Facing must win situations down the stretch in order to keep their playoff hopes alive, the Durant Lion soccer team came through in a big way with a 1-0 win over Noble and 3-1 against Duncan to secure the Class 5A postseason bid.

The Durant Police Department will host an open testing event on Friday, May 3 at 1 p.m. Open testing is a physical fitness challenge and one of the first steps to join the department as an officer.

The Durant baseball winning streak reached six in a row before a loss to Class A top-ranked Rattan last week, but the Lions bounced back to close the strong week with a 14-13 victory over Hugo. Coach J.W.

Southeastern’s baseball and softball teams each found the going rough against Harding University in conference action over the weekend with the softball team notching the only win in six games with a wild 10-9 extra inning verdict on Friday.

Silo tuned up for the Class 4A slow pitch playoffs in impressive fashion last week, posting six wins in seven games with the only loss coming to 6A powerhouse Moore. The fourth-ranked Lady Rebels scored a pair of wins over fellow 4A top 10 members Latta (16-0) and Coalgate (5-3) to open the week before bouncing Class A top-rated Binger-Oney, 3A number three Ripley and 2A fourthranked Sterling.

Durant’s high school track squad took the challenge of split squad competitions last week as one group competed at Atoka and the other in Ada with a number of medalists for each. At the Atoka meet, Durant had three individual titlists led by Laila Ahmed in the girls’ high jump with a leap of 5 feet, 4 inches.

Both Durant High School girls and boys soccer teams ran into a buzz saw in their final home contests of the season last week, dropping both decisions to powerhouse Santa Fe South from Oklahoma City. The Lady Lions got off to an early lead before suffering a 4-2 defeat while the Lions were on the defensive throughout in a 7-0 setback.

After starting the week with an impressive doubleheader split against districtleading Coweta, the Durant Lions cruised to three more wins in four games at the Atoka Wood Bat Classic. Coach J.W.

A busy week for the Durant High track teams resulted in several high finishes in track meets at Bridge Creek and Plainview. The Lady Lions posted a runner-up team showing at Plainview while the Lions took third in the meet.

Silo continued its impressive debut in Class 3A baseball last week, remaining unbeaten in District 3A-8 action as well as riding stellar pitching to a three-game sweep for the Coal Mining Classic championship.