Volleyball preseason starts today

The Clinton volleyball team’s second year under head coach Tobi-Rae Barker commences with a pair of scrimmages against Corn Bible Academy and Weatherford, beginning at 9 a.m. this morning at the practice gym. Masks are optional for those attending the games.

Championship-caliber winners

Some of the winners of the championship flight at this past weekend’s Riverside Rumble grouped up for a photo after their final rounds. Pictured are, from left, Audra Smalley, Mike Belter, Jeff Brown, Chris Martin and Megan Brown. Smalley and Belter shot a two-round score of 120 (59, 61).

Season on Oct. 3

The Great American Conference’s delay of fall sports has moved the SWOSU football team’s season opener against Southeastern Oklahoma State University to 6 p.m., Saturday Oct. 3 at Milam Stadium. The Bulldogs will play an abbreviated, seven-game schedule as of right now too.

Cisneros looks to bounce back

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is the fourth in a series on Clinton High School football’s positional breakdowns heading into the 2020 season.

OB&T's Rising Stars

Clinton 12U baseball player Matthew Bermea zooms a ball to first base at regionals. Clinton 12U baseball player Sutton Hernandez prepares to fire a strike during the regional tournament. Clinton youth softball player Paige Pugh gathers a ground ball into her glove during practice.

Clinton begins practice soon

In less than two weeks, the Clinton football team is expected to step back on the field for the first time since its 2019 playoff game against Bethany last November.

Clinton 12U ends season at state

The Clinton 12U, kid-pitch squad ended its season three games deep at the state tournament Thursday. Clinton battled to the end in an 8-5, season-ending loss to Elk City.

CHS stays safe, works in outbreak

Last week’s announcement of a COVID-19 outbreak in Clinton volleyball and softball changed the schedules for both sports. With safety as the top priority, players are quarantining that have it or that have come into contact with it.

Acosta signs with Rose State

All set up to attend college elsewhere, Clinton 2020 graduate and three-year volleyball starter Abigail Acosta decided she wasn’t through with her athletic career. Acosta is joining the first-year Rose State volleyball program as a preferred walk-on this fall.

OSSAA staying on track

The OSSAA announced in a zoom meeting Thursday morning that its going to continue forward with Oklahoma fall sports schedule. Oklahoma high school athletics have been on a pause for more than four months since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March.