Despite losing four seniors to graduation, second-year head coach Jay Ray believes his Pirates will be a “better” basketball team by the end of the season. The Pirates were 7-15 last season. “We gradu...

Three starters and a talented group of returnees are back for the Vian High School boys’ basketball team as the Wolverines look to compete for a conference title and advance far into the playoffs. The...

Cherokee Nation Tribal Councilor E.O. Smith, Jr. presented a $3,500 check on behalf of the Cherokee Nation last Tuesday morning to Vian High School Principal John Brockman. Brockman said the money wil...

Gore split with Okay in high school basketball action at Gore last Tuesday night. The Lady Pirates (1-1) defeated Okay 50-9. The Okay boys picked up a 41-27 win over the Gore Pirates. Gore Girls 50, O...

Gore’s high school basketball teams will travel to Savanna next week to compete in the Freedom Ford Shootout. The Pirates will take on Class A No. 11 Caddo at 8 p.m. on Monday and the Lady Pirates wi...

With the return of five experienced players the Gore Lady Pirates look to be an improved team this season for new head coach Jay Ray. Ray, who is beginning his second season in charge of the Gore boys...

TULSA–After trailing 34-8 at the half, Class 2A No. 1 Vian scored 14 unanswered points in the first six minutes of the third period on Friday night inside Metro Christian Stadium but the comeback fel...

Nominations for all animals for the Sequoyah County Livestock Show and the Muskogee Regional Show will be from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, Dec. 5 at the Sequoyah County Show Barn, Roger Stites, Sallisaw High S...

GORE — Gore couldn’t stop Woodland quarterback Nate Lockert in Friday night’s Class A playoff game. Lockert rushed for four touchdowns and threw for another as the Cougars defeated Gore 38-18 at Gore...

Vian’s seventh and eighth grade boys’ basketball team recently won the Gans Tournament by defeating Brushy, Muldrow’s eighth-grade team and Muldrow’s seventh-grade team in the finals. Members of the t...

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Dezmon Jackson rushed for career highs of 235 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 21 Oklahoma State bounced back from a disappointing loss to rival Oklahoma to beat Texas Tech...

GORE–The Pirates’ Zane Craighead and Gunner Dozier rushed for a combined 298 yards and Christian O’Connor kicked three field goals on Friday night inside K.G. Horn Stadium as unbeaten Class A Gore op...

Vian High School senior Joe Glass signed a letter of intent to play collegiate baseball at Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton on Thursday afternoon inside Traw Fieldhouse. Glass, also a footb...

Vian running back Javyn Wright rushed for 242 yards and four touchdowns on Friday night inside St. John Stadium as the Class 2A No. 2 Wolverines opened postseason action with a 46-7 win over Atoka. T...

Class 2A No. 1 Vian looks to avenge last year’s state title-game loss to Metro Christian and advance in the high school football playoffs on Friday night when the Wolverines travel to Tulsa to take on...

The undefeated Class A No. 7 Pirates will host Woodland in a thirdround playoff game on Friday night as Gore seeks to register its ninth victory and advance to the quarterfinals. Kickoff inside K.G. H...

Arkansas Tech University felt comfortable to Vian High School fastpitch softball player Kacie Gibbins. When she visited the campus in Russellville, Ark., Gibbins immediately knew Arkansas Tech Univers...

The Board of Education of Vian Public School District announces that statutorily qualified individuals interested in running as a candidate for the No. 1 seat on the Vian Board of Education may file t...

Oklahoma’s most popular hunting season, the 16-day deer gun season, opens Nov. 21 statewide. Based on recent years, more than 150,000 hunters across the state are expected to participate in the gun se...

Wolverines Play Atoka LEA LESSLEY SPORTS EDITOR Class 2A No.2 Vian begins postseason action at home on Friday night as the Wolverines play Atoka in the second round of the high school football playof...