Sports

Jaynie Ford dives for the ball for the Lady Cougars, who are 8-4 for the season. Photo/Sheryl Gowin

Volleyball

News Staff

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

No Name2 Jade Wilkes3 Lily Dyer4 Carly McCaslin6 Jaynie Ford7 Brielle Walker 8 Tatum Williams9 Ally Fichtner10 Brianna Ogden11 Liana LeClaire14 Amy Haynes22 Lauren RowellSchedule08/14/25 Weatherford (4A) 1-3 L08/18/25 Tishomingo (3A) 3-0 W08/21/25 Bethany (4A) 0-3 L08/26/25 Heritage Hall (3A-# 9)...

Freshman Madison Benson spins one to the plate during the Lady Cougars’ 8-1 win over Bristow at Firelake last week. Benson allowed only two hits and breezed five. Photo/Brian Blansett

Softball

News Staff

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

No Name Cl7 Laynee Joyner Sr19 Sophie Morris Sr1 Izzy O’Daniel Jr16 Aspyn Harder Jr8 Aubree Shivelhood Jr64 Ashlyn Bade Jr2 Jaden Clifton Jr24 Hayden Goeller So21 Adisyn Little So12/32 Presley Rosser So22 Morgan Bertram So11 Madison Benson Fr15 Kassidy Streber Fr23 Sye Nash Fr25 Macey Fleming Fr35...

Alexis Fowble clubs one during the WLT’s game with Coyle. Photo/Jeremy Self

Softball

News Staff

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Wellston has only one senior - Alexis Fowble - but you wouldn’t know it the way the Lady Tigers came out of the gate to sart the season.They’re 5-1through Aug. 30.

Taste of football

News Staff

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Area high schools got their first football scrimmages in last week, with Chandler hosting McLoud, Stroud hosting Mannford, Davenport going to Strother, Meeker hosting Little Axe, Prague hosting Harrah, NRC visiting Bethel.

Sports week in photos

News Staff

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Above left, Stroud’s Jordan Neeley (2343) and Prague’s Hailey Johnson (2260) compete in the Prague cross country meet.Johnson finished third and Neeley 5th. Photo/Beth Young Above right, Javarious Wade breaks a long gainer during Chandler’s scrimmage with McLoud.

Sports season!

News Staff

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Sports seasons are in full swing for area high schools. Fast pitch, cross country and volleyball have started their schedules and football teams have gotten in a week of scrimmaging. Above left, Stroud’s Aiden Collins stops a Mannford runner during the Tigers’ scrimmage Friday evening.

Leah Reeves (right, front) carries a boat with her teammate after receiving the bronze medal in the women’s 8+ rowing competition at the 2025 FISUWorld University Games in Germany. The team came in behind Great Britain and the Netherlands. Reeves is a Chandler graduate from the Class of 2022. Photo Submitted/Billie Rae Brannon

Competing internationally

Emily Kalka Staff Writer

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

For most people in Chandler, and by extension Lincoln County, getting into a boat means spending a leisurely afternoon on the lake fishing or tubing.It usually doesn’t result in winning medals.For Chandler grad Leah Reeves, however, stepping into a boat means gearing up for a race.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt was in Stroud Saturday to watch his son, Remy, run for Oklahoma Christian School in the annual cross country meet. After spectating, he graciously posed for a photo with the Stroud boys cross country team, from left, Bobby Mitchell, Rylan McCracken, Jaymin Ashpaugh and Aiden Young. Photo/Beth Young

Photo with the governor

News Staff

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Sports week in photos

News Staff

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Top left, Chandler’s Rhett Haley rounds a turn at the Stroud cross country meet Saturday. Haley finished seventh with a time of 10:37.3. He was the top placing runner from our area. Photo/Brian Blansett. Above left, Mary Baker from Meeker nears the finish line at the Stroud cross country meet.

Sports week in photos

News Staff

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Fastpitch season is under way, with all area teams in action this week.Above, umpire Keith Little prepares to call Autumn Gaylord safe at home during Davenport’s win over Maud.

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