Here’s the football playoff bracket from www.MaxPreps.com:

WELCH—The Welch Public Schools music department’s annual homecoming chili supper will be held Fri., Nov. 4, 2011, from 5:00-6:30 p.m. in the Civic Auditorium.

The fundraiser offers chile, coneys, and Frito pies, plus beverages and homemade desserts.

Adult admission is $5, and children under 12 are $2. Come have a warm meal before homecoming festivities begin at 6:45 p.m.

Help out by downloading, printing, and posting the flier [PDF].

Photo by A. Dooley

WELCH—The 2011 Welch Wildcat football homecoming court has been announced. Pictured above are (front, L-R) senior queen candidates Rachel Seigel and Lexi Mercer, (back, L-R) junior attendant Morgan Cook, Sophomore attendant Rylee Chenoweth, and freshman attendant Morgan Smith.

Homecoming festivities will begin before the football game at 6:45 p.m., the game will kickoff at 7:30 p.m., and senior night recognition will be held during halftime. The Wildcats face Summit Christian in the final game of the regular season.

Don’t forger the music department’s annual chili supper in the Civic Auditorium from 5:00-6:30 p.m.

Welch QB Tra Dodson rushes and leaps over a Depew defender for a Wildcat TD. (Photo by Damyon Dooley)

DEPEW—It was a hard-fought victory for the Wildcats in Depew Friday night, but the final score of 58-46 gave the Cats their eighth victory of the season.

The cold, damp game was a back and forth affair, but the Wildcats were finally able to put some distance between themselves and their opponents then bleed to clock to get the W.

Alex Smith had five TDs and three two-point conversions for 36, Tra Dodson had two TDs and two two-point conversions for 16, and Logun Bruce contributes one TD for six.

The team continues to hold together and make scoring opportunities for those with the ball, and it shows in the stats. Alex Smith remains the top scorer in the state of Oklahome and the No. 7 top scorer in the nation, according to stats on the MaxPreps site.

Logun Bruce was injured, but reports indicate he should be able to play the final regular season game against Summit Christian this Friday night.

We were glad to being you live online audio coverage of the game via the Welch State Bank Mobile Webcast Unit. Here’s your after-the-fact playback:

Wildcast v. Depew 10/28/2011 [ 2:24:14 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Friday night’s game will do double duty as both homecoming and senior night. After the music department’s annual chili supper in the Civic Auditorium from 5:00-6:30 p.m., homecoming festivities will take place at 6:45 p.m., then the game will begin at 7:30 p.m. The senior night program will take place during half time.

WELCH—Your Welch Rivals logged a 40-7 victory over the visiting Afton Eagles last Saturday to secure their spot in the Super Bowl this Saturday in Afton, where they will face Gravette Black.

We were thrilled to provide live online audio coverage of the game via the Welch State Bank Mobile Webcast Unit. Special thanks to Josh Schertz who joined Tyson Wynn to bring you  audio coverage. We’ll be bringing you live audio of the Super Bowl, as well. Here’s your after-the fact playback of the Rivals/Afton game.

Rivals v. Afton 10/29/2011 [ 1:27:57 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Jeane Wynn was also able to take these pics:

WELCH—With the recent Welch Public Schools Enrichment Foundation banquet, Lady Cat state softball, Harvest Days, and the Street Dance, not to mention doing our taxes, we’ve gotten way behind on posting football archives. It’s time to catch up! Below are pictures and audio of the Agra (audio only), Copan, South Coffeyville (audio of second half only; first half lost due to hardware failure), and Kiefer games.

Welch v. Agra – 9/30/2011 – Cats won 48-0.

Welch v. Copan – 10/7/2011 – Cats won 46-0.

Welch v. S. Coffeyville – 10/14/2011 – Cats won 51-6.

Welch v. Kiefer – 10/20/2011 – Kiefer won 21-20.

Wildcats v. Agra 9/30/2011 [ 2:02:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Wildcats v. Copan 10/7/2011 [ 1:18:56 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Wildcats v. S. Coffeyville 10/14/2011 [ 24:18 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Wildcats v. Kiefer 10/20/2011 [ 2:08:08 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Copan game pics:

S. Coffeyville game pics:

Kiefer game pics:

Senior, Rachel Seigel, fields the ball in state tourney play against Sterling Thursday. (Photo credit: A. Dooley)

OKLAHOMA CITY—Your Welch Lady Cats faced the five-time state champion Sterling Lady Tigers in the first round of the fast-pitch softball state tournament Thur., Oct. 6, 2011. The Lady Cats came out strong, with an early over-the-fence home run by Rylee Chenoweth, to tie the game at 1-1 after the first inning. The game was very evenly matched, and the teams were tied at 3-3 after a sixth inning rally by the Lady Cats. A couple of Lady Tiger runs in the top of the seventh put Sterling ahead 5-3, and the Lady Cats weren’t able to answer back in the bottom of the seventh, ending the Lady Cats’ state tournament for 2011.

The Lady Cats made a great showing and were very competitive with the Lady Tigers. The community and WelchOK.com are very proud of the Ladies for the ability, athleticism, sportsmanship, and heart they showed this season. You did us proud.

