Tonkawa Head Football Coach Mike Kirtley this week announced important dates for the 2022 football season.It is an outline of spring and summer activities leading up to the season opener at Newkirk Sept. 2.The dates follow:Spring football -- May 16-24.Team camp at OBU -- May 25-26.Summer Pride -- May 30 through June 30, Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6:45 a.m.; and July 11 through July 22, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 6:45 a.m.Boot camp -- July 25 through Aug. 5, times to be determined.Official football practice will begin Aug. 8 before the first day of school Aug. 22.The Tonkawa Bucs will remain in Class A two more years at least through the 2022 and 2023 football seasons, Athletic Director Kyle Simpson announced earlier.During the 2022 and 2023 seasons, Tonkawa will move to District A-5 which will include Pawnee, morrison, woodland, Hominy, Chouteau-Mazie, chelsea, OK Union and Tonkawa.Simpson also announced the 2022 asnd 2023 football schedules. The 2022 schedule follows:Friday, Sept. 2, at Newkirk; Friday, Sept. 9, Perry here; Friday, Sept. 16, Blackwell here; Friday, Sept. 23, at Chouteau; Friday, Sept. 30, at Pawnee; Friday, Oct. 7, at OK Union; thursday, Oct. 13, Morrison here; Friday, Oct. 21, at Hominy; Friday, Oct. 28, Chelsea home; Friday, Nov. 4, Woodland here. The schedule will reverse home and home for 2023.
