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The Okarche High School speech team finished qualifying competition with a win at the Hennessey Invitational Speech and Debate Tournament. OHS’s 10 competitiors amassed enough to bring home the first-place team trophy in Class 3A with Cherokee taking second and Okeene placing third.

Class A Girls Thursday at Southern Nazarene University Game 1: Garber vs. Canute, 2 p.m. Game 2: Calumet vs. Strother, 3:30 p.m. Game 3: Hydro-Eakly vs. Kiowa, 7 p.m. Game 4: Vici vs. Okarche, 8:30 p.m. Friday at State Fair Arena Winner 1 vs. Winner 2, 4:30 p.m. Winner 3 vs.

The Hennessey Eagles refuse to bow out of the 2020 playoffs easily. Bouncing back from a tough home defeat on Thursday, Hennessey won two straight elimination games over the weekend to advance to this week’s Class 3A area tournament.

Andrea Taylor knows her team was oh-so-close to pulling off an upset over the weekend being just one win shy of the state tournament. As it stands, her Cashion Lady Wildcats are going to need to win three straight games this weekend to reach that goal. Cashion shrugged off a slow start against No.

Just find a way. That mentality has the Cashion Wildcats within one win of the state tournament. The Wildcats erased a seven-point fourth quarter deficit to prevail 63-61 over Mangum last Saturday in a Class 2A boys regional championship game at Boone-Apache High School.

Back-to-back losses over the weekend ended Lomega’s quest to reach the state tournament. “All you can ask for is to have a chance,” said Lomega coach Justin Edsall. “We had our chances at the end both nights, but it didn’t quite go our way.” The Raiders took No.

Gerrett Spears felt confident about his team’s chances of playing another weekend. His Lady Jackets made it happen. The Kingfisher High School girls basketball team is back in the area tournament after three straight consolation bracket wins in a 4A regional at home last week.

A person born on Feb. 29 is considered most commonly referred to as a “leap-year baby” or even a “leaper.” While he may not have the birthday, Bijan Cortes certainly showed the characteristics of the latter name on Leap Day.

As they watched the seconds - then minutes - go by without a point, Okarche coaches Kelli Jennings and Kaylene Ullom gave each other a knowing glance. It was time for Madison Owens. That proved to be the right play.

When teams scout Lomega, they know they’ve got to worry about the likes of Emma Duffy, Hensley Eaton, Ady Wilson and Sydni Walker. Darcy Roberts made sure her name is to be included among that group.