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The Dover coaching staff had accomplished a lot the last two years in resurrecting the boys basketball program.They’ve eclipsed the 20win barrier.They’ve won multiple tournaments.

Lomega didn’t make many free throws down the stretch.But it made just enough - and certainly more than its opponent - to squeeze out a 41-38 victory in the season opener Tuesday night at Drummond.

There were plenty of holes for Kevin Lewallen to poke into the performance, but his Lomega Lady Raiders still got the win.His team outscored Drummond by 12 in the fourth quarter to finally pull away Tuesday in a 77-58 road win.

New contributors combined forces with an established starter to give Dover its first season-opening win since 2022-23.Casen Buck poured in 19 points Tuesday as the Longhorns knocked off visiting Cimarron 56-37.Buck is the lone starter returning from last year’s state semifinal team.

Quail hunting season opens Saturday across Oklahoma, according to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.Hunting hours are from official sunrise to official sunset.Bag limit is 10 birds daily, 20 in possession after the first day.Quail season continues through Feb. 15.

Matt Peck expects this year’s Dover girls basketball team to struggle to score at times.After all, he is replacing five starters and has a roster void of a single senior.Still, even Peck was stunned when midway though the first quarter on Tuesday, his squad trailed visiting Cimarron 8-3.

Several days later and Reagan Roof still wasn’t over it.“It was an inexcusable loss,” said the Kingfisher High School head football coach referring to his team’s 21-14 setback at Anadarko last Friday.“We had a lot of things go wrong and most were self-inflicted,” he said.

Champs again.That’s the Kingfisher fifth and sixth grade football team, which just completed yet another undefeated season with a Chisholm Trail Football League championship.The Jackets thumped Crossings Christian School 30-8 last Saturday in Kingfi sher to claim the league championship.

Stroud flexed its muscle last Friday and put an end to Hennessey’s win streak.The fourth-ranked Tigers secured the District 2A-II-1 championship with a 52-3 home win over Hennessey.Stroud racked up 663 yards of offense while improving to 6-0 in the district.