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 ...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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,...

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...

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...

Jan. 27 hosting McAlester Jan. 28 hosting Maverick January 29 hosting Maverick Feb. 1 at Stilwell 4:30 weigh-in

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...

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

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...

Big catch: Ethan Rivas caught this huge 70-lb. spoonbill on Grand Lake. COURTESY

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...