Sports

The unthinkable, at least for sports fans, already has happened.

HINTON - Despite spring sports being canceled in their entirety for Hinton High School and all other public and private schools across the state of Oklahoma due to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, the Comets’ senior athletes in the Class of 2020 did plenty to shine.

Now roughly one month into having no sports because of the COVID-19 situation, I decided to dig into our Watonga Republican newspaper archives and take a look back at happier times in the 1990s in Watonga High School varsity athletics.

Watonga High School athletics got some great news this week as Eagles’ varsity wrestler Ethan Henderson was named an all-star.

The NCAA will permit Division I spring-sport athletes — such as baseball, softball and lacrosse players — who had their seasons shortened by the coronavirus pandemic to have an additional year of eligibility.

HINTON - On Monday afternoon, the Oklahoma Coaches Association (OCA) announced their 2019-20 East and West All-Star Wrestling Team rosters that ranged from Class 3A-6A. A very pleasant surprise

HINTON - Following the official announcement on March 25 from the State Superintendent that all Oklahoma public schools would remain closed until the end of the academic year, Comets’ first-year football head coach Grant Potter took to Facebook Live to update students, parents and fellow coaches on the COVID-19 situation in relation to Hinton Public Schools spring sports. With the cancelation of all

Geary High School and its activities may be canceled for the rest of the academic year due to the situation surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak, but Geary athletics did get some great news this week as Bison varsity wrestlers Landon Holt and Max Glasgow were named 2020 all-stars by the Oklahoma Coaches Association.

Watonga High School athletics got some great news this week as Eagles’ varsity wrestler Ethan Henderson was named an all-star.

The NCAA will permit Division I spring-sport athletes — such as baseball, softball and lacrosse players — who had their seasons shortened by the coronavirus pandemic to have an additional year of eligibility. The NCAA Division I Council voted Monday to give spring-sport athletes regardless of their year in school a way to get back the season they lost, but it did not guarantee financial aid to the current crop of seniors if they return to play next year. Winter sports, such as basketball and hockey, were not included in the decision because many athletes in those sports had completed all or most of their regular seasons, the council decided. The council is made up of college sports administrators representing all 32 D-I conferences, plus two members of the student-athlete advisory committee. Voting is weighted to give the Power Five conferences more say. Chairwoman Grace Calhoun, who is Penn’s athletic director, declined to reveal the final vote.