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Powered by three top-12 finishes from seniors Riley Coleman, Jocelyn Turney and Caitlin Parker, the Watonga girls cross country team powered to the state championship in the 3,200-meter run last week in Edmond. Two other high finishers gave the Watonga girls five finishes in the top 20. Coleman finished second overall with a time of 12:11.68 to pace Watonga High School. Turney finished seventh with a time of 12:46.70, and Parker finished 12th with a time of 13:16.50. Freshman Shelby Miller finished 15th at 13:33.88. Landri Hussey, a sophomore, finished 19th at 13:44.71. Two other runners also ran for Watonga. Sophomore Julien Roman Nose finished 25th at 13:51.93, and junior Ady Hightower finished 122nd at 16:52.43. Pictured are Coleman, Turney, Parker, Hussey, Roman Nose, Miller, Hightower and coach Jim Bob Coleman. Brenda Geels Watonga Republican

The Geary High School football team will be heading to their first round of playoffs this Friday night at Fox. Game time will be 7:00. The Bison qualified for playoffs after defeating Beaver 34-30 last Friday. Byron Cole Watonga Republican

As of November 10, there were 140,157 confirmed cases of the Covid-19 virus in the state, according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health. 20,632 of those are active. There were 7 deaths reported in the last 24 hours. This current death toll stands at 1,451.