Sports

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.

GEARY – Homecoming king Major Lewis notched a passing touchdown and carried the ball 19 times on Friday, but that wasn’t enough to push Geary over the top as they fell 22-6 to Buffalo in a battle of the Bison.

WATONGA – Interim Watonga Police Chief Aaron Vales has been placed on paid administrative leave, city officials said, months after former Chief Shawn Kays was fired. Watonga City Manager Karrie Beth Little confirmed Vales is on leave but declined to comment further.

The Geary Bison football team returned to the field after two weeks away and captured its first victory of the season Friday on the road against Corn Bible Academy, 30-28. Days later, the junior high Bison continued the winning at home against Corn Bible, 28-16. (Photos by Mandy Williams)

KINGFISHER – The Geary Lady Bison traveled to Kingfisher last Thursday, Sept. 23, for District play against Dover and Leedey.

When Oklahoma and Texas announced this summer they were bolting for the SEC, I expected the Big 12 Conference to fold like an accordion. Not so: The conference revealed last week it has invited four new members, bringing its number of member institutions back up to a logical 12.

Amaya Evans (left), Lexi Pendleton (right) and Olivia Littleraven (bottom right) were honored between games during Senior Night for the Geary fastpitch softball team on Monday, Sept. 13, as the Lady Bison faced off with Okeene. The Geary softball season continues this weekend at the Guthrie Tournament. The team recently found out that it will be hosting its District tournament against Leedy (7-20) and Dover (14-9); the tourney must be completed by Sept. 25, though the exact schedule hasn’t yet been finalized.

WATONGA — In its first two games, Watonga won comfortably but had to overcome major second-half adversity to pull away. That wasn’t the case on Friday night, as the Eagles celebrated their 2021 home opener with a 54-6 romp over the Rush Springs Redskins.