Brackets released for Class A, B

Pirates run away from Pocola

Brackets released for Class A, B

The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association released playoff brackets for Class A and B schools Friday.

Class A

Area III

District 2 at Arkoma: Cave Springs, Keota.

Regional main site: Quinton.

District 7 at Rattan.

Talihina, Wright City

Regional main site: Indianola

Area site Wilburton

Class B

Area IV

District 3 at Kinta

Cameron, Watts, Schulter

Regional main site Kellyville

District 7 at Whitesboro

Battiest, Bokoshe, LeFlore

Regional main site: Stringtown

Area site: Henryetta

Senior rings

Senior rings    

By REX QUINN

     Do you still have your high school senior ring?

     I’ll never forget the day our rings arrived. If somebody hadn’t locked me in a toilet stall, I’d have been first in line.

     Many folks have no idea what happened to their rings. So, they offer responses like this:

  1. “I don’t know. Have you seen it?”
  2. “I wore it until I was 63.”
  3. “I gave it to my old girlfriend, who gave it to her new boyfriend.”
  4. “I think my wife had it bronzed.”
  5. “The dog ate it…and after he threw it up, it didn’t fit.”

     Did you ever wonder how the senior ring tradition started? Me neither…but I looked it up anyway.

     Actually, folks have worn rings since ancient times. Many carried engraved symbols.

     There were no medieval high schools, because back then people aged quickly, and at 18 qualified for primitive Social Security.  However, by the 1600s people survived long enough to create schools, award letter jackets for archery, and design senior rings.

     My buddy gave his ring to his steady girlfriend 30 years ago. He didn’t see her again until this year, at a class reunion.

     “Diane,” he said, “you and I both married other people.  So, if you don’t mind, I’d like my senior ring back.”

     “OK,” she replied, “but does that mean we’re breaking up?”

     Have you got a story idea for Rix? Please e-mail him at rix@rixquinn.com.


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Lute heads up girls’ all-tournament team

Lute heads up girls’ all-tournament team
The 2023 girls LeFlore County all-tournament team.

Lute heads up girls’ all-tournament team

Howe’s Gracie Lute was named the most valuable player for the girls in the 2023 LeFlore County Tournament after leading the Lady Lions to the championship Saturday evening in Spiro.

Teammate Journey Williams was named the Dennis Hemphill hustle award winner, receiving a $500 scholarship.

Spiro won the sportsmanship award.

Other team members

Other team members were Ashlynn Dalton, also of Howe; Piper Warren and River Cogburn of LeFlore; Madison Grogan and Addison Walker of Whitesboro; Kylee Smith and Allyssa Parker of Pocola; Brooklyn Garner of Poteau; Lynsey Wortham of Spiro; and Sky Bluford of Panama.


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