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Lady Wildcats come up short in Checotah Crossroads Classic
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January 31, 2024
Lady Wildcats come up short in Checotah Crossroads Classic
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR,

The Checotah Lady Wildcats had a tough time at the Checotah Crossroads Classic. The Lady Wildcats came up short on Thursday when Keys topped Checotah 38-35. It was a well-played game by the Lady Wildcats who played shot for shot with the Lady Cougars but missed free throws would haunt Checotah.

The Lady Wildcats’ defense opened up and put a lot of pressure led by Ruby and Ruthy Folkner and Nyah Cloud. Checotah outscored Keys 10-7 in the first period but the Lady Cougars came out the second period and began raining down

three-point buckets hard work paid off against a really good team,” Checotah head coach Wes Cloud said.

It was a slow start for the Lady Wildcats as Eufaula led 8-4 after the first period but they came alive in the second period. Checotah scored the period’s first eight points and led 12-8 with 3:27 on the clock. Defensively, Checotah took Eufaula out of their comfort zone at the perimeter and held the Lady Ironheads to just one three-point bucket in the first half and led 19-13 at the halftime break.

Ruby Folkner and Shyanne Madewell did a great job of forcing turnovers and converting them into points. Aiyana Brewer and Hailey Prince dominated the paint and rebounding. Allie Anderson was the spark for Eufaula as she finished with 18 points.

Checotah forward Nyah Cloud was the leader on the court for Checotah. The senior finished with nine points but was a factor on defense as she took Eufaula out of their shooting lanes. Elaina Monroe of Eufaula had a good game as the point guard drove up court and set up plays and scored from the perimeter.

Checotah led 33-22 to start the fourth period. Jadence Efurd of Eufaula had a courageous effort as she battled both Prince and Brewer in the paint. Efurd finished the game with four points. The Lady Ironheads struggled from the free throw line throughout the game. Maddie Ballard made the game 3734 but Madewell and Ruby Folkner extended the game 40-34 and on the next play Madewell made a highlight-film steal from Ballard and scored to make the game 42-34. On the next play, Madewell repeated herself but this time was fouled by Efurd who made one of two free throws. On the next play Folkner made the steal and score to give the Lady Wildcats a 45-34 lead with 1:12 to play. Eufaula tried to rally as Monroe scored three points in the last seconds to end the game 45-37.

Madewell led Checotah with 11 points while Brewer added 10. Cloud and Atkins had nine points and Folkner eight points.

Anderson led Eufaula with 18, Kambry Williams with six, Johna Bumgarner with five and Monroe had three points.

On Tuesday, Stilwell defeated the Checotah Lady Wildcats 78-27. Aiyana Brewer had 13 points and freshman Bella Henson seven points.

In Friday night’s match-up The Lady Wildcats fell to the Spiro Lady Bulldogs 65-42. Spiro led 30-20 at halftime. The third period was an offensive shooting match as both teams combined for 30 points scored. Ruby Folkner led Checotah with 18 points, Brewer nine, Cloud four and Sidney Hamilton, Shyanne Madewell and Jazlyn Atkins each finished with three.

Jefferson Highway keeps on rollin’
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Jefferson Highway keeps on rollin’
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
June 11, 2025
Long before Route 66, there was the Jefferson Highway. Route 66 was a federally funded, 2,448-mile highway that crossed the country going east and west from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, Californ...
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Jacob Foos re-hired as Eufaula City Manager
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
June 11, 2025
It was a surprise hire, but not a total surprise as former Eufaula City Manager Jacob Foos was rehired as Eufaula’s city manager. The hiring took place following an executive session at a special meet...
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Complications of finding a city manager
June 11, 2025
Jeb Jones resigned as city manager in April. He was hired in 2022 to replace Jacob Foos, who had resigned months earlier and became assistant city manager in the City of Shawnee. Andrea Weckmuel-ler B...
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LEA Poker Run Saturday
June 11, 2025
The Golden Eagle Poker Run, one of the most popular events on Lake Eufaula, is Saturday, June 14. This year’s theme is Pirates & Parrots, so get your crew and costumes ready for a day of high seas adv...
McIntosh County Democrat wins Sequoyah Award
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McIntosh County Democrat wins Sequoyah Award
June 11, 2025
The Oklahoma Press Association presented its Better Newspaper Contest Awards during the OPA Annual convention June 6-7, at the Grand Casino Hotel and Resort in Shawnee. The top award a newspaper can r...
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Commissioners getting an increase in road spending
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
June 11, 2025
Rep. Tim Turner, R-Kinta, announced some good news and some bad news at the Monday morning Monthly County Commissioner meeting. First, the bad news, at least for those who oppose wind turbines in the ...
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Bridge dedicated to World War II veteran
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Bridge dedicated to World War II veteran
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
June 11, 2025
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation recently honored the late veteran William “Bill” Antrum Fox Jr. by naming a bridge after him. The William A. Fox Jr. Memorial Bridge is on SH 9 East at Nine M...
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Ten Mile Yard Sale this weekend
June 11, 2025
Bring an umbrella Bargain hunters set your alarms. The annual 10-milelong yard sale begins at 7 a.m. Sunday, stretching from the east end of Eufaula, down SH 9 east through Longtown and past Enterpris...
Preliminary set for 2 suspected of killing Eufaulan
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Preliminary set for 2 suspected of killing Eufaulan
June 11, 2025
Two Muskogee men charged with killing a Eufaula resident were ordered to appear at a preliminary hearing in district court at 10 a.m., Thursday, July 3. Suspects Kyren Omari Boulware, 19, and Michael ...
2 dead, 4 injured in pileup
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2 dead, 4 injured in pileup
June 11, 2025
Two people from Marshall, Texas were killed, and four others were injured in a harrowing four-vehicle pileup on U.S. 69 half a mile south of the Muskogee City Limits at about 2:20 p.m. on Monday, June...
Fink inducted into OPA Half Century Club
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Fink inducted into OPA Half Century Club
June 11, 2025
Managing Editor Jerry Fink of The Eufaula Indian Journal and the McIntosh County Democrat was inducted into the Oklahoma Press Association Half Century Club on Saturday, June 7 at the Grand in Shawnee...
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