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THOMAS, Okla. – After a slow start for the Alva High School Goldbugs against the Thomas Terriers, Alva pulled out the big win over the Terriers for the 49-7 victory. The Goldbugs struggled early as they began the game with first possession but were forced to give the ball back to Thomas after going three and out to punt the ball away on a fourth-and-1. The Terriers saw a lot more success in their first possession of the night as they followed a 3-yard quarterback keeper up the middle with a 1...
The Alva Middle School Ladybugs softball team hosted their first home game of the season against a tough Mooreland team on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. The Ladybugs struggled early as pitcher Hallie Hamilton faced a long day on the mound trying to find her rhythm. Though the Ladybugs got the lead-off hitter out on a pop-fly to shortstop Alaina Pierce, Mooreland followed that with a two-pitch homer over left field to plate two runs for the early lead. The Lady Bearcats scored two more runs in the top...
BLACKWELL – The Alva High School Goldbugs sailed to a marginal victory over the Blackwell Maroons to start their season off on a high note Friday night. Though Alva made Blackwell give up the ball quickly in their first possession of the night, the Goldbugs had a slight hiccup on the punt as they fumbled the return to give the ball right back to the Maroons with fresh set of downs. Blackwell began to move the chains down the field on their second try, getting all the way to Alva's 36-yard l...
The Alva High School Ladybugs made a comeback in the third to take the lead, but a fourth-inning rally from Enid gave Alva the 2-5 loss. The Ladybugs got the early jump on Enid in the bottom of the second as they started the inning with Hannah O’Neil at the plate taking four straight balls for a walk. Laney Stewart followed that with a sacrifice bunt that positioned O’Neil on third, providing Enid its first big danger of the game. With one out, and a runner on third, Gretchen Kraft hit a ground out to third base to plate O’Neil across home...
The Alva High School Ladybugs hosted the Elk City Elkettes on Monday in a tough battle as they struggled to get the bats going at the plate. The Ladybugs' defense held strong to start the top of the first against Elk City as they picked up two quick outs off a ground out to Alva's pitcher, Camryn Wren, followed by four-pitch strikeout. Just needing one out to send Alva to the dugout, Elk City responded with their first hit to left field followed by a walk to put two runners on base. The...
WOODWARD - The Alva High School Ladybugs softball team opened up the Woodward Fast Pitch Softball Tournament on a strong Wednesday, picking up two wins against Kingfisher and Woodward junior varsity. Alva vs. Kingfisher Alva picked up an early run in the top of the first off a two-out homer over the center-field fence from Hallie Durkee that gave the Ladybugs the 1-0 lead. From there, both defenses held strong until the top of the fourth when Alva plated two runners across home to take a...
WAYNOKA — The Waynoka school board met on Aug. 7 to discuss several items on their agenda as the new school year approaches. In attendance were Lori Adair, Scott Cline, Travis George, Rick George, Andy Ferguson, Garret Gum, Clint Olson and Michael Meriwether. After the meeting was called to order, Waynoka Superintendent Scott Cline opened bids for surplus items. With four items listed in their surplus, only the 29-passenger 2007 Chevy bus received any bids. After reading the two bids, the board members voted to accept the highest bids of $...
The Alva High School Goldbugs baseball team is hosting a tournament with five other teams competing, and the Goldbugs are off to a 3-0 start, kicking off the tournament Friday in the first game, against the Timberlake Tigers. Game One Alva jumped out to an early lead over the Tigers, picking up a dominating lead in the first three innings and giving up only two runs in the bottom of the third. Zeth Warren led off the Goldbugs at the plate, and picked up the first hit of the day when he singled...
The Woods County Economic Development Committee (WCEDC) spent the initial part of their meeting going over their financial report as WCEDC Director Sonja Williams noted some discrepancies and wanted to make them known to the committee. The committee had enough for a quorum for their quarterly meeting on June 13. Chairman Daren Slater presided over the meeting. Other members present were Kyle Murrow, Sandie Olson, Steve Lohmann and newly appointed Matt Tucker. Alan Poe was absent. Director Williams first discussed the financial report, with the...
Alva High School Baseball, headed by Scott Baugh, will host a summer baseball tournament starting today and ending on Sunday, June 18. Six teams, including the Alva Goldbugs, will compete in this three-day event that will be held on Crenshaw Field starting at 11 a.m. with the final game slated to start at 8 p.m. Other teams competing are Timberlake, Fairview, Pioneer-Pleasant Vale, Pond Creek-Hunter and Red Dirt. The Goldbugs are scheduled to open the tournament at 11 a.m. against the Timberlake Tigers and close the first evening at 8 p.m....
The large and small school Northwest Baseball All-Star game is scheduled for this week on Wednesday, May 24, to be hosted at Northwestern Oklahoma State University Rangers’ baseball field at Myer Stadium. All four of the Alva High School seniors from the 2017 baseball team were named to the Northwest Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association (NWOBCA) black team for the large school category – Rafferty Brown, Brooks Hadwiger, Chase Jones and Ethan Swanson. Along with his seniors, head coach of Alva baseball Scott Baugh will be in the dugout coa...
Along with the four seniors named to the All-Star team, the Alva High School baseball team collected a few other accolades for the 2017 seasons. In the 2017 awards selected by the Northwest Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association, Alva picked all but one award from the large schools’ division. Rafferty Brown was named Pitcher of the Year while Scott Baugh was named Coach of the Year. The Alva High School Goldbugs also had the Field of the Year with Crenshaw Field. Kade Cronkite of Pioneer-Pleasantvale was named Player of the Year. The AHS b...
