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Joriaun Caldwell provided most of the punch in getting Dover the lead. Trinton Ritz and Damion Turner helped make sure it stuck. The Longhorns kept their season alive Thursday by holding off Shidler 59-52 in their regional consolation quarterfinal at Mulhall-Orlando.

It was unfamiliar territory. The Kingfisher boys basketball team - the No. 1-ranked defending state champions and winners of 40 straight - found themselves trailing after the first quarter. And leading by “only” three points at halftime.

Gerrett Spears got the kind of group effort he was hoping for in his team’s final regular season game. The Kingfisher Lady Yellowjackets held off the Oklahoma City Storm 55-42 Monday night at the APB to cap the regular season on Senior Night.

If not for Crossings Christian, the Cashion boys basketball team might very well be looking at a perfect record this basketball season. But, Cashion battled CCS twice this season, including last Friday as part of a brutal eight-day stretch in which the Wildcats played five games.

Even with 22 wins on their resume, scoring hadn’t always come easy for the Okarche Lady Warriors. That wasn’t the case in their district championship. Okarche scored early, often and at will Saturday in handing visiting Moss an 88-34 defeat in their Class A matchup.

Kingfisher and Cashion will send wrestlers to regional tournaments this weekend with hopes of being able to qualify for state. Regionals for all classifications are Friday and Saturday. Kingfisher will compete in a 4A regional at Tuttle. Cashion will be taking part in the 3A regional at Geary.

Not too many girls basketball programs can say they gave up 17 points in the first quarter of a game…and still led by 20. Of course, Lomega isn’t your ordinary program.

As the Kingfisher coaches sat in their office late Monday night, you’d hardly know their team just made more history. That’s what happens when a team allows 31 points in the fourth quarter and nearly surrenders a 27-point lead.

Three local schools began their basketball playoff quests last weekend and the remainder of the Kingfisher County-area teams join the fray this week. That includes Kingfisher High School, which wrapped up its regular season Monday with a home sweep of Oklahoma City Storm (See story on Page 6).

Crescent standout Elizabeth Battelo saw limited action Tuesday, but still reached a career milestone. The junior point guard scored five points before “tweaking” her knee in the first half at Calumet.