Sports

Bridges, Barton Nab All-District Honors

Body
Watonga’s Aubrey Bridges and Mary Barton were named to the Class 2A-3 All-District first team last week, and their teammate Landri Hussey was an Honorable Mention for the team. Bridges made the squad as an outfielder, and Barton as a utiltiy player; both girls are sophomores, while Hussey was a senior this season. The full All-District team is listed below:

Watonga Middle Schoolers Show Out at All-Star Race

Body
The Watonga Middle School boys and girls excelled during the 2A Junior High All-Star Cross Country Championships last Thursday, Oct. 14 in Chickasha. The boys netted a No. 2 overall finish, boosted by Brayden Cowan’s winning run. Brayden, pictured above with Coach Jim Bob Coleman, finished nearly a full minute faster than his closest competition with a 3200m time of 11:13.05. Noe Brewer (21st), Samuel Miller (27th) and Wade Manke (29th) also placed inside the top 30 for the Watonga boys. On the girls’ side, Emyree Lake ran the fastest among the Lady Eagles with a 10:05.20 time over 2400m. Laverne’s Arlie Mcatee won the race in 9:14.77; Kinze Cowan (27th) also ran a strong time for Watonga. The girls team finished eighth overall. Wright City won the girls meet, and Binger-Oney edged the Watonga boys. (Photos provided by Watonga Public Schools.)

Watonga Drops 2nd Straight at Tonkawa

Body
TONKAWA — The Watonga Eagles made one of their longest trips of the season Friday night to Tonkawa, and couldn’t overcome an early deficit in a 26-18 loss to the Buccaneers. The defeat was Watonga’s second in a row and brings the Eagles to 0-2 in district competition after rolling 4-0 through non-district play.

Rat Race Results

Body
Top left: The overall male and female 5K and 10K winners: Diahann Kramer, female overall winner of 5K; Indy Moore, overall male winner of 5K; Joseph Theinert, overall male winner of 10K; Kayla Kuehn, overall female winner of 10K.

THE GRAHAM SLAM

Body
An admission, Thunder fans: I haven’t always liked your team very much. When I enrolled at OU nine years ago, the Thunder were the hottest young team in the NBA.