Sports

Dibble last Friday resembled Cashion football teams from two and three years ago.That was bad news for the Wildcats.The Demons were explosive on the ground and through the air as they posted a 72-26 victory over visiting Cashion in the first round of the Class A playoffs.

Okarche’s frantic pace was more than Lomega could handle.The Warriors forced three dozen turnovers and turned them into more than four dozen points last Friday in a 95-43 victory at Lomega.The win evened the Warriors’ record at 1-1 after a season-opening loss against Preston the week before.

Dover’s first trip outside of its own gym proved to be a strong test.But also one that the Lady Longhorns passed.Dover fought off an early deficit and held off a late shooting rally by the home team to down Drummond 55-50 on Friday night.

Peyton Walker will be making the move from blue and gold in high school to blue and bronze in college.The Kingfisher High School senior on Wednesday signed her National Letter of Intent to continue her basketball career at the University of Central Oklahoma.

Lomega’s offense looked more like - well - Lomega’s offense in its second game of the season.The Lady Raiders got double-digit scoring from three different players Tuesday in a 74-63 victory at Drummond.

It was Buck season inside Dover’s gym on Tuesday night.Siblings Rylee and Casen Buck combined for 10 3-pointers as the Dover squads dominated Cimarron in a home sweep.A junior, Rylee Buck notched four of her five treys in the first half in the Lady Longhorns’ 72-7 rout over Cimarron.

GO JACKETS! – Students at Blair Educational Center were in playoff form last week and ready to cheer on the KHS football team as it got ready to head to Sulphur for the first round of the Class 3A playoffs AND the KHS cheer team as it prepared to compete in the Class 4A Game Day state competition.

Kingfisher’s junior high cheer program also made waves this fall.The team brought home third place from the Class 4A state Game Day competition held late last month.“We are immensely proud of these girls,” said Lainey Mueggenborg, the cheer team’s sponsor.

Ratcheting up the defensive pressure helped Lomega spoil Jared Reese’s debut as Dover’s head coach.The Raiders dominated the third quarter Friday to erase a deficit and then pull away in a 66-48 win at Dover.

The last time Dover beat Lomega in girls basketball, a senior named Krista Bullis led the Lady Longhorns in scoring.Bullis is now Krista Peck, the wife of current Dover girls coach Matt Peck, who made history on Friday night.