TISHOMINGO — The Hugo Buffaloes put two more Ws on their season schedule last week with wins over Tishomingo and Okmulgee. Against the Indians in Tishomingo, Trystunn Fleeks got the win for Hugo on the hill, throwing three innings with two strike-outs and two base on balls.

HUGO BUFFALO QUINCY SHELTON continues to draw looks from University of Oklahoma football staff. Over the weekend, Shelton was listed as one of 25 high school recruits who were invited to the Sooners’ Spring Red-White Football Classic in Norman. Shelton will be a junior in the upcoming football season.

Hugo News Sports LaSha Cook was named the varsity Lady Buffaloes new head coach last week. Cook has been an assistant for the varsity and junior varsity Buffs for nine years and the head coach of the junior high girls basketball team and track team for eight years.

The Soper Lady Red Bears defeated the Lady Scorpions by scores of 11-1 and 11-0 in Soper. SOPER — Freshman Kobi Rice led Soper’s Lady Bears in the first District title game against Boswell last week, going 3 for 3 at the plate with three RBIs and three runs scored.

Polly Gowen, of Soper, Okla., went to be with her Lord peacefully on April 15, 2024, in Hugo, Okla., at the age of 85. She was born on Sept. 14, 1938 in Soper, Okla. Polly was preceded in Heaven by her parents, Euell and Grace Self; brother, Bob Self; son, David Colwell and a granddaughter.

Funeral services for Shirley Faye (Musgrove) Early, of Holdenville, Okla., were held at 2 p.m. April 24, 2024 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home of Hugo. Shirley passed away April 19, 2024, at the age of 79.

Loretta Hooper, a cherished member of the Boswell and Hugo communities, peacefully passed away on April 18, 2024, at the age of 73. Born on May 1, 1950, in Boswell, Okla., to loving parents Joe and Mary Virginia (Byas) Pierce, Loretta’s life was a tapestry of love, family and dedication.

Memorial services for Michael Don George were held at 11 a.m. April 24, 2024 at First Missionary Baptist Church of Haworth.

Funeral services for Frances Janette (Lawless) Persinger, of Sobol, Okla., will be held at 10 a.m. April 26, 2024 at Rattan High School gymnasium.