National champion

Chandler’s Heath Gray won his second national championship and led his University of Oklahoma wrestling team to a runnerup finish in the NCAA Division II national tournament in St. Louis last week. Wrestling at 187 pounds, Gray beat West Liberty’s Connor Craig, 4-3, in the finals.

WTs play for state

The Wellston Tigers were playing Riverside Country Day School Tuesday night in Kellyville for a berth in the Class A state tournament. The game was underway as we went to press for this edition. Photos and copy will be in next week’s edition. Monday night, the Tigers lost 49-34 to No.

Youth wrestlers shine at state

Chandler Youth Wrestlers went to state over the last two weekends. Fifteen came home with hardware and lots of hard work to end their season.

1,000 points

Leah Brannon lays in a bucket in the regional tournament against Newkirk, reaching the 1,000-point mark for her career with the Chandler Lady Lions. Photo/Mario Holland

Area sports week in pictures

Clockwise from left: Hayden Brooks (24) puts up a fade-away jumper for Davenport against Porter Consolidated in the regional tournament at Shawnee. Photo/Brian Blansett George McKiddie (24) makes a move in the lane against Erik Harron of Vanoss Monday night at Kellyville.

Playoff chase begins

The high school school baksetball play offs kicked into gear last weekend, with Wellston and Davenport bringing home championship hardware in Class A. In addition to classes A and B, 2A, 3A and 4A schools play districts this weekend. Here is this week’s schedule: Boys Class A Wellston v.

Powerlifters win at Bethel - record for Peery

The Chandler boys powerlifting team won the Bethel meet last Thursday and Kalee Peery set an unofficial state record in the squat. Peery squatted 270 pounds, which is five pounds more than the state record of 265 lbs for her weight class.

Jones signs with ECU

Kaden Jones from Chandler signed Monday to play college football with East Central University in Ada. Pictured with him above are his parents, Justin and Lori Jones and coach Alex Reid and Jack Gray. Photo/Brian Blansett

Dietz second at state meet

Landon Dietz from Chandler, who is pictured at right in the silver position on the awards stand, came in second at the junior high state tournament. A fifth-grader, he wrestled at 72 pounds in the 6th-7th division.