High school basketball

Above left, Kendal Johnson helped lead the Wellston girls to a district championship Saturday night, then changed clothes and joined the cheer squad. At halftime of the boys game, sh entertained the crowd by doing flips from one end of the court to the other. Twice.

Wellston Tigers

Kaylea McLin Chance Sanders

Players of the Week

Makenzie Herman Dayton Forsythe

Dale wins battle of No. 1s

A last minute change in the schedule last weekend due to the weather put two No. 1 teams in different classes squaring off against one another. The Dale Pirates, ranked No. 1 in Class 2A, defeated Roff, ranked No. 1 in Class B, 34-27 in a contest played at Vanoss.

Ostrowski, Hall sign

Football standouts Jacob Ostrowski from Chandler and Rylan Hal-Norton from McLoud signed letters of intent to play college football with Oklahoma Baptist University and Tabor College, respectively.

High school hoops

Left, Addie Bell drives from the arc during Dale’s win over Roff on Saturday at Vanoss. Photo/Rick Hester. Above, Emerson Askew advances the ball for North Rock Creek against Mount Saint Mary.

Sports year in photos

2021 provided some memorable sports moments for area high school athletes. Top, Stroud freshman Drew Clovis clears the bar on his way to a silver medal in the pole vault in the Class 2A state track meet in Ardmore in May.

Tournament week

Area teams brought home a lot of hardware from the first tournament week of the basketball season. Dale swept the championships in the inaugural Boomarang Classic, played at Dale.

Meeker to start MS softball

The Meeker Board of Education Monday night agreed to add a Middle School slow-pitch softball program beginning in the Spring. School Supt. Jeff Pruitt told the board members, “the kids are interested.

Fowble and Haley are December Lions

Chandler High School seniors Dalton Fowble and Delaney Haley have been named December Lions of the Month by the Lion’s Club. Dalton Fowble, the son of Eric and Virginia Fowble, maintains a 3.95 grade point average while taking concurrent college classes in addition to regular coursework.