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Funeral service for Elizabeth Hooper
Funeral service for Elizabeth Hooper, 93 of Poteau is 2 p.m. Saturday at Evans Chapel of Memories in Poteau with Donald Cherry and Steve Breedlove officiating. Burial will follow at Oakland Cemetery in Poteau, under the direction of Evans & Miller Funeral Home of Poteau. Continue reading “Funeral service for Elizabeth Hooper set”
Heavener girls rally past Poteau
It had not been a good week for the Heavener girls heading into the 93rd LeFlore County Tournament, which started Monday. Continue reading “Heavener girls rally past Poteau”
LeFlore County Tournament scoreboard from Monday’s games and the schedule for Tuesday.
Boys
Spiro 58, Cameron 28
Poteau 67, Whitesboro 37
Panama 85, Bokoshe 46
Talihina 65, LeFlore 46
Howe 69, Arkoma 52
Heavener 50, Poteau 48
LeFlore 65, Arkoma 32
Panama 56, Cameron 22
Talihina 45, Wister 39
Spiro 2, Bokoshe 0
Boys
Winners bracket
At Poteau
Heavener vs. Talihina 5:30
Poteau vs. Wister 8:30
At Talihina
Pocola vs. Howe 8:30
At Panama
Panama vs. Spiro 8:30
Losers bracket
At Panama
Bokoshe vs. Cameron 5:30
Girls
Winners bracket
At Poteau
LeFlore vs. Spiro 4
Heavener vs. Howe 7
At Talihina
Pocola vs. Talihina 7
At Panama
Whitesboro vs. Panama 7
Losers bracket
At Panama
Arkoma vs. Bokoshe 4
The 2023 basketball LeFlore County Tournament starts again Monday with games scheduled to be played at Panama, Poteau and Talihina.
The LCT is the oldest tournament in the state. Games later in the week will be played at Spiro.
The top three seeds for both the boys and girls have byes Monday.
Here is Monday’s schedule
At Panama
Howe vs. Arkoma 5:30
Panama vs. Bokoshe 8:30
At Poteau
Cameron vs. Spiro 5:30
Poteau vs. Whitesboro 8:30
At Talihina
LeFlore vs. Talihina 8:30
At Panama
Bokoshe vs. Spiro 4
Panama vs. Cameron 7
At Poteau
LeFlore vs. Arkoma 4 Poteau
Poteau vs. Heavener 7
At Talihina
Talihina vs. Wister 7
If you attend any games, please text the final score to (918) 649-4712.
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Brackets for 2023 basketball LCT were released Thursday for the tournament, which starts Monday with games at Talihina, Panama and Poteau. Continue reading “Brackets for 2023 basketball LCT”
Heavener and Poteau split
Heavener and Poteau split a pair of basketball games at Heavener Monday night between the two old LeFlore County rivals.
Poteau’s girls won the opener, 44-33, before the Wolves overcame slow starts in the first and third quarter to outscore the Pirates, 40-24.
Both Heavener teams are home Tuesday against Talihina. Poteau hosts Checotah in NOAA action Friday.
Girls
Poteau’s girls, now 1-5, captured their first win of the season as Brooklyn Garner tallied 24 of the Lady Pirates’ points and Poteau outscored the Lady Wolves by eight points in the second half to seal the win.
Ava Cartwright and Brooklyn May both scored 11 points to lead the Lady Wolves, now 3-7.
Poteau 44, Heavener 33
PHS 10 9 16 9—44
HHS 4 12 13 4–33
Poteau—Savanna Bryan 0 0-0 1 0; Brooke Hattabaugh 2 0-0 2 5; Brooklyn Garner 11 1-2 3 24; Parker Patterson 3 0-0 3 7; Gracyn Soehlman 2 2-3 3 6; Britlee Reed 0 0-0 2 0; Cheyanne Brickle 1 0-0 0 2. TOTALS: 19 3-5 14 44.
Heavener—McKinley Alexander 0 0-2 0 0; Ava Cartwright 4 3-4 0 11; Brooklyn May 4 3-4 3 11; Cayleigh McGee 2 1-2 4 5; Bryleigh Edmondson 1 0-0 0 2; Mariana Garcia 0 0-3 1 0; Meredith Smith 0 4-4 1 4. TOTALS: 11 11-16 9 33
Boys
Despite the slow starts, Heavener got hot in the second quarter and got a basket from Isaac Cook from midcourt to end the third period to down the Pirates.
Heavener, which is 9-1 and broke into the Class 3A rankings this week at 19, failed to get the usual shots to fall against the Pirates, who also struggled shooting, especially down low where Heavener’s Landon Thurman blocked and altered numerous shots.
Thurman, who had scored 31 in Heavener’s previous two games, led the Wolves with 17 points.
Heavener is 9-1. Poteau is 2-6.
Heavener 40, Poteau 24
PHS 7 12 6 6–24
HHS 9 22 5 5—40
Poteau—Dax Collins 3 0-0 2 7; Champ Downs 2 0-0 1 6; Aiden Sockey 0 0-0 2 0; Kord Fenton 1 0-0 2 3; Connor Whitworth 2 0-4 3 4; Adrian Conches 0 0-0 3 0; Calloway Warren 1 2-5 1 4. TOTALS: 9 2-9 14 24.
Heavener—Isaac Cook 2 0-0 0 5; Bryce Morrison 3 0-0 2 8; Jackson Clubb 0 0-0 3 0; Devry Ritter 1 3-3 1 5; Landon Thurman 4 5-12 3 17; Zaid Rodriguez 0 1-3 0 1; Nick Lopez 1 0-2 3 3. TOTALS: 11 9-20 12 10.
Poteau School Board members appointed Troy George to fill the Seat 5 position on the board at Monday night’s meeting. George is pastor of Poteau First Baptist Church and replaces Matt McBee, who resigned earlier.
A policy relating to gender identification was approved. Students must use the restroom that matches the gender they were assigned at birth, or they may use a separate facility. The policy also sets disciplinary actions for misusing the policy.
Nikki Steelman, pictured, was recognized as Pansy Kidd Middle School Teacher of the Year.
Kelly Watson was named sponsor of the newly formed Rodeo Club.
Pirate football fans may get to own a piece of team history soon. The board declared some surplus items to be junked or sold, including the Costner Stadium scoreboard. Devin Cochran said he hopes the new scoreboard will be delivered by February in time for the old one to be auctioned off during the annual football awards banquet. The old softball field scoreboard and an obsolete ramp also were declared surplus.
The board also approved several fundraisers and out-of-state trips for the coming months.
In personnel matters, they accepted the resignations of Finance Director Valerie Martin, Vo-Ag teacher Crystal Shipman and Maintenance person Jerry Beal.
The board agreed to hire Finance Director Shannon Barnes, Head Soccer Coach Billy Adean, Aviation instructor Randy Steelman and Vo-Ag teacher Justin Payne.
Story written by KEN MILAM
