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Lady Pirates open season 1-1

J. D. Meisner
Monday, December 8, 2025
Pehrson and Elliot take the wheel in win over Bristow MANNFORD — If you like your high school basketball with chaos, heart, and bunch of rebounds on both ends, then Mannford’s season-opening week was las juicy as the Sunday buffet at Steer Inn.
Sandite hands rise together, hoisting the gold ball in celebration as an emotional coach Bobby Klinck leans into the moment and reflects on a shared, hard-fought season that ended in triumph, erased 59 years of waiting and bound a town to its team and a team to its coach. Photo by John Burns

Sandite hands rise together, hoisting the gold ball in celebration as an emotional coach Bobby Klinck leans into the moment and reflects on a shared, hard-fought season that ended in triumph, erased 59 years of waiting and bound a town to its team and a team to its coach. Photo by John Burns

State Champions

News Staff
Monday, December 8, 2025
Paxton Salazar keeps a Sand Springs scoring drive alive with a catch under pressure. Photo by John Burns

Paxton Salazar keeps a Sand Springs scoring drive alive with a catch under pressure. Photo by John Burns

Sandites storm back from 20 down, stun Pirates in semifinal nail-biter

J.d. Meisner
Monday, December 1, 2025
EDMOND — There are come from behind wins, and then there are those special playoff nights when a team that should have been defeated simply refuses to die. In last Friday’s 6A-II state semifi nal game at Edmond North Stadium, the Charles Page High School Sandites would not accept defeat.
The Charles Page Sandite captains for last Friday’s game against Putnam City walk on to the field. They are, Dominic Forbes, Easton Webb, Michael Mears, Shawn Hatcher and Alex Dudley. The Sandites staged a dramatic come-from-behind win to edge out the Pirates 27-26. See story, Page 4. Photo by John Burns

The Charles Page Sandite captains for last Friday’s game against Putnam City walk on to the field. They are, Dominic Forbes, Easton Webb, Michael Mears, Shawn Hatcher and Alex Dudley. The Sandites staged a dramatic come-from-behind win to edge out the Pirates 27-26. See story, Page 4. Photo by John Burns

Sand Springs vs Choctaw promise a classic 6A-II showdown

J. D. Meisner
Monday, December 1, 2025
EDMOND — The road to the gold ball in Class 6A-II runs through a familiar place and a brand-new face. This season, Oklahoma high school football lined up its stars just right, and we were gifted a championship game that feels as big as the bracket that delivered it — Choctaw vs. Sand Springs.

Sandites claim 6A-II-2 District title

News Staff
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
On the MaxPreps website, the unofficial attendance Friday night in Sand Springs was listed as “at least 1,000,” which is a polite way of saying Memorial Stadium was filling fast and half the town was still stuck in orangebarrel- induced traffic.

Pirates close 2025 with heart despite tough road loss at Sulphur

J. D. Meisner
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
SULPHUR — The Mannford Pirates wrapped up their 2025 football season Friday night in the shadow of the Arbuckles, falling 48-0 to Class 3A, secondranked Sulphur — an undefeated powerhouse bound for a deep postseason run. The scoreboard was not on the Pirates’ side, but the effort was there.

Area fishing report

News Staff
Monday, October 27, 2025
NORTHEAST Grand: October 16. Elevation is normal and stable, water temperature 72°F and murky. (USACE Lake Level) Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits and plastic baits around brush structure, flats, points, and shorelines. White bass fair on in-line spinnerbaits around flats and main lake.

Tornadoes lose to Yale 46-20

Robert Marshall
Monday, October 27, 2025
The Drumright Tornadoes traveled to Yale Thursday night for a district game. Bad weather was predicted to come in later so kicko was at 5 p.m.\\ The Tornadoes looked very good for most of the fi rst half. Coach Chris Elerick said "We didn't play well or respond well in the second half.
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