The Checotah Impact Players of the Week are Elijah Thomas and Ruby Folkner. Checotah guard Elijah Thomas is a tremendous athlete who has a great vertical jump and speed. He has the ability to score fr...

The Checotah Lady Wildcats ran into a buzz saw in the form of Adair Thursday at the Locust Grove basketball tournament. Adair used a highpressure defense and great ball movement and penetration to def...

Checotah’s wrestling program has been a consistent successful force since the hiring of head coach Bret Oleson. Oleson has developed multiple athletes that have state championships and have competed a...

James out with broken wrist The Eufaula Ironheads earned a tough, hard fought 47-42 win over the Spiro Bulldogs in the opening round of the Warner Invitational Basketball tournament on Thursday. It wa...

Elevation is 2.5 ft. below normal (stable). Water temperature 47°F and stained. Largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass fair on crankbaits, jerk baits, jigs, and plastic baits around channels, docks,...

Austin Richardson wins PBR Unleash The Beast Major in New York City to overtake No. 1 Rank in the race for the 2024 World Championship At the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Unleash The Beast event in ...

USA Boxing, the governing body of the sport in the United States, is being slammed for its new transgender policy that allows biological men to compete against biological women. Under the new policy, ...

“In the small game woods, the most basic yet most important hunting skills are honed; skills like hunter safety, attention to detail, strategy, stealth, proper firearms handling and marksmanship. Thes...

A string of national incidents trigger this edition of Haltom’s Huddle, which brings forth the importance of team leadership, dignity, integrity and honorability in high school sports. For the most pa...

Heritage Hall high school quarterback Andy Bass was named the 2023-24 Gatorade Oklahoma Football Player of the Year on Wednesday. Bass threw or 3,144 yards and 34 touchdowns this past season for the C...

Wild-card weekend: Jan. 13, 14 and 15 NFC (7) Green Bay Packers at (2) Dallas Cowboys Sunday, 4:30 p.m. ET on Fox (6) Los Angeles Rams at (3) Detroit Lions Sunday, 8:15 p.m. ET on NBC (5) Philadelphia...

The Eufaula Impact Players of the Week are Draven Gragg and Jadence Efurd. Eufaula forward Draven Gragg played an outstanding game against Spiro. At 6’5”, 260 pounds, Gragg had to use his size, streng...

TheChecotahImpactPlayersoftheWeekareAum Patel and Shyanne Madewell. Aum Patel scored 14 points against Lincoln and 6 points against Locust Grove. Patel’s ability to hit the long perimeter shot forces ...

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma Quarter Horse Hall of Fame was created in 2005 to recognize outstanding individuals, horses, ranches or businesses, whose contributions involving the American Quarter Hors...

The Checotah Wrestling program competed at the Inola Tournament this past week. The Wildcats brought 10 wrestlers and had several athletes place in the Top 10. Placing for the Wildcats were as follows...

The Eufaula Lady Ironheads (23-11) made school history when they defeated Valliant 4-2 to win the Super Regional Championship. The victory sends Eufaula to the state tournament for the first time in s...

Eufaula head football coach Larry Newton (at right) set a new record for longest winning season with eight after last week’s win over Valliant. Newton was hired in 2012 and took over a program that we...

The Checotah Wildcats (3-1) defense set the tone as the Wildcats shut down the Eufaula Ironheads’ (1-2) offense and then watched their offensive line control the line of scrimmage as their skill playe...

Levi Chapman represented the Eufaula Ironheads in the 2023 OSSAA State 3A Cross Country meet at Edmond Santa Fe High School on Saturday. Chapman placed 119th with a time of 20:27.46. Chapman participa...