Monday the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) released its final rankings for 2019-2020 winter athletics, and four area teams made the cut.
ARAPAHO – Tied 60-60, with time ticking away in the fifth overtime of Tuesday night’s game versus Hinton, Arapaho- Butler point guard Ethan Pyron game planned with head coach Logan Rogers about the final shot.
When the Clinton wrestling team closed out the Hub City Tournament Saturday afternoon, it immediately turned its mindset to the regional tourney.
ARAPAHO – Win No. 18 on the season for the No. 9 Arapaho-Butler boys’ basketball team (18-3 overall as of Tuesday morning) was captured with little resistance in a 60-46, senior night beat down of the Cheyenne-Reydon Bears (12-10) Friday at home.
Four former Clinton football players continue to keep the Red Tornado tradition going beyond high school.
Clinton sophomore point guard Carmella Jefferson plays defense during a game at Elk City. Jefferson is continuing an already impressive career this season, averaging a career high 14.5 points per game.
Injury-battered but far from beaten down, Clinton wrestling rallied behind senior leaders and Hub City Tournament champions Jaime Mitchell and Tory Hester to place eight on the podiums Saturday at the Tornado Dome.
CACHE – A road trip to Cache ended with a pair of losses for the Clinton basketball program Friday night.
Untimely injuries tried to derail key moments numerous times in Clinton High School wrestler Jaime Mitchell’s career, but the third-year starter never gave up, grew into the team’s vocal leader and prevailed over injuries to record a memorable career in a storied program.
Clinton girls’ basketball senior guard Dayonna Johnson bought into what second-year head coach Brent Caldwell preached and became an important piece of the Lady Reds’ turnaround.