Sports

While three county schools move into the regional round of the basketball playoffs this weekend, the four other local schools will begin their own playoff runs. Kingfisher, Hennessey, Cashion and Crescent all take part in district tournaments this week.

The regional wrestling tournaments originally scheduled for last week were postponed by the OSSAA. The tournaments were to take place statewide last Friday and Saturday, but inclement weather plus the potential for even worse weather caused the postponements.

Despite not playing in more than two weeks, the Okarche Warriors were able to impose their will on a pair of district opponents. The Warriors claimed a Class A district championship at home Saturday afternoon with a 72-30 victory against Drumright.

Dover’s Hope Caldwell (top photo) is among the players diving for a loose ball during the Lady Longhorns’ win over Carney on Thursday in their Class B district games. Caldwell scored five points for Dover as it advanced to the district championship.

Agra and Carney... thanks for coming. The Class B basketball district championship games at Lomega were an all-Kingfisher County affair thanks to the host school and Dover.

Three Kingfisher County gymnasiums will serve as main regional sites when the basketball playoffs get under way.

The battle of contrasting styles went Kingfisher’s way. Class 4A’s No. 1-ranked Yellowjackets jumped on Anadarko early and largely kept the pace in a 64-35 home win last Friday. Kingfisher upped its season record to 18-1 with its 13th straight win.

Wrestling’s postseason begins this weekend as grapplers vie for their spots in the state tournament. Regionals will be taking place statewide Friday and Saturday, although the format has been changed from its normal routine. This year, the seven lightest weight classes will be wrestled on Friday.

Kingfisher didn’t win. But the Lady Jackets also didn’t wilt. KHS lostits third straight game last Friday when 4A No. 2 Anadarko visited the APB and left with a 50-40 win. It was only the fourth time Anadarko (16-2) had given up at least 40 points this season.

Three Kingfisher County seniors signed football National Letters of Intent during last week’s National Signing Day ceremonies.