Sports

The Holdenville Wolverines football team is gearing up for a new season, and held its annual media day Aug. 22. The event allows news organizations to photograph the players and learn more about the team. Leading the helm is new head coach, Monty Lewis.

Exactly 699 Oklahoma coaches from 204 communities in 73 counties participated in the fifth annual Oklahoma Coaches Mentoring Challenge, a campaign to encourage Oklahomans to mentor young people in their communities.

Football season is just around the corner. It’s the time of year when hope knows no bounds. But sometimes hope gets teams carried away. For sure, I got my season tickets this week to for University of Oklahoma Football. I figured I should check out what was OU football.

Marli Richmond, daughter of Walter and Jo Richmond, recently attended the USTA Trampoline and Tumbling National Competition, in Charleston, WV. Marli competed in the 12-year-old Novice girls’ category. She won third place in the nation on trampoline, and sixth place in the nation on double mini.

When the Oklahoma Girls Basketball Coaches Association released its list of All-State selections Calvin senior, Kelcie Howell, was an alternate. However, recently Calvin head coach Nathan Holland was informed that the OGBCA has bumped Howell up to the main Small East All-State squad.