Mustang raises football ticket prices for Yukon game
One of the state’s best high school football rivalries will hit the gridiron Sept. 1 when Yukon takes on Mustang at Bronco Stadium to open the 2017 season. Those who plan on attending the annual Bedlam clash between the two Canadian County schools will need to have more green in their wallets than in past…
Read MoreYukon top-30 athletes: Nos. 26-30 revealed in the opening week of series
For the next six-weeks, I will be releasing my current top-30 athletes at Yukon High School. The top-30 athlete rankings is based on what each athlete has accomplished up to this point of his or her career and what their potential is going into this school year. Past statistics and what I have seen with…
Read MoreYukon football: Reed finalizes coaching staff
First-year Yukon head football coach Jeremy Reed has finalized his coaching staff for the 2017 football season. Including Reed, there will be a total of 15 coaches on the football coaching staff at Yukon High School this fall, which includes grades ninth through 12th. Not including Reed, there will be seven defensive coaches and seven…
Read MoreHarper named one of 12 State Teacher of the Year finalists
The 12 finalists for Oklahoma’s next Teacher of the Year were announced Monday in a ceremony at Yukon High School during EngageOK On the Road, the summer conference of the Oklahoma State Department of Education. Mustang High School’s Chad Harper was one of the 12 finalists announced on Monday. It is the second-straight year Mustang…
Read MoreAmong the best: Yukon High School’s Rob Davis named State Teacher of the Year finalist
The 12 finalists for Oklahoma’s next Teacher of the Year were announced Monday in a ceremony at Yukon High School during EngageOK On the Road, the summer conference of the Oklahoma State Department of Education. Yukon High School’s Rob Davis was one of the 12 finalists announced on Monday. “Classroom teachers are the heart and…
Read MoreHeading to the Beach: Yukon’s Alyssa Wilson selected to compete in national tournament at Pebble Beach
Yukon High School junior golfer Alyssa Wilson was one of the 81 golfers selected to compete in the 2017 PURE Insurance Championship. The annual event, hosted by the Monterey Peninsula Foundation, will be held September 19 through September 24 at Pebble Beach Golf Links and Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach, Calif., and will…
Read MoreDream comes true: Yukon native Sheyenne Stephens earns spot on Thunder Girls dance team
Dance was always a big part of Sheyenne Stephens’ life but she never imagined herself being a part of a NBA dance team. The Yukon native sat patiently and waited for her number to be called on Thursday evening at the Riverwind Casino in Norman. She had just gone through nearly a week of grueling…
Read MoreComing soon: Yukon’s top-30 current athletes to be released in six-week series
I spent four-and-a-half years as the sports editor in Mustang at the Mustang News and the last two full years I was on staff at the News, I ran a series that started in mid-July that ran until the week before school started in August. The series was called the “Top-30 Current Athletes”. I counted…
Read MoreYukon girls hoops impresses at ORU Camp
New Yukon girls basketball coach Roy Wyckoff got his first look at his team this week, as they traveled to Tulsa to compete in the Oral Roberts University Team Camp. The Millerettes played eight total games and went 7-1 in the three-day event and finished in third-place. Yukon made it to the semifinal round of…
Read MoreYukon senior Kalie Winstead fights back after horrific experience
Rarely does it happen in life that one is called upon to be a hero in a situation where peoples’ lives are at stake, but for Yukon High School senior soccer player Kalie Winstead, that very situation took place when she was just 16-years-old. In August, Kalie was in Colorado Springs, Colorado, visiting family, friends…
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