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Even down at halftime, John Hardaway wasn’t worried about his team. The Cashion Wildcats rewarded their coach’s faith with a dominant third quarter en route to a 59-45 victory Saturday against Rush Springs at Hinton.

There are Lomega teams from the past that coach Kevin Lewallen knows couldn’t have handled how last Saturday’s regional championship game played out. But this team…this team could.

As injuries continue to pile up, the remaining Okarche Lady Warriors have to continue to step up. So far, so good. The fourth-ranked Lady Warriors are just one win shy of returning to the state tournament after claiming a 42-39 win over No.

New Lima had one big upset notched on its belt. Lomega made sure it didn’t get another. The Raiders put themselves within one win of the Class B state tournament Saturday by knocking off New Lima 57-43 in their regional championship at Cashion. The No.

Hennessey enters this week’s regional tournament thanks to a win last week over a familiar foe. The Lady Eagles defeated Harding Fine Arts for the third time this season, this time by a 65-39 margin at home Friday to win a Class 3A district championship. Hennessey will host Chisholm at 6:30 p.m.

Perhaps inspired by their girls’ team’s upset of Kingfisher, the Elk City boys were able to play within a couple of possessions of top-ranked Kingfisher for much of the first quarter. But then the teams had to play the rest of the first quarter. Then the second. And then the second half.

Gerrett Spears said there’s not an excuse for last week’s shocking loss to Elk City in the teams’ Class 4A district championship matchup. He also said there’s no reason to lose hope.

Ed Evey has coached two generations of Kingfisher High School families who have reached the state tournament before. There was Jeff Gaither, a runner-up in 1986 whose sons Jakob and Joe combined to place at state five times, including Jakob’s heavyweight championship in 2008.

Okarche has been able to lean on its defense all season. The Lady Warriors’ regional semifinal was no different. Class A’s fourth-ranked Okarche surrendered just five field goals Thursday as it pummeled Soper 58-14 in Moss to advance to Saturday’s regional championship.

Lomega picked up an easy win and maybe a little extra help Thursday in its quest to reach the Class B state tournament. First and foremost, the Raiders advanced to the regional championship with a 60-31 manhandling of Wesleyan Christian School in their semifinal at Mulhall-Orlando.