The No. 8 Checotah Wildcats (8-4) forced the No. 6 Bristow Pirates to walk the plank Friday night after defeating Bristow 35-32 and earning Checotah a spot in the semifinals of Class 3A. It is the fir...

Friday night’s heavyweight boxing match between champion Jake Paul and Mike Tyson was nothing more than boxing propaganda. Just the size of the boxing gloves could tell anyone who has been in the boxi...

Coach John Robinson, a 2009 College Football Hall of Fame inductee who headed programs at Southern California and UNLV, passed away Nov. 11 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, of complications from pneumonia. ...

The Checotah Impact Players of the Game is the Checotah offensive line. The Offensive line dominated the Cascia Hall defensive line opening up running lanes for Wildcat running backs and gave protecti...

In accordance with the Big 12 Conference sportsmanship policies, the Conference has issued a public reprimand of University of Utah’s Director of Athletics Mark Harlan for his actions at the conclusio...

Eufaula once again has a wrestling program thanks to Jeremy and Tori Fry and Rico Garcia. The youth program is coached by Dave Hutchings of Henryetta. Hutchings has built a youth program and a high sc...

“I think we deserved this win more than anyone right now. Through the blood, sweat, and tears and the ups and downs throughout the season, we deserve it. We had our best week of practice last week and...

When you think about the wrestling programs of the past for Eufaula High School, you automatically think of Tommy Casey. Casey was dominant on the wrestling mat, earning himself a collegiate scholarsh...

Though he died in poverty, Jim Thorpe is remembered as one of the greatest sportsmen of the 20th century, having won two Olympic track and field gold medals and played baseball, American football and ...

The anticipated boxing match between the legendary Mike Tyson and YouTuberturned- boxer Jake Paul has been rescheduled for Friday, Nov. 15 at AT&T Stadium (Netflix, 8 p.m. ET). Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs), o...

Josh Hoover passed for 287 yards and a touchdown, and TCU rolled past Oklahoma State 38-13 on Saturday night. JP Richardson caught seven passes for 100 yards and Cam Cook ran for two touchdowns for th...

Hunting season is getting exciting in Oklahoma, with deer archery, fall turkey, and both squirrel and rabbit seasons in full swing! Quail season runs Nov. 9 - Feb. 15, and duck season for zones 1 and ...

The Sooners (5-5, 1-5 in SEC) managed just one touchdown, twice settled for field goals in the red zone and committed four turnovers, the last of which was returned for the gamedeciding touchdown in a...

Scenes from the 109th meeting between Checotah and Eufaula

The 109th meeting was a game for the ages, a game that went to the last seconds, as the Checotah Wildcats topped in-county rivals Eufaula Ironheads 13-7. This was like two heavyweight boxers squaring ...

The Eufaula Lady Ironheads received some fantastic post-season honors with multiple athletes achieving All-District, All-Region and All-State honors. Eufaula finished the season 30-5 overall, losing t...

The Oklahoma Sooners finally earned a victory with a 59-14 shellacking of the Maine Black Bears. Maine came out swinging and took an early 7-0 lead on their first offensive possession. After that was ...

Bryan ‘Rudy’ Lynn The Eufaula Impact Player of the Week is senior linebacker Bryan “Rudy” Lynn. Lynn is physical, fast and strong as he made 12 unofficial tackles against Lincoln Christian. Lynn has b...

Ruby and Ruthy Folkner Checotah Impact Players of the Week are Ruby and Ruthy Folkner and Elijah Mohammed. Ruby Folkner placed 40th out the entire state of Oklahoma and her sister Ruthy placed 103rd a...

Area cross-country athletes closed out the season Saturday at the State meet at Edmond Santa Fe in Edmond. Eufaula freshman Baylor Bohannon finished 109 out of 145 participants with a time of 19:08.58...