Water Safety Tips Wearing a Life Jacket Can Save Your Life To ensure you survive unexpected slips or falls overboard, wear your life jacket because it buys you time to be rescued.

In back-to-back games Thursday evening, the Rattan RAMS put up 29 points against the Soper Red Bears last week while preventing any runs from crossing home plate. Rattan won the first game 16-0 with Seth Springfield on the hill tossing a no-hitter.

The hottest days of summer are here and water temperatures across the state’s lakes are rising quickly. When water temperatures begin to stabilize in the 80s, catching fish on rod and reel can become increasingly challenging, especially for sought after game fish, during daylight hours.

HUGO LADY BUFFALO NADALIE BOWDEN scoops up a ground ball hit to the outfield in recent action against Rock Creek, and throws the ball to second base. Backing Bowden up in center field is Alley Ivy. Hugo News Photo / Stan Stamper

Each year, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) proposes changes in Title 800, the administrative rules that govern hunting, fishing and Wildlife Department operations.

Hugo Lake Recreation Fishing and Hunting The lake area offers excellent hunting opportunities with more than 25,000 acres of land available to the hunter. Bow hunting is permitted in and around most of the park areas.

The white bass is a fan favorite of springtime anglers. These prolific spawning fish make their annual migration runs in the thousands giving anglers the opportunity to catch fish in bulk.

Hugo: Elevation normal, water 66 and murky. White bass good on jigs, minnows and small lures below the dam, along creek channels and river channel.

HUGO — A two-RBI single in the fourth by Hugo’s Trystunn Fleeks, put the Hugo Buffaloes on top of the Idabel Warriors Friday on their home field at Shull-Bywaters Park. Fleeks was joined by Landon Lemmons in blasting two hits apiece for the Buffaloes to lead Hugo’s hitters.

Ashton Barnett: “He’s been here four years, and he’s kind of our spark plug. He’s our lead off, he’s a center fielder, and he’s just a great talent. When he’s on, he’s one of the best in southeast Oklahoma, I believe, and he’s helped us quite a bit. He’s gotten on base quite a bit.”