The Valliant 8U coach pitch All Star Team made up of boys from Rattan and Valliant traveled to Mt.Vernon, Texas, this past weekend to compete in the Dixie Youth District Tournament (Friday, Saturday and Sunday). Going into Sunday’s games the boys were undefeated. Playing three backto-back-to-back games in 100-degree weather Sunday and winning five-of-six games, they came home with the Dixie Youth District Tournament Championship! Team members include: (back, l-r) Coach Dave Lindley, Coach Colton Leffel, Coach Thomas Carpino, Coach Colby Mitchell (Middle Row, l-r) Kam Shockey, Ian Lindley, Bentley Bohanan, Logan Carpino, Kycen Cooper, Cashton Mitchell. (Front, l-r) Kyle Stafford, Owen Gordon, Tyge Sanford, Ryder Roberts, Taos Sanford, Julian Leffel.

Oklahoma (42-22) defeated No. 4-seeded Virginia Tech (45-14) 11-2 in game three of the Blacksburg Super Regional on Sunday, clinching its 11th College World Series berth and first since 2010.

In the wake of recent mass shooting incidents in a number of states, members of Congress, led by a constant consortiam of pregressive anti-gun legislators, have found a number of conservatives willing to push forward several significant gun control laws.

FORMER HUGO BUFFALO ALL-DISTRICT running back, Don Short, welcomed Vicki Bains Sharp during the Hugo Homecoming Saturday. Short and several other former Hugo Buffaloes were avid golfers and frequently played with Coach Bains and his assistant coach Don Overton. Vicki was just 8 years-old and her brother Greg was 2 when the family moved from Hugo. For several years her mother, Peggy, was employed here at the Hugo Daily News as Woman’s Page Editor, working alongside Ann Nash, Advertising Manager, whose son Greg, was the namesake for the Bains’ youngest child, Greg. Greg Nash was an All-District quarterback and linebacker for the Buffaloes during Coach Bains’ final year as head Buffalo Coach in 1969. Hugo News Photo/Stan Stamper

LEGENDARY BUFFALO FOOTBALL Coach L.D. Bains made his final trip to Gene Nesbit Stadium Saturday as a number of athletes and former Coach Larry Landreth participated in a ceremony to scatter a portion of his ashes at the 50 yard-line of Buff Parker Field. Bains coached the Buffaloes from 1963-1969 and ultimately was inducted into the Oklahoma Coach’s Hall of Fame. He passed away in late 2021. His ashes have been scattered at the 50-yard-line on fields where he played and coached, including the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, Tulsa University, at his alma mater Chelsea Dragons, where he played and graduated in 1953, and in Hugo at Gene Nesbit Stadium. Pictured above participating in the ceremony were: Tommy Parker, RayGene Jones, Larry Landreth, Tony Harris, Mike Ford, David Rawls, Mike Simpson and Stan Stamper. Each of the former players made brief comments about the many ways that Coach Bains had impacted their lives, both during and after his tenure as Buffalo Head Football Coach.

RATTAN — The Rattan RAMS blew Wright City out last week on their home field, scoring four runs in the first, third, and sixth innings, and adding six more in the fifth and a pair in the seventh! Lead the RAMS at the plate was Ethan Clay with four hits. Also booking hits for the RAMS were: Logan Smith, Carson Bailey, Nate Hairrell, Seth Springfield (2), Xadin, Jace May, Keegan Robertson, Dawson Addington, Ben Ellis (2)..

OKLAHOMA CITY — The No. 1-seeded Oklahoma Sooners (57-3) will face Texas (47-20-1) in the Women’s College World Series national championship series beginning Wednesday in Oklahoma City.

ABOVE LEFT KAMILY WILKINS shows a lot of focus at the plate trying to get a good hit for the RATTAN RAMS during TBall action. ABOVE RIGHT HUGO CATCHER GAVYN GILMORE hustles onto the field with the baseball during recent 12U baseball action at Choctaw Nation Warrior Field in Grant.

Predation, habitat loss, and bad weather all are suspects in the decline of Oklahoma’s wild turkeys, but the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is looking inward as well — at turkey DNA.

GRANT — Hugo High School held its annual sports banquet Tuesday night at Stage 271 in Grant. The event is meant to celebrate the achievements of Hugo’s student athletes by taking a moment to recognize each of the sports, look back at their seasons and give recognition to a handful of exceptional athletes from each group.