Holdenville Softball team defeats Allen The Holdenville Wolverine varsity softball squad defeated a good Allen Mustang team by a score of 14-6 on Thursday. The win allowed the Wolverines to end a tough week of softball on a winning note.

Front Row (L-R): Christian Zambrano, Cy Tiger, Kase Sipes, Gage Smith, Cash Carter, Izaia King, Haysen Sigman, and Isaiah Buck. 2 nd Row (L-R): Kaden Rogers, Trist-N Tyler, Nick Fixico, Tyler Orr, David Olney, Sawyer Jeffrey, Malachi Henderson, 3rd Row (L-R): Austin Taylor, Elisah Tiger, Xavier Randall, Julius Jackson, Dierre Olden, Rylan Smith, Landon Kirby, and Juan Saldana, 4th Row: Gracie Story, Kody Giles, Isaac Hardin, Donnavan Gibbs, Wyatt Pierce, Clinton LaValley, Tallon Rivers, Noah Higgins, and Kendall Mask, 5th Row: Noah Torrez, Sidney Robinson, Conner Walden, Daygen Stone, Albert Fixico, Jake Cox, Allen Collins, Laeh’lah Bowen.

Holdenville running back, # 10, Izaia King, cuts up field for a nice gain in the Wolverines’ scrimmage with Okemah. Holdenville will travel to Wewoka to face the Tigers on Friday..

Christian Zambrano.

Holdenville cross country runner, Lane Childs, won 4th place in the Wolverine Invitational. Holdenville will travel to Okemah on Saturday to compete in the Panther Classic..

Holdenville’s, Tyler Moody, earned the 5th place medal at the wolverine Invitational. Holdenville will run at home again on September 14..

Holdenville High School has three sports seasons going at the present and two of the three were put out of action this past week by the Covid virus. The football scrimmage at Gore was cancelled and the cross country team was unable to compete at Kiefer. The one team who was able to compete was the softball team and they had a good week. Coach Rick Scott’s softball bunch played 7 games and won 5 of the 7.

The Wolverines softball team started the season with three losses but Coach Scott’s team has definitely had a turn around. The Wolverines started the week with back to back wins over Beggs. Holdenville defeated the Demons 12-0 on Monday and 12-1 on Tuesday. Holdenville won the first round of the 66 Conference Tournament with a 12-2 win over Meeker and then took on the highly ranked Chandler Lions in the second round. The Lions came out on top 0-8 and sent the Wolverines into the losers bracket. Holdenville battled back with an 8-7 victory over Prague and an 8-3 win over Seminole. The back-to-back wins set up a rematch with Chandler and this time the Lions sent the Wolverines home by a score of 10-0.

Holdenville will host Henryetta on Monday. The Wolverines will travel to Henryetta for a rematch on Tuesday. Allen comes to town for a Hughes County show down on Thursday. The games with Henryetta are district games and the contest with Allen is just an old fashion county showdown.

The Holdenville Wolverine football squad will make the 6 mile trip west on Friday and open the 2021 season with a classic match up with the Wewoka Tigers. The Wolverine vs. Tiger contest has been going on for decades with very few exceptions. There were years when the outcome of the rivalry game determined district championships. There was a year back in the mid-20th century when Wewoka won the state championship and Holdenville was the Tigers toughest game.