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Ripley golfers battle windy “Tussle at the Trails” spring meet

Allie Prater

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

PERKINS — Spring golf in Oklahoma rarely arrives quietly, and the Ripley Warriors learned that again Wednesday at the Tussle at the Trails – Spring Style tournament at Cimarron Trails Golf Course.With a shotgun start sending players to scattered holes across the course, golfers battled breezy March...

Lady Tigers open with win over Stroud

J. D. Meisner

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

If you listened closely Monday afternoon at softball field in Stroud, you heard three things: the crack of the bat, the customary, unapologetic chants and chatter from Coach Nikki York’s dugout, and somebody in the stands reminding everyone that yes, those may be the Stroud Lady Tigers in the home...

Braxton Colclasure loads up a pick-off throw during the Tiger’s opener against Ada. Photo by Sylvia Danyelle

Tigers off to 2-3 start, but there’s a lot of baseball left to play

J. D. Meisner

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

The Cushing Tigers have already packed half a season’s worth of action into the first few weeks of ball.After opening the regular season with a frustrating doubleheader sweep at the hands of Ada, 2-1 and 4-0, Cushing settled down and began to look more like the club that mauled Mannford 19-2 in the...

Tulsa 7 All-Confrence Team

News Staff

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Six Cushing basketball athletes were honored this week, being named to the Tulsa 7 Conference, All-Conference Team.

Fields leads Lady Tigers to sixth-place finish at Sperry Classic

Allie Prater

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

SPERRY — The Cushing Lady Tigers turned in a solid early-season showing Monday at the 2026 Sperry Lady Pirates Spring Golf Classic at Rock Creek Golf Course along historic Route 66.Cushing finished sixth as a team with a score of 412, competing against a large field from across the region in one of...

Tigers’ furious run ends four points short

J. D. Meisner

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Season’s surge won’t soon be forgotten CUSHING — The Cushing Tiger season started in Cleveland, against a well-stacked Tiger team, that game ended with Cleveland on top 54-46.The season ended in Cushing against Cleveland and this one was close, Cleveland 44, Cushing 40.

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Area fishing report

White Crappie Caught By Tom Friedmann

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

NORTHEAST Grand: February 22. Elevation is normal and stable, water temperature 46°F and stained. (USACE Lake Level) Largemouth bass good on Alabama rigs and crankbaits around brush structure, docks, and shorelines. Crappie fair on hair jigs and jigs around brush structure and docks.

Tiger boys district runners up

J. D. Meisner

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

CUSHING — In high school basketball, there are weeks in February that are like intermissions — too many days between games, too much thinking, not enough ball.Cushing Head Coach Silas Guerrero would like to avoid that “Another week of basketball for us,” he said.

Makiah Shanklin owned the paint against Morrison, scoring 14 points and pulling down seven rebounds, along with an assist, four deflections and three steals.

Lady Tigers split week, face Bristow in regionals

J. D. Meisner

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

CUSHING — There are nights when the basketball does what it’s told — when it leaves a shooter’s hands and understands the assignment.

Third-place

News Staff

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

After an undefeated 9-0 regular season, the Cushing sixth-grade Lady Tiger basketball team placed third in the tri-county gold bracket tournament Saturday. The girls have been playing together since they were in first grade and have seen success year-to-year.

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