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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.

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.

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.

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.

– Clayton LaValley, 22 – Sawyer Jeffrey, 23 – Tatum Sanford, 24 – Rhyon Elliott, 25 – Mike Pizza, 32 – Isaac Harden, 50 – Julius Jackson, 51 – Dierre Olden, 54 – Isaiah Tiger, 55 – Christian Grizzle, 56 – Zeke De La Rosa, 60 – Kody Giles, 62 – Donovann Gibbs, 63 – Aaron Torres, 65 – Clinton LaValley, 66 – Alyc Harjo, 70 – Anthony Hutchinson, 73 – Sydney Robinson, 75 – Connor Walden, 82 – Allen “AJ” Collins. Team Managers: Allee Inselman and Kailyn Johnson.

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The Holdenville High School soft ball team had a rough first week. The girls lost to Pittsburg 6-8, lost twice to Morris 3-19 and 2-10, lost to Byng 3-4 and lost to Bethel 2-10. Wolverine head Coach Rick Scott remains optimistic that his young team will mature and become a good team before the season’s over. Coach Scott had this to say about the first week of the 2022 season: “We are young about 85% underclassmen. Only 2 full time starters form last year’s team returned. We took it on the chin this week. It was a very tough week, however, with that said, we grew and we played better. We fought hard as a team! I knew we would struggle early on and we have our district schedule is brutal but I see signs of greatness! We just have to work through it, keep a positive attitude and believe in each other!

an emotional or mental implosion that derailed a practice into a loop of futility. This is an oddity in the coaching world. You have good days. Stringing a week together of good practices is promising.