The Holdenville High School football squad will open the 2020 football season Friday night when they face off with their perennial rival the Wewoka Tigers. Wewoka won last year’s contest and the wolverines will be looking to even the score when the two teams square off at Wolverine Stadium at 7:00.

The CoVid virus has caused the Wolverines to miss a week of practice and caused both of Holdenville’s scrimmages to be cancelled. Wewoka, on the other hand, has a typical season thus far. The Tigers have been able to hold regular practices and has had two scrimmages.

Coach Sara Morgan’s Wolverine softball team has also been sidelined by the CoVid virus. The Wolverines had to not only miss a week of practice but they also had postpone an important district game with Hugo. However everything is on go this week.

Haylie Turner was one of the top finishers in the Elementary Division of the Wolverine Invitational Cross-Country Meet. It’s too early to determine if Haylie will be the same caliber runner as her dad but the youngster is showing some promise.

There’s been some great teams in the history of Holdenville High School athletics and the Wolverine state championship track team of 1995 ranks near the top. Leslie (Curtis) Phillips was a member of that team.

Wolverine Softball girls down Byng 8-5 The Holdenville Wolverine traveled to Byng last Monday and defeated an extremely good Pirate softball team by a score of 8-5. Kaden Morris swung the big stick for the Wolverines.

Holdenville Wolverines hold inter-squad scrimmage. Holdenville head football coach, Monte Lewis, is excited about the Wolverines’ chances of putting a competitive team on the field this season.

NORMAN -- Kaitlin Milligan accepted an invitation to represent the United States in the 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup, it was announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America on recently. The junior will become the third Sooner to compete in the event, but the first on the women’s side.