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Tiger wrestlers place 7th, Fipps owns 138-pound division

J. D. Meisner
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
BRISTOW — Cushing didn’t leave Bristow with a trophy last weekend, but the Tigers did leave the Chuck West Invitational having tagged the walls — on the podium, in the team standings, and in the kind of matches that shape a season.Across two long days, Dec. 12–13, Cushing wrestlers battled through...
Hunter Joiner stands off with two Elgin defenders during Friday’s semi-final game at Putnam City. Photo by Sylvia Danyele

Hunter Joiner stands off with two Elgin defenders during Friday’s semi-final game at Putnam City. Photo by Sylvia Danyele

Tiger season ends in semi finals

J. D. Meisner
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
PUTNAM CITY — The final score in Putnam City sat there, blunt and unmoving: Elgin 52, Cushing 6. Elgin, the defending state champions, had just won their 27th straight game — W’s dating back to November of 2024 — they were the better team Friday — everybody saw that. Somebody had to lose.

What lasts

News Staff
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Defensive coordinator Kyle Fry sees the ending clearly — and the bigger picture even more so.“It was a very difficult ending for us,” he said. “Elgin was a complete team and we had a hard time stopping the run.”But he didn’t stop there.
Senior quarterback Roman Tucker leaves a Ardmore Tiger defender in his dust as he makes a run down O’Dell Field. Story on page 9. Photo by J.D. Meisner.

Senior quarterback Roman Tucker leaves a Ardmore Tiger defender in his dust as he makes a run down O’Dell Field. Story on page 9. Photo by J.D. Meisner.

IN THE DUST

J. D. Meisner
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
CUSHING — It was cold Friday, when Tigers collided — Ardmore and Cushing.

Area Fishing Report

News Staff
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
NORTHEAST Grand: November 16. Elevation is normal and stable, water temperature 61°F and murky. (USACE Lake Level) Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits and plastic baits around brush structure, docks, points, and shorelines. Crappie good on hair jigs and jigs around brush structure and docks.
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