With the sun beating down on Gene Nesbit Stadium last Thursday afternoon, the Buffaloes finished up their final practice of bye week. As they headed to the fieldhouse, the mood was significantly lighter than it had been a week earlier after a dejecting 27-6 loss to Kingston.

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Sopers’ Lady Bears beat the Lady Lions of Haworth 13-4 in an error fueled contest in which their pitchers saved them. Soper had nine errors while Haworth committed 14 errors.

SHY’ANNE WOLFE puts the tag on a Haworth base runner as the Umpire hustles into position to make the call...OUT! Brian Moore Photo.

Boswell’s C.J. Jeffries struck out six and didn’t allow a single hit as Boswell shutout Bennington, 12-0.

Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com Remember the story of a certain ornery little 12-year old boy, who showed up at school one morning with an impressive shiner? His black eye was truly a thing of brutal beauty. Upon greeting him, his teacher immediately noticed and asked him in horror, “Who gave you such a terrible black eye?!” His proud response, “Heck, Ma’am, they don’t just go ‘round givin’ these things away.

Oklahoma CareerTech is accepting proposals from schools and technology centers serving rural populations for grant money to recruit students into STEM programs. Oklahoma is one of five states that received a Strategies for Attracting Students to High Quality Career Technical Education grant of $20,000 from Advance CTE.

The Hugo High School Leo Club will be hosting a Bedlam Blood Drive from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28 in the Commons area at the high School. To schedule an appointment, contact Lori Hicks at 580.326.9648.