Sports

Less than 24 hours after helping lead his team to another tournament championship, Bijan Cortes announced a big decision about his future. The Kingfisher High School junior made it public early Sunday evening that he had committed to play basketball for the University of Oklahoma.

In a bit of deja vu, Weatherford won its third straight girls Buckle of the Wheatbelt tournament championship. For the second straight year, the Lady Eagles defeated KHS in the finals. This time around the final margin was 49- 35 as Class 4A’s fourth-ranked Lady Eagles improved to 15-0.

Three tournaments. Three championships. That’s the story this year for the Okarche Lady Warriors as they claimed yet another title last weekend…and yet another one at Coyle. Okarche rode a hot start Saturday to defeat Crescent 42-30 in Saturday’s championship of the Coyle Invitational.

Win it if you can, but if you can’t, win two. The sentence might be confusing upon its first read, but that was the message John Hardaway gave his Cashion Wildcats last week. His team was undefeated, ranked seventh in Class 2A…and was the FIFTH SEED in the Cashion County Line Tournament.

There have been a few changes in the roster the last five years, but one thing has remained constant: Lomega wins the Cherokee Strip Conference Tournament.

Thursday Kingfisher 71, Guymon 42 CHA 65, Harrah 46 OCA 51, Weatherford 47 Guthrie 58, Chisholm 27 Friday Guymon 41, Harrah 35 Chisholm 66, Weatherford 54 Guthrie 58, OCA 43 Kingfisher 67, CHA 37 Saturday Weatherford 68, Harrah 49 (7th) Chisholm 44, Guymon 40 (5th) OCA 52, CHA 50 (2OT)...

Kingfisher’s stranglehold on the Buckle of the Wheatbelt championship got a bit tighter last weekend. The Jackets won their fourth straight title and ninth overall Saturday with an 85-42 dismantling of Class 5A’s 16th-ranked Guthrie in the championship game.

Girls A dominant stretch in the first half led to, perhaps, Kingfisher’s most complete game this season. The Lady Jackets went from seven points down to leading by 13 at halftime and carried that momentum Tuesday to a 57-40 victory over Blanchard at the APB.

COUNTY LINE The first day of the Cash-ion County Line Tournament lived up to its billing. Unfortunately for the Cashion boys, it meant their first loss of the season.