A positive season last year sets the tempo for the Caddo Bruins, as they begin the season at home hosting the Kiefer Trojans, who finished 9-3 last year. Coach Randy Hitsman believes this opening g...
Battling Buffs on the road will be a challenge Heading into Friday’s season opener at McAlester, Durant head coach Byron Cordell appeared confident that several new offensive starters are picking up the system. None of the current starters on ...
Skins hope to snap streak with opener at Dickson Excitement builds as the Kingston Redskins prepare to open their season at Dickson. Coach Greg Mitchell leads the Redskins squad who were winless last year, but Mitchell sees a lot to look forward...
Lady Lions have win streak snapped by Ada DURANT — The Durant Lady Lions’ win streak was halted after six games at the hands of rival Ada Monday. The Lady Lions (7-3) hosted a three-way where they run-ruled Antlers 11-1 before being edg...
Young hopes to continue Cowboys’ rise on defense STILLWATER (AP) — When defensive coordinator Bill Young looks at the 11 players he sends onto the field for Oklahoma State’s season opener against Washington State on Saturday night, he won’t se...
Lady Lions continue to roll Taylor Richards cracked a three-run home run to help the Durant Lady Lions to a 9-1 run-rule over Tishomingo Friday. It was yet another display of the offensive outburst that has kept Durant on a ...
Rebels clip Calera SILO — Silo fended off a furious Calera rally to achieve a conference win, 7-4, at Silo Friday. B.W. Savage got the win, going 4.1 innings, fanning six on seven hits. Shawn Hendricks came in for...
Local schedule Monday Fastpitch: Antlers/Ada at Durant, 4:30 p.m. Baseball: Rock Creek at Latta, 4:30 p.m. Monday-Tuesday Fastpitch: Bryan County Tournament Baseball: Caney at Colbert, 4 p.m., Calera at Vanoss, ...
Lions wrap up preseason ARDMORE — The Super Scrimmage has never quite gone the Lions’ way, but in the two previous preaseason dates at Ardmore, it has never been much of a measuring stick for determining success for th...
Diamond roundup COLBERT — A fantastic pitcher’s duel in Colbert culminated in the last inning, and when the dust had settled, Colbert had squeaked out a 1-0 over Calera. Brianna McCraw went the distance, fannin...
SE struggles in season opener ARKADELPHIA , Arkansas — The Southeastern Savage Storm were unable to recover from a quick start by Henderson State, as the Savage Storm fall in the season opener, 44-13. The Henderson State Redd...
DURANT — Tonight, the Southeastern Savage Storm football team will open the 2010 football season with a road contest at Henderson State set for a 7 p.m. kickoff. Southeastern ended the 2009 season ...
Fastpitch At Tishomingo The Calera Lady Bulldogs had to settle for a fourth-place finish in the Tishomingo Tournament after failing to get the offense going in a 4-0 loss to Sulphur Wednesday. S...
The Durant junior high girls placed first in the Haworth Meet when the cross country squads opened the season earlier this week. The junior high Lions, and varsity girls each placed fourth, while t...
Fastpitch At Atoka The Durant Lady Lions improved to 4-2 on the season, and stretched their win streak to three games with a 22-2 rout of Atoka Tuesday. Kailyn Ward recorded the win, allowing ju...
CALERA — Pitching was the key at Calera Tuesday, as the Bulldogs came out with a victory over Tushka, 2-1, in the 8th inning. Cody Collett achieved a complete-game win, going all 8 innings, striki...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Sam Bradford has the St. Louis Rams’ starting quarterback job this week. Now he’s got to produce. The top pick of the draft gets his first pro start in place of veteran A.J. Feele...
OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Scratch two more Dallas Cowboys starters with injuries, making it four this preseason. And it’s looking less likely Dez Bryant will play in any exhibition games, either. The...
Fastpitch At Caddo The Colbert Lady Leopards won a conference game 11-1 over Caddo Monday. Colbert led 1-0 after the first inning but jumped out with a six-run second inning. Caddo’s lone run cam...
DURANT — Somebody brought the big sticks out of hiding Friday. The Lady Lions rattled off 13 hits in six innings and powered past Lone Grove, 10-5, to even their record to 2-2 on the season. “This...
On Friday, Aug. 6, the Colbert High School baseball coaches and players hosted a baseball alumni game. Thirty-four former players came back to their alma mater to play a game against the high scho...
POTTSBORO, Texas — Correction, young man, it’s “championships” that are won by great defenses. After the Lions battled Pottsboro to a stalemate in a timed quarter, Durant head coach Byron Cordell w...
Fastpitch At Tushka The Caddo Lady Bruins fell into a 6-0 deficit before being able to scratch a run on the board, and ended up with a 10-2 loss to Tushka Thursday. Tushka outslugged Caddo with ...
DURANT — Strange that the defense looked solid in a 9-0 loss, but that was the case of a Lady Lions’ team that couldn’t work their way into a slugfest with McAlester Tuesday. The Lady Buffs played...
DURANT — It was hard to tell whether the defense or offense was ahead of the learning curve in Durant’s intrasquad football scrimmage Saturday night. Because so many will play both ways this year, ...
Fastpitch At Caddo Caddo evened its record to 2-2 on the season with an 11-3 win over Boswell Monday. Caddo led 2-1 after the first inning, but fell behind 3-2 until breaking open with six in th...
What does it take to be an All-American catcher? For recent Silo graduate Trevor Bowen, it’s been about catching anything that’s been thrown at him. From knuckleballs to 95 mph fastballs, and from ...
CALERA — The host Lady Bulldogs advanced to Saturday’s winners’ bracket semifinals with a pair of wins in the Calera Fastpitch Invitational Tournament Friday. They were set to play Marietta Saturda...
The Pet Place offers
grooming for companions
Marie Risner has devoted her life to giving pets happy lives and happy homes, having run the Durant pet store and grooming shop The Pet Place for 38 ye...
All Seasons Travel started as a full service travel agency in 1984. Today, with a staff of four agents, we offer more than 50 years of combined travel experience. Owner Shelley Lovan takes pride in...