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Sports week in pictures

News Staff

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Upper left, Wellston junior Savanah Gaylord holds the banner honoring the 1,000th point of her career, which came during the WLT’s win over Agra in the Glencoe tournament.Top center, Zaedyn Hankins lays in a bucket for Chandler in the Lions’ overtime win over Tuttle.

Conference wrestling

News Staff

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Above, Chandler wrestler Brylee Waldman maneuvers her opponent during the Midwestern Conferemce wrestling tournament over the weekend at the Choctaw Event Center in Durant.Left, Ryan Harvey from Prague after winning his championship match.

Chandler’s seventh-ranked Lions rolled to the championship at the 66 Conference tournament in Stroud last week. The Lions beat Stroud and Holdenville in the first two rounds and Okemah by a 57-38 margin in the finals on Friday. In the girls’ bracket, McLoud’s fourth-ranked girls won the tournament and went to 16-0 for the season. They beat Holdenville, Stroud and Okemah with an average winning margin of 40 points. Photo/Cynthia Snider

Tournament week

Girls

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

GirlsDavenport 54, Agra 32 Wellston 55, Coyle 34 Glencoe 48, Agra 25 Strother 68, Carney 28 Davenport 46, Cushing 39 Pawnee 52, Davenport 37 Dale 59, Bethel 40 McLoud 73, Holdenville 25 McLoud 70, Stroud 24 McLoud 63, Okemah 37 Meeker 47, Seminole 34 North Rock Creek 70, Tecumseh 31 Broken Bow 65,...

Chandler hosted Bethel in a wrestling dual last week. Working their opponents are (above) Lizzy Pryor, Brylee Waldman (left) and Brody Waldman (below). Photos/ Jennifer Pryor

Chandler hosted Bethel in a wrestling dual last week

News Staff

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Sports week in pictures

News Staff

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Left, Shailey Penn was crowned as Chandler’s wrestling homecoming queen last week before the Lions’ dual with Bethel. Her escort is Landon Earp. Photo/Jennifer Pryor Above, Wellston’s Kamber Goodman (11”) draws a lot of attention from the Coyle Lady Jackets last week.

North Rock Creek’s Kadence Munn became the first girl to score 1,000 points for the Lady Cougars. She hit the mark last week against Tecumseh at the Washington tournament. She is shown with coach Lance Blocker. Photo/Sheryl Gowin

Munn notches 1,000th point for NRC

News Staff

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Competency evaluation requested

Emily Kalka Staff Writer

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

The attorneys for a man facing over 400 felony animal cruelty counts have requested that he be evaluated for competency, while the defendant has contested the assessment.Jerry Hine, charged with 408 counts, was set to go to trial on Monday, Feb.

Shilo Davenport (10) tightropes the out of bounds line during Davenport’s win over Coyle last week. Photo/Brian Blansett

Shilo Davenport (10)

News Staff

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

A competitive spirit

Emily Kalka Staff Writer

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Stroud senior Jackson Campbell has always had a competitive nature.He started playing sports when he was five or six -- ever since his father Jim Campbell used to coach in Chandler.

Wellston’s Shilo Davenport (10) makes a move against Mulhall-Orlando during the WLT’s win last week. Photo/Rick Hester

Still unblemished

News Staff

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

It was more of the same last week for the area’s three remaining unbeaten basketball teams.Wellston’s girls moved to 18-0 with a victories over Crescent and Mulhall-Orlando, which was ranked No. 20 in Class B-2. The WLTs are ranked No. 8 in Class A.

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