We’re very happy that we were able to provide live online audio coverage via the Welch State Bank Mobile Webcast Unit. Special thanks, also, to Josh Schertz for joining Tyson Wynn and Toby Smith on the webcast. Here’s your after-the-fact playback.If you listened live, you know we had a hardware failure that caused a disconnection. The archive below contains the portion that you missed live.

Lady Cat Softball v. Sterling, State Tourney, 10/6/2011 [ 1:36:43 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Special note: We wish it were possible to provide live audio of every Welch sporting event, but it’s just physically not possible for the two of us who regularly cover events to do them all. We will continue to make special efforts to provide as much coverage of all sports that make it to the playoffs.

WELCH—Your regional champion Welch Lady Cat fast-pitch softball team is headed to the state tournament in Oklahoma City Thursday.

The town is giving the Ladies a big sendoff at 2:00 p.m., Wed., Oct. 5, 2011, on Main Street. The team will be cruising down Main Street on a fire engine, and the community is invited to turn out and wish them well. Help us fill the sidewalks with cheering fans and let the Ladies know how proud we are of them.

Reminder: Welch schools has been dismissed Thursday for the tournament. If the Ladies advance, school will likely also be dismissed Friday. WelchOK.com will keep you advised.

Lady Cats with regional championship plaque. Front: Katy Armstrong, Julia Armstrong, Morgan Smith, Rachel Seigel, Lexi Mercer, Torey Seigel, Brittany Sharp, Megan Carpenter, Kenedie Compton Back: asst. coach Kristal Chenoweth, Dawni Miller, Alyssa Rupert, Lacey Windle, Rylee Chenoweth, Breeanna Warner, Tabitha Stoelzing, Morgan Cook, Paige Hall, Tylor Dodson, head coach Scott Neighbors (Photo by Kim Hall)

WELCH—The Lady Cats are heading to State! The team secured the regional championship last Friday with a 3-2 victory over Copan. The Ladies take on Sterling at 3:00 p.m., Thur., Oct. 6, 2011, in Oklahoma City.

WELCH—Your Welch Wildcats have yet to play a whole football game this season. Friday night’s home game against the Wesleyan Christian Mustangs from Bartlesville finished approximately four minutes early, when a TD by Casey Pendergraft made the score 58-13 and triggered the 45-point mercy rule. WelchOK.com staff was unavoidably out of town, but friend of the site, Pat Hankins, was on scene and files this report:

On a beautiful fall evening, the Welch Wildcats hosted the Mustangs from Bartlesville Wesleyan Christian for a gridiron showdown. The visiting Mustangs arrived at Welch with a 2-1 record with wins over Boulevard Christian Academy and Summit Christian Academy, in which they “45-ed” their opponents. The Mustang’s lone loss was to 16th-ranked Depew.

The game started out all Welch’s way, as Alex Smith broke a number of tackles and scored a touchdown on Welch’s first play from scrimmage. But the air was quickly sucked out of stadium when Weslyan scored on a 65-yard pass and catch that got behind the Wildcat secondary. With a made PAT, the Mustangs took a quick 7-6 lead and observers in the stands readied for what looked to be a back and forth affair.

Welch answered with a scoring pass of their own, as Tra Dodson at quarterback, subbing for an injured Chance Harris, hit Asa Chenoweth on a 34-yard touchdown pass. Alex Smith rushed the 2-point try into the end zone, and the Cats jumped back on top, 14-7.

The home-stand good feelings lasted for roughly 12 seconds. That was the amount of time it took for the Wildcats to kick off and for the Mustangs to gallop the return into the end zone for a touchdown. The PAT was blocked by the middle of the Cat’s D-line preserving the Wildcats’ lead at 14-13.

After that wakeup call, the Wildcat defense stepped it up. With constant pressure from their front three and superb defense in the secondary, the Cats corralled the Mustangs the rest of the night. The defense totaled eight sacks for the game, while constantly pressuring the Mustangs to play from behind.

Smith scored four more times, twice running the ball, once on a punt return, and once on a pass reception from Dodson. Dodson also scored on a long run, and Casey Pendergraft finished it up with a TD run as the Cats’ second team secured the 45 needed to polish off the Mustangs.

Final score: Welch Wildcats 58, Bartlesville Wesleyan Christian 13.

Welch is currently ranked 9th in the state by the Tulsa World as they head into this week’s meeting with the winless Agra Bearcats. Catch all the action at WelchOK.com with live audio coverage from the Welch State Bank Mobile Webcast Unit.

Editor’s note: First, thanks to Pat Hankins for his report. Second, we will be providing live audio coverage from the Welch/Agra game (from Agra) this week. And lastly, according to the MaxPreps.com site, Alex Smith is the state scoring leader this week, and not just in Class B. It’s the whole state, all divisions. This testifies to both Smith’s ability and to the powerhouse that is the Wildcats’ offensive line. Smith can run, but he has to have a hole, and the Wildcat line has been nearly invincible in opening up the avenues that Smith and others can then exploit. Kudos to them all.

MaxPreps.com currently shows Alex Smith as the state high scorer. Click for larger version.