OB&T's Rising Stars
With the Class 4A State Football Playoffs a week away, the standings in each district are starting to show the playoff routes to the championship for each squad.
As athletes grow through sports in high school, a lot form the dream of playing their respective sports at the next level.
The Clinton Red Tornado football team (7-2, 4-2) will hit the road tomorrow and head to Oklahoma City to take on the Douglass Trojans to end the 2024 regular season with kickoff scheduled for 7 p.m.
The details of the money given to the Clinton High School golf teams were incorrectly reported last week in a photo cutline in the sports section of the Tuesday edition of the Clinton Daily News.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Jalen Williams scored 23 points, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 21 points and nine assists and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Orlando Magic 102-86 Monday night to remain the only unbeaten team in the Western Conference.
Scanning the field
For the second consecutive week, Mike Blackburn of Clinton has taken the top spot in the Clinton Daily News’ weekly Pigskin Football Contest.
With the school year near the halfway point, Clinton senior football player Marquis Martin keeps his eyes on the remaining part of the season while zeroing in on what his future is going to look like once he leaves high school after this year.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Saints fired coach Dennis Allen Monday, a day after a loss at last-place Carolina extended the Saints’ losing streak to seven games — their longest since 1999.