an opportunity to explore careers in the world of wildlife and fisheries management. The 2022 Wildlife Youth Camp will be held June 12...

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...