All five Hartshorne starters All-Conference, four other locals make it

Girls Basketball | 3/15/2018 | Corey Stolzenbach | McAlester News-Capital

The five Hartshorne girls who helped the Lady Miners start 26-0 before reaching the state quarterfinals have been named Black Diamond All-Conference. Seniors Alexis Lyons and Alex Miller, junior Jaycee Kitchell, sophomore Holli Lindley and freshman Ashton Hackler led the Lady Miners to three tournament championships, a bye in district, a regional championship, an area championship and to the first round of the state tournament. All five also earned Black Diamond All-Conference honors.

Numerous locals named Black Diamond All-Conference

Boys Basketball | 3/15/2018 | Corey Stolzenbach | McAlester News-Capital

Eleven of the 15 players named Black Diamond All-Conference this season are local players. Seniors Kariim Byrd and Dylan Blair, as well as sophomores Austin Fenton and Kobe Billy made the list for Talihina. Representing Hartshorne were seniors Blake Lindley, Andres Lujano, along with juniors Easten James and Ethan Edwards.

Konawa soars past Talihina in 2A Regional

Girls Basketball | 2/28/2018 | Brian Johnson | The Ada News

WARNER – Frankie Soar registered a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds, while Shelby Gentry and Kayden King also scored in double figures Monday as the 20th-ranked Konawa Lady Tigers upended Talihina 63-52 in Class 2A regional basketball play.

Soar, who had 14 of her points in the second half, also collected two blocked shots and one assist. Gentry followed with 14 points to go with two assists, two steals and a pair of rebounds. King nailed her team’s only 3-point basket in totaling 10 points, six boards and two assists.

SKORDLE SAMPLER - Week 4 (2023) - Giuseppe's Revisited...Plus Notable Marlow Alumni

9/20/2023 |  Michael Swisher

Week 4 of the Oklahoma High School Prep Football Season has one of our SKORDLE Game of the Week crews traveling to Marlow as the Outlaws host Pauls Valley.

First of all...huge game. Both teams are undefeated and - once again - District 3A-2 looks to be super-competitive this year so the winner of this game gets a big leg up.

Off the field....

Marlow is home to some notable alumni - if you did not know - some of whom I have included in the list below.

Marlow is also home Giuseppe’s Italian Dining which has become one of the most famous restaurants in this part of Oklahoma.

Former Marlow Outlaw Autumn Davenport wrote THIS GUEST PIECE for the SKORDLE Sampler back in November 2019.

Enjoy! 

Notable Marlow Alumni: 

Joe Dial – Former World Record Holder in the Pole Vault in 1986, Bronze Medalist in the 1989 World Championships and 4-time NCAA National Champion at Oklahoma State.

Terry Brown – First native Oklahoman to score a touchdown in an NFL Super Bowl when he recovered a blocked punt for the Minnesota Vikings against the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1975. The Steelers beat the Vikings 16-6 to win Super Bowl IX. 

Barry Hinson – Former Division I Men’s Basketball Coach at Southern Illinois, Missouri State and Oral Roberts. Coach Hinson was also Director of Basketball Operations for Bill Self at Kansas and currently works at Oklahoma State University. 

Sam Hinkie – General Manager of the NBA's Philadelphia 76’ers from 2012-2016

Keith Patterson – Current Head Football Coach of Division I Abilene Christian. Prior to AC, he was the Defensive Coordinator at Texas Tech and Arizona State among other schools.

Paul Sparks – Actor in hit TV shows Boardwalk Empire, House of Cards and Law & Order

SKORDLE SAMPLER - Week 3 (2023): Flour and Fennel Pizza

9/13/2023 |  Michael Swisher

How great is it that we are at this point of the football season where we now have the high school, college and NFL seasons all rocking and rolling?! 

I hope everyone is enjoying all the football almost every night of the week now. 

Here in Cashion, Oklahoma, it is homecoming week and I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to introduce everyone to our new and awesome pizza place, Flour and Fennel. 

This local and homemade pizza has become very popular with locals and anyone who happens to be visiting our area. 

If you are visiting Cashion for a ballgame, school event, or just wanting to take a short drive out from the metro, I would highly recommend visiting Flour and Fennel for a great pizza eating experience. 

At Flour and Fennel, the star of the show for me is the crust! 

Their pizza dough is prepared fresh daily and they offer two different crust styles: New York and Detroit.