Sports

Football season may be over, but Wrigley Kennedy still managed a good week in relation to the sport.The Kingfisher High School senior early in the week announced he was continuing his football career at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

While much of the state postponed basketball games on Tuesday night, Lomega and Medford opted to keep theirs scheduled.The teams just tipped off 90 minutes early and Lomega was able to come back home with a pair of blowout wins.

Even in defeat, the Dover girls basketball team is showing improvement.The Lady Longhorns on Saturday fell just shy of winning the Skeltur Conference Tournament.Undefeated Garber held off Dover’s rally for a 4139 win in the title game at Stride Center in Enid.

It was a somber mood in the Kingfisher High School boys basketball coaches’ office on Friday night.Sure, the Yellowjackets had just disposed of Guthrie 69-44 to put themselves in position to win their seventh straight Buckle of the Wheatbelt Invitational title the next night.

Utter domination.That describes Okarche’s trip to the Coyle Invitational in 2023.The teams came home with two championship trophies and not a sniff of competition.Okarche’s boys hammered Class A’s 18thranked Southwest Covenant 79-50 in Saturday’s championship game.

There came a point on Saturday when Kingfisher was teetering on the edge of losing its shot at a signature win.Peyton Walker pulled the Lady Jackets away from the edge.KHSwonitsthirdstraight Buckle of the Wheatbelt championship over the weekend as it knocked off Weatherford 45-40 in the title tilt.

Cashion’sboysrebounded from an opening-day loss to take the consolation championship at their own Cashion County Line Tournament.After suffering a 59-50 setback to Fairview, the Wildcats beat Perry 44-28 on Friday and then Varnum 71-50 for the consolation title.

The girls championship trophy of the Cherokee Strip Conference Tournament may have a permanent home.Lomega won the title for the eighth straight year Saturday night with a 7232 victory against Cherokee in the championship game at Pioneer-Pleasant Vale High School.

Girls ThursdayWeatherford 54, Chisholm 20 Harrah 61, Guthrie 59 Guymon 55, Perkins-Tryon 23 Kingfisher 52, Harrah JV 13FridayGuthrie 49, Chisholm 43 Perkins-Tryon 40, Harrah JV 33Weatherford 75, Harrah 48 Kingfisher 53, Guymon 38SaturdayChisholm 54, Harrah JV 38 (7th) Guthrie 44, Perkins-Tryon 39...

Delissa Evans claimed gold over the weekend to lead the Kingfisher girls wrestling team to a fifthplace finish.The Lady Jackets scored 70 points to tie with Cache in the Hub City Classic junior high tournament at Clinton.