Ledger newsletter 3-25-2022

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SPORTS

LeFlore County sports scoreboard 3-24-2022

Baseball

Arkoma 12, Cave Springs 0

Arkoma 16, Midway 3

Bokoshe 10, Achille 9

Haileyville 19, Bokoshe 2

Cameron 6, McCurtain 5

Cameron 12, McCurtain 0

Heavener 7, Morris 6

LeFlore 16, Wilburton 4

Mansfield 7, Panama 6

Eufaula 14, Pocola 4

Oktaha 9, Poteau 4

Stigler 11, Spiro 2

Allen 4, Talihina 1

Softball

Cameron 12, Savanna 0

Cameron 13, Braggs 1

Howe 10, Broken Bow 8

Red Oak 12, Howe 4

Hartshorne 7, Panama 1

Valliant 16, Panama 0

Panama 14, Muldrow 2

Jenks 28, Pocola 15

Red Oak 17, Pocola 9

Broken Bow 10, Wister 8

Wister 10, Wilburton 2

Soccer

Boys

Heavener 3, Glenpool JV 2

To add scores or information, or to make corrections, please contact the Ledger.

Heavener rallies past Morris

BEGGS – Gunnar McAlester singled with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to bring Bryce Early home with the winning run Thursday, 7-6, over Morris in the Beggs Festival.

Heavener is now 7-4 and hosts Spiro in a doubleheader Friday at 12:30 p.m.

With the score tied at 6, Early led off the inning with a walk. He advanced to second base when Devry Ritter was hit by a pitch and after there were two outs, he scored the winning run on a single to center.

Early also got the win pitching for Heavener, the fourth pitcher of the game for the Wolves. He went 1.1 innings and gave up one hit with two strikeouts and a walk. Angel Alverez started and went four innings, giving up five hits and three runs, one earned, with five strikeouts and two walks.

Jeren Pickle threw 1.1 innings and allowed three hits on three runs with two strikeouts before being relieved by Dalton Semore, who pitched one-third of an inning and gave up one hit.

McAlester doubled and went 3-4 with two runs and the winning RBI. Bryce Morrison also doubled for the Wolves and finished 1-4 with two RBI and a run.

Heavener 7, Morris 6

MHS 0 2 0 0 1 3 0—6 10 2

HHS 0 0 5 1 0 0 1—7 9 1

LeFlore lights up Wilburton

LeFlore jumped ahead early and finished off the game with 10 runs in the bottom of the fourth inning Thursday in a 16-4 win over Wilburton.

The Savages only led by two runs before erupting for the 10 scores in the final inning. LeFlore is 5-4 and is scheduled to visit Gore Friday.

Westin Durant pitched two innings and got the win for LeFlore. He gave up three hits with two runs, one earned, struck out two and walked a pair. Bo Dacus went a third of an inning, allowing one hit and two unearned runs with a walk, before Cooper Newman went 1.2 innings with three strikeouts.

Dacus doubled twice and was 3-3 with three RBI and two runs, and Traven Sumpter doubled and went 2-4 with three RBI and two runs.

LeFlore 16, Wilburton 4

LHS 3 0 3 10—16 6 4

WHS 1 0 3 0—4 4 4

Lady Lions split games at Festival

RED OAK – Howe’s softball team split a pair of games at the Red Oak Festival Thursday.

The Lady Lions dropped the opener, 12-4, to Red Oak before bouncing beat to beat Broken Bow, ranked No. 1 in 5A, 10-8 in the second game.

Howe plays Pocola and Canadian in the second day of the Festival Friday.

In the opener against Red Oak, Howe fell behind 8-2 after two innings and never recovered.

Kaelbi Duvall homered and was 2-2 with two RBI and a run and Joanna Loyd went 2-2 with a run

Red Oak 12, Howe 4

HHS 0 2 0 0 2—4 8 2

ROHS 2 6 0 3 1—12 16 0

Against Broken Bow, Howe broke an 8-8 tie with two runs in the bottom of the sixth in a game where the two teams combined for 34 hits.

