New press yields new look
Whoa! What happened to The Bigheart Times this week? Well, after decades of printing at the Sapulpa Daily Herald, this week we decided to move on and use the press at Muskogee, that’s what. The new press has prompted some major changes, as you can see. We have a TON more color: 12 pages instead [...]
Summer baseball wraps up with some big wins
The Barnsdall Trophy Hunters found themselves in a position this past weekend at the 10 AA Eastern State Tournament that all great competitors dream about. It was the bottom of the final inning and the Hunters trailed by one run with the bases loaded and two outs. With the tying run on third and the [...]
Barnsdall ball players head to state
Three baseball teams with strong Barnsdall ties all traveled west this past weekend to compete in their respective state tournaments. The Bartlesville Braves are a 13 AAA group of boys with James Cole, Colton Auschwitz, and Payton McCarty making up part of their roster. Cole and McCarty both recently completed their sixth-grade year at Barnsdall [...]
Trophy Hunters head to state in search of gold
When James Allen stepped to the plate he found himself walking into a difficult situation, a situation the likes of which would give someone much older and more experienced than the 10-year-old young boy a reason to pause. “I was nervous,” said the member of the Barnsdall Trophy Hunters. “I knew I needed to just [...]
Trophy Hunters find gold even better than Pirates
Before the championship game of the Hilti State Qualifying Tournament ever started, the Jenks Pirates seemed to think that they had everything under control and had little to fear in facing the Trophy Hunters. The only problem was that no one told the Barnsdall boys. The Jenks’ coaches set up a radio and blasting out [...]
Former Barnsdall pitcher leads Rogers State to World Series victory
Casey Cassity stood surrounded by the Barnsdall Panthers baseball team and offered them some tried and true advice. “Control,” Cassity said. “That’s the key to pitching.” Cassity, a junior relief pitcher for the Rogers State Hillcats, ran into the Panthers recently at a Tulsa Drillers baseball game. The Hillcats had just finished picking up a [...]
Young Panthers bring home the bling
It was a really good few days for the younger Panther baseball players. This past weekend two teams of Barnsdall boys managed to prove their worth in two different tournaments. The Trophy Hunters are a ten-and-under team comprised of local boys who have been playing together for five years. While some members of the team [...]
Barnsdall teen honored for her cheer and grace in the face of arthritis, scoliosis
Barnsdall teenager Bailey Mayfield got top honors from the Arthritis Foundation, which singled her out for gracefully and with good humor facing challenges posed by arthritis and scoliosis. “You have won our hearts with your contagious smile and positive attitude, Brian Harris of the Oklahoma Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation told her at the Skirvin [...]
Panthers get clawed at Districts
The Barnsdall Panthers baseball season ended with more of a whimper than the bang they had wanted. Entering the district playoffs on Wednesday, the Panthers travelled to Woodland to face both the Cougars and the Rejoice Christian Eagles. Hopes were high among the Barnsdall faithful due to the fact that in the three previous meeting [...]
Barnsdall Panthers end slump, come home happy
It was definitely the happiest bus ride home of the season for the Barnsdall Panther’s baseball team. Riding a losing slump that had yet to see the Panthers put a mark in the win column, Monday night’s game at Shidler proved to be just what the boys from Barnsdall needed. Facing an undefeated Tiger team [...]
Barnsdall Panthers battle with seniors absent
Two Panther seniors have been conspicuously absent several times from the lineup so far this season, but for two very different reasons. John Brown began the year with high hopes as a pitcher, but in his opening debut against the Pawhuska Huskies he was only able to go one inning before asking his coach to [...]
Fastball flies by Panthers during season opener
The Panther baseball season opened this past week with a home game against the Mounds Golden Eagles. And for the first three innings things were going well for Barnsdall with the Panthers leading 4-1. “Our bats were working very well,” said Jason Cole, head baseball coach. “Colten (Tisdale) started the game for us and was [...]
Panthers prepared, heading to state
The Panther wrestling program has been blessed the past few seasons with a plethora of young talent. And with the regional tournament finished and in the books, it seems that this year is no exception. Four Panther wrestlers had their tickets punched for this year’s state tournament and of those young men, three are underclassmen. [...]
Young Panthers medal at state tournament
“It’s like a load being lifted off my shoulders,” said Colten Allen, a Barnsdall eighth-grader after his win this weekend in the consolation quarterfinals match at the OKWA State Wrestling Tournament. “This was my last shot to place in the elementary state tournament and it was something that I’d always wanted to accomplish,” he continued. [...]
Young Panthers grapple for State
It was a wide range of emotions that were on display Saturday afternoon in Stillwater’s high school gymnasium. After a day spent on the mat, the boys fell into two categories. Some shed tears of disappointment, while others were ecstatic from happiness and excitement. In the first group were the ones whose season came to [...]
Small, strong Panther turnout in WRC
It was an extremely small Panther wrestling team that made the trip to Blackwell this past weekend to participate in the Will Rogers Conference wrestling tournament. With the majority of the team travelling to Oklahoma City to take part in the junior high state championships, the Panthers took a grand total of three grapplers to [...]
Aguinaga avoids pin, Barnsdall wins dual
The Panthers played host to the Pawnee Black Bears in their final dual of the season Monday. And the results came down to the last match of the evening. Austin Aguinaga, in his first year of wrestling, was to play a decisive role in the outcome of the dual. Aguinaga, a freshman, faced a much [...]
Panthers face tough guys, but medal
The Panther high school wrestling team traveled to Coweta this past weekend and met some of the stiffest competition they have encountered so far this year. And they brought home a couple of medals in the process. With some of the top-ranked grapplers from across the state descending on the Tiger gymnasium for two days [...]
