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TONKAWA, Okla. – After falling short against the Blackwell Maroons in the North Country Classic semfinals – their third meeting this season – the Alva High School Goldbugs faced off with the Mannford Pirates for third place on Saturday night. It was a close first quarter as the Goldbugs quickly scored the first two of the game as Grant Ritter fought for the offensive rebound and the putback. Ritter scored another scooping layup against the Pirates to get a two-point lead, 4-2, but an answering l...
TONKAWA, Okla. – The Alva High School Ladybugs had another big battle against the Newkirk Lady Tigers in the championship finals of the North Country Classic after already facing them earlier this week in an overtime win. The Lady Tigers came out the gate with a 6-0 run to get the early lead, attacking the paint. The Ladybugs finally answered back just under five minutes to go in the first quarter as Lexie Shafer drew the foul and made both her shots from the free throw line to put the score a...
The Alva High School Goldbugs had no trouble getting the win on Tuesday night as they hosted the Newkirk Tigers for homecoming, jumping out to the early lead and never relinquishing. As the Goldbugs tipped the game off with an 8-0 run, Alva held the Tigers to just six points as they led Newkirk 21-6 going into the second. Alva was led by Brooks Hadwiger in that first eight minutes as he drained three of three from beyond the arc to put nine points on the board. Alva had no trouble controlling...
The Alva High School Ladybugs hosted the Newkirk Lady Tigers in an intense match-up Tuesday night for their homecoming. It was a tough start for both teams in the first quarter as the first score didn't come till five minutes into the first quarter as Newkirk was the first to end the drought with a left corner three from Katelyn Schieber for the early 0-3 lead over the Ladybugs. However, Whitney Randall responded with a quick three-point play of her own, draining the driving layup along with...
TONKAWA – The Alva High School Goldbugs were matched up with the Newkirk Tigers yet again Thursday night as they faced off at the North Country Classic Tournament at Northern Oklahoma College. Though the Tigers seemed to anticipate the Goldbugs better to start the first quarter, staying within one point for most of the period, Brooks Hadwiger quickly put some distance between Alva and Newkirk. After a left-wing three from Hadwiger, he quickly followed that with three straight layups off steals t...
TONKAWA – The Alva High School Ladybugs added another win to start their North Country Classic Tournament against the Stillwater junior varsity Pioneers on Thursday night at the Tonkawa High School. The Ladybugs started with the quick bucket after the tip-off as Whitney Randall put the first two on the board with a baseline jumper for the early lead. Though the Lady Pioneers answered back with a right-wing three, that was the only bucket they would get in the first half as Alva clearly o...
The Alva Middle School Goldbugs are headed by coaches Pete Phillips (eighth grade) and Cody Hooper (seventh grade) for a fourth year as the 2016-2017 season winds downs. Eighth-Grade Boys After moving up a grade level, the eighth-grade boys continue to develop their fundamentals in preparation for the next level under the head coaching of Phillips. The AMS Goldbugs are led by point-guard Gavin Perez, whose average is in double-digits. Perez likes to rely on the long-range game, and has a quick,...
In her third year at the helm of the Alva Middle School Ladybugs' basketball program, Margo Hamilton is working to end the 2016-2017 season strong. Eighth-Grade Girls The eighth-grade Ladybugs have another year of experience under the belt in preparation for the high school level, and they are working to end their season strong. There have been some struggles for this young group in taking care of the ball, but their aggression keeps them competitive. Rianna Clark is the only Ladybug to average...
After the retirement of head coach Ken Jones, the Burlington Elks welcome Shane Feely to the head coaching position in his 19th year of coaching, first with the Elks. Burlington is off to a great start for the 2016-2017 season as they tipped off the new year with a 10-game winning streak before taking their first loss in the finals of the Northwest Prep Classic against the Timberlake Tigers, 43-51. The No. 6 of Class B has recently faced some tough opponents in the Cherokee Invitational: No. 8...
Despite losing two of their big scorers from last season, the Burlington Lady Elks are still continuing their winning ways as Kirsten Pruett enters her 14th year as head coach. In the 2015-2016 season, the Lady Elks closed out the year with an overall record of 27-4 and their third straight appearance in the Class B State Tournament quarterfinals coming up just short in a tightly contested game against Red Oak 40-42. Starting the season with a record of 12-4, the Lady Elks are working toward...
Matt Guffy has entered his seventh year at the helm of the boys' basketball program for the Cherokee Chiefs and he shows a lot of gratitude and enthusiasm to the community and coaching for his alma mater. This mix of veterans and newcomers said goodbye to multiple seniors and four starters, including a couple off the bench, from last season. Despite those losses, the Chiefs have had another great start to this 2016-2017 season with an overall record of 10-4. One of those losses came against the...
With Chad Warford taking the helm as head coach for both basketball programs at Freedom, the Eagles work to improve on their 9-16 finish from last season. Though the Freedom boys had a very tough start last season, the Eagles finished the 2015-2016 season in the first round of districts at Forgan as they fell to Buffalo 31-65. The Eagles are putting up a better start to this new season though they experience some of the same growing pains that the Lady Eagles face with a young team and a 4-10 st...
The Freedom Lady Eagles are led by first-year head coach Chad Warford with the assistance of Grace Tepe. Though the Lady Eagles are on a 4-10 start to their 2016-2017 season, they are on track with their 7-19 record from last season as they closed last year in the first round of district playoffs against Buffalo in a 16-52 loss. The Lady Eagles return three starters from last year, but is still a young team with no seniors; the returning starts will help develop experience for next season. That...
