Wrestling starts Hub Tourney

The annual Clinton Hub City Tournament begins at noon today and day two starts at 11 a.m. Saturday. There are 19 teams slated to attend the tournament.

A-B hosts Cheyenne for senior night

Arapaho-Butler basketball celebrates a tremendous run by both team’s senior classes at 6:30 p.m. tonight when they take on Cheyenne-Reydon for senior night.

Jessica Jefferson helps team in any way possible

Defensive-focused players unfairly slide under the radar, because they don’t usually load up the stat sheet or score in the double digits. But, they do all the gritty work that matters, and they’re vitally important to a team’s success – that’s true for Clinton senior forward Jessica Jefferson.

Hester wrestles in show-stopping style

Anticipation engulfs gyms when Clinton senior, 160-pound wrestler Tory Hester steps on the mat to begin a match, because everyone knows they’re moments away from witnessing his patented double-leg takedown that sometimes mirrors a WWE-styled slam to the mat.

SWOSU men’s basketball sits at .500; women on losing streak

WEATHERFORD – A 95-73 win over Harding Saturday moved the SWOSU men’s basketball team (9-9 overall, 5-7 in the Great American Conference) back to .500 as of Wednesday morning. The win continues a turnaround year for the Bulldogs and second-year head coach Terry Evans.

Icy weather forces cancellations

Freezing rain forced Clinton athletics to cancel their games Tuesday. Zade Cisneros, pictured, and the Clinton basketball teams did not play Weatherford due to the weather – that game was rescheduled for 4 p.m. Feb. 8. Clinton wrestling was scheduled to host Anadarko Tuesday night as well.

Reds fall to Eagles in final match

WEATHERFORD – Rivalry momentum played against the No. 12 Clinton wrestling team (5-4 overall, 2-2 in district) Monday night, as the Weatherford Eagles won the first four actual matches and then the final four on their way to a walk-off, 39-33 win over the Reds.

CHS linebacker Gonzalez makes 4A all-star west team

The staple of the Clinton football team’s defense over the last three years received some of recognition Monday, when the Oklahoma Coaches Association named CHS senior linebacker Eddi Gonzalez to the 4A all-star west team.

Clinton teams earn third at Cashion

CASHION – Clinton basketball went up against five ranked teams in its six combined games in the Cashion Tournament and exited with 2-1 records in each blistering bracket and a pair of third-place finishes this past weekend.

Arapaho-Butler squads finish as W.C. runner-ups

WEATHERFORD – It took a couple more ranked, upset wins, but the Arapaho-Butler basketball teams fought their way through top-flight tournament brackets to reach the finals and earn West Central Tournament runner-ups Saturday night at SWOSU’s Pioneer Event Center.