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Wednesday offered another scoring milestone for Jett Mueggenborg.Another major one is in sight.Most importantly, Okarche kept its perfect Three Rivers Conference record intact with a 96-48 victory over visiting Crescent.The Warriors improved to 17-3 overall and 6-0 in conference games.

Brett Tahah said it looked like her team hadn’t played or practiced in about a week.For good reason. Playing for the first time in eight days, Okarche put the defensive clamps on Crescent in a 41-22 victory at home.

Some things change.Others remain the same. There were a ton of changes to the schedule of the 2026 Buckle of the Wheatbelt Invitational.It started early. Teams couldn’t show up. JV teams were thrown in the mix. More teams couldn’t show up other days. Games were moved. Games were canceled.

The Kingfisher boys basketball team has tasted defeat’s worst kind of agony in two straight games.The Jackets were defeated 61-59 by Woodward on Wednesday night in the third-place game of the Buckle of the Wheatbelt Invitational at the APB.

Perkins-Tryon completed a magical run through the boys bracket with a 5247 upset win in overtime over top-seeded Weatherford in Wednesday night’s boys title game.

CHAMPS AGAIN – More than a week after the tournament started, the 2026 Buckle of the Wheatbelt Invitational wrapped up on Wednesday night at the APB. That evening saw the Kingfisher Lady Jackets down Weatherford 60-48 in the girls championship game.

Not even Mother Nature can stop the Lomega girls from the Cherokee Strip Conference Tournament championship.The Lady Raiders beat the weather and thumped Medford 79-52 last Friday morning to claim the tournament title at Pioneer- Pleasant Vale High School.

Weather has affected a number of athletic events early in the week as well.All six Kingfisher County schools called off school both on Monday and Tuesday.That led to a number of schedule changes for basketball and wrestling early in the week.

More than a week after it started, the Buckle of the Wheatbelt Invitational basketball tournament concludes Wednesday in Kingfisher.The tournament was originally scheduled for Jan. 22-24, but was moved up a day due to the projected weather that was going to hit the state.

The Deer Creek-Lamont Eagles kept their place atop the Cherokee Strip Conference Tournament.Class B-II’s third-ranked team used a dominant third quarter to pull away from Lomega for a 71-46 victory in the title game last Friday morning at Pioneer-Pleasant Vale High School.