The winning rally was set up when Abby Huie was intentionally walked. Jayce Blake doubled to left before Gracie Lute singled, scoring Huie with the winning run. Duball hit a sacrifice fly to score Blake with the second run of the inning.

Blake had the double and was 4-4 with three runs, Huie homered twice and went 3-3 with five RBI and three runs, Karsyn Nye finished 3-4 with two RBI and Ashlynn Dalton had a 2-4 game with a RBI.

Howe 10, Broken Bow 8

BHS 1 0 4 0 3 0 0—8 18 2

HHS 0 0 4 4 0 2 x—10 16 1

Lady Wildcats go 1-1 in Red Oak Festival

RED OAK – Wister’s softball team was 1-1 Thursday in the Red Oak Festival.

The Lady Wildcats, 9-2, dropped the opener, 10-8, to Broken Bow before whipping Wilburton, 10-2, in the second contest.  Wister is in the Webbers Falls Tournament Friday and plays Wilson.

In the opener, Wister led 8-7 over Broken Bow after scoring six runs in the top of the fourth. The Lady Savages responded with three runs in the bottom half of the inning and kept Wister scoreless the last two innings.

Jaelyn Covey was 3-3 for Wister with a run. Kourtney Donaho doubled twice and went 2-3 with two RBI and a run, Hattie Pate hit a grand slam in a 1-3 outing with four RBI and a run, Miriam Luce finished 2-3 with a run, Kinley Branscum doubled and went 1-3 with a RBI and Kinsey Terry doubled and finished 1-3 with a run.

Broken Bow 10, Wister 8

WHS 1 0 1 6 0 0—8 13 2

BHS 1 0 6 3 x—19 14 3

In the second game, Wister built an 8-0 lead and coasted to the win.

Donaho doubled and was 3-4 with two RBI and a run, Kaylea Underwood doubled and went 3-3 with two RBI and two runs, Terry homered and finished 1-3 with three RBI and two runs, and Luce doubled while going 1-3 with a run.

Wister 10, Wilburton 2

WIL 0 0 0 0 2 0—2 19 3

WIS 1 0 4 3 1 1—10 10 3

OTHER STORIES

Nice day expected Friday

Clear skies and slightly warmer temperatures are expected Friday in the LeFlore County weather forecast, sponsored by Central National Bank.

The high is forecast to be 67 degrees with a low of 37 degrees.

Thursday’s high was 62. The low was 34.

Sunrise is 7:14 a.m. Sunset is 7:34 p.m.

Average temperatures for March 25 are a high of 68 and low of 45.

Records for the date were a high of 93 in 1929. The record low was 27 in 1966.

On March 25, 2021, the high was 62 with a low of 42.

7-day forecast

Calendar of events

The LeFlore County calendar of events. It lists the upcoming events in the area. This is a free service, so if you or your group have an event coming up and would like it added to the calendar, please email craig@heavenerledger.com.

Friday

Funeral service for Elnora Vineyard

High school baseball: Spiro at Heavener 12:30 p.m.; Bokoshe at McCurtain; Howe at Cameron; Wister at Rattan Tournament..

High school softball: Heavener, Wister at Webbers Fall Tournament; Howe vs. Pocola, Canadian at Red Oak Festival.

Soccer: Porter girls at Heavener

Saturday

Funeral service for Mary Farrar

High school baseball: Heavener at Beggs Tournament; Haskell at Pocola; Poteau vs. Claremore at Tiger/Zebra Classic; Wister at Rattan Tournament. 

High school softball: Heavener, Wister at Webbers Fall Tournament.

Memorial viewing service for Johanna Womack

Monday

LeFlore County commissioners meets 9 a.m.