Catoosa, Okla. – The Alva High School traveled to compete in the state track meet at Catoosa High School, completing Day One of events on Friday, and worked to finish Day Two events on Saturday. Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association had posted results from day one events, so unfortunately results from day two were still being tabulated at press time. Alva High School competed in nine events on Friday, starting with the girls’ 100-meter dash. The top eight times were slated to qualify as finalists for Saturday, as Whitney Randall ran...
CHISHOLM, Okla. – The Alva High School girls and boys track teams competed in the Class 3A Regional Track Meet on Monday after it was rescheduled because of weather. Alva had a very successful meet, qualifying for a total of 13 events in the state meet today and tomorrow. Ladybugs The Alva Ladybugs' track team will have members competing in eight events in the state meet Friday and Saturday, as they placed third overall at regionals with 80 total points. Chisholm placed first at regionals w...
Though the Alva High School Goldbugs baseball team hosted the Perry Maroons for Class 3A District Championship, it was a tough three-game battle that ended in a loss for the Goldbugs as they ended their season with an overall record of 19-13. Game One The Goldbugs trailed early, as the Maroons picked up the lead in the top of the first off a two-out fly ball to left field to score a runner from third. After Perry scored another run in the second, both teams went scoreless for four innings...
The Northwestern Oklahoma State University Rangers baseball team enters their last stretch to end their regular season as they started with hosting the Henderson State University Reddies in a three-game series on beginning on Saturday. Game One Northwestern had the early jump on the Reddies in the bottom of the first as Greg Carrington led with a single to center field for Northwestern's first hit. With Carrington advancing to second base off a sac-bunt from Colton Krokroskia, a single along...
After getting a big victory on the road against Watonga Tuesday, the Alva High School Goldbugs baseball team hosted the Fairview Yellow Jackets for their final home of the regular season. Alva had a slow start against the Jackets as the two teams remained scoreless for the first two innings of the matchup. But the Goldbugs quickly turned the tide in their favor in the third as they rallied big to get a commanding lead. As the Goldbugs went to bat for the third time that afternoon, it looked...
The Alva High School Goldbugs baseball team hosted the Redskins out of Liberal, Kansas, on Saturday starting at Noon in back-to-back seven innings. Game One It was a low-scoring seven innings to start the day as both teams held strong on defense, but the Redskins broke through on the bats in the top of the fourth. Though Liberal got their first hit in the top of the second, they didn't score their first two runs till the fourth. With one out and runners on third and second, the Redskins' batter...
The Alva Middle School Goldbugs baseball team hosted the Blackwell Maroons for a five inning matchup and Myers Stadium that ended in a run-rule in Alva's favor. Kaden Slater put a great performance as the starting pitcher on the mound, pitching for 3.0 innings for the Goldbugs allowing just two runs off one hit. Slater started that first inning taking down the first three batters for the Maroons with three straight strikeouts to put Alva at the bats. Though Blackwell got two quick outs in the...
MIDWEST CITY, Okla.—The Alva High School Goldbugs’ baseball team competed in the Bill Tipton Classic beginning on Thursday hosted by Carl Albert High School facing some tough competition. Thursday, Game One vs. Bishop McGuinness The Goldbugs had a good start to the tournament as they took down Bishop McGuinness in their first game with a six-run victory. Alva jumped to a three-run lead in the top of the first as T.W. Beiswanger took advantage of a passed ball to get their first run. With their first run on the board, Alva plated two more wit...
The Alva High School Goldbugs baseball team jumped to an early lead over the Hennessey Eagles and took home a 5-3 victory on Monday. With Hennessey the first to bat, Ethan Swanson struckout two batters, while Stanton Earnest turned a quick groundout to end the top of the first quickly. In the bottom half of the inning, Alva picked up their lead here. With two outs and two on base, the Goldbugs’ Chase Jones hit a double linedrive to centerfield to score Swanson and Brooks Hadwiger across home for the 2-0 lead. After going three scoreless i...
HENNESSEY, Okla. — Despite the Goldbugs getting up to a six run lead early against Crescent, a fourth inning rally from Crescent pushed them to a one-run lead and the win. The Alva High School Goldbugs baseball team got the early lead in the bottom of the first after Ethan Swanson hit a double line drive to center field to score T.W. Beiswanger. Though Alva was held to a one-run lead after the first, they rallied big in the second. The Goldbugs plated five runners to get a commanding lead over Crescent at the end of the second starting with a...
The Alva High School Goldbugs baseball team hosted the Chisholm Longhorns Monday evening, getting an early lead that was enough for the win. Thanks to a strong start from the Goldbugs, Alva’s defense went three-up and three-down to cut Chisholm’s time at the plate short. Alva had more success at-bat as T.W. Beiswanger was the first on base off a single ground ball to left field. With two runners on base after a hit-by-pitch to Jacob Faulkner, Ethan Swanson hit the first run in off a single line drive to right field to score Beiswanger. Fau...
Stanton Earnest had a great performance on the mound against the Woodward Boomers on Friday as he allowed no runs and only three hits in Alva's 9-0 shutout victory. The Alva Goldbugs had an early rally in the bottom half of the first inning to get a commanding lead over the Boomers. After a lead off line drive from T.W. Beiswanger, the Goldbugs plated their first run off a double line drive from Jacob Faulkner to center field. The Goldbugs plated four more runs before Woodward could close that i...
The Alva High School Goldbugs started their week hosting the Newkirk Tigers picking up a big win before continuing that momentum into their Tuesday game on the road against Oklahoma Baptist Academy. Game One The Goldbugs baseball team defeated Newkirk in a huge blowout win, giving up only one run, thanks to a strong start. Alva took the early lead in the bottom half of the first inning off a double line drive to center field. With two outs and two on base in the first inning, Chase Jones drove in those two runs off a double to center field....
