Archive - Apr 12, 2012
Ka’Loni Marie Flynn, 20, and her unborn child, Baby Za’Kaylynn, of Fort Smith, Ark., died Monday April 9, 2012. She was born March 4, 1992, in Fort Smith to Herbert Flynn Jr. and Delana (Dixon).Â
 She was preceded in death by her maternal grandmother, Marie Dixon.
Ik Cha “Nina” Kirkland, 77, of Calhoun died Saturday, April 7, 2012, in Heavener.
Nina is the daughter of Mr. Han Kun Pak  and Ms. Hong Chu Yi, both of South Korea.
Nina lived the past 40-plus years in Calhoun. She was a homemaker, a loving wife, mother, and grandmother.
As far as the winner's bracket is concerned for the 2012 LeFlore County Slow-Pitch Softball Tournament, the seeding has held true to form.
The Poteau Lady Pirates, the top seed, and the Heavener Lady Wolves, the second seed, both advanced to tonight's winner's-bracket final with wins Tuesday night at the Poteau Area Recreational Complex.
The Lady Pirates edged the Panama Lady Razorbacks 5-4, while the Lady Wolves clawed the Pocola Lady Indians 18-4.
Poteau and Heavener will meet at 5 p.m. today at the PARC with the winner playing for the championship at 8 p.m. tonight.
Most Valuable Player — Clint Crane, Wister
Poteau — Wilson Klutts, Blake Roley.
Cameron — Austin Standridge, Dale Pearson.
Panama — Isaac Burris, Tyler Sebo, Buddy Rothermel.
Pocola — Grant Severe, Tanner Francis, Ricky Manzano.
Spiro — Joe T. Ross, Tyler Didway, Quaylon Griffith, Hunter Wilson, Colby Demato.
Wister — Caleb Hill, Logan Warren, Cody Luman, Dalton Brown.
The Poteau Pirates run ruled the Talihina Golden Tigers 10-1 in five innings Tuesday afternoon at Town Creek Park.
HOWE — The Howe Lions picked up a home win Tuesday afternoon with a 9-2 win over the Arkoma Mustangs at Lions Field.
Leflore 13, Clayton 8: Tuesday in Leflore, the Savages rallied from a 3-0 first-inning deficit to get the come-from-behind win.
Wister 17, Hartford, Ark., 0: Tuesday in Hartford, the Wildcats (13-2) jumped out to a 5-0 lead after an inning, and ended the game with an eight-run third inning.
Jon Watts got the win as he pitched a no-hitter with six strikeouts. He missed by one batter of having a perfect game.
SALLISAW — The Cameron Yellowjackets got a 3-1 victory over the Keys (Park Hill) Cougars Tuesday afternoon in the opening day of the 2012 Sallisaw-Central Tiger Shootout.
The Yellowjackets were slated to meet the Spiro Bulldogs in the quarterfinals Wednesday night with the winner playing Westville at 5 p.m. today in the winner's-bracket semifinals, but all of Wednesday's games were rained out. The ’Jackets and the ’Dogs will play at 7 p.m. tonight.
Westville defeated Pocola 3-1 in the third game of Tuesday's action.
The Panama Razorbacks lost their game 13-2 to the Vian Wolverines.
PARK HILL — If there was ever a heartbreaking loss, the Heavener Lady Wolves soccer team suffered such a setback Tuesday night.
The Lady Wolves lost a 1-0 double-overtime district contest to the Keys (Park Hill) Lady Cougars, who scored the game's only goal with four minutes left in the second overtime.
The Lady Wolves will return to action with a home game at 4:30 p.m. Friday at Harvey Stadium against Westville. The Wolves will then meet the Yellowjackets at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
SALLISAW — The Poteau Lady Pirates golf team won Tuesday's Sallisaw Invitational with a team score of 354.
The Lady Pirates not only won team title, but they also had the top two individual golfer as Hannah Ward was top medalist with a score of 72 and teammate Addie Guthrie was second (86).
Cathleen Manlove and Paitton Callery each shot 98s, while Skylynn Terry carded a 101.
The Lady Pirates will return to the links at 9 a.m. Monday at the Class 4A State Preview at Lake Hefner South Course in Oklahoma City.
ALMA, Ark. — Both the Poteau Pirates and Lady Pirates track teams finished sixth at Tuesday afternoon's Airedale Senior Relays.
The Pirates scored 34 points, finishing behind champion Russellville, Ark. (176 points). Host Alma was runner-up (164 points), followed by three other Arkansas schools — Fort Smith Southside (102.5), Van Buren (47.5) and Magazine (35).
As for the Lady Pirates, they scored 51 points. Southside won the team title with 139 points, followed by Russellville (98), Van Buren (71.5), Magazine (61) and Mansfield, Ark. (61).
