The Cordell Lady Blue Devil softball team has a new coach and a new look, but the same old gungho, no-quit attitude heading into the new season. This summer the Lady Blue Devils have been working hard to get themselves and their field in shape.

Northwest Canton: July 11. Elevation normal, water clear.

The 2020 football season will hold plenty of challenges, ones for which the Blue Devil football boys have worked all summer to prepare. Changes in the district alignments will bring fresh opponents and new learning opportunities. This season will be unlike any other.

Southwest Altus-Lugert: July 6. Elevation below normal, water 76 and clear.

The Cordell Beacon’s Blue Devil Beat is proud to bring you weekly updates on many school activities, such as upcoming games, fundraisers, club meetings, and much more. This special section will keep you updated on all of the important things happening in and around our school. We will feature interviews from teachers, coaches, and students, giving you an inside look on what is going on at Cordell Public Schools.

The Crooked Creek Golf Course is a step closer to financial security, thanks to a recent refinancing agreement they entered into with First National Bank of Cordell.

COVID-19 caused an abrupt end to the 2019-2020 school year, leaving both parents and students wondering what the upcoming year would hold. As the ending of summer grows nearer, excitement for the new year is beginning to heat up. After the upheaval of last year’s plans, local students are excited to get back into the classroom to learn and socialize with all of their friends again. Teachers and faculty have missed the smiling faces of the students, Everyone is ready for things to go back to normal.

Central Arcadia: May 12. Elevation normal, water 68 and stained. Crappie good on minnows, jigs and tube jigs along riprap, rocks and shallows. Channel and blue catfish good on cut bait and shad along creek channels and river mouth. White bass fair on crankbaits and in-spinnerbaits along the dam. Report submitted by Mark Murray, game warden stationed in Oklahoma County. Draper: May 11. Elevation below normal, water 70 and stained. Crappie fair on minnows and tube jigs around brush structure and standing timber. Largemouth bass good on flukes, plastic baits, spinnerbaits and topwater lures around brush structure, flats, shallows and shorelines. Blue catfish fair on cut bait in the main lake and around points. Report submitted by Chad Strang, game warden stationed in Cleveland County.

Deer hunters will have more opportunities to harvest antlerless deer this fall, and waterfowlers will have more hunting days in the middle of the season, after the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission approved two resolutions in its regular meeting May 4.

25 Years Ago May 17, 1995