Two-time defending state champ Caddo toppled area foe Silo twice to reach the finals but couldn’t overcome powerhouse Washington, finishing runner-up in the Beast of the East Slow Pitch Tournament at Stonewall.

Competing in the annually rugged Madill Wildcat Invitational last week, Durant High School’s track teams had several strong individual performances with the Lady Lions finishing third and the Lions seventh in the final team standings.

The best offensive inning of the season for the Durant Lions threatened defending district champ Sapulpa but the Lions dropped a wild 17-12 decision at home last week. In the second district meeting between the two, the Lions fell 10-2 on the road and wrapped up the week by falling 5-2 to Madill in a non-district encounter.

Things looked bleak for the Southeastern Savage Storm heading to the final inning of last weekend’s baseball conference series trailing Northwestern 6-1. Senior Reid Rice had other plans, however.

Durant High School senior wrestler Addison Polk was recognized during a Monday meeting of the Durant Board of Education. Polk is a four-time state qualifier in wresting and at the recent awards banquet, she was presented Outstanding Wrestler and Jared Pierce Teammate awards.

Durant edged rival McAlester but came up just short in the overall Class 5A standings, finishing as powerlifting state runner-up in the recent state finals held in El Reno. The Lions tallied 46 team points, wrapping up only behind state champ Grove’s 59 tally, while slipping past McAlester by a point after being bested by the Buffaloes in regional competition.

Both Durant soccer squads recorded victories over Atoka while the Lady Lions dropped three decisions against powerful tournament opponents to wrap up the pre-Spring Break portion of the schedule. The Lady Lions blanked Atoka, 7-0, but found the going tough in the prestigious Collinsville Tournament in dropping a 4-1 verdict to Oologah, 1-0 against Metro Christian and 5-1 versus Noble in 60-minute contests.

Ninth-ranked Caddo blasted county rival Rock Creek and also bested a pair of other Class A state contenders during a strong week of baseball action. The Bruins blanked Rock Creek, 11-0, in the initial game of the week and then headed to western Oklahoma to stop 10th rated Arapaho-Butler in a 7-1 win before toppling 14th ranked Hydro-Eakly, 7-2 while upping their record to 7-1 on the season.

For a pair of Caddo High School senior athletes going on to the next level will literally be just like being at home as both are headed down the road to continue their stellar careers at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.