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Local golfers competed Saturday in a tournament hosted by the Watonga Masonic Lodge. Here, two participants tee off at the 10th hole. The weather started cloudy and rained off and on Saturday before clearing up for the tournament.

Watonga High School senior Tucker Estep has been named as the recipient of the Doris Lewis Cupp Family Memorial Scholarship for 2021. Estep will receive a $3,000 scholarship award to support his studies at Southwestern Oklahoma State University where he plans to study computer science.

The coveted Fightingest Eagle award is given each year to the top senior athletes in every Watonga sport. This year’s winners posed Friday in their graduation regalia. Top row, from left: Brendan Cole, basketball; Kerby Easter, powerlifting; Joe Rinehart, baseball; Montana Miller, powerlifting and baseball; Aaron Perez, football; Cy Walters, cross country and track & field. Bottom row, from left: Brianna Brown, fast-pitch softball; Riley Coleman, track & field; Jocelyn Turney, basketball; Caitin Parker, cross country; Caton Cope, slow-pitch softball, cheerleading and weightlifting.

The 54th annual Canton Lake Walleye Rodeo was this past weekend, drawing hundreds to the Blaine County town for a weekend of rodeo, carnival rides, food and, of course, fishing. The oldest fishing tournament in Oklahoma, the rodeo is dedicated to a fish that’s hard to find in most Oklahoma waters but thrives in Canton Lake.

The Watonga Masonic Lodge is hosting its Spring Golf Tournament this Saturday, May 22 at the Roman Nose State Park Golf Course. The four-man scramble event will tee off at 9 a.m.

Geary athletes, parents, family, friends and coaches gathered Thursday evening in the Field House to celebrate another year of Geary Bison sports – a season disrupted by a global pandemic and, consequently, one of the strangest and most challenging of all-time.

Geary residents took advantage of the beautiful weather Saturday for a day of rodeo, yard sales, and special events throughout the town. The annual Jesse Chisholm Day commemorates the famous scout and pioneer, the namesake of the Chisholm Trail, whose grave is just a few miles from Geary.