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The Okarche girls basketball team is limping - quite literally - to the Christmas break. “We are in straight survival mode right now,” coach Kelli Jennings said on Wednesday. “Just three more days.” Okarche is surviving - but still winning - despite a rash of injuries.

Apparently still smarting from their first and only loss of the season, the Garber boys basketball team took out some frustrations on Crescent and Dover last week. The Wolverines showed little mercy Monday in a 78-31 home win against the Tigers or Tuesday in a 108-38 victory in Dover.

Momentum continued Tuesday night for Lomega’s girls basketball team. A few days after defeating Calumet for the Canton Tournament title, the Lady Raiders hammered Kremlin-Hillsdale 83-33 at home. Lomega will go into the Christmas break with an 8-2 record and a fi ve-game win streak.

Juan Dominguez continued his breakout season Tuesday for the Hennessey boys basketball team. The junior torched Meeker for 30 points in a 74-61 victory at home. “He’s really athletic and can score in a lot of ways,” coach Brady Page said of Dominguez.

Despite his team’s fi rst easy victory of the season, Gerrett Spears wasn’t overly pleased with the Kingfi sher Lady Jackets on Tuesday night. KHS knocked off Chickasha 51-28 at the APB to improve to 2-2.

At one point late in the third quarter of Kingfisher’s home win against Chickasha last Tuesday, the Yellowjackets had more points via the dunk than their guests had total. Although the trend didn’t hold, Kingfisher’s massive lead did in a 68-24 victory at the APB.

Cashion showed no signs of a letdown after last weekend’s tournament championship. Just a few days removed from winning the tournament at Garber, the Wildcats opened Three Rivers Conference play last Tuesday with a 77-50 victory at Thomas.

Kingfi sher’s showdown with Weatherford went much the same as last year’s. The Lady Jackets hung tough for much of three quarters only to see Weatherford pull away late. That’s what happened last Friday night inside the APB as 4A’s seventh-ranked Lady Eagles went home with a 57-42 victory.

Vengeance belonged to Lomega last weekend. The Lady Raiders got a second crack at Calumet last Saturday and made good on it to claim the Canton Invitational Tournament championship. Behind a stifling second-half defense, Lomega handed Calumet its fi rst loss of the season, 47-32.

Defense helped Okarche defend. The Lady Warriors held teams to an average of less than 28 points a game to win the NextEra Energy Resources Invitational at Garber. Okarche capped it off Saturday by holding Cash-ion to four fourth-quarter points in a 41-34 victory.