Cal Shields

Cal Shields tries to tag a Sasakwa runner in Stroud’s home opener. Also pictured for Stroud are Gideon Smalley (12) and catcher Gage Bailey.

Wellston at state

The Wellston Lady Tigers made the most of their first trip to the state tournament in 37 years.They kicked off the Class A state tournament with a 9 a.m. game on Wednesday against the defending stare champions, led for more than half the game and took it down to the wire before falling 4237.

Lions fall in area

Chandler’s boys fell a game short of making a repeat trip to the state tournament, falling 56-43 to second-ranked Roland and 48-42 to 9th-ranked Eufaula.The Lions went into the area tournament in the winners’ bracket with a 23-4 and No. 7 ranking, but finished the season with a 23-6 record.

At the Almost-As-Big House

When you walk out of the tunnel and onto the floor of the OG&E Coliseum in Oklahoma City, your first reaction is: Woah! This is a seriously nice venue.It’s bright and shiny and still has that new venue smell. A definite upgrade over The Big House that it replaced.

Sports week in pictures

Above left, Dale girls coach Eric Smith talks to his team during a second-time out in their win over Pawhuska. Photo/Rick Hester Right, the Chandler cheerleaders took on the Eufaula cheer squad in a tug-of-war at the area tournament in Okmulgee and won.

Baseball, slow pitch roundups

BaseballCarney- For the week, 1-0. Win over Olive (16-5). Now 1-0 for the season.Catcher Lane Ramsey tripled and drove in three runs to key the win over Olive. Paytan Edgar picked up the win on the mound, striking out 12 in five innings of work while not allowing a hit.Chandler- For the week, 0-2.

State basketball

Above, the Wellston bench celebrates a basket during the Class A state tournament last week The WLTs made their first state tournament appearance since 1989 and played well, but fell to defending state champion Cyril.. Photo/Brian Blansett.

Sports week in pictures

Left, Landon Earp from Chandler competes in the Class 3A wrestling state tournament, where he took fourth place at 120 pounds.Photo/Jennifer Pryor Right, Jaydan Denson (2) makes a move toward the lane in Chandler’s regional finals win over Sequoyah-Tahlequah.