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Kingfisher’s Jace Sternberger won’t have the opportunity this year to play in the Super Bowl, but he did have a monumental moment in the NFC Championship Game.

Kingfisher had one of its worst shooting nights of the season and Tuttle’s Landry Allen was a big reason. A 6-foot-3 reason. The Lady Tiger freshman recorded a triple-double that included 13 blocks Tuesday as 4A’s 14th-ranked Tuttle downed KHS 55-36 at the APB.

Hennessey Elementary School 9-year-olds Rogan Choate and Kason Scruggs took first in their respective weight classes last Saturday at the Battle for the Ring Open Novice Tournament in Blackwell. Choate (at left) won first in the 58-pound division and Scruggs in the 70-pound division.

Maverick Ridenour caught fire for the fi rst time this season and it helped the Yellowjackets play one of their most complete games this season.

Paul Hix was asked for program suggestions and his impressions after his first six months in Hennessey as the athletic director and head football coach. The first suggestion he made is to add a wrestling program.

Lomega’s school schedule for Jan. 20-25 is as follows: Monday - OBI blood drive at high school, 2-6 p.m. Tuesday - Lomega Geography Bee, 8:30 a.m.; high school basketball at Ring-wood, 6:30 p.m.; JV girls, 4 p.m., and JV boys, 5 p.m.

Blake Neal was runner-up at 182 pounds to highlight Kingfisher’s showing at the 2020 Cushing Tiger Invitational. Neal earned narrow decisions in the quarterfi - nals and semifi nals before eventually being outlasted, 3-2, by Weatherford’s Mike Hixson in the championship match.

The APB will be wall to wall with wrestlers as Kingfisher High School will once again host the Western Conference Wrestling Tournament. Action will begin at noon on both Friday and Saturday as more than two dozen teams will vie for mat supremacy.

Dover had to settle for fourth place over the weekend in the boys bracket of the newly-revamped Okeene Invitational Tournament. The Longhorns were downed 70-46 by Pioneer in Friday’s semifi nal game, then lost 52-49 to Okeene in the third-place matchup.

It took overtime, but Okarche was finally able to wrestle away the Three Rivers Conference Tournament championship from Cashion.