FORMER HHS LADY BUFFALO TRAKAIL HOLMAN moves the basketball down the floor during the Homecoming Alumni game and is being defended by Don’Nai Akins and Jordan Holman. Trakail led the Alumni Team with 25 points.

HUGO BUFFALO ALUMNI team members who battled the No. 2 rated Hugo Buffalo basketball team during a Homecoming confrontation last week included: G’ Quavious Lennox, Kamin Jackson, DeMarcus Turner, Kiefer Lester, Erick Hilbert, Jalen Ray, Kyon Freemon, Kelin Scott, Brandon Debo, Houston Gregg and D.J. Shanklin. Also seeing action for the Alumni were DeeDee Grant and Donte Dangerfield.

KIEFER LESTER takes the ball to the rack for two points for the Hugo Buffalo Alumni basketball team last Friday night in their Homecoming encounter against the Hugo Buffaloes Putting some back door pressure on Lester is G’Mariyon Wallace.

HUGO — The Hugo Buffaloes took down the Durant Lions in both mens and ladies games in Hugo last week... all by comfortable margins.

BOSWELL — Boswell’s Scorpions took two wins off of Achille last week with the ladies prevailing 40-29 and the men, 52-34. Kamria Williams led the Lady Scorpions with 11, followed by C’Miya Williams 8, Liberty Pierce and Ashton Eastwood 6, Christian Jeffries 4, Jaden Brown 3, and Miah VanDuren 2.

This is Alan Simpson, and I’d like to inject some rhetoric concerning the shot clock for high school basketball. I am a retired basketball coach from Byng and a member of the following Hall of Fames: The Oklahoma Coaches Association, the Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association, as well as the Oklahoma Tennis Coaches Association and Murray State College.

RAMS ARE MC-6 CHAMPIONS! The Rattan Ram basketball team recently defeated the previously undefeated Valliant Bulldogs (77-52) after previous wins over Fort Towson (48-32) and Haworth (72-36.) Members of the team include: Alisha Williams-Johnson, Coach Michael Clay, Grady Grimmett, Coy Green, Luke Clay, Logan Smith, Cale Clay, Cal Birchfield, Christian Hickman, Davin Parsons, Keegan Robertson, Jace May, Jake Echelle, Bryce Jackson, Jonah Vance, Cailin Jamison, Courtney Reese, and Assistant Coach Melanie Burgess. Players getting special honors for the tournament included: Cal Birchfield — All Tournament; Jace May — Most Valuable Player and Cale Clay — All Tournament.

HUGO HIGH STATE-BOUND CHEER SQUAD MEMBERS INCLUDE: (front, l-r) Taleiah Biggers, Rakia Smith, Laney Cox, Ashia Jordan. (Middle,l-r) Kacyn Beard, E.J. Spillman, Tiffany Burris. (Standing, L-R) Kelicia Cook, Jaycee Taylor, Alexis McLemore, Jordan Holman, Chanda Barnett, Zoe Gilmore, Jenna Skelton and manager Alyssa Gallant. In addition to being the first HHS Cheer Squad to qualify for State, the team was also voted Southeast Oklahoma Area Best Squad earlier this year.

ATOKA — Hugo’s Lady Buffaloes got off to a strong start in the Atoka Wampus Cat Classic Tournament this past weekend, defeating host Atoka 65-40 in their opening contest. Hugo surged to a commanding lead in the first quarter, taking a 26-6 lead behind some great shooting by Don’Nai Akins, who dropped four long-range shots from downtown.

Our varsity cheerleaders have advanced to state! We will be competing next Saturday, Jan. 30 at Union High School.