Wolverine Sports by Tom Turner

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Holdenville Girls win Antlers’ Tournament The Holdenville Girls Basketball team started the week with a dominating performance over the McLoud Red Skins and finished the week with another dominating performance over Lone Grove. Holdenville whipped the Red Skins by a score of 86-52 and found very little competition in the tournament at Antlers.
The Wolverines will need some of Jordan Stafford’s sharp shooting from 3 point range to remain one of the top teams in the 66 Conference. The Wolverines are currently the top team in the conference and will host Meeker on Friday.

Big Week for Wolverine Basketball

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The Holdenville Girls have earned a 7-0 record and the Holdenville Boys are 6-1. Both teams are off to a great start! And both teams have 4 games on their Pre-Christmas Schedule.

THANK YOU JIM THETFORD!

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The Holdenville News would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to Holdenville Street Commissioner Jim Thetford and the dedicated team of street department employees for their outstanding efforts in clearing the aftermath of the recent storm.

Wolverine Sports by Tom Turner

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Holdenville Boys defeat Seminole The Holdenville Boys’ basketball squad defeated a tough Seminole team in a thrilling overtime contest. Holdenville grabbed an early lead and led right up to the end of regulation when Seminole rallied and edged ahead.
Daisy Wood grimaces as she prepares to shoot over a Little Axe defender. Dasiy made the shot in Holdenville’s win.

Wolverine Sports by Tom Turner

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Wolverines host Seminole The 2023-2024 Holdenville High School basketball season will begin Tuesday night when the Wolverines host Seminole. Holdenville returns a bulk of last year’s girls’ team that made it deep into the state play-offs before being eliminated by a strong Purcell team in the area tournament.
HOLDENVILLE SENIOR BASKETBALL PLAYERS. THERE ARE 4 SENIORS ON THE 2023-24 WOLVERINE BOYS’ BASKETBALL TEAM. Julius Jackson, Gage Smith, Izaia King and Canugee Tiger will provide senior leadership for the team.

HOLDENVILLE GRADUATE HONORED BY HARRAH HIGH SCHOOL

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Harrah High School has dedicated a section of the visitor-side bleachers of their football stadium to longtime journalist and educator John Bill Martin. The Panther athletic facility also now features a John Martin Mezzanine directly in front of the field house.
HOLDENVILLE GRADUATE JOHN BILL MARTIN was recently honored by Harrah High School. As our readers know, John Bill has written a column for our local paper for many years. We get more good feedback on that one column than all the others combined!

Wolverine Sports by Tom Turner

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Many of our Wolverine football fans were going through withdrawals this past weekend. Fortunately deer season started or many of us would have been moping around with that blank look of a football addict who can’t get a fix.
UNDEFEATED.....the Holdenville Junior High football team won all their games during the 2023 season. Eighth grade members of the undefeated team are; Top Row Lt to Rt: Landon Yates, RJ Lowe, Tank Redmond, Jayden Ellis, Chris Williams, Zamarius Walls, Tristan Dennie. Middle Row: Tripp Janes, Alex Cellars, Logan Knuckles, Javier Thomas, Grey Carter, Bryson Hutchinson Bottom Row: Cash Lening, Brayden Black, Jayden Reed, Logan Waite, Jon Green.

Wolverine Sports by Tom Turner

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Wolverines Drop Double Overtime Thriller Holdenville traveled to Purcell for a first round play-off contest and it was obvious from the very start that the teams were evenly matched. The 20-20 tie that was posted on the scoreboard provided plenty of evidence to make that statement a fact.
Holdenville’s #7 Gage Smith, and Purcell’s # 54, Carter Goldston, look on as the referee gives instruction on the overtime coin flip. Gage won the flip and the Wolverines chose to play defense first. The game went to double overtime before Purcell was able to score and win the game.
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