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Spring sports and weekly papers
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Spring sports and weekly papers
By Rodney Haltom Sports Editor 918-689-2191 ijsports@cookson.news 
May 9, 2024
Spring sports and weekly papers Spring sports is a busy time for all schools as student athletes are hitting the baseball/ softball diamonds, out running track, teeing off at the golf courses and prep...
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Catfish
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Catfish
May 9, 2024
Jarrett Cooney and Kevin Keagin caught a mess of catfish while fishing on Lake Eufaula.
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Brown, Patel end season in regionals
Sports
Brown, Patel end season in regionals
May 9, 2024
Checotah golfers Weston Brown and Aum Patel earned a spot in regionals but fell short in qualifying for the state tournament. “I’m very proud of these two guys. It didn’t end the way we wanted it to b...
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Needham title highlights day one at GAC Championship
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Needham title highlights day one at GAC Championship
May 9, 2024
MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Southeastern had just two events on day one of the Great American Conference Championship meet but made the most of them, first with Eufaula graduate Macayala Needham earning a confer...
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Ironheads go down swinging
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Ironheads go down swinging
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
May 2, 2024
The Eufaula Ironheads (1416) saw their season come to an end as the Idabel Warriors swept the Ironheads on Wednesday 12-5 and 20-5. Eufaula was riding high after defeating the Morris Eagles 5-3 in gam...
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Eufaula Lady Ironheads golf team punch ticket to State
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Eufaula Lady Ironheads golf team punch ticket to State
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
May 2, 2024
The 2024 Eufaula Lady Ironhead golf team continues the long tradition of producing great golfers and making the state tournament. Wednesday was no different as the Lady Ironheads punched their ticket ...
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Stilwell ends Checotah Baseball team’s season
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Stilwell ends Checotah Baseball team’s season
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
May 2, 2024
The Stilwell Indians put an end to the Checotah Wildcat baseball season with a 11-7 victory on Wednesday. The Wildcats (10-21) failed to win their last four games as they struggled to find any rhythm ...
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Apply now controlled hunts
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Apply now controlled hunts
May 2, 2024
Your path to individual, group and youth hunting opportunities; including once-in-a-lifetime Elk Hunts The Controlled Hunts application period is currently open now. Hunters can enter drawings for a h...
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Sports
2024 Eufaula Fishing Tournaments
May 2, 2024
May 2-5 *MLF Bass Pro Tour May 5 American Bass Trail May 11-12 Chickasha Bassmasters May 16-18 *MLF Toyota Series May 19 Nichols Marine Tournament June 1-2 Ok High School Fishing Tournament June 2 Ame...
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Lake Eufaula Fishing Report
May 2, 2024
Elevation is 0.5 ft. above normal and stable, water temperature 62°F and stained. (USACE Lake Level) Striped bass, striped bass hybrids, and white bass good on crankbaits, jigs, lipless baits, plastic...
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AUSTIN GRIFFIN, ODOW
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AUSTIN GRIFFIN, ODOW
May 2, 2024
A three-year study of blue catfish has biologists rethinking which techniques are best for monitoring the population. Though low-frequency electrofishing has long been the recommended gear type and do...
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Ironhead duo East Central lineman Ty Dodd
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Ironhead duo East Central lineman Ty Dodd
May 2, 2024
Ironhead duo East Central lineman Ty Dodd, coach Cameron Box and quarterback Jacob Fitzer are all smiles after the Spring game in Ada.
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Rethinking sampling gear gives better estimate of Big Catfish
By JENA DONNELL 
May 2, 2024
Just as anglers can fill their tackle boxes with everything from jigs and crankbaits to sinkers and bobbers, biologists also depend on different “gear types” to sample Oklahoma’s fish communities. Ele...
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NSU Lady RiverHawks earn All-MIAA honors
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
May 2, 2024
Northeastern State women golfers made the Mid-American Intercollegiate Athletics Association’s end-of-year team. Sam Maceli and Jessica Parker joined Hang on the All-MIAA Third Team. Yasmin Hang led t...
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Reclassification returns Lincoln Christian and others to Class 3A
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
May 2, 2024
Since last summer, the Lincoln Christian Bulldogs were scheduled to shift to 4A in 2024 and 2025 due to amendments to the Oklahoma School Activities Association’s Rule 14, which elevates private schoo...
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Major League Fishing Stage Four this weekend on Lake Eufaula
Sports
Major League Fishing Stage Four this weekend on Lake Eufaula
By MITCHELL FORDE FANTASY FISHING 
May 2, 2024
Oklahoma’s Lake Eufaula introduced itself to the national bass fishing tournament scene a little more than a year ago when the Tackle Warehouse Invitationals visited the sprawling impoundment in April...
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Ironheads and Wildcats compete in Regional Track Meet
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Ironheads and Wildcats compete in Regional Track Meet
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
May 2, 2024
The Class 3A and 4A Regional qualifier was moved to Oklahoma Baptist University on Monday after storms forced officials to move the meet to Monday. It was a beautiful day for Track and Field athletes....
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Characteristics of a great coach
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Characteristics of a great coach
By Rodney Haltom Sports Editor 918-689-2191 ijsports@cookson.news 
May 2, 2024
Characteristics of a great coach Great coaches mentor student-athletes. A coach in most cases plays key roles in an athlete’s life. Some play the role of counselor, teacher, uncle, father and coach. T...
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Hilldale hires Harrison as new Basketball coach
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
May 2, 2024
The Hilldale Hornets hired Hunter Harrison as the new basketball coach. Harrison succeeds Gary Hendrix as the Hornets’ head boys basketball coach. The 66-year-old Hendrix called it a career with 716 w...
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Oktaha punches ticket to State in Slow Pitch
May 2, 2024
Tuesday’s Schedule At Hall of Fame Stadium in OKC CLASS 4A Oktaha vs. Silo, 1 p.m.; Pocola vs. Hinton, 1 p.m.; Dale vs. Stroud, 2:30 p.m.; Preston vs. Latta, 2:30 p.m.; (Semifinals) Oktaha-Silo winner...
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Lady Ironheads top the field to win Canadian Golf Tournament; Lady Wildcats place 6th
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Lady Ironheads top the field to win Canadian Golf Tournament; Lady Wildcats place 6th
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
April 2, 2026
The Eufaula Lady Ironheads brought home hardware Wednesday, capturing the team title at the Canadian Golf Tournament at Arrowhead Golf Course with a strong all-around performance. Eufaula set the tone...
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Highway 150 memorial sign unveiled for fallen heroes
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Highway 150 memorial sign unveiled for fallen heroes
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
April 2, 2026
On Friday, March 27, friends and family of the late William “Bill” Walker, an OHP State Trooper, and the late T. Leo Newton, Fountainhead Park Superintendent, gathered together to participated in the ...
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Teen drowns on Lake Eufaula
April 2, 2026
A 17-year-old drowned on March 20, on Lake Eufaula in Pittsburg County. According to reports, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) and several other local agencies recovered the teen in approximately nin...
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Head-on fatality claims Checotah man
April 2, 2026
According to OHP, a Checotah man died after colliding head-on with another vehicle last Wednesday in McIntosh County. The vehicle, driven by Ricky L. Chester, 49, was traveling west on Oklahoma 266 at...
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Early voting begins April 2
April 2, 2026
The following entities will hold an election on April 7, 2025: Eufaula Public Schools (Board Member Office No. 1) Graham-Dustin Public Schools (Propositions No. 1 & No. 2) Hanna Public Schools (Board ...
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