Sports

Tired of teams trying to slow them down, the Kingfisher Yellowjackets have begun pressing the issue of late. The latest examples were Blanchard and Fairview on back-to-back nights last weekend.

Madison Owens scored eight points in the fourth quarter to help Okarche lasso its eighth straight win. Owens did much of her damage in the final frame at the free throw line, making 6 of 8 attempts to help the Lady Warriors pull away from Amber-Pocasset in a 52-45 home win.

Kingfisher’s regular season is nearing its end with just two more games before the playoffs. The finale comes Monday when KHS hosts the OKC Storm home-school team at the APB. That will serve as Senior Night for the teams.

Kingfisher and Cashion will be heading in opposite directions next week for their wrestling regionals. The OSSAA released regional assignments for all classes last week. KHS will stay on the west side for its 3A regional, which will be hosted by Marlow.

Lomega wrapped up its girls basketball regular season Saturday on a nine-game win streak. The Lady Raiders defeated Newkirk 51-33 in the Downtown Enid Basketball Festival for the final win. The victory gave Class B’s second-ranked team a 21-3 record entering this weekend’s district tournament.

Kingfisher will be in familiar territory for this year’s basketball playoffs. The OSSAA last Friday released playoff assignments for Classes 2A-4A. Those assignments revealed Kingfisher will be hosting both a district and a regional in Class 4A.

Cashion’s third straight win Tuesday night came in impressive fashion. The Lady Wildcats knocked off Class 2A’s 20th-ranked Luther 55-44 on Senior Night. Up four points at half, Cashion outscored the Lady Lions 16-8 in the third quarter to garner some breathing room.

The rubber match goes to Okarche. The Lady Warriors secured at least a tie of the Three Rivers Conference regular season title last Tuesday with a 45-30 home win over Crescent. It was Okarche’s seventh straight win since losing to Crescent in the semifinals of the conference tournament.

Three different players scored in double figures as Kingfisher got its second blowout win over Bethany this season. Bree Taylor scored a season-high 12 points while Brooklyn Whipple and Katelyn Stolz added 10 apiece in a 43-29 victory Tuesday at the APB on homecoming night.

A pair of local football players have at least one more football game left in their prep careers - if they so choose. Kingfisher’s Jett Sternberger and Crescent’s Hunter Bowers last week were named to the Oklahoma Coaches Association’s All-State football team.