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There was no trouble getting back on the winning track for Dover.The Lady Longhorns dismantled Aline-Cleo from the start on Tuesday and turned it to an 80-13 road win.

Riding the wave of a massive third quarter, Hennessey took a big step in winning the Three Rivers Conference regular season title.

Luther had a dose of confidence entering Saturday’s showdown with Lomega.Then the Lady Lions had to try to keep up on the court.As the previous 20 Lomega opponents found out, that’s not so easy.

Tremendous defense down the stretch and some sharp-shooting from a senior helped Cashion get perhaps its best win of the season.The Lady Wildcats allowed just three points in the fourth quarter to pull away from Class 3A’s third-ranked Alva 52-40 Friday in the Skordle Festival in Enid.

Okarche pushed its win streak to six games and proved it could grab victories with both defense and offense.The Lady Warriors downed Amber-Pocasset 34-21 on Friday and then ran past Strother 55-23 Saturday.Both victories were road games as Okarche improved to 14-7.

Less than a full day after Kingfisher put forth one of its worst halves of offense, the Jackets put together perhaps their best overall game on that end of the floor.KHS won for the third time in four games Saturday by downing Chickasha 59-36 at the APB.

Kingfisher had two male champions, two more on the female side and a number of other placers at last weekend’s Hub City Classic Wrestling Tournament held annually in Clinton.Gant Browning not only won the 132-pound class, but was named Outstanding Wrestler for the tournament.

Taking on a pair of opponents with a combined 10 wins in back-to-back days didn’t figure to offer the Kingfisher girls basketball team much resistance.And it didn’t.

Dover wasn’t necessarily looking for a loss. But it found one. It’s also not necessarily a bad thing.Class B’s top-ranked Lady Longhorns were upset Saturday in a 44-41 loss at Geronimo.It was the first loss of the season for Dover, which had won its first 20 games of the season.

Despite being down one of its scoring threats, Lomega didn’t fall prey to the post-championship hangover.The Raiders took care of Medford on Tuesday with a 59-36 victory at home.The win came just three days after the Raiders won the Cherokee Strip Conference Tournament championship.