In his third year as the head coach of the boys' basketball program at Medicine Lodge, Josh Ybarra and this young Indian team will work on gaining experience so that they can be competitive down the line. "Our expectations are the same every year. We want to be competitive in the Central Plains League and in our Sub-State," said Ybarra. "We expect to have a tough league schedule followed by a challenging Sub-State, and so we need to figure out how to be competitive throughout the season." So far...
After gearing up for the new season, the Northwestern Oklahoma State University men’s basketball team has some new leadership both on the court and on the sideline. After the completion of the 2015-2016 season in March, Northwestern’s then head coach, Brad Franz, was named the new athletic director of NWOSU while the men’s basketball program began their search for a new head coach during the offseason. In July, Shawn Dirden, coming from the coaching staff at University of North Dokota, was selected as the new head coach for the Rangers’ 2016-20...
After struggling throughout their 2015-2016 seasons, the Northwestern Oklahoma State women’s basketball are under new leadership at the commencement of the new season. Tasha Diesselhorst helms the women’s basketball program for Northwestern after finishing up another great season as head coach to the Pond Creek-Hunter Lady Panthers that resulted in a Class A State Championship appearance against Seiling. Though the Lady Panthers finished as state runner-up, Pond Creek-Hunter finished their season 28-3. In nine seasons as head coach for the Lady...
Despite finishing their 2015-2016 season with an overall record of 12-10, the South Barber High School Chieftains closed out their season in another appearance in the Sub-State semifinals. This new season, the Chieftains have a new head coach at the helm with Tim Carey taking the reigns. It's been a tough start to the 2016-2017 season as the Chieftains have a record of 4-5, even struggling at the Northwest Prep Classic that culminated in their first four losses of the season. Fortunately, the...
Head coach Steve Roberts enters year 24 at the helm of the South Barber Lady Chieftains as they tip off their 2016-2017 season to a great start. With nine returning lettermen coming back for the new season, three seniors and a junior return to the starting lineup giving the Lady Chieftains experience on the court as well as a 7-2 record thus far. The South Barber girls even took home runner-up at the Northwest Prep Classic at Northwestern Oklahoma State University during Dec. 8-10. Conference...
After coaching the Timberlake Lady Tigers for the past 11 years, Kale Pierce returns for his 15th year of coaching, but this time as the head coach for the boys' basketball program at Timberlake. Despite the coaching change, Pierce has been confident in this team. "I was unsure how this transition to coaching the boys would go, but I have really enjoyed it to this point and am very proud of the effort they have given so far," said coach Pierce. "They understand the commitment that it takes to...
The Timberlake Lady Tigers are helmed by new coach Darral Barnett who has had 32 years of experience in the head coaching position – 43 years total. After the Lady Tigers finished last season with a record of 18-10, they ended the 2015-2016 season in the second round of the area tournament in a 39-44 loss against Webbers Falls. With eight returning lettermen, the Lady Tigers have a very young team filled with six sophomores along with two seniors and one junior. Timberlake have lost four l...
After finishing their last season with an overall record of 10-17, the Waynoka High School Lady Railroaders enter their new season under new coaching as Robbie Gaskill enters his first year as head coach. Though it was an up-and-down battle for the Lady Railroaders last year, Waynoka finished last season strong, beating Buffalo in the first round of the regionals before falling to Arnett 44-79 to end the 2015-2016 season. Thus far, it has been quite the uphill battle as they struggle to get thei...
The No. 12 of Class 3A, Alva High School Goldbugs have tipped off their season to a fantastic start despite losing their two top scorers from the 2015-2016 season. With a deep bench, the Goldbugs seem to have found a rhythm that has kicked them off to a 9-1 start of the season. Their only loss so far came in the finals of the Wheat Capitol Tournament against the Kingfisher Yellow Jackets. Head coach Paul Duncan enters his sixth year at the helm, and he and the Goldbugs hope to make a deep run...
After winning their third straight state championship, the Alva High School Ladybugs hope to make another post season run as the 2016-2017 season winds down. Head coach Dusty Horn enters his second season at the helm, finishing the previous season with a record of 24-6. Though the Ladybugs have had some noticeable struggles to tip off their new season, Alva has made improvements and has a current record of 7-3, putting them at No. 6 in Class 3A girls' basketball. The Alva Ladybugs said goodbye...
The Aline-Cleo High School Lady Cougars finished another tough year during the 2015-2016 season with an overall record of 2-22. Under new head coach Mark Burdine, the Lady Cougars have improved greatly from last year's record with six wins under their belts just before Christmas break. The Lady Cougars return eight lettermen from last season that include one senior, two juniors and a sophomore to the starting lineup. The lone senior returning for a new season is Casey Edwards, who leads the way...
DURANT – Northwestern Oklahoma State men’s basketball team was back on the road after their hard fought win at home against the Crimson Storm. The Rangers were looking to fizzle out another opponent as they battled against the Southeastern Oklahoma State Savage Storm on Saturday afternoon. Northwestern put up two quick baskets to start the game as Brandon Green finished a putback followed by another putback from Austin Klug to get the Rangers off to a 4-0 lead. Despite the quick start, it was a back-and-forth battle between the Rangers and Sava...
