Sports

District Week

This week districts are in Big O for the Lady Tornadoes. They host Yale and Afton. Not sure what times the games will start, so call the school for information.Last week the Lady Tornadoes played three games. They beat Beggs 11-3.

Mannford claims Battle of the Boats, stays perfect at 3-0

MANNFORD — There are Pirates, there are Purple Pirates, and when Mannford and Bristow get together on the football field, somebody gets to take the Battle of the Boats trophy home.Friday night, that somebody was Mannford, winning on their home field, reflecting a paradigm shift in the momentum of...
For the second year in a row, the Mannford Purple Pirates ruled the waters, sinking rival Bristow in the Battle of the Boats Friday, Sept. 18. Photo by John Burns. See inside for more.

For the second year in a row, the Mannford Purple Pirates ruled the waters, sinking rival Bristow in the Battle of the Boats Friday, Sept. 18. Photo by John Burns. See inside for more.

Plunder

Pirate senior #3 JJ Hindsman gets the interception. Photo by John Burns.

Pirate senior #3 JJ Hindsman gets the interception. Photo by John Burns.

Hindsman lights the fuse as Mannford rolls through Cleveland

CLEVELAND — Smoke rolled across the field just before Mannford’s first offensive snap Friday night.Maybe somebody forgot to tell the Pirates it was supposed to just be atmospheric.One play later, J.J. Hindsman was gone.

Tornadoes fall to Barnsdall

The Drumright Tornadoes coached by Mark Ryan, Miles Williams, Hunter Kirby, Kevin Gooch, and James Osterhout traveled to Barnsdall, who is undefeated and scores a lot of points.We lost 48-19. But it was 21-19 in the middle of the second quarter.

Pirates make a convincing opening argument

MANNFORD — So, in Mannford, the forward pass is optional for the offense, because the defense makes up for it.Mannford opened their 2026 football season Friday by running for 380 yards, throwing for exactly zero, intercepting Catoosa five times and beating the Indians 46-12.Somewhere, an old-school...

Tornadoes trounce Oklahoma Union 40-18

People asked me “is Oklahoma Union on Mingo in Tulsa?”‘Fraid not. This is North of Tulsa near Nowata. After our tough loss to Pawhuska, we had to regroup, and we did 40-18.It was Deathly Hot. One of our players might have suffered a Heat Stroke or Heat Exhaustion.
Panther senior Mark Mascho runs past Yale senior defender Levi Benjamin during the Panthers first game in over 30 years. Photo by Allie Prater.

Panther senior Mark Mascho runs past Yale senior defender Levi Benjamin during the Panthers first game in over 30 years. Photo by Allie Prater.

Yale beats Oilton on historic night

Yale beats Oilton on historic night for the first time since 1993 Oilton played there first game, when I got to Oilton there was a line of cars backed up, for all the way to Ballard’s Grocery Store. There were a ton of people to see the Historic event.