Golf: Poteau girls at Idabel (Idabel CC)

High school baseball: Heavener at Roland; Okay at Bokoshe; Cameron, Howe at Poteau; Checotah at Spiro

High school softball: Heavener, Porum at Howe; Talihina at Cameron; LeFlore, Red Oak at Wister

High school soccer: Poteau at Heavener

Tuesday

Golf: Heavener boys in Roland Tournament at Ben Geren 

Poteau Evening Lions Club meet 6 p.m. CASC

High school baseball: Roland at Heavener; Arkoma at Porum; Bokoshe at Gore; Haworth at Howe; Spiro at Checotah

High school softball: Heavener, Eufaula at Wilburton; Cameron at LeFlore; Pocola at Wister

High school soccer: Victory Christian at Heavener.

Wednesday

Golf: Poteau girls at Stigler (Stigler CC)

Poteau Rotary Club meets noon at EOMC

Thursday

Golf: Heavener, Poteau boys in Stigler Tournament at Stigler GC 

Poteau Kiwanis Club meets noon

Heavener VFW bingo 6 p.m. Highway 59 North 

High school baseball: Heavener at Atoka Wood Bat Tournament; Braggs at Bokoshe; Muldrow at Panama; Talihina at Kinta

High school softball: Heavener, Howe, Wister at Lady Lion Festival; Quinton at Cameron.

Faithbridge holding special service

Even though Easter is two weeks away, Faithbridge Church in Heavener is expecting an Easter crowd at worship April 3.

"We are asking all our members to bring at least one friend with them to church on Sunday, April 3," said Pastor Ricky Huggins, pastor of the church at 109 East Avenue B just behind the public library in Heavener. "If each of our members is successful at that, we'll have a large attendance similar to Christmas or Easter."

Those two holidays traditionally attract the church's largest worshiping congregations. Faithbridge will also offer special services on April 14 and April 15 Huggins said.

Besides the worship service at 10:50 a.m., the special schedule for the day includes a reception and a fellowship meal at noon, tours of the church building and other services currently being offered.

"We want to share what our church has to offer with the people in the community who may not have a faith home," pastor Huggins said. "In addition to worship, we offer classes in faith development, prayer groups, opportunities for community service and other special programs on a regular basis."

Huggins noted that more than 90 percent of all Americans say they believe in God, according to Gallup Polls. Recent data shows attendance is rebounding after pandemic lows of only about 30 percent attending church in an average week.

"We want to increase that percentage next Sunday in Heavener here at Faithbridge," Huggins said. "We believe our guests will feel at home at church each week and it adds a great deal to the quality of their lives. Come and see!"

Blast from the past 3-25-2022

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The Heavener football homecoming court from 2017.

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DEATHS

Service set for Elnora Vineyard

PANAMA - Funeral service for Elnora Mae Vineyard, 85, of Panama is 10 a.m. Friday at Evans Funeral Home in Poteau with burial at Fairview Cemetery in Panama.

She passed away March 21, 2022, and was born to Fred and Hazel Lewis in Carr City Nov. 2, 1936.

Surviving family members are her husband, Roy, of the home; three sons Freddy and wife Lynette of Lebanon, Oregon, Steven and wife Nelda of Lake Fork, Texas, and Kenny and wife Debbie of Panama; one daughter Monica and husband Jeff Suter of Burlington, Kansas; grandchildren Amanda Vineyard of Canton, Texas, Adam and wife Jenna of Canton, Leon and wife Katie of Sweet Home, Oregon, Kayla and fiancé Josh Mode of Howe; Peyton and husband Parker Wedel, Kechi, Kansas, and Lauren Suter of Burlington, Kansas; and six great grandchildren.

Service planned for Johanna Womack

Memorial viewing service for Johanna Womack, 45, is 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Mallory-Martin Funeral Home Chapel in Spiro.

She was born March 15, 1977 in Fort Smith, Arkansas to John Edward and Sharan Marie (Rogers) Womack and passed away March 22, 2022 in Spiro.

Survivors include her three sons TyKota Womack, Hunter Taylor and Ryder Williams; her mother, Sharan Womack; three sisters Lisa Brewster, Twyla Eckelhoff, and Holly Hodel; and two brothers Mark Anderson and Scott Womack.

She was preceded in death by her father John Womack. 

To sign her online guest book visit www.mallorymartinfuneralhome.com.