INOLA — If Verdigris basketball was out to make a statement on Monday night, it certainly did so in the opening round of the Jerry Oquin Tournament.

High school football seems to fly by faster and faster each year, and 2019 was no different.

Claremore hosted Oklahoma's first all-girls wrestling dual on Friday night against Broken Arrow.

VERDIGRIS – Playing a complete game, the Verdigris Cardinals boys cruised to a complete victory over Jay Friday night at Collins Sports Complex.

VERDIGRIS – The 11th-ranked Verdigris Lady Cardinals forced 31 turnovers and allowed Jay just two field goals in the first half, rolling to a 49-22 victory over the Lady Bulldogs on Friday night at Collins Sports Complex.

INOLA — It was a tale of two games on Friday night.

Claremore Christian girls basketball moved to 3-0 after defeating Dove Science Academy, 80-7, on Friday night.

ARLINGTON, Texas — A defensive-minded game that packed a punch, sent its share of players to the locker room and electrified AT&T Stadium couldn’t be contained in four quarters.

Laynie Nichols never expected to become a long-distance running phenomenon.

PRYOR — Turnovers and inexperience were the theme of Claremore basketball’s season opener.

STILLWATER — Oklahoma State played too conservatively.

NOBLE — Verdigris coach Travis East knew a quick start was essential to his team’s success.

NOBLE — It was a rough night on both sides of the ball for Verdigris.

When Jim Sherl and his family gather for Thanksgiving dinner, they won’t have to look far to see who they are most thankful for this holiday season.

VERDIGRIS — It’s been 45 years, but Ed Crone remembers it like it was yesterday.

A week after clinching the program's first semifinals berth, Verdigris has an opportunity to advance the Class 3A state championship game when it plays No. 3 Plainview on Friday night.

Claremore’s season wasn’t supposed to end this early.

VERDIGRIS — Toby Willis confused even himself with his apparent stealthlike routes.

VERDIGRIS — The Cardinals will be practicing on Thanksgiving Day.

The most highly anticipated day of the year arrives Saturday for many thousands of Oklahoma hunters. The state’s deer gun season officially begins a half-hour before sunrise Nov. 23.

And then there was one.

After correctly picking 67 of 84 Rogers County high school football regular season games, Progress sports editor Kevin Green is going a step further.

INOLA — On a large shelf in Lillie Walker’s bedroom sit two glass storage containers.

VERDIGRIS — One mustn’t be perfect to be a perfect parent, but Eli Runyan believes his mother and father come close to that distinction.

INOLA — Ethan Trosky didn’t expect to have much success as a receiver.

CLAREMORE, Okla. – The 2019 American Quarter Horse Association racing season has concluded for the 10th consecutive year at Cherokee Casino Will Rogers Downs.

TULSA - As soon as Inola figured out it was playing the No. 2 team in Class 3A in the first round of the playoffs, it knew it had a tough task in front of it.

VERDIGRIS – Good times are here again for the Verdigris Cardinals.

MCALESTER — It was just the break Claremore needed.

CLASS 5A

Inola couldn’t have gotten a worse draw.

Seventh-ranked Verdigris looks to follow up its first district championship since 2001 with its first playoff win since 2012.

Tenth-ranked Claremore’s quest to ‘Be the One’ resumes tonight, and this time the season is on the line.

Deer gun season remains the state’s most popular, with more than 150,000 taking part last year. It is also the deer gun season that boasts the greatest success rate in terms of harvest each year, as shown in the annual Big Game Report. The gun season accounted for 60.5 percent of all deer ha…

After correctly picking 67 of 84 Rogers County high school football regular season games, Progress sports editor Kevin Green is going a step further.

VERDIGRIS — Kyle Pickens isn’t afraid to admit he was intimidated.

Quentin Skinner knew something wasn’t right.

Need to get caught up on Claremore football before the Zebras travel to McAlester for the first round of the Class 5A playoffs?

RUSHING

BERRYHILL – A receiver with magic hands and a team that believed overcoming the improbable was no surprise inspired Verdigris to the District 3A-4 championship Friday night at Berryhill Stadium.

TAHLEQUAH — With a look of determination in his eyes, Jacob Cowherd delivered a bold statement to defensive line coach Lucious Selmon III.

Friday night’s matchup between Claremore Christian and Sunrise Christian was a game full of hard hitting and running the ball down the defenses’ throats on what was a muddy and slippery football field.

All games will take place on Friday, Nov. 15

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