Holdenville’s cross country meets continue to get bigger and bigger! Case in point is that over 500 runners participated in last Saturday’s meet. The area around the boat ramp was crowded with buses and other vehicles. Holdenville cross country coach, Ryan Turner knows how to organize a good meet. Lake Ranger, Waylon Ford and the Hughes County Sheriff’s department all helped to make the meet a huge success.

The Holdenville High School fast pitch team can’t get a break. The team is young and youthful players sometimes make mistakes. Actually, all ball players make mistakes but young teams seem to struggle to overcome their errors. The softball team dropped five games this week, and according to head coach Rick Scott, the Wolverines could have won all five.

The Holdenville Junior High softball team took one on the chin this week against Okemah. The loss drops the young Wol- verines record to 4-2 on the year.

Wolverines Shine in Scrimmage Holdenville fans that made the trip to Konawa last Thursday could make a compelling argument that the Wolverines haven’t looked this good in their first scrimmage in over a decade. The offense scored a few touchdowns and the defense was physical.

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Ronald Gene Smith Jr. “Lil Ronnie” Lil Ronnie was born June 18, 1980 in Modesto, CA to Ronald and Terrie.

As I’ve grown older, I’ve learned that pleasing everyone is impossible, but hacking everyone off is a piece of cake. I’m responsible for what I say, now what you understand.

(Update: at 1:45 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17 — about 30 minutes after the publication of this article — District Attorney Paul Smith told NonDoc he had spoken with Attorney General John O’Connor’s office Tuesday for a third time and had decided to reduce his employment at Holdenville High School to part-time. The article has been updated below to reflect Smith’s decision and to include comments from Rep. Ronny Johns.)

GEORGE BOYD KERNEKGeorge Boyd Kernek was born January 12, 1940 to Boyd Kernek and Wilda Williams in Holdenville, Okla., and died August 14, 2022. Memorial services were held at 1:30 p.m.