Sports

Make-up tournaments added to LeFlore County Bass Club schedule

The LeFlore County Bass Club has added three tournaments to make up for dates that were missed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Below is the schedule for the remainder of the season.
LeFlore County Bass Club tournaments
July 25
Lake Sardis (Potato Hills South)
Aug. 9

NFHS offering free video production units for schools

The Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association announced Wednesday that the National Federation of High Schools (NFHS) Network is offering up to two cameras for member schools that currently lack production capabilities.

Bacon signs with OKWU

Heavener's Shaelena Bacon signed with Oklahoma Wesleyan University for women's basketball on Monday. Bacon, who graduated this spring, was a central scorer for the Wolves and will project as a post player at OKWU. Last season, OKWU went 17-13.

Spider Webb golf tournament coming July 10-12

The Spider Webb Memorial Tournament will be July 10-12 at Wolf Ridge Country Club. This is a two-person, four-ball tournament. The entry fee is $500 per team with a maximum of 80 teams.

Boys basketball, football All-State games rescheduled for July 25

Hopes have been boosted for All-State football and basketball athletes. Weeks after the Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State events were canceled, the All-State games for these sports have been rescheduled for July 25.

T-Ball, Little League wind down regular season, qualify teams for regionals

The Spiro Little League is playing its final regular-season games for the 12-and-under Midget division Thursday in Heavener. Also, the Heavener T-Ball League plays its end-of-season tournament Thursday and Saturday at Blues Park.

Wister introduces two new coaches, Bradley and Tucker

Two new coaches started running workouts for their teams this week, baseball coach Ryan Tucker and girls basketball coach Tad Bradley. For Tucker, this is his third head coaching stop. Bradley is in his first stint after graduating from Southeastern Oklahoma State University last month.

Upward Bound of Poteau basketball tournament coming up

Upward Bound of Poteau presents a three-on-three basketball tournament June 13 at the Panama Old Rock Gym. The entry fee is $40 per team.

Best teams vs. other LeFlore County teams 2016-20 in each sport

2019-20
Fast pitch softball
Pocola 6-0
Howe 8-2
Poteau 7-3
Football
Spiro 3-0
Pocola 1-1
Boys basketball
Howe 9-1
Spiro 8-1
Talihina 8-1
Girls basketball
Howe 12-0
Heavener 8-2
Whitesboro 5-2

LeFlore County slow-pitch state qualifiers of recent years

Here is a look at how LeFlore County softball teams fared in slow-pitch state tournaments in recent years.
2019: Howe won its Class 4A quarterfinal 15-10 against Calera and lost semifinal 14-10 against Silo.