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Cashion coaches have been stressing to their team that it’s important to get mentally prepared for each and every game - not just the big ones. The Wildcats didn’t exactly take heed last week, but it also didn’t matter much.

Maybe the time will come when Crescent’s youth and inexperience catch up to the Tigers. But that time still hasn’t arrived. The Tigers remained unbeaten on the season last Friday with a 27-20 win over Oklahoma Bible Academy in Enid.

There wasn’t much of a chance for Kingfisher to look past last week’s opponent. That’s because the Jackets had nobody to look forward to at the time. KHS opened District 3A-1 play last Friday with a 52-12 road win against Bridge Creek in a game that went mostly according to plan.

Where do the Kingfisher girls stand in the Class 4A cross country landscape. Right now, it’s fourth to be exact, but coach Kerri Lafferty is optimistic her team can improve that number.

It wasn’t exactly the way Dylan Blundell planned it, but the Dover baseball coach isn’t going to turn down a district championship. The Longhorns swept Cimarron 13-1 and 14-4 Thursday at home to earn a Class B district title and advance to this week’s regional.

A come-from-behind win Thursday kept the Kingfisher softball team in the hunt for a conference championship. The Lady Jackets scored two runs in the fifth inning to take a lead they wouldn’t lose in a 4-3 victory over Chisholm.

It had been nearly two full years since the Hennessey football team had experienced victory on the field. That drought ended last Friday when the Eagles sent Crooked Oak back to Oklahoma City with a 33-7 defeat.

The Turkey Creek Classic turned into a dominant performance for the Kingfisher girls cross country teams. Both the high school and junior high girls teams took first place Saturday in their respective races at Turkey Creek Golf Course in Hennessey.

Cashion’s Lynn Shackelford faced a big decision on the very first play of the fourth quarter. His team faced a 4th-and-goal from the opponent’s 2-yard-line. A touchdown meant a two-score lead over visiting Thomas. A field goal would have still been worth a 10-point advantage.

Kingfisher’s eighth graders improved to 2-1 and the seventh grade squad just missed out on an unlikely comeback win in junior high football action last Monday. The eighth grade Jackets dominated Bethany 28-0 in the nightcap in Kingfisher.