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This was more of what Taylor Young envisioned the first two meetings with Weatherford.Kingfisher dominated its regional championship game Saturday night as the fifth-ranked Lady Jackets throttled No. 15 Weatherford 56-21 at the APB.

As it turned out, Cashion matched up pretty well with Preston, too.The Wildcats are headed to the state tournament for the first time since 2022 after defeating No. 7 Preston 52-35 Saturday in a Class 2A area consolation championship at Okmulgee.

Okarche can win with 23. Okarche can win with 57.Okarche did both over the weekend and it equaled 32.As in 32nd trip to the state tournament.The Lady Warriors earned the most recent right on Saturday night by downing No. 7 Red Oak 57-45 in a Class A area consolation title game in Cleveland.

If the Okarche boys basketball team has taken anything for granted this season, it hasn’t shown.The Warriors are back in the Class A state tournament for a third straight year after downing No. 8 Red Oak 88-51 last Friday in an area championship game in Cleveland.Okarche enters state ranked No.

Fittingly, it was a defensive stop that sealed it.Carter Kitchens blocked a would-be putback by Christian Brager to seal Dover’s 42-40 victory over No. 2 Varnum on Friday.The win prompted a dogpile by the Longhorns on the Seminole High School court…and for good reason.

Hunter Mueggenborg and the Okarche Warriors tipped off five straight days of basketball at State Fair Arena on Tuesday morning when they downed Texhoma 8763 in the Class A boys state quarterfinals.

As the time ran down on the clock of last Saturday night’s game in Cleveland, the Okarche faithful were in a frenzy.The Lady Warriors had just completed a three-day torture trek through the consolation bracket of their Class A area tournament, which was also their fourth game in six days.

Cashion didn’t have its best offensive day of the season.The Lady Wildcats didn’t need it.With a smothering defense, Cashion pushed its way into the consolation semifinals of its 2A area tournament with Thursday’s 29-10 victory over Talihina in Muskogee.

After losing in last Monday’s regional championship game, Okarche girls coach Brett Tahah said she fully expected her team to be playing three more games this week.Step 1 of that was completed Thursday.

This time of year, it’s just about finding a way.That’s what Lomega did Thursday night.The Raiders advanced in their Class B area tournament with a 51-50 victory against Vici in a consolation quarterfinal at Stride Center in Enid.