LOCAL

• THS golfers finish 4th

Travis Tinnin fired a team-low 85 as the Tahlequah Tigers golf team claimed fourth place at the Cherry Springs Invitational on Wednesday.

McAlester won team honors with a score of 332 with Sallisaw (350) and  Coweta (351) rouding out the top three. Bixby’s Jack Piscus won the medalist title with an individual low 76.

Rounding out the Tahlequah scores was Ryne Frank and Derick Smith with 88s while Blade Girdner and Chase Reed carded 91s.

• Corn leads Lady Tiger golfers

Sara Corn recorded a sixth-place finish with a 91 as Tahlequah finished in eighth place with a team score of 430 at the Cherry Springs Invitational on Thursday.

Bixby won the team title with a 364 while Muskogee finished second with a 401 and Coweta rounded out the top three with a 412.

Coming in behind Corn was Tahlequah’s Emily Pippin with a 101 and Casey Beaston, who fired a 115. Bailey Barker carded a 123 while Michael Jaholla shot a 127.

• Tigers to host baseball camp

The Tahlequah Tiger baseball team will host a fundamental camp on March 15 and 16.

The camp is for children from six to 12 years old. The clinic will last from 9 a.m. to noon both days.

The cost is $30 for one day or $50 for two.

For more information, contact Tahlequah coach Nick Zodrow at 931-9778.

• Fairgrounds to host gun show 

G&S Promotions is sponsoring a Gun Show in Tahlequah Saturday and Sunday at the Cherokee County Fairgrounds, located at 16436 S.H. 62.

Show hours are Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

There will be a large selection of new and used rifles, shotguns, handguns, knives, ammo, and accessories.

Customers are encouraged to bring in their own items to be bought, sold, or traded. For more information call (918) 659-2201 or e-mail gnshpr1@aol.com.

 

NATION

• Man convicted in Williams’ case

DENVER (AP) — Suspected gang member Willie Clark has been found guilty of murder in the shooting death of Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams.

A Denver jury returned the verdict Thursday after deliberating for a day and a half.

Williams was killed on New Year’s Day 2007. Prosecutors said Clark fired the fatal shots from an SUV that pulled up beside a rented limo carrying Williams and some friends.

Prosecutors said Clark was angry over an altercation involving friends of Williams and friends of Clark in a nightclub just before the shooting.

Defense attorneys said Clark was being made a scapegoat and wasn’t in the SUV.

• Jerry Jones’ company sued

DALLAS (AP) — A lawsuit accuses an oil and gas company owned by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones of aiding an alleged $15 million fraud.

The suit filed Wednesday in federal court in Dallas does not name Jones. The defendants are Blue Star Oil and Gas and its exploration manager, Lonnie Williams.

The lawsuit stems from a 2008 federal case alleging fraud committed by a Louisiana businessman who works with Blue Star.

Blue Star attorney Retta Miller says the lawsuit lacks merit. Jones declined to comment.

Williams is infamous among football fans in Texas for his alleged role in “The Spy Game,” the 1976 Texas-Oklahoma clash. Before the game, Texas coach Darrell Royal accused Williams of spying for the Sooners by sneaking into a Longhorns practice.