During a press conference Thursday at the Sharp Center, Keith Riggs’ resignation was announced and he introduced defensive coordinator Adam Gaylor as the new head coach. Riggs had a 68-21 record and t...

Class 3A top-ranked Lincoln Christian defeated No. 3 Sulphur 28-27 in the 2024 Oklahoma high school football state championship game Thursday night at the University of Central Oklahoma’s Chad Richiso...

I said this in my last year at the Checotah Sports Banquet: Elijah Thomas will be the next player from Checotah to play in the National Football League. Tracy Scroggins was dominant in the NFL as he p...

Checotah wrestler Jaydon Casey has his hand raised after winning the wrestling tournament in his weight division.

Trout stocking in Oklahoma had a late start this year. Stocking is tentative based on flooding, water temperatures, trout availability, road conditions and other unforeseen circumstances. Due to recen...

Elevation is 1.5 ft. above normal and stable, water temperature 70°F and murky. (USACE Lake Level) Largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass fair on crankbaits, in-line spinnerbaits, jerk baits, liples...

Summer has a way of draining the fast-paced excitement of spring fishing from the most avid of anglers, giving the illusion of “poorfishing” until the next calendar year, but nothing could be further ...

In its 40th year of honoring the nations most elite high school athletes, Gatorade today announced Elijah Thomas of Checotah High School is the 2024-25 Gatorade Oklahoma Football Player of the Year. T...

Vian football coach Gary Willis said his team could not commit turnovers if the Wolverines were going to have the best chance of bringing home a gold football and a state championship for the first ti...

The Oklahoma Sooners accepted a bid to play in the Armed Forces Bowl to take on Navy (8-3, 6-2 American), the bowl announced. The Armed Forces Bowl is set for Dec. 27 on ESPN, with kickoff slated for ...

The Eufaula Ironheads improved to 2-0 after a dominating 70-35 performance over the Morris Golden Eagles Friday night at Morris. Eufaula led 19-4 at the end of the first period after Jentry James led ...

The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association announced on Saturday all the sites and times for the semifinals that will be spread over the next two weeks. The Class 6A II semifinals will be at...

Sergeant Billy Walks About is one of the most decorated soldiers in the Vietnam War. Sergeant Walks About was awarded one Distinguished Service Cross, five Silver Stars, 10 Bronze Stars and six Purple...

Reagan Cotter Dickens is the 2024 Eufaula Rodeo bareback champion and CWRA/CRRA and ACRA Rookie of the Year champion from Eufaula, Oklahoma. Dickens currently is sitting at #5 in ACRA and #3 in the fi...

The Checotah Impact Player of the Week is Elijah Thomas. Thomas had eight receptions for 242 yards with four touchdowns including a 74, 43, 7 and 76 yard scores and he led the team with 14 tackles in ...

The Oklahoma Sooners stunned the No.7 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide 24-3 to win in their final home game, securing a 26th consecutive bowl bid for the program and playing spoiler to the Tide’s SEC title...

The Class 3A-3 district was the only district to go undefeated in the first round of the OSSAA (Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association) State Football Playoffs on Nov. 15. The state of Okla...

The Oklahoma State Cowboys scored 48 points in a losing effort as Texas Tech scored 56 points to defeat the Aggies Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium. The Red Raiders (7-4, 5-3 Big 12) bounced back fro...

Checotah and University of Oklahoma football standout Greg Dixon passed away on Sunday, Nov. 17. Dixon was 58 years old and battled cancer for a long time. Dixon helped Oklahoma win the 1985 National ...

The Eufaula Ironheads ended the season with a 2-9 record in their first year in district 3A-3. Although their record does not show it, the Ironheads were in every game with the exception of No. 1 rank...