Sports

The Coalgate High School baseball team is sponsoring a blanket drive for Ruth Wilson Hurley Manor residents and Mary Hurley Hospital. New blankets with tags are now being accepted for delivery on Valentine’s Day. The drive will end February 11.

1969 Coalgate HS graduate Tommy Loudermilk will be inducted into the prestigious Athletic HOF on Memorial Day Weekend 2022. A process that began in February 2021 when the selections were announced will finally come to fruition.

KENLEY TO JOIN SNU CRIMSON STORM — Coalgate High School senior Kenley Thompson signs a letter of intent to play softball for Southern Nazarene University Crimson Storm.

The 2021 Coalgate Wildcat football season was arguably their best of the past three years.Despite several heartbreaking losses, the Wildcats showed they could stay in a game and fight to the end, something they didn’t always do in the past.

The Coalgate Wildcats finished the 2021 football season on a high note by winning big over Marietta, 48-12.Additionally, senior quarterback Gavin Blue broke the 1,000 yard rushing mark during the game.

The Coalgate Wildcats faced a tough foe in the Comanche Indians Friday night and lost 42-20.“We just came out flat and couldn’t recover,” Head Coach Nathan Hill said. “We weren’t prepared to play.

The Coalgate Wildcats were neck and neck with tough foe Davis Friday night, but the Wolves pulled ahead in the fourth quarter and won the game 21-14.The loss will most likely keep Coalgate out of the Class 2A playoffs.

BY JEREMIAH PENICK ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2021. The big boy was a 13 pointer and weighed 165 lbs. hog-dressed. This is Jeremiah’s first deer of the season and was shot by a primitive muzzleloader. (Picture taken by his father, Bob Penick)

The Coalgate Lady Cats had an exciting fastpitch season, finishing with a 29-10 record.They finished the regular season as District Champions and hosted the 3A Regional 8 championship. The Lady Cats went 3-0, sending them to the state tournament for the second time in school history.

The Coalgate Wildcats earned their first district win of the season Thursday on the road in Tishomingo by running the football past the Indians.The Wildcats amassed 343 rushing yards and four rushing touchdowns during the game.