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USA Softball reveals Top 50 Watch List for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
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USA Softball reveals Top 50 Watch List for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
February 10, 2022
OKLAHOMA CITY – With just over two weeks until the start of the 2022 NCAA Division I Softball season, USA Softball has announced the Top 50 “Watch List” for the 2022 USA Softball Collegiate Player of ...
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Black History Month highlights Myrtis Dightman
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Black History Month highlights Myrtis Dightman
February 10, 2022
Sometimes referred to as the Jackie Robinson of professional bull riding, Myrtis Dightman made history in 1964 when he became the first African-American to compete in the National Finals Rodeo and he ...
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Bridges shows comparisons of former Checotah standout Kaleb Jackson
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Bridges shows comparisons of former Checotah standout Kaleb Jackson
February 10, 2022
Checotah head coach Jason Dowdy has had a lot of success as the Wildcats’ head basketball coach. With each year Dowdy floors a competitive team and this year is no different. But what makes this year...
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Recruit Full Platoon
February 10, 2022
As seen in MCD June 29, 1922 The recruiting officers who spent last week in Checotah accomplished their work Saturday night when they announced that they secured 35 young men from our city to make up ...
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Highlights from Checotah?s colorful Athletic history
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Highlights from Checotah?s colorful Athletic history
February 10, 2022
As published in McIntosh County Democrat on Feb. 2, 1950 Back in 1913, Checotah’s basketball team, captained by George Stidham, played Okmulgee High School three games in one afternoon. In those days,...
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Super Bowl LVI by the Numbers & 2022?s best & worst cities for Football Fans ? WalletHub Reports
February 10, 2022
To determine the best places for loving America’s favorite sport, WalletHub compared more than 240 U.S. cities with at least one college or professional football team based on 21 key metrics. The data...
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Wallace (Frost) goes from State Champion to touring nationally with the All American Red Heads
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Wallace (Frost) goes from State Champion to touring nationally with the All American Red Heads
February 10, 2022
The All American Red Heads were one of the first professional women’s basketball teams. In 1936, almost 50 years after women’s basketball began, C. M. “Ole” Olson (who also founded Oson’s Terrible Sw...
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2021-22 Checotah Wrestling Schedule
January 27, 2022
Jan. 27 hosting McAlester Jan. 28 hosting Maverick January 29 hosting Maverick Feb. 1 at Stilwell 4:30 weigh-in
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Coaches play multiple roles
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Coaches play multiple roles
January 27, 2022
There is no doubt that the position of being a coach is much more than a job. Coaches are counselors, father or mother figures and teachers of life lessons in addition to being a coach and educator. T...
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Checotah guard Tyler Orman
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Checotah guard Tyler Orman
January 27, 2022
Checotah guard Tyler Orman drives to the basket and gets fouled as he shoots and scores in the Wildcats’ game against Wagoner. RODNEY HALTOM | SPORTS EDITOR
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Lake Eufaula Fishing Report
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Lake Eufaula Fishing Report
January 27, 2022
Elevation below normal, water 49 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, smallm...
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Big catch: Ethan Rivas
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Big catch: Ethan Rivas
January 27, 2022
Big catch: Ethan Rivas caught this huge 70-lb. spoonbill on Grand Lake. COURTESY
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THE BIXBY LETTER
January 27, 2022
Abraham Lincoln’s Bixby letter set the foundation of honor for those parents of those that gave the ultimate sacrifice. The Letter was read in the movie Saving Private Ryan Executive Mansion, Washingt...
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Coaches announced for 2022 PBR Global Cup USA in Arlington, Texas on March 5
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Coaches announced for 2022 PBR Global Cup USA in Arlington, Texas on March 5
January 27, 2022
PUEBLO, Colo. (January 20, 2022) – Ahead of the 2022 PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Global Cup USA, the PBR today announced the six coaches who will lead the competing teams inside AT&T Stadium in the...
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Delso enters NCAA Players Portal
January 27, 2022
Former Checotah Wildcat football standout Jacob Delso has entered the NCAA Transfer Portal. Delso played for Eastern Michigan. Jacob announced his intentions on social media. According to ESPN+, Delso...
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Bulldogs bite too much for Ironheads in Checotah Crossroads Classic Championship
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Bulldogs bite too much for Ironheads in Checotah Crossroads Classic Championship
January 27, 2022
The Wagoner Bulldogs (9-6) outscored the Eufaula Ironheads 13-7 in the fourth period with the Checotah Crossroads Class in Checotah’s Event Center 55-43 on Saturday. Both teams tested one another wit...
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Muldrow defeats Checotah 66-34 in consolation bracket
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Muldrow defeats Checotah 66-34 in consolation bracket
January 27, 2022
The Muldrow Bulldogs used a 28-11 quick start to defeat the Checotah Wildcats 66-34 Saturday at the Checotah Event Center. Senior Montana Warrior hit two big three-point shots in the first period that...
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NFF Announces star-studded 2022 College Football Hall of Fame class
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NFF Announces star-studded 2022 College Football Hall of Fame class
January 20, 2022
The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced the 2022 College Football Hall of Fame Class during “Championship Drive Presented by Capital One” on ESPN. Former Sooner great R...
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OHSAA to add girls wrestling and boys volleyball
January 20, 2022
The Ohio High School Athletic Association Board of Directors voted unanimously to add girls wrestling and boys volleyball as emerging sports beginning with the 2022-23 school year. In addition, the bo...
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Front line of COVID-19 and sports
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Front line of COVID-19 and sports
January 20, 2022
The Covid-19 pandemic has forever changed the landscape of sports and the world as we knew it. Fortunately, Oklahoma high schools placed quality care and safety protocols in place in order to have foo...
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Family and friends say farewell to Tracy Scroggins and his mother
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Family and friends say farewell to Tracy Scroggins and his mother
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
March 5, 2026
It was a sad day when Checotah heard of the passing of one of their own, Tracy Scroggins, whose name lives on at the field house and playground in his hometown. Scroggins passed away at the age of 56 ...
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Ironheads tame Wolves for Regional Consolation Championship
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Ironheads tame Wolves for Regional Consolation Championship
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
March 5, 2026
The Eufaula Ironheads continued their outstanding season with a commanding 5837 victory over the Heavener Wolves to capture the consolation regional championship and punch their ticket to area play. F...
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Commutation Hearing set in Jerry Don Hurst murder case
By SHAUNA BELYEU GENERAL MANAGER 
March 5, 2026
Danny Turner was convicted of first-degree murder in 1992 for the 1991 poisoning death of his Checotah High School classmate, Jerry Don Hurst. Turner was convicted and sentenced by a McIntosh County j...
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Mayor issues proclamation honoring late editor Jerry Fink
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Mayor issues proclamation honoring late editor Jerry Fink
By SHAUNA BELYEU GENERAL MANAGER 
March 5, 2026
On March 2, the Eufaula City Council opened its regular meeting by honoring the life and legacy of longtime journalist Jerry Fink. Mayor James Hickman read a formal proclamation recognizing the late E...
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Chamber celebrates America and its members
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Chamber celebrates America and its members
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
March 5, 2026
Checotah Chamber of Commerce celebrated its members and America’s 250th year by hosting an Americana tablescape competition at their annual banquet held Tuesday, Feb. 25. Over 200 business leaders, Ch...
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