As a free speech fundamentalist, I’m not seeing much of value on offers from either Democrats or Republicans in this year’s presidential election.

Over a 24-hour period, Calumet High School players felt the highs and lows of the Class B Fall State Baseball Championships.

The Chieftains defeated Hammon in a 15-0 shutout in the semifinals. 

A day later, top-ranked Calumet suffered a 6-1 loss to second-ranked Fort Cobb-Broxton in the finals. It was the second year for Calumet to lose the Fall Classic title to its archrival.

See Saturday’s paper for a tourney recap.

No matter if he was playing quarterback, running back or punter, El Reno High School’s football team had no answer to the question - how to stop Colton Carlock?

The Guthrie senior rushed for 121 yards and accounted for 142 of the team’s 352 yards and three touchdowns as the Bluejays rolled to a 49-0 win over El Reno.

In a mirror-image of day one results, El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team dominated Lawton MacArthur before having its season end with a shutout loss to rival Guthrie in the Class 5A, Region 1 Championships.

El Reno ousted the Highlanders from the playoffs for a second straight season with a 16-4 victory in an elimination game.

That moved the Indians into the championship round against Guthrie needing to beat the Bluejays twice to make state for the first time since 2021.