While much of the Division I pie has been sliced and served with the fall recruiting period, Feb. 3 remains the target date for remaining uncommitteds, most of which will go the Division II, III, NAIA or JUCO level.
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FORT GIBSON—As if the Lady Tigers of Fort Gibson needed another weapon in their offensive arsenal, a new face lit up the court and the scoreboard for Fort Gibson Tuesday night as the Lady Tigers rolled to a 51-29 win over Harding Charter Prep in a battle of Class 4A top-10 ranked teams.
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 Muskogee’s basketball games and all other events at all levels on Tuesday are canceled due to COVID-19 spikes. That includes Muskogee boys at home against Redemption Life Academy and the girls at Broken Arrow.  The remainder of the week will be updated online first as news is received.
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It'll be hard for Muskogee to match its offensive efficiency for the first 10 minutes of Friday's home tilt with Bartlesville.
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FORT GIBSON—You know the old saying about what you do when you fall off the horse?  That’s right — you dust yourself off and get back on.
The Hilldale girls showed some signs of having to play back-to-back days, but only for one quarter as they took care of Kiowa 61-46 on Friday at Hilldale Event Center.
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I’ve been reading a lot of late about how Nick Saban, with seven national titles passing Bear Bryant’s six, is the John Wooden of his sport now.Â
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Ty O’Neal had 24 points, leading a second-half charge that got Hilldale a big road win Thursday, beating Okmulgee 54-46.
Muskogee will have a new head football coach in 2021 and a tweaked schedule in non-district play.
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Muskogee boys basketball coach Lynwood Wade said the Roughers’ 67-57 win over Class 6A No. 11 Tulsa Union was a learning experience.
Once again Hilldale played musical opponents Tuesday night thanks to COVID-19, and the Hornets put on perhaps their performance of the season as they demolished previously unbeaten Class B No. 5 Red Oak 64-30 at the Hilldale Event Center.
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Travis Hill had to get his team on board first.
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WARNER — Fouls, youth and turnovers were a recipe for trouble as the Warner Lady Eagles were unable to win the championship of their own Warner Eagle Classic, falling to the unbeaten Keys Lady Cougars 55-44 at the Warner Event Center Saturday night.
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FORT GIBSON — It was the kind of game that a team that’s used to winning pretty handily needs every now and then.
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FORT GIBSON — Tearney Maxwell heard the whistle and knew where she was headed.
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FORT GIBSON — Harrison Field House was full of Tigers on Thursday night but in the end the gold and blue Tigers of Oktaha took better advantage of their fourth-quarter opportunities and scored a 57-50 win over the host Tigers of Fort Gibson in action at the Fort Gibson Festival.
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Rafe Watkins doesn’t have to pack and move for his next job.
It’s not official, but you heard it here, and I’m sticking to it.
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Muskogee coach Jeremy Ford didn’t define the holidays as a break for his Lady Roughers.
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There have no doubt in the Fort Gibson-Hilldale rivalry been periods like the second quarter Tuesday.
When you have success, people take notice and that appears to be the case for Enid Plainsmen head football coach Rashaun Woods, whose name surfaced in reports in connection to the current coaching vacancy at Muskogee.
MULDROW 70, GORE 25 (G) — Karli Springer had 10 points to lead the Lady Pirates (1-3) on a tough opening night in the Sequoyah County Tournament, dropping them into the consolation round later this week.
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Hilldale’s girls head into their makeup contest Tuesday with arch-rival Fort Gibson with two wins in their last four games against ranked foes.
Two head football coaching jobs are nearing selection time. Travis Hill is one of the two in contention for the MHS job. Hill, the Roughers' defensive coordinator this past season and a former head coach at East Central, confirmed that to the Phoenix. Although superintendent Jarod Mendenhall…
The crystal ball went missing last year, breaking a tradition that’s been in place ever since the first one was written from Pasadena, Calif., just days before the Rose Bowl.
Muskogee’s head football coach search is nearing a second-round of interviews, and superintendent Jarod Mendenhall told the Phoenix late this week that the earlier goal of a recommended hire to the board at its February meeting may be brought up at the Jan. 19 board meeting instead.
Hilldale’s unexpected Christmas present was a good week of catch-up this week in the Ada Invitational. The Lady Hornets ended it Wednesday with a 55-41 loss to Class 2A No. 4 Howe in the fifth-place contest.
The Hilldale girls took out the Class 4A No. 8 Ada Lady Cougars 55-47 on Monday to advance to tonight’s semifinals of the Ada Cougar Classic tournament.
Muskogee capped the Joe Cole Cleveland Classic on Saturday with two wrestlers winning titles and the team coming in fourth overall.
Hilldale's girls finally got a game in after three weeks of COVID-related issues from either themselves or their opponents and took a 47-45 win at Tulsa Memorial on Saturday.
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The great COVID-19 schedule scramble brought two rivals together, not when originally scheduled, and not when rescheduled.
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