On a beautiful spring morning at the Oktaha High School Golf Tournament at Fountainhead Creek Golf Course, Keys took advantage of a struggling field in windy conditions to edge Verdigris 380 to 385 fo...

A committee is ready to begin studying the effectiveness of the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association’s Rule 14. Rule 14 was enacted in 2011 to address perceived competitive inequities betw...

The American Athletic Conference and ESPN have agreed to a 12-year, $1 billion media rights deal beginning in the 2020-21 season. The deal will pay each school $6.94 million annually, which is about $...

Springtime brings spring turkey hunting seasons in Oklahoma, but it is also the season of fundraising banquets for many conservation partner groups in the state. These fundraisers have become a tradi...

By Rodney Haltom Sports Editor Young angler Christian Scott had a big day fishing on Lake Eufaula. The Poteau senior caught a 10 lb., 2 oz. bass on March 19. Scott, a member of the Poteau high school ...

The Fort Gibson Tigers won in dramatic fashion in back-to-back days with the Checotah Wildcats. Christian Jorgensen’s two-out line shot to center and deflected off the glove of a diving Jacob Barrett ...

Hilldale’s girls’ basketball coach Lance Kight resigned after two seasons. Kight was 25-29 in two seasons, 13-13 this past year. He took over when Scott Hensley made a move from the girls’ bench to th...

By Rodney Haltom The McIntosh County Democrat (MCD) is proud to present Olivia Clayton, Vanessa Henson and Alexis Hamilton as the Checotah Lady Wildcats Players of the Year. Checotah had a dream seas...

Marlow’s Bill Carter, Purcell’s Randy Belicek, Frederick’s Ed Jones and Blanchard’s Kevin Foster, Anadarko boys basketball coach Doug Schumper and former Davis football coach Jody Weber. Also, former ...

South Region’s No. 1 seed Virginia Cavaliers ousted the Oklahoma Sooners 63-51 Sunday evening in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Columbia, S.C. Oklahoma trailed 31-22 at halftime. Virginia ...

New England Patriots All-Pro, future Hall-of-Fame tight end Rob Gronkowski announced his retirement from the game of football. Gronkowski, 29, made the announcement via his Instagram account in a long...

Oklahoma Coaches Association announced its 2018-19 All-State wrestling teams. Among them is Checotah senior and state wrestling champ Cade Shropshire. Shropshire ended his high school career with a 33...

Mannford had six runs on the scoreboard before Checotah put their lone score in the third inning in Friday’s 9-1 loss. Checotah struggled at the plate throughout the game. Hunter Hamilton was on the m...

On March 21,1617 – Pocahontas (Rebecca Rolfe) died of either small pox or pneumonia while in England with her husband, John Rolfe.  As Pocahontas and John Rolfe prepared to sail back to Virginia, she ...

Natalie Gough supplied Oklahoma City University by placing among the top 20 of the South Dakota State Jackrabbit Invitational on Tuesday at Boulder Creek Golf Course. Gough, a freshman from Bixby, hel...

The American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians announced on March 4th that Eufaula, Oklahoma chiropractic physician, Dr. K.G. Bradley, was elected to serve a two-year term on the nine-member Ame...

The Checotah Wildcats (3-6) roared to a 10-5 win over Drumright Thursday at the Beggs Baseball Tournament. With the game tied 5-5 at the bottom of the fifth inning, Brock Butler doubled on the first ...

ScoreStream, Inc., the largest fan-driven, sports sharing platform in America, and the Great American Rivalry Series, are partnering up for the 2019 Series. ScoreStream and BRAINBOX, the Great America...

Student-athletes making a difference I believe that there are more student-athletes making a difference and an impact on programs today more than ever before. There are more underclassmen taking lead...

The scoring woes continued for Checotah on Saturday as the win went to the home team, Beggs, in a 9-1 contest. After both teams went scoreless in the first two inning innings, Beggs went on a scoring ...