Davenport rolls up Strother

Davenport’s Bulldogs opened their district play last week, easily winning a home contest and needing only one half to defeat Strother 58-6. Davenport Coach John Greenfield said, “We played well. Strother had only nine players, but we had only 15 ourselves,” he noted.

Stroud moves to 4-2, 3-0 in district

Stroud rolled off its fourth straight win and moved into a two-way tie for first place in District A-6 by clipping the Hartshorne Miners 42-21 Friday night. The Tigers and the Mounds Eagles sit atop the district with 3-0 league records and will meet at Jack Poskey Stadium in Stroud on Oct. 21.

Meeker hammers Kellyville for homecoming

Meeker pounded Kellyville 56-12 Friday to put an exclamation mark on homecoming and keeping pace in District 2A-2. Sophomore Treyvon Compton replaced injured start Ty Gabbert at quarterback against Kellyville and threw for five touchdowns and 260 yards.

NRC, Dale hit the semifinals

Top, Hannah Earlywine’s North Rock Creek teammates await at the plate as she comes home after slugging a home run in the Lady Cougars’ state semifinal game against Tishomingo.

All those good feelings

At the end of a super hard and exhausting Sunday as I stood there with my face buried in your neck, while you had your arms wrapped around me, I felt safe. I felt loved. All the good things people want to feel I felt.

Memories of big league baseball

As I was finishing up a meeting the other evening, a sports new alert popped up across my phone that Roger Maris’ American League record of 61 homers in a season had been broken. When I got home, I asked my wife Pat had she seen that on her phone. She quietly uttered an unenthused “huh huh.

Town Talk

The Andrew Sisters are coming to Stroud and Town Talk has received its first donation for two general admission tickets from Maxine Jordan. You won’t find a more patriotic Stroudite than Maxine.

Sharp blade

As I watched the blood running off the back of my hand, my first thought was: “I really wish I hadn’t done that.” My second thought was: “This is going to be embarrassing to explain.

Hearing set for Sparks man accused of four felonies

A pre-preliminary hearing has been scheduled for a Sparks man who faces four felony counts and two misdemeanors. Formal felony charges were filed May 4 in Lincoln County District Court against James Leonard Smothers, 41 following his arrest recently by Lincoln County deputies.

Driver faces third DUI after Meeker arrest

A driver who has been convicted twice since May of this year for driving under the influence of alcohol faces a new felony DUI count. Jeffery Todd Keener, 47, of Chandler, was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court Oct.