Ledger newsletter 8-12-2022
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LeFlore County sports scoreboard 8-11-2022
Fast pitch softball
Howe 4, Oktaha 1
Whitesboro 3, Cameron 0
Spiro 11, LeFlore 2
Pocola 11, Hulbert 0
Pocola 13, Hulbert 1
Poteau 4, Muldrow 1
Talihina 8, Porter 7
Whitesboro 12, Indianola 0
Fall baseball
Red Oak 8, Cameron 5
Ripley 14, Cameron 10
Buffalo Valley 3, Howe 1
Buffalo Valley 12, LeFlore 9
Wister 19, McCurtain 0
Wister 9, Crowder 5
To report scores, email craig@heavenerledger.com or text (918) 649-4712.
Fast pitch softball roundup 8-11-2022
Hackler leads Poteau past Muldrow
POTEAU – Poteau improved to 2-0 in fast pitch softball Thursday with a 4-1 win over Muldrow.
The Lady Pirates are home again Friday, hosting Red Oak and Antlers in a three-way.
Emma Hackler got the win for Poteau and also homered. She went the distance, giving up four hits while striking out seven and walking a pair.
She went 1-3 batting with two RBI and two runs.
Pocola hammers Hulbert
POCOLA – Pocola swept a pair of district fast pitch softball games from Hulbert Thursday to improve to 4-0 on the season.
Pocola won the opener, 11-0, then completed the sweep with a 13-1 victory in the nightcap.
The Lady Indians are scheduled to play Fairland and Bixby in the Broken Arrow Tournament Friday.
Allyssa Parker and Kyleigh Combs teamed up for a no-hitter in the opener. Parker went three innings with five strikeouts and two walks while Combs threw one hitting with one strikeout.
Kylee Smith homered, tripled and doubled while going 3-3 outing with three runs and two RBI, Parker was 2-3 with a RBI and a run, Kail Chitwood went 2-3 with a RBI and a run, Kylee Merritt tripled and went 2-3 with two runs and a RBI and Maci Maxwell doubled in a 1-2 outing with one RBI and a run.
In the second game, Maxwell also tossed a 3-inning no-hitter. She allowed one unearned run with four strikeouts and three walks.
Dauslynn Brown tripled while going 1-2 with two RBI and a run and Smith doubled and finished 1-1 with a RBI and a run scored.
LeFlore County weather forecast 8-12-2022
Clear skies and warm again Friday in Leflore County.
The high is forecast to be 94 degrees with a low of 68 degrees.
Sunrise is 6:36 a.m. with sunset at 8:10 p.m.
Average temperatures for Aug. 12 are a high of 95 and low of 69. Records for the date were a high of 104 in 1999 and a low of 59 in 1986.
Last year on Aug. 11, the high was 98 with a low of 75.
Thursday’s high was 93 with a low of 67.
LeFlore County calendar 8-12-2022
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
High school softball: Heavener at Tishomingo; Howe at Big 8 Conference Tournament; Cameron at Gore Tournament; Red Oak, Antlers at Poteau; Talihina at Spiro; Pocola at Broken Arrow Tournament; Whitesboro at Whitesboro Tournament.
High school baseball: Howe, Wister at CASC Tournament; Bokoshe at Smithville; Whitesboro at New Lima Tournament
Saturday
Funeral service for Bruce Grindstaff
High school softball: Howe at Big 8 Conference Tournament Cameron at Gore Tournament; Pocola at Broken Arrow Tournament
High school baseball: Howe, Wister at CASC Tournament; Whitesboro at New Lima Tournament
Monday
LeFlore County commissioners meet 9 a.m.
High school softball: Coalgate at Heavener; Central, Wister at Howe; Poteau at Idabel; Gans at Cameron; Talihina at Stringtown; Pocola at Oktaha; Whitesboro at Keota
High School baseball: Wister at Stonewall; Bokoshe at Stringtown; Buffalo Valley at Whitesboro
Heavener Lions Club meets 5 p.m. at Simple Simon’s
Tuesday
Poteau Evening Lions Club meet 6 p.m. CASC
High school softball: Atoka at Heavener; Oktaha at Howe; Broken Bow at Poteau; Pittsburg at Cameron; Central at Panama; Talihina at Clayton; Chouteau at Pocola; Arkoma at Whitesboro
High school baseball: Bokoshe at Cameron
Reception for Mark Allen 4:30-6 p.m. at Reynolds Center
Wednesday
Poteau Rotary Club meets noon at EOMC
Back to school bash 5-7 p.m. at First Baptist Church fellowship hall
Thursday
Poteau Kiwanis Club meets noon
High school softball: Spiro at Heavener; Howe, Pocola at Red Oak Festival; Whitesboro at Tupelo Tournament
High school baseball: Bokoshe at Howe;Wister at EOSC Tournament; Whitesboro at Eagletown
Heavener VFW bingo 6 p.m. Highway 59 North
Heavener Utilities Authority and City Council meet 6 p.m.
Obituary for Anna Reeves
LINDSAY - Anna June Reeves, 80, of Lindsay was born June 19, 1942 in Howe to Vernon Alvin and Velma Imogene (Faulkenberry) Jones and passed away Aug. 10, 2022 in Chickasha.
Private family graveside service is 10 a.m. Saturday at the Howe Cemetery. Burial will follow, arrangements under the direction of Dowden-Roberts Funeral Home of Heavener.
She graduated from Howe High School and played forward on a high school state champion basketball team. After marrying and in the process of raising three boys, she attended and graduated from South Eastern State University with two bachelors and two masters degrees.
She taught school in several districts, but finally retired from the Lindsay school district after more than 25 years. She is gone but will not be forgotten by family, friends and many, many students from the years past.
Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law Rick and Regena of Alex, and Ron and Cathy of Monroe; four grandchildren Ryan, Ross, Brandy and Wes; and five great grandchildren Kaisyn, Bentli, Ryker, Thomas and Rosie.
She is preceded in death by her parents; a son, Randall Shane; and three brothers Gene, Cliff and Claude.
Viewing is from noon until 6 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that you make a donation to your local elementary school in her memory.
To sign Anna’s online guestbook please visit www.dowdenrobertsfuneralhome.com.