The Holdenville Public Schools xcountry team will open the season Saturday, August 20 when the Wolverine’s host their first meet at Holdenville Lake. Wolverine xcountry coach, Ryan Turner, is expecting over 20 schools to participate in the meet. The meet will begin at 9:00 and will follow this schedule: Schedule:

The Holdenville Wolverine fast pitch softball season officially began Monday with the girls traveling to Bethel for the season opener. The Wolverines have been working in the heat since July 15 and now it’s time to start playing for real. Wolverine head coach, Rick Scott, is pleased with the team progress. Things were a little rough at first but the team is getting better. The Wolverines lost a strong senior class to graduation and are trying to rebuild. The Wolverines are young but the coaching staff is optimistic.

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These softball players provided an evening of wonderful entertainment as participants in the Wolverine Varsity vs Alumni softball game. The players made some awesome memories! The Alumni defeated the varsity by a score of 7-4. The participants were: Top row left to right: Lilly Scroggins, KylieRae Leftwich, Mariah Anderson, Angel Johnson, Kendall George, Katie Brown, Brooklyn Brown, Krista George, Brittany Skipworth, Braydyn Smith, Ashley Wilburn, Taylor Wilburn, Alyssa Slavens, Montana Malen, Kaden Morris, Cheyenne Fixico. Bottom row left to right: Melody Cruces, Tresley Dennie, Bella Adam, Aubri Bowser, Hailey Cox, Belle McFarland, Bella Smith, Aniyah Delarosa, Melissa Merriman, Makaylie Crawford, Autumn Jackson, Peytyn Lockhart

Battle of the sisters......Holdenville pitcher, Bella Smith pitched Holdenville Alumni, Kirista Zachary George, took the circle to her sister Braydyn in the Holdenville Varsity-Alumni Game. for displays her pitching form in the varsity vs Alumni If you want to know the won the duel.....you’ll have to ask one game. The Alumni edged the varsity 7-4 for the win. of the sisters.

Band Practice Underway A wiseman once said: “The secret to success is hard work”. The Holdenville High School Golden Pride Band is definitely successful and they definitely put in the work! The band meets early every morning and they march from 7 to 9:30.

Angel Johnson to lead Wolverine JH Softball Holdenville has had three state tournament appearances in softball. The Wolverines went to state in slow pitch twice and fast pitch once.

Wolverines to rely on strong pitching This should be a rebuilding year for the Wolverine fast pitch softball team, but Head Coach Rick Scott is optimistic that it will be more of a reloading year. Coach Scott is expecting a lot of young players to step up and fill the gaps left when the team takes the field at Bethel on August 8th.

Holdenville head Softball Coach, Rick Scott and his assistant, Casey Lavalley are anxious to begin the 2022 Fall Fast Pitch Season! The Wolverines lost several key players off last year’s team and the coaches are ready to begin rebuilding with several young talented players!.

“ Dead Week” is over and it’s time for some of the 2022-2023 sports seasons to begin. The OSSAA has set July 15 as the first day that schools can have an official softball practice. Cross Country can also have official practices on that same date. The softball teams and the cross country teams will start having contests the first week in August.