Sports

Football team faces adversity

Tornado Watch With Robert Marshall
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Goodbye 9-man football, hello 11-man football.The Drumright football team started a three-way scrimmage against Chandler and Crooked Oak, a team near Del City. Coach Matt Ryan said, “We need to get more physical.”“But I believe we will get better every week.

Lady Pirates shutout Cleveland 14-0

J.d. Meisner
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
CLEVELAND — Some softball games take an inning or two to sort themselves out.This one took one pitch. Brooke Kyser — first to the plate for Mannford — saw the first pitch of the afternoon and slapped it to short for a single. No feeling-out process.

Lady Sandites 10-2

J. D. Meisner
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
SAND SPRINGS — The Charles Page Lady Sandites are 10-2.That is not a typo. That is not a pretty good start.
Pawnee Lady Black Bears are 2-7

Pawnee Lady Black Bears are 2-7

Pawnee Lady Black Bears are 2-7

J. D. Meisner
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
PAWNEE— Pawnee’s season has not exactly been a leisurely stroll through the park.The Lady Bears opened with three straight wins, then spent the middle of August discovering just how many different ways a softball game can turn irritating.One-run losses. Two-run losses. A 12-2 thumping from Muskogee.

Lady Tornadoes start slow, but get better later

News Staff
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
The Drumright Lady Tornadoes fast pitch team coached by Leslie Robinson, and assisted by Alyssa Fuxa, travelled to Ripley for the Ripley Tournament, and that tournament is stacked, it could be one of the best tournaments in the state.
Drumright High School junior Brinlee Christy, a longtime softball player who competes in both fastpitch and slowpitch, recently was selected to join the Oklahoma Athletics 18U Babb traveling softball team out of Oklahoma City. Christy primarily plays catcher and third base, with additional time at first base.

Drumright High School junior Brinlee Christy, a longtime softball player who competes in both fastpitch and slowpitch, recently was selected to join the Oklahoma Athletics 18U Babb traveling softball team out of Oklahoma City. Christy primarily plays catcher and third base, with additional time at first base.

On the Field

News Staff
Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Applications open for bonus youth deer hunts

Allie Prater
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
OKLAHOMA CITY — Young hunters who have never harvested a deer or have taken only one may apply for bonus private-land hunts offered through the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.Applications will be accepted through Aug. 16 through the “Controlled Hunts” section at...

Lady Tornadoes face tough scrimmages

News Staff
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
The Drumright Lady Tornadoes traveled to Firelake in Shawnee to scrimmage 5A Collinsville and 6A Stillwater.You have to give it to coach Rob. She likes to scrimmage tough teams. ”1 believe it is going to make us better,” she said.The first game was with Collinsville and we lost 8-5.
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