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Pauls Valley‘s Thompson Field will welcome the 2026 football season with several upgrades including new artificial turf (top), a new video scoreboard (lower center), and new restrooms (lower right). Over the summer, the school district also began sanding and refinishing the floor in the basketball gym at the high school (lower left). News Star photos by Suzanne Mackey

Pauls Valley‘s Thompson Field will welcome the 2026 football season with several upgrades including new artificial turf (top), a new video scoreboard (lower center), and new restrooms (lower right). Over the summer, the school district also began sanding and refinishing the floor in the basketball gym at the high school (lower left). News Star photos by Suzanne Mackey

Ready for football: PV stadium renovations wrapping up

Several major improvements to Pauls Valley’s Thompson Field and Wacker Stadium are on target to...
Pictured (l-r) Pride of Maysville Band Director Jaden Johnston, Karen Hinrichs, Paige Moore, Gwen Moore-Tillery, John Tillery and OBU Assistant Director of Athletic Bands Gavin Strickland. News Star photo by Jennifer Lindsey

Pictured (l-r) Pride of Maysville Band Director Jaden Johnston, Karen Hinrichs, Paige Moore, Gwen Moore-Tillery, John Tillery and OBU Assistant Director of Athletic Bands Gavin Strickland. News Star photo by Jennifer Lindsey

Moore signs with OBU

From banging on mom’s pots and pans to serving two years as drum major for the Pride of Maysville,...
The Pride of Lindsay Band poses for a photograph before its performance at the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) State Concert Contest April 1, 2026, at East Central University’s Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center in Ada. Photo by Brandy McDonnell

The Pride of Lindsay Band poses for a photograph before its performance at the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) State Concert Contest April 1, 2026, at East Central University’s Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center in Ada. Photo by Brandy McDonnell

Lindsay Bands planning spring concert and bake sale

The Lindsay Public Schools Band Program will perform its annual spring concert at 6 p.m.
The Pride of Lindsay poses for a photo at the OSSAA District 7 Concert Band Contest March 4, 2026, at the Jerome Westheimer Center for the Performing Arts in Ardmore. The band qualified for the state contest with its Superior performance at district. Photo by Brandy McDonnell

The Pride of Lindsay poses for a photo at the OSSAA District 7 Concert Band Contest March 4, 2026, at the Jerome Westheimer Center for the Performing Arts in Ardmore. The band qualified for the state contest with its Superior performance at district. Photo by Brandy McDonnell

Pride of Lindsay Band to play April 1 in OSSAA State Concert Band Contest

The Pride of Lindsay Band will compete in the state concert band contest at 8:24 a.m.