Hugo Buffalo hurler Aden Parish had his stuff working Thursday, as he threw a one-hit shutout against the Tushka Tigers in the Atoka Tournament. With 86 pitches across the plate, Parish fanned six and walked only one batter while his teammates took care of business at the plate.

Fort Towson’s Austin Mcknight had a big day at the plate for the Tigers last week, leading his team to a massive 20-12 win over Achille. Mcknight drove in runs on a single in the second, a single in the third and another blast in the fourth.

BOSWELL — Boswell’s C.J. Jeffries doubled on a 2-0 count in the fifth inning Saturday, driving in two go-ahead runs and the Scorpions never looked back enroute to a big 14-8 win over Tupelo.

ATOKA — The Hugo Buffaloes capped a successful showing in the Atoka Wood Bat Tournament over the weekend going three-out-of-four and finishing the tournament with a solid 11-3 win over Wright City. Ashton Barnett led the Buffaloes in pounding out 14 hits during the game as he had four hits.

In a closely-contested baseball game that saw the lead change hands several times, the Hugo Buffaloes brought out the bats at just the right times in their recent battle against Hartshorn to stroke both hits and home runs to claim the victory, 7-6.

BOSWELL — The Hugo Buffaloes took a 4-2 lead in the first against the Boswell Scorpions thanks to a threerun homer by Ethan Childers. Aden Parish got to put a note and an asterisk in his highschool baseball diary when he blasted a 4-RBI grand slam in the fourth.

RATTAN — Rattan’s Cal Birchfield put on a pitching exhibition Saturday leading the RAMS to a 10-0 no-hit shutout over the Wright City Lumberjax. Birchfield allowed no hits, no runs and fanned seven during his six innings on the bump.

The Paige Manion tournament is a softball tournament played in honor of a former Soper Schools student who passed away in 2018. After the conclusion of the tournament, her former friends and family gathered together to enjoy a game of softball in her memory. Some of the proceeds go toward paying for church camp for individuals at local churches. Aside from all the benefits of the competitive softball tournament, this allows her friends and family to take a moment to focus on what Paige loved — softball, church camp, friends, and family.

Rattan RAMS Varsity defeated Boswell 8-2 on Thursday thanks to a timely five runs in a big first inning. Rattan RAMS Varsity put the pressure on, lead by walks by Logan Smith and Ethan Clay, a single by Keegan Robertson, a fielder’s choice by Seth Springfield, and an error on a ball put in play by Jace May.

We had a lot of success in three short years, but “the cemeteries are full of people who can’t be replaced,” and with a wise decision Hugo deservedly hired Don Hillyard as head coach. He knew and loved the kids and the kids knew and loved him.