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Cashion needed more than 15 years to win its fi rst Three Rivers Conference Tournament championship in the boys bracket. It took the Wildcats just one year to win their second.

When Lomega was bested in the 2018 Warrior Classic championship game, there was a freshman who came off the bench to nail four 3-pointers and score all 15 of her points in the second half to lift Hammon to the title. That freshman’s name was Adysen Wilson.

All the phases of growth for a young basketball team were on display last Saturday night. Undefeated Alva laid claim to its third Wheat Capital Tournament championship in six years with a 63-52 victory over Kingfi sher in the girls championship game at Chisholm High School.

With Jarret Birdwell on the bench with foul trouble and only one other teammate able to find his shooting touch in the fi rst half, Bijan Cortes took matters in his own hands.

Kingfi sher shrugged off a slow start at home against Noble to earn its fourth straight win. The Lady Jackets used a 17-2 run in the second quarter to propel them to a 74-39 win. Both teams struggled to score early and KHS was up just 9-8 after a quarter.

Cashion’s bid for a repeat at the Three Rivers Conference Tournament began Thursday with an easy win. The undefeated and top-seeded Wildcats, who won the tournament for the first time last season, handed Harding Fine Arts a 51-24 defeat in the quarterfi - nals at the Kingfi sher APB.

It’s sometimes tough to find motivation in a 10:30 a.m. basketball game against an opponent that - on paper, at least - is inferior. That’s exactly the position the Kingfi sher Lady Jackets found themselves in Thursday at Chisholm’s Wheat Capital Tournament.

Kingfisher had a three-headed monster Thursday night that spelled doom for Fairview. The Yellowjackets’ varsity squad made its return to the Wheat Capital Tournament and opened play with a 90-45 victory against Fairview at Chisholm High School.

Lomega moved into the semifinals of both brackets at the Warriors Classic in Hammon. The Lady Raiders downed Southwest Covenant 82-49 and played Hammon Friday in the semifinals in a rematch of the last two championship games of that tournament. Hammon won both of those matchups.

Following are the Lomega and Dover school schedules for Jan. 13-18: Lomega Monday - Cloverbuds, 3:30 p.m.; fi fth and sixth basketball at Ringwood, 4:30 p.m.; junior high basketball vs. Ringwood, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday - High school basketball at Cherokee, 6:30 p.m.