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TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Cherokee Nation Foundation is offering a free ACT Boot Camp to Native American students preparing for the national exam. The one-day course will be held on Saturday, April 1, at Carl Albert State College in Sallisaw from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The deadline to register is March 30 at noon.

The Wolverines outscored Stigler 26-11 in the final eight minutes of Saturday afternoon’s Class 3A regional consolation championship game at Roland to defeat the Panthers 61-50 and advance to this week’s area tournament at Ada High School. Vian (15-9 overall) plays No. 10 Lindsay (20-6) at 7:30 p.m....

Gore School Board President Cody Sloan recently organized a professional, agriculture business related career day for the seniors of Gore and Webbers Falls high schools. This first annual event was titled the “Paul Gould Agra Business Career Day,” in remembrance of a local agri-business professional that was lost serving his community.

The Sallisaw Lady Diamonds beat Sulphur 44-30 in the Class 4A regional consolation championship Saturday at North Rock Creek. Meanwhile, the Black Diamonds fell to Mannford, 5249, Thursday to end their regional aspirations early. Sallisaw 44, Sulphur 30. The Sulphur Lady Bulldogs started slow, having two players make a shot...

The new Vian High School project is reportedly moving forward and the footings are taking shape as employees with OG&E worked last week to move power lines for the construction of the new building, according to the school’s Facebook page.

Sallisaw High School freshman Bodie Adams finished fourth at last week’s boys’ state wrestling tournament inside Jim Norick Arena in Oklahoma City and was the top county finisher at the tournament. Vian’s defending girls’ state champions senior Taya Hunt and junior Avery Richey competed in their state tournament...

The Cherokee Nation will be holding a series of college fairs around Green Country for tribal students. The nation says the events are meant to help give students a chance to meet with college representatives to pick the right school to attend. The first fair will take place on Tuesday...

The Roland girls’ and boys’ teams defeated Vian Saturday night inside the Ranger Dome to win Class 3A, Area III, District 2 Tournament titles. Regional play begins Thursday for the four teams at Roland. In regional consolation quarterfinal action the Vian girls play Stigler at 1:30 p.m. and...

Gore Public School’s Board of Education met on Feb. 13 where they approved an auditing contract for the 2022-23 school year and accepted the 2021-22 audit as presented.

Eleven county high school wrestlers qualified for this week’s State Wrestling Tournament in Oklahoma City by finishing fifth or better in their respective regional tournaments on Saturday. Nine Sallisaw wrestlers advanced to the state tournament with top 5-or-higher finishes at the Class 4A East Regional Tournament at Catoosa. Sallisaw...

By Patrick Kays Brandon Tyler photo by George Mitchell  His track record speaks for itself. Pattern held together. He just seems to have it. Whatever “it” is, Brandon Tyler has it. After helping turn both Vian and Gore from winless teams to bona-fide contenders and fresh off of a state ...

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The girls OSSAA East Regional tournament was held Monday and Tuesday at Paul Post Fieldhouse, with two returning state champions from Vian winning their brackets to be named regional champions. The wins punched the girls’ tickets to the state tournament, where they will defend their state titles. The Vian...

The Vian boys and the Central girls posted Big 8 Conference wins inside Tiger Gymnasium Thursday night in a pair of games originally scheduled for Jan. 31.

TULSA – Fueled by four players scoring in double figures, the Webbers Falls Lady Warriors claimed its district championship Saturday with a 59-42 win over Oaks-Mission. Meanwhile, the Webbers Falls boys were outmanned in their district championship game, bowing to ninth-ranked Riverfield Country Day School, 64-27. Double-figure scorers for the Webbers Falls girls were Anistyn Garner with 20 points, Bridgette Baer with 15 points, and Teralynn Colston and Samantha Griffith with 11 points each.

Gore’s Pirates overcame a sluggish offensive start to down Porter Consolidated 44-34 in the Class A, Area III, District 8 tournament championship game Saturday night inside the Gore Event Center. The Pirates (16-3 overall) play No. 18 Liberty (18-5), which beat Regent Prep 44-32 in the District 5 title...

Sallisaw High School’s Paul Post Fieldhouse will be the site for one of the two girls’ wrestling regional tournaments, which will be held Monday and Tuesday. Sallisaw and Vian will compete in the Sallisaw regional. Weigh-ins are scheduled for 9 a.m. each day of the tournament. On Monday...

All students have been released from the hospital after an incident involving an unidentified substance, according to Webbers Falls Superintendent. Seven Webbers Falls high school students were taken to the hospital Tuesday after two of them overdosed on the substance. Superintendent Chris Whelan says that five of the students were never admitted but were checked by hospital staff. One of the students who overdosed was released on Tuesday while the other went home Wednesday.

Dean College is pleased to announce that Haley Phillips of Sallisaw has earned a place on the Dean's List for the Fall 2022 semester. Students named to the Dean's List have demonstrated a serious commitment to their studies while at Dean College.

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