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Junior Hayes White was a second-team selection for the Western Athletic Conference all-conference team.The honor is voted on by coaches.The Kingfisher guard led the Jackets with 19.4 points, 3.7 assists and 2.7 steals a contest. He added 4.6 rebounds a game.

Kingfisher’s Taylor Young was voted Coach of the Year by her peers in the Western Athletic Conference for the 2024-25 basketball season.The Lady Jackets’ lone senior - Raegan Snider - was voted the Offensive Player of the Year as well as a spot on the all-conference first team.

Four appears to be the magic number for the Kingfisher High School boys soccer team.The Jackets won their second straight match to open their 2025 season on Thursday with a 4-2 victory over visiting Cache.That came after KHS won 4-3 at Bristow last Friday.

Cashion High School senior Luke Baustert fired up the State Fair Arena crowd with his rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner. Baustert played the National Anthem prior to Cashion’s Class 2A boys state basketball quarterfi nal against Dale during the fi rst session on Thursday, March 6.

As the second half started, Taylor Young knew her team needed a good start to overcome a six-point deficit in the Class 4A girls state quarterfinals.The opposite happened, however.Locust Grove’s Tatum Stokes made back-to-back 3-pointers to give her team a 12-point lead - its largest to that point.

HITTING THE BOOKS – The Kingfi sher High School girls basketball team saw its season come to a close Wednesday night with a loss to Locust Grove in the Class 4A state quarterfi nals at State Fair Arena (See Story on Page 7). However, the team didn’t come home empty-handed.

At State Fair Arena WednesdayGame 1: Ft. Gibson vs. Newcastle, 4:30 p.m.Game 2: Bethany vs. Douglass, 6 p.m.Game 3: Kingfisher vs. Locust Grove, 7:30 p.m.Game 4: Lincoln Christian vs. Madill, 9 p.m.FridayWinner 3 vs. Winner 4, 7:30 p.m.Winner 1 vs. Winner 2, 9 p.m.SaturdayState championship, 9:15 p.

Two teams from each area make it to the state basketball tournament.The two teams that beat Hennessey’s girls in the 2025 playoffs happened to be the two to emerge from Class 3A, Area I.Hennessey’s season came to an end Friday with a 41-36 loss to No.

It was, quite simply, as historic a season as the Dover boys basketball program has ever experienced.It fell two wins shy of the ultimate goal on Friday as the Longhorns were defeated 44-36 by No. 1 Calumet in the Class B semifinals at Yukon High School.

The game was over, but Brett Tahah gave her five seniors one last run together.The Okarche lineup on the court for one final time consisted of Harper White, Katy Creswell, Scout Payne, Kylie Harper and Avery Schieber.