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Watch out for Cashion.The Lady Wildcats sent official notice Saturday when they downed previously-unbeaten Garber 44-37 to win the NextEra Energy Resources Invitational championship.“Defense,” said Cashion coach Andrea Taylor about what led her team to the title.She’s right.

The good news for the Cashion boys Friday was they found a way to survive a 58-53 triple-overtime win over Ripley.The bad news was junior guard Kamden Miller rolling his ankle in that third overtime.

Defeat brought with it marked improvement for the Lomega Raiders.Top-ranked Calumet defeated Lomega 62-52 Saturday in the boys championship game of the Canton Invitational.The 10-point loss was decidedly better than on Nov. 14 when the Chieftains thumped Lomega 76-46 on the Raiders’ home court.

Hennessey cranked up the pressure in the second half.Wesleyan Christian couldn’t respond.The improved defensive performance led the Eagles to the Frontier Shootout championship with a 62-49 victory on Saturday night.

Organizers have released the bracket for the 2023 Bertha Frank Teague Mid-America Classic.The Kingfisher Lady Jackets will take part in the invitation-only event Dec. 28-30 at the Robert S. Kerr Activities Center on the campus of East Central University in Ada.

Don’t leave Rylee Buck open.Coyle found that out the hard way.Class B’s top-ranked Dover completed its domination of the Cimarron Winter Classic on Saturday with a 74-13 thumping of Coyle in the championship game.Dover won its three games by an average of 57.3 points.

A drought that was nearly a decade old came to a halt on Saturday night.Dover held off a late Coyle rally to earn a 42-31 victory in the boys championship of the Cimarron Winter Classic.The regular-season tournament championship is the program’s first since 2014.

Haley Mitchel is no longer a part of the program in which she’s had a major impact as both a player and coach over the span of two decades.Mitchel informed Okarche Superintendent Josh Sumrall on Sunday that she was resigning her duties as girls basketball coach, effective immediately.

Frontier ShootoutHennessey survived a 12-0 run by Frontier to start the fourth quarter Thursday to pull out a 69-67 win to advance to the boys championship game.The Eagles led 56-48 entering the fourth before the hosts took command early in the fourth.

Morrison had Briggs Roe.Cashion had strength in numbers.Quantity won out Friday night as Cashion opened its season with a 66-60 victory at home against the Wildcats.A Kansas State commit in baseball, Roe also showed he’s got skills on the basketball court.