The dream matchup is still a win away, but it’s also one win closer.

Kingfisher did its part Thursday night to set up a state championship rematch with Heritage Hall by disposing of Elgin 57-38 in the Class 4A quarterfinals at State Fair Arena.

Heritage Hall was equally impressive as it thumped No. 10 Broken Bow 74-53.

The top-ranked Yellow-jackets played No. 7 Holland Hall in Friday night’s semifinal (after press time) in hopes of reaching its third consecutive state title game.

Second-ranked Heritage Hall played John Marshall in its semifinal game.

The title tilt is 7:30 p.m. Saturday at State Fair Arena, the site where Heritage Hall defeated Kingfisher 61-56 for last year’s gold ball.

“We have a lot to worry about in Holland Hall,” said KHS coach Jared Reese after Thursday’s win. “They’re a really good team and we’re not going to get much sleep tonight trying to prepare for them.”

The eighth-ranked Owls caused quite a bit of concern for KHS throughout the week, but the Jackets’ defense never allowed Elgin into the game.

KHS allowed no field goals in the second quarter and just six of them through three quarters.

While the Jacket offense wasn’t stellar, it was good enough to gradually pull away. KHS led by 10 at halftime and 18 by the end of the third.

That despite shooting 1 of 13 (7.7 percent) from 3-point range.

“If you’d have told me we’d shoot like that from 3 and win by about 20, I would have said you’re lying,” Reese said after his team improved to 26-1 and won for the 20th consecutive time.

But it was the truth and so was Kingfisher’s defense.

Elgin shot 11 of 40 (27.5 percent), including 3 of 17

(17.6 percent) from long range. The Owls also committed 21 turnovers, which led to 25 KHS points.

The Jackets held Elgin’s leading scorer Connor Slater to nine points and no field goals until the fourth quarter, when he collected six of his points.

Second-leading scorer Holden Bartosovksy was limited to eight points and only three after the first quarter.

“I think our guys know now’s the time to leave it all out there and they did that,” Reese said.

Jett Sternberger missed all seven of his 3-point attempts, but still had 11 points and led the team with eight rebounds and six steals.

Trey Green was the steady offensive force.

He scored eight in the first as KHS got out to a 13-9 lead.

The senior forward finished with 19 to lead all scorers. He made 8 of 9 free throws.

Bijan Cortes added 12 points and seven rebounds while Matthew Stone joined Sternberger in scoring 11.

“We’re at our best when all of our weapons are scoring,” Reese said. “You can’t concentrate on one player.”

Reece Lafferty scored two points, but made his biggest mark on the defensive end.

Slater and Bartosovsky, combined, were held more than 14 points below their season averages.

Elgin didn’t score double digits in a quarter until the fourth when the game had already been decided.

The Owls (24-5) were led by Dylan Burk’s 10 points.

Holland Hall beat No. 5 Anadarko 59-56 in their quarterfinal. The Dutch (22-6) beat Kingfisher JV 68-43 in the first round of the Wheat Capital Tournament in January.