The Altus Junior High 7th grade girls basketball team is heading into its final game of the season with a lot of momentum. The recently finished third place in the Weatherford Tournament and have b...
Blair comeback nails Erick The Blair Broncs came up with a big victory Tuesday night when they traveled to Erick and defeated the Bearcats 52-47. It was an especially sweet win for Coach Jimmy Smith, and the Broncs. It aven...
Lady Pioneers open season Saturday The Western Oklahoma State softball team will begin its season on Saturday when they travel to Clarendon, Texas, to take on Clarendon College. The Pioneers are coming off a 2011 campaign that res...
Olustee basketball teams sweep MVG The Olustee basketball teams swept Mountain View-Gotebo on Tuesday night. The Lady Eagles defeated MVG 64-25. Kayla Cotton scored 21 points and Ericka Garcia 19 points to lead Olustee. The Eagle...
AHS swims a sweep of Lawton schools It was a clean sweep for the Altus High School swimmers in their meet with the Lawton Schools last Friday. Both the Bulldogs and the Lady Bulldogs defeated Lawton High Scool, Lawton Eisenhower and...
Altus High splits with MacArthur It was a good day for the Altus High Lady Bulldogs but not a good one for the Bulldogs in their basketball doubleheader with Lawton MacArthur on Saturday. The Lady Bulldogs defeated MacArthur 49-28...
Pioneers take two from Carl Albert It was one of the best nights of the season for the Western Oklahoma State College basketball teams. Western swept a pair of games from Carl Albert here Monday night. The Lady Pioneers defeated t...
Pioneers to receive championship rings This is the weekend between the conference championship games and the Super Bowl. That has special meaning to me. It means there is not going to be anything decent on television. I’m not quite int...
Anadarko boys, girls sweep Altus It was a long night Friday for the Altus High School basketball teams. They traveled to Anadarko and played two very talented basketball teams. The Anadarko girls, ranked number 2 in Class 4A, we...
Navajo drops Tipton The Navajo Lady Indians defeated Tipton 49-25 Thursday night. The Lady Indians outscored Tipton 31-12 in the middle periods to break the game open. Rylee Wilson hit three 3-point shots and scored...
Blair boys, girls sweep Canute It was a clean sweep for the Blair Broncs on Tuesday night. The Lady Broncs defeated Canute 39-24 while the Broncs downed the Trojans 45-22. Whitney Green led the Blair girls with 13 points. “Th...
Pate heading to ASA Hall of Fame An Altus resident will be inducted into the Oklahoma ASA Softball of Fame for 2012. Mike Pate will be inducted during ceremonies on Saturday at Norman. Pate began his baseball career playing in t...
It was bad night Monday for the Western Oklahoma State College basketball teams. They lost a pair of games to Connors Junior College. The Western men lost a 69-63 decision to the Cowboys while the...
The Altus High School Bulldogs were fourth and the Lady Bulldogs were sixth in the Oklahoma City Cassady-McGuinness swim meet on Saturday. Boys •200 meter relay - Dalton Smith, Brandon Alcorta, Ni...
Hollis defeated the Snyder Cyclones 44-38 in the finals while the Lady Cyclones downed Navajo 51-25. In other games the Sayre Lady Eagles defeated Mangum 44-33 for the girls consolation title whil...
A scoring flurry in the fourth quarter propelled Lawton Eisenhower to a 52-46 victory over Houston HCYA in the championship game of the 40th annual Clester Harrington Shortgrass Invitational Basket...
The Blair Lady Broncs behind a balanced scoring attack defeated Temple 40-31 in the first round of the Tipton Tournament on Thursday. Chelsea Martin led the scoring parade with nine points. Whitne...
The Snyder boys and girls, the Hollis boys and the Navajo girls advanced to the finals of the Tri County Basketball Tournament via semifinal victories on Thursday night at the Western Oklahoma Stat...
By Mark Glenn, sports editor Lawton Eisenhower, Lawton MacArthur Houston HCYA, and Duncan were first round winners in the Clester Harrington Shortgrass Invitational Basketball tournament which b...
A 50-point second half sparked the Western Oklahoma State College Lady Pioneers to a 81-67 victory over Eastern here on Wednesday night. Bianna Pendleton led the way for Western with 28 points. Ra...
The Western Oklahoma State College Pioneers flirted with an upset of major proportions here on Wednesday night. Eastern Oklahoma State College came to town with a sparkling 15-2 record and were ra...
The Clester Harrington Shortgrass Invitational Basketball Tournament returns to Cletus B, Street Fieldhouse. It was last year when there was no tournament because there were not enough of teams to...
It’s been a frustrating year for the Altus High Bulldogs basketball team. Unfortunately that frustration continued on Tuesday night when the Clinton Red Tornadoes came to town and handed the Bulldo...
In business like manor, the Altus High Lady Bulldogs easily defeated the Clinton Lady Reds 55-33 here on Tuesday night. The Lady Bulldogs were in control all the way. It was clear that Clinton cou...
Mangum, Hobart, Navajo and Hollis weere first round winners Tuesday night in the Tri County Basketball tournament at the western Oklahoma State College gym. Navajo 56, Granite 30 Girls This went...
A baseball and softball umpire meeting is scheduled for 8 p.m. Wednesday. It will be at the City of Altus Parks and Recreation gym conference room. If you are interested in officiating baseball or...
The Altus High swimming teams had a competitive dual with Harrah here on Saturday. The AHS boys tied Harrah 131-131 and the while the girls lost 164-120. Boys It was good performance for senior...
Snyder and Cordell were first round winners in the opening round of the Tri County Basketball Tournament at the Western Oklahoma State College gym on Monday. Snyder 64, Hollis 20 Girls Top ranke...
By Mark Glenn, sports editor Altus will be the basketball capitol of the state this week. Thirty-eight high school and college basketball games will be played at the Western Oklahoma State Colleg...
The Altus High Bulldogs had a chance to win their game against Cache in regulation but could not pull off the victory. Altus faltered in overtime and suffered a 55-51 loss to Cache. The Bulldogs h...
It was a tremendous performance for Eldorado Lady Panthers. Coach Davis Doss’ team battled third ranked Erick to four overtimes before losing 45-40. Cheyenne Colvins scored 16 points and Brandonly...
The Western Oklahoma State College Lady Pioneers had a three-point lead in in the final minutes of their game here on Thursday night against the Northern-Tonkawa Lady Mavericks but the couldn’t mak...
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