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Kevin Lewallen saw something in Darcy Roberts as a freshman last season when his Lomega Lady Raiders were making a march to a state championship.“She went out there and decided to become one of the best players in Class B,” Lewallen said a year ago.

The season is over for the Dover basketball team. While that’s a sad reality in the small Kingfisher County town, there’s reason for optimism in the future. That phrase hasn’t been uttered in a number of years.

When Cashion qualified for the area tournament last season, it was the program’s first trip in 23 years. There was no long wait to get back. The Wildcats secured their spot in the area tournament Thursday with a 71-52 victory at home over Stratford in a Class 2A regional winner’s bracket game.

Gerrett Spears prefers this year’s path through the playoffs over his first trek with the Lady Jackets. Kingfisher held off a late Dickson rally on Thursday to gain a 57-50 victory in their Class 4A regional semifinal at the APB.

Early in its regional semifinal with Kingfisher, McLoud found itself trailing the Jackets by a lone point. A quick 13-0 run and two timeouts later and the game was all but over. McLoud proved to be the latest victim for No.

Okarche held Woodland to its third-lowest scoring total of the season. And it has the Lady Warriors within one win of the state tournament. Okarche forced 21 turnovers and didn’t allow a fourth-quarter field goal Tuesday as it defeated Woodland 45-34 in their Class A regional championship.

There’s just something about that regional final. Class B’s No. 1-ranked Lomega won its regional championship against Webbers Falls as expected on Tuesday. But it wasn’t as easy as most expected. The Lady Raiders were held to their lowest point total of the season in a 46-32 victory at Agra.

Session I 9 a.m. - Doors open 10 a.m. - Wrestle-in matches 11 a.m. - Quarterfinals 1 p.m. - Championship semifinals and consolation first round 3 p.m. - Consolation semifinals Session II 6 p.m. - Doors open 6:45 p.m. - Opening ceremonies, introductions and National Anthem 7:30 p.m.

It’s nothing new for Lomega coach Kevin Lewallen to give playing time to any number of Lady Raiders throughout the game. In last Saturday’s Class B regional opener against Coyle, however, Lomega gave minutes to 10 players in the first quarter. It wasn’t because he was rotating them in and out...

A second-half surge helped propel the Lomega Raiders into their regional championship game. Lomega outscored Wesleyan Christian by 22 points in the second half to pull away for a 71-42 victory Saturday in Agra.