Archive - Sports Article
November 13th, 2011
HOWE — It was a battle of LeFlore County felines Friday night at the Howe Gym as the visiting Wister Wildcats defeated the homestanding Howe Lions 53-43 in the boys' game. In the girls' game, the Lady Lions stayed purr-fect on the young season as they defeated the Lady ’Cats 62-31.
CLAYTON — The Whitesboro High School basketball teams split their Friday night doubleheader with the Clayton squads in a battle of Bulldogs.
Whitesboro's girls rallied from a halftime deficit to defeat Clayton 44-39, but the Whitesboro boys could not pick up their first win for new coach Wayne Tucker as they lost to Clayton 72-60.
WHITESBORO — The Whitesboro High School basketball teams split their home games Thursday night with Kinta.
The Lady Bulldogs rebounded from Tuesday night's loss to Smithville by posting a 56-34 victory over the Lady Eagles. However, the Eagles got past the ’Dogs 54-50.
BUFFALO VALLEY — The Leflore High School basketball teams hit the road for the first time Thursday night, going to Buffalo Valley. The locals split their games, with the Savages winning 52-40. The Lady Savages' rally fell short in a 47-45 defeat.
The Carl Albert State College basketball teams began their home seasons in fine fashion with a happy homecoming Thursday night at Mick Thompson Fieldhouse.
The Vikings rallied to down the Bacone College junoir varsity 67-45 for their first win of the season, which came in the heels of the Lady Vikings' 80-29 rout of the Bacone JV.
At halftime of the men's game, Kelly Taylor was crowned as CASC's homecoming queen.
The Poteau High School cross country runners were honored with a postseason banquet Thursday night at the Dale Cox Community Center.
The highlight of the night was when Poteau Coach Tim Hall unveiled a new record board which shows the top runners in Poteau High School history. In fact, four runners' times this season made the top 10 in their respective category.
On the boys' side, Nico Hall is currently third all-time in 3.1-mile races with a 17:59, while Daniel Stacy is ninth all-time (19:05).
Deven Bond (13:12) is fifth all-time in the girls' side, while Sheridan Hoyer (13:20) is seventh.
November 11th
Tonight's High School Playoff Games
Class 2A
Heavener at Stroud, 7:30 p.m.
Class C
Covington-Douglas at Arkoma, 7:30 p.m.
Tonight's Games
Wister at Howe, 6:30 and 8 p.m.
Whitesboro at Clayton, 6:30 and 8 p.m.
