HUGO — The Atoka Wampus Cats brought a bus-load of hot bats into Hugo Monday, and escaped with an incredible 20 hits and 18 runs to defeat Hugo, 18-8. Both teams came out swinging with Atoka taking an early 5-3 first-inning lead.

LIGE WHITE has been a consistent power hitter for the Hugo Buffaloes this year. Above, White strokes an extra-base hit during recent baseball action at Shull-Bywaters Park in Hugo. ( Hugo News Photo / Stan Stamper)

HUGO BUFFALO THIRD-BASEMAN ADEN PARISH rushes a soft infield hit to his position and makes the throw to first base for a big out in recent baseball action for Hugo at Shull-Bywaters park. ( Hugo News Photo / Stan Stamper)

RATTAN — A big six-run second inning gave the Rattan Rams a big lead over Wright City in recent baseball action. The RAMS added three in the fourth and six in the fifth to ice the Lumberjax, 15-7.

Sooners Run-Rule Texas... TWICE! As she stepped into the box on Saturday afternoon, freshman infielder Tiare Jennings slowly got into her stance and began waving her bat while staring down Texas pitcher Molly Jacobsen in anticipation.

LANDON LEMMONS has seen a lot of action on the mound for the Hugo Buffalo baseball team this spring. The sophomore righty struck out eight batters in five innings against the Antlers Bearcats in recent action. Lemmons will be one of the Buffaloes’ key hurlers as the team works its way into the spring playoffs. Lemmons is a third-generation Buffalo athlete. (Hugo News Photo / Stan Stamper)

IDABEL — The Hugo Buffaloes turned up the heat a notch on both offense and defense, booking two road-wins over Idabel and Fort Towson. The Buffaloes blanked the error-prone Warriors 12-0, giving up only two hits during the contest and plating nine unearned runs.

Soper’s Lady Red Bears walloped the Hugo Lady Buffaloes 13 to 3 in a three-way round-robin in Boswell last week. The Lady Buffaloes started out strong when Eden Grace smashed a ball to the left field fence to put Hugo up 1-0.

Tristan Pettyjohn drew the start for the Tigers and offered 32 pitches in the first inning. Austin McKnight relieved Pettyjohn in the second and threw three innings with 53 pitches, giving up four runs on seven hits.

HUGO — After a slow start, the Hugo Buffaloes put nine points on the board and thought they had a comfortable lead over the visiting Antlers Bearcats until the Cats brought out the bats in the top of the sixth. Antlers hitters found their groove and plated seven runs in the sixth, to take a 10-9 lead over Hugo at Shull-Bywaters Park.