hustles the basketball up the floor for the Hugo Buffaloes in their recent games in the Oklahoma City Star Spencer tournament. Benson and the Buffaloes will tip-off Thursday, Dec. 28 in the Idabel Winter Classic at 5:45 p.m. against Tulsa KIPP.

Hugo News Sports OKLAHOMA CITY — After two wins at the Star Spencer Festival last weekend, the Lady Buffaloes are starting to build momentum. Hugo beat Epic Charter Schools, 35-29 on Friday, followed by a 55-30 win over Star Spencer on Saturday to move to 4-4 on the season.

Hugo News Sports OKLAHOMA CITY — The Hugo Buffaloes went 1-1 at the Star Spencer Festival over the weekend, beating Star Spencer, 73-46 and falling to Classen SAS, 43-31. Hugo got out to a quick start Friday night, led by senior duo LaMarcus Davis and Daiquan Lennox, who combined for 41 points.

BOSWELL — The Boswell Scorpions battled Caney last week on the home floor and came away with a win and a loss. The Lady Scorpions came up on the short end of a 30-38 decision.

SOPER — The Fort Towson Tigers blew into Soper last week and made off with a pair of victories over their cross-county rivals. The Tigers jumped out to a strong first-quarter start, booking 18 points offensively, but Soper wasn’t too far behind scoring 15 of their own.

Jordan Holman, a 2021 graduate of Hugo High School, was named Newcomer of the Week by the Ohio Valley Conference at the end of November. Holman averaged 11.5 points and 3.5 rebounds in the first two games of the season and shot 50% from the field and 75% from behind the arc.

through a few early-season issues. “I thought we played slightly better in the Antlers Tournament than the Broken Bow Classic,” coach David Vann said.

Hugo News Sports Two weeks into basketball season, the Buffaloes have quickly gotten used to being in close games that go down to the wire. Over the weekend, Hugo went 1-2 in the Antlers Tournament, falling to Valliant 51-49 on an overtime buzzer beater and dropping a game to Holdenville, 60-51.

Hugo News Sports The Buffaloes are off to a 1-2 start one week into the regular season after a double-overtime win over Henryetta and losses to Wright City and Broken Bow.

As Native American Heritage Month has just slipped past us, I’d like to share the story of a football game played Nov. 9, 1912 between Army and Carlisle Indian School at West Point, N.Y. This is an epic story, and I hope I can do it justice.