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Coalgate High School seniors Madison Sam and Brent Johnson were named the 2020 Football Queen and King on October 3.

The Coalgate Wildcats had a rough outing Friday night and lost to the Marlow Outlaws 55-7. The Wildcats, starting their third quarterback in as many weeks, faced the fourth best team in Oklahoma Class 2A in Marlow.

The Tupelo Lady Tigers won their Class B District Championship with a 12-0 win over Wapanucka and 12-2 and 10-0 wins over Coleman to advance to last week’s Regional Playoffs in Roff. The 18 th ranked Lady Tigers faced a 9 th ranked Lookeba-Sickles first round for an impressive 5-3 win.

The Coalgate Wildcats lost to the Frederick Bombers Saturday night, but played arguably their best defensive game of the season.

The Coalgate Wildcats lost their first district game Friday to the Lindsay Leopards by a score of 45-20. To start the game, Lindsay received the ball first and drove down the field with a balanced attack of passing and rushing.

The Coalgate Wildcats put up a fight Friday night, but lost their second non-district game of the season. Coalgate traveled to Antlers to battle the Bearcats.

LEFT—JUNIOR TREY WILKINSON #4 has been a workhorse for the Coalgate Wildcats this year. Friday night he rushed 16 times for 21 yards and also caught two passes. Last week he rushed 21 times for 74 yards.

The Coalgate Wildcats had a rough outing Friday night against rival Atoka. The Boggy Bottom Bowl was the 108th matchup between the Coalgate Wildcats and the Atoka Wampus Cats, and was held at Donald Mike Mayer Field in Coalgate. The final score of the non-district game was 33-14.

WHAT A SURPRISE FOR RYTHOM! WOW! Rythom Griffith caught this big 6 pound bass recently while fishing with his Papa Jim. The fish was so big it nearly pulled him in, but Papa Jim came to the rescue. “ANOTHER FISHERMAN IN THE FAMILY.” Rythom is the 7 year old son of Clayton and Tina Griffith.

Coalgate High School high jumper Cordell Brown will be attending East Central University next fall. On March 5, Cordell signed a letter of intent to join the ECU Tigers track and field team. “It’s always been my plan to do track somewhere and I’m happy I’ll be able to do it at ECU,” he said.