Sports

We continue our look at the year that was in sports in Kingfisher County in 2019. Our first installment ran in the Jan. 1, 2020, edition and included the fi rst three months of the year, plus parts of April. We pick it up in the middle of April as spring sports are beginning to heat up...

The busiest month of the basketball season is here and it kicks into high gear this week. This is the first of two big tournaments statewide this month and all seven area high schools are taking part.

Most area basketball teams are going to return to the court before students get back to their classrooms from Christmas break. Five schools are playing games this weekend, a majority of them Friday. That includes Kingfisher, which hosts Cache Friday night at the APB. Girls tipoff is 6:30 p.m.

The 2018-19 school year was arguably the most successful one ever for Kingfisher High School athletics. From multiple team and individual state championships to school records and even academic successes, the year was a fruitful one for the Yellowjackets.

Cashion’s Caden Harrell highlighted the list of players honored when the A-3 All-District honors were announced last week. Harrell was named MVP of the district, which Cashion won with a 6-0 record. The two-way threat led Cashion’s stifl ing defense with 128 tackles while playing linebacker.

Two Kingfisher High School football players earned Most Valuable Player honors when the District 3A-1 awards were announced recently. Riley Myers was named the co-Defensive MVP and Clayton Abercrombie the Special Teams MVP after a vote of the district’s coaches.

After suffering three straight losses, the Okarche boys basketball team can go into the Christmas holiday on a positive note. Despite struggling from long range and at the free throw line, the Warriors overcamePondCreek-Hunter for a 60-51 home victory last Friday night.

Cashion handed Morrison its most lopsided loss of the season and will start the new year with an unblemished record. The Wildcats moved to 5-0 Friday with a 67-41 dismantling of Morrison at home. Morrison entered the game 3-2 with the losses coming by a combined two points.

A two-game win streak and a winning record grace the Christmas stockings of the Kingfisher girls basketball team. The Lady Jackets outscored Elk City in each quarter last Friday night to earn a 55-41 road win to close out their pre-holiday schedule. KHS goes into the break with a 3-2 record.

Two Yellowjackets won individual crowns and the team managed third place overall at last weekend’s Kingfisher High School Wrestling Tournament. Seniors Jon Henry won at 138 and Blake Neal at 182 to help KHS to 141 team points.