Youth Sports

Students blistered in softball game against their teachers

Students blistered in softball game against their teachers

While all the official school sports have ended, state competitions are over and school is winding down, one of the biggest Barnsdall sporting events was saved for last – the student teacher softball game. It is a tradition that has been going on “forever,” according to Coach Joe Gilbert, although it’s not as old as [...]


Weekly Stats – May 17, 2012

Weekly Stats - May 17, 2012

Skiatook baseball 5A State Quarter-Finals in Union May 10 Carl Albert 4, Skiatook 0 Read the story.   Skiatook 5A State Track Meet in Yukon May 11-12 EVENT – PLACE – NAME – GRADE – TIME/DISTANCE 200m dash boys prelim – 12 – Dylan Keys – 12 – 23.39 4x800m relay girls – 12 – [...]


Young Panthers bring home the bling

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 [...]


Little sports for the Little Olympics

Little sports for the Little Olympics

Skiatook’s Marrs Elementary School had it’s first grade Little Olympics at the high school football field Monday morning. Tuesday morning the second grade competed in their own Little Olympics. Awards were given out in the afternoon. Photos by Rachel Anne Seymour


Peewee power house

Peewee power house

T-Ball and other summer sports are kicking off in the Osage, and we want your schedules so we can’t capture those youthful moments, like the one above of Wynona Fireball Joshua Fine hotfooting it to first base in the season openers against the Barnsdall Giants. Or maybe you prefer a game moment  amid Giants. Got [...]


Weekly Stats March 22

Weekly Stats March 22

Barnsdall baseball at Nowata Tues., March 13 No stats provided.   Barnsdall softball at Sperry/Yale Tues., March 13 Barnsdall 11, Sperry 4 Barnsdall 5, Yale 4   Pawhuska baseball vs Newkirk Tues., March 13 Varsity: 14-10, Newkirk   Shidler baseball vs Tonkawa Tues., March 13 Varsity: 1-0, Shidler   Woodland baseball at Pawnee Tues., March [...]


Friends and foes

Friends and foes

Wrestling legend Danny Hodge, 79, stood in the middle of the State Fair Arena in Oklahoma City on Saturday evening, shaking the hands, one by one, of tiny and mid-sized wrestlers who were getting ready to face off against each other in the Oklahoma Kids Wrestling Association championship. When he got to the 11-year-old boys [...]


Young Panthers medal at state tournament

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

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 [...]


Fourth gradfe hoopsters work hard, play hard

Fourth gradfe hoopsters work hard, play hard

The 4th grade Barnsdall girls basketball team took fourth place at the Osage Hills Tournament Fri., Feb. 3. The girls played back to back games, winning their first game against Bowring and losing the second game against Pawhuska. “They have worked hard all year and struggled with injuries and sickness, but they never gave up,” Coach [...]


Small, strong Panther turnout in WRC

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 [...]


Weekly Stats

Weekly Stats

Pawhuska Basketball vs Nowata, Tues., Jan. 24 Boys varsity: 52-39, Nowata Jake Dover 2, Marcus Young 2, Zak Stone 12, Norris Allred 4, Timmy Moore 5, Jake Long, Matthew Moreland 4, Trent Barnett 8 Girls varsity: 38-34, Pawhuska Kaci Bute 8, Baylee Javellas 2, Tara Malaske 3, Mallory Thompson 3, JaRayh Florence 9, Katie Malaske [...]


Panthers pick scissors, beat Union’s paper

On paper, the opponents looked like the tougher team. The Oklahoma Union Cougars had only lost one game for the entire year and already had one tournament victory under their belts. They were a group of tall boys who played and moved with discipline and precision. But, as they say in sports, that’s why games [...]


Panther wrestlers weigh in against Newkirk

Anyone sitting in the stands when the Panthers traveled to Newkirk to face the Tigers would have been witness to a strange conversation. While it’s not unusual to hear fans describing the action or explaining certain situations on the mat to the less knowledgeable in their midst, it is odd when the play-by-play is being [...]


Panthers, Huskies shoot out in Barnsdall

The Pawhuska Huskies came to town just before winter break and it led to an exciting evening of junior high basketball. Splitting the night, each town managed two wins. In the opening game, the seventh-grade girls fought a seesaw battle with the Lady Huskies that wasn’t decided until the final second ticked off the clock. [...]


Jr High wrestlers start strong

A person would be hard-pressed to imagine a better start to the wrestling season than the performance that the junior high Panthers displayed over the past several days. “I am so proud of these guys,” said Shawn Wilson, wrestling coach. “They accomplished some things that they really deserve to hold their heads high about.” Opening [...]


Young wrestlers prepare for action

The Barnsdall elementary wrestling program will be hosting their annual tournament on Saturday, December 10. The event will be held at Gilbert Field House and several hundred wrestlers from across the state are expected to attend. The tournament entry deadline is Wednesday, December 7 at 10 P.M. All entries must be made via www.okwawrestling.com but [...]


Five from Barnsdall make Bruins team at Sooner Classic

Five from Barnsdall make Bruins team at Sooner Classic

A few, select athletes from Barnsdall got the chance for one last weekend of football. This opportunity came when the Bartlesville Bruins sixth-grade team needed a few more boys to round out their team. The Bruins had the offensive and defensive line but were lacking skill players, so they came to borrow some Barnsdall talent. [...]


1 junior, 2 sophomores are old men of Barnsdall grappling squad

1 junior, 2 sophomores are old men of Barnsdall grappling squad

Barnsdall’s wrestling season begins full-force this week with both the junior high and high school grapplers entering into action. On Thursday, December 1 the Panthers will travel to Oologah to square off against the Mustangs. The junior high will begin wrestling at 6 p.m. and the high school will start at 7 p.m. The Mustangs [...]


Junior High girls get nothing but net

The Barnsdall Junior High basketball teams travelled to Sperry on Monday and managed to collect one win for the evening. The win came at the hands of the seventh-grade girls. “They played a great game,” said Alyssa Smith, girl’s coach. “They hustled and worked really hard and played their hearts out.” Scoring for the Panthers [...]


Panthers gear up for Wrestle-a-thon fundraising

Panthers gear up for Wrestle-a-thon fundraising

It is the week after football season and the pads and equipment have been stored away for another year. But even as this sport winds to a close, another season in wrestling is heating up. It is a familiar ritual at Barnsdall that kicks off the grappling season. On Monday, November 14 at 6:30 P.M. [...]


Jr High hoops hop into their season

The Barnsdall basketball season will be officially kicking off on Monday, November 14. The Panthers will be participating in the Pawhuska Junior High Basketball Tournament which runs from the 14th through the 18th. All four Panther teams involved will be opening their season facing the Blackwell Maroons. In the initial game of the evening the [...]


Sixth grade Panthers fall short at Division Championship

It wasn’t the ending that the Panther faithful dreamed about. In fact, it was a heartbreaking finale to a season that many thought would only be over when the sixth-grade Panthers brought home their second NEOYFA league championship. But all good things come to an end, and Saturday night in Okmulgee the chase for the [...]


MIAsm injuries leave Jr High with short stick

Too many injuries and missing players eventually caught up to the Panther junior high football team at the end of the season. Needing to replace six starting positions left big gaps and the coaches had a limited number of players to fill the holes with. “We lost kids due to injury and the elementary playoffs,” [...]