Sports

CASC fires baseball coach after three seasons

Carl Albert State College made the decision at the end of last week to terminate three-year baseball coach Tyler Guthrie.

Pirates wrap up spring football practice Thursday afternoon

The Poteau Pirates football team concluded its 2019 spring practice Thursday afternoon, and coach Greg Werner could not be happier with the results despite weather shortening things.

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Poteau baseball players, coach get district honors; two Pirates make All-District Team, two more honorable mention

When a team wins its district crown, individual honors soon follow. The Poteau Pirates baseball team is no exception.

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2019 LeFlore County Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Games Scores

Girls
South 47, North 44
Most Valuable Players — Jalei Oglesby (Howe), South; Shakyrah Gladness (Pocola), North
8th-Grade Free Throw Contest Winner — Annika Dill, Pansy Kidd Middle School.
Coach of the Year — Chris Brown, Howe.
Boys
North 78, South 69

Five other local baseball players All-State alternates

Five local high school baseball players got word late Friday night that they are 2019 Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association All-State alternates for the June 2 game at Enid's David Allen Memorial Ballpark.

LeFlore County Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Games Girls/Boys Rosters

Games at 6 and 8 tonight at Howe
North Girls
Poteau — Hannah Baker, Haleigh Stone and Whitley Tramel.
Arkoma — Madisen O’Neal, Libby Sharp and Trisha Walden.
Bokoshe — Adriona Bowen and Kalee Kingsborough.
Cameron — Amber Battice.

Four local basketball players named to OCA All-State Teams

Four local high school basketball players were named to the 2019 Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State Basketball Teams.
Howe’s Jalei Oglesby and Smithville’s Makayla Miller made the Small East girls team, while Spiro’s Tylor Perry and Kinta’s Josh Lynch made the Small East boys squad.

Poteau baseball duo makes OBCA All-State Team; Whitesboro Bulldog an All-State alternate

Two Poteau Pirates senior baseball players will get one more high school game to end their prep careers.