Jett Sternberger had a career full of accomplishments culminate in one night.

But, to him, they mean little if its not capped off with a gold ball this weekend.

Kingfisher shrugged off its worst quarter of the season to hold off Bethany 50-39 last Friday in Washington to beat the Bronchos for the third time this season and win a Class 4A area championship.

During the game, Stern-berger’s 3-pointer with 1:00 left in the first half gave him 2,000 for his career.

The victory itself was also the 100th for Stern-berger as a KHS starter, something nobody else has achieved for the boys program.

“It was a very special night,” Sternberger admitted. “Not many people can say their class won 100 games in their high school career, so that’s pretty special.

“To be able to have that honor along with the fact of scoring over 2,000, it just feels good knowing all the hard work has led up to this point.”

But this point, he hopes, isn’t the end.

Friday’s victory also secured the top-ranked Yellowjackets’ third consecutive trip to the state tournament where it will attempt to win a second state championship in three years.

KHS isn’t going for its third straight title because its undefeated bid for a repeat was put to an end by Heritage Hall in last year’s 4A final.

“Closing out the career with a state championship is the only way to finish,” Sternberger said. “None of the personal accomplishments matter if we don’t finish it out the right way this weekend. Winning state is the only thing any of us are concerned about.”

Sternberger’s historic 3-pointer gave Kingfisher a commanding 34-11 lead over Bethany in a half the Jackets dominated for 15 minutes.

But the Bronchos closed the half on a 5-1 run and then outscored KHS 16-4 in the second quarter when David Miller caught fire and the Jackets’ offense disappeared.

Miller eventually led all scorers with 22 points and Kingfisher’s comfortable 23-point lead shrunk all the way to 39-32 entering the fourth quarter.

The difference hovered around that mark much of the quarter. Bethany cut it to 45-37 and had possession with about 2:00 left, but the KHS defense held firm.

Not long after, sophomore Bijan Cortes helped secure the win.

His drive and bucket with 1:19 to play pushed the lead to 48-39. Nine seconds later, he intercepted a Bethany pass.

Then, with under a minute to play, Cortes led a fast break and his assist turned into an easy bucket for Reece Lafferty and a 50-39 edge.

The two teams’ shooting totals were close to even, except in one category.

KHS was 20 of 28 from the foul line while Bethany had just seven attempts.

Trey Green was 9 of 13 from the charity stripe and scored 15 points, as did Cortes. Green led the team with six rebounds while Cortes had five assists.

Sternberger finished his night with 11 while Lafferty added seven points.

Green now has 1,931 career points.

Like Sternberger, he’s also been a part of 100 career wins. He also won 19 his freshman season at Waynoka before moving to Kingfisher prior to his sophomore year.

And, also like Sternberg-er, he’s got a singular focus this weekend.

“It’s extremely important for us to finish out these last three games with wins,” he said.

To get the second two, KHS must of course, win the first one. The Jackets play No. 8 Elgin at 8:30 p.m. Thursday at State Fair Arena in the quarterfinals.

Elgin upset KHS in the regional championships in 2017 before Kingfisher went on to win six straight games and claim the program’s first state championship.

That was Kingfisher’s last loss until the 2018 state championship game.

Part of last year’s run was a nine-point win over Elgin in the regional final.

Green was injured in the first quarter of the 2018 title game when a collision broke his nose and cracked and loosened several of his teeth.

He returned and had an epic final, but was left with a silver ball.

“Last year didn’t go exactly how we planned, so we are looking at this as a revenge weekend,” Green said.

“We owe another state championship to our fans and the Kingfisher community for the constant support they have given us over the years.”

Kingfisher is making its 12th appearance at state and seventh since 2002. The Jackets have an 8-10 overall record. Five of those wins have come the last two years.