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.

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