Sports

Losing streaks are a rarity for the Lomega girls basketball team.Not since dropping two straight in the 2018 area tournament had the Lady Raiders lost multiple games in a row.The team duplicated the feat after last weekend’s loss at Seiling.

After two weeks off, the Okarche Lady Warriors capped their regular season with a meaningful road win.A big third-quarter run helped Okarche overcome Cashion in a 65-47 victory Tuesday night.

The Western Athletic Conference championship still belongs with Kingfisher.The Yellowjackets wrapped up yet another conference crown Thursday with a 61-43 win at Blanchard.The victory pushed the Jackets to 19-1 overall and 9-0 in the conference with two conference games remaining (vs.

The game had long been decided, but the shot still had meaning.Kingfisher senior Brittany Willson just missed on her first three 3-point attempts of the night.Then the fourth found its mark.Willson’s hands shot in the air. The KHS bench leapt in the air.

SEVENTH GRADE – Members of the 2021-22 Kingfisher seventh grade boys basketball team include, from left: front row, Trayson Deterding, Carson Nusz, Aden Johnson, Carter Stephenson and Jagger Braun; and back row, Jayden Vinot, Boston Kostka, Teagan Pool, Brody Boeckman, Kaden Cline and coach Derek...

Of all the teams in Class 4A, perhaps none was hotter than Weatherford.The Eagles entered Saturday with a 12-game win streak that included victories over the likes of Tuttle, Bethany and Newcastle.Then came along Kingfisher.

A family gathering Saturday in Seiling didn’t go Kevin Lewallen’s way.Braci Nyberg scored 35 points in just three quarters as Class A’s third-ranked Seiling toppled Class B No. 1 Lomega 83-66.

22 and 28.The first number represents the amount of turnovers the Kingfisher girls basketball team had Saturday at Weatherford.The second is the number of points the host team scored off those turnovers.That proved to be the difference as No.

The OSSAA released basketball playoff assignments last Friday for Classes 2A-4A.For the most part, local teams get to stay relatively close to home for the duration of their playoff runs.In Class 4A, Kingfisher will host both district and regional tournaments.

Two Kingfisher girls brought home medals from last weekend’s Junior High All-State Wrestling Tournament at State Fair Arena.Cattie Crum was third at 133 pounds and Taygen Otey fifth at 123.Crum earned her bronze medal when she pinned Team Choctaw’s Carlee Koos in 1:34.