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April 7th, 2012
Talihina High School athlete Aubrey Mullins was named one of 30 Fellowship of Christian Athletes All-Staters and will represent the school at the FCA Banquet at 7 p.m. Monday night in Oklahoma City.
Mullins plays both basketball and softball for the Lady Golden Tigers.
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Girls are needed to play for an age 12-and-younger softball team in the Green Country Softball League. Games will take place at the Poteau Area Recreational Complex.
The team will practice in Cameron.
For additional information or to register, call Mike House at (918) 658-5510.
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Coach-Pitch League
Monday
Poteau Bombers vs. Spiro Reds; Spiro Dirtbags vs. Pocola Mudcats; Heavener Hurricanes vs. Wister Wildcats; Heavener Titans vs. Heavener Thunder; Panama Sooners vs. Poteau Drillers; Spiro Diamondbacks vs. Spiro L'il Giants.
Thursday
Spiro L'il Giants vs. Poteau Bombers; Spiro Reds vs. Spiro Dirtbags; Pocola Mudcats vs. Heavener Hurricanes; Wister Wildcats vs. Heavener Titans; Heavener Thunder vs. Panama Sooners; Poteau Drillers vs. Spiro Diamondbacks.
Next Saturday
WILBURTON — The Poteau High School track teams swept the team titles at the Wilburton Invitational on March 29.
The Pirates had 108 points, while the Lady Pirates scored 127 points.
For the boys, Poteau had a new track record set as Dakota Clark's winning time in the 110-meter hurdles of 15.03 seconds broke the old mark.
Clark also won the 300-meter hurdles (42.25 seconds), and was one of two Pirates to win two events as Trevor Shankle won the discus (122-2) and the shot put (45-2).
April 6th
William Eugene Caldwell, 72, of Bokoshe died Thursday, April 5, 2012, in Bokoshe. He was born Sept. 7, 1939, at Milton, to Juanita Ina (Fox) Culwell and William Hershel Culwell. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, a member of Bokoshe First Baptist Church and a greenskeeper for golf courses.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, William Kyle Caldwell; step-fathers, Tommie Simpson and John Baggs; sister, Loretta (Culwell) Fowler; brother-in-law, Loyal Fowler; and sister Dolores (Simpson) Best.
Kathy Ellen Engles, 52, of Poteau died Thursday, April 5, 2012 in Fort Smith, Ark.
Kathy was born Aug. 17, 1959, in Poteau to Eldon Leroy and Judy Mae (Mabry) Foster. She was an office manager. Kathy was preceded in death by her father and grandmother, Lorene Mabry.
SPIRO — Things were not looking good for the defending LeFlore County Baseball Tournament champion Spiro Bulldogs Wednesday night. They trailed for 95 percent of their winner's-bracket semifinal against the Cameron Yellowjackets, but then came the big hit.
Colby Demato, who had been hitless through his first three at-bats, smoked a solid single over the center fielder's head in the bottom of the eighth inning as the ’Dogs capped a come-from-behind victory with a 4-3 win over the ’Jackets in a game which ended at 10:45 p.m.
Carl Albert State College Softball Coach David Holt was pretty sure he would sign all three of Poteau High School's senior players. While it took perhaps a little longer than thought, as of Wednesday afternoon he had them all in the fold.
Poteau senior Meagan Ryburn signed her letter of intent with Carl Albert Wednesday afternoon in the high school's foyer.
Earlier this year, Ryburn's teammates Natalee King and Briley Benson inked letters with CASC, and that, for starters, made Carl Albert the choice to play college softball for the Lady Pirate senior.
The Talihina Golden Tigers will enter this weekend's Atoka Tournament coming off a split of games earlier this week.
Talihina began the week with a 16-1 rout of Hartford, Ark., on Monday, but then lost a 3-2 contest Tuesday on the road against the Smithville Braves.
In Monday's victory, Alan Lockhart got his first win of the season, and got offensive support from Clark Austin who hit his first home run of the season.
