Wolverine’s sport week marred by Covid

Body Holdenville High School has three sports seasons going at the present and two of the three were put out of action this past week by the Covid virus. The football scrimmage at Gore was cancelled and the cross country team was unable to compete at Kiefer.

Latest COVID report shows decrease in county

Body There were 31 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hughes County last week. Slightly less than the 43 reported two weeks ago, but officials say we are not out of the woods yet. Cases continue to rise across the state.

Football season opener at Wewoka

Body The Holdenville Wolverine football squad will make the 6 mile trip west on Friday and open the 2021 season with a classic match up with the Wewoka Tigers. The Wolverine vs. Tiger contest has been going on for decades with very few exceptions.

Holdenville head coach

Body Holdenville head coach, Rick Scott, steered his team to a 7 game winning streak before dropping a hard fought contest to Chandler. Holdenville will play Henryetta twice this week and will host Allen on Thursday.
Holdenville head coach

What’s next

Body Holdenville will host Henryetta on Monday. The Wolverines will travel to Henryetta for a rematch on Tuesday. Allen comes to town for a Hughes County show down on Thursday.

Holdenville’s, Tyler Moody

Body Holdenville’s, Tyler Moody, earned the 5th place medal at the wolverine Invitational. Holdenville will run at home again on September 14..
Holdenville’s, Tyler Moody

Holdenville cross country runner

Body Holdenville cross country runner, Lane Childs, won 4th place in the Wolverine Invitational. Holdenville will travel to Okemah on Saturday to compete in the Panther Classic..
Holdenville cross country runner

Wolverine Softball team posts a 5 win week.

Body The Wolverines softball team started the season with three losses but Coach Scott’s team has definitely had a turn around. The Wolverines started the week with back to back wins over Beggs. Holdenville defeated the Demons 12-0 on Monday and 12-1 on Tuesday.