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Offense sparked defense, which led to more offense.It all equated to a runaway Kingfisher victory.The Lady Jackets on Thursday locked up a spot in a 4A regional championship game with a resounding 65-21 win at home over Mannford in a semifinal.

It will go down as one of the wildest games in the history of the Kingfisher APB.It also goes down as coach Colby Connel’s biggest win to date.KHS shrugged off an improbable heave by Cushing’s Koda Chavez to outlast the 13th-ranked Tigers 66-60 in double-overtime on Thursday.

Dover continued to put off elimination Thursday as it advanced in its Class B area tournament.The Lady Longhorns knocked Varnum out of the playoffs with a 4938 victory in their area consolation quarterfinal in Seminole.Dover has now reached the Friday of area for three consecutive years.

Two Kingfisher County wrestlers moved past the wrestle-in stage at the Class 3A state tournament.Kingfisher’s Jaxon Sheppard earned his first career state victory Thursday at State Fair Arena as he won a high-scoring showdown with Vinita’s Kolbe Bargas.Sheppard earned a 2015 decision over Bargas.

Camdyn Richardson and Hagen Copeland combined to maroon Perry’s season.The Hennessey duo combined for 41 points Thursday as the Eagles downed Perry 57-39 in a Class 3A regional consolation quarterfinal at the Eagle Event Center.The Eagles’ season is extended at least one more game.

While the Cashion wrestling team sent one female to the state tournament this weekend, its girls powerlifting team will be sending four to the state meet.

Rylee Hamil and Roman Davis made history for their respective programs.More history will have to wait.Kingfisher’s Hamil and Cashion’s Davis were the first female wrestlers for their respective schools to qualify for the state tournament.

Entering Friday, all 12 Kingfisher County basketball teams were still alive in their respective playoff brackets.That is likely to change on Friday and Saturday, though several should still be vying for spots at state.Classes B, A and 2A will punch their tickets to state over this weekend.

Kingfisher’s Jaxon Sheppard won at the state wrestling tournament Thursday. Coach Taylor Young and her Lady Jackets won at the regional tournament on Thursday as well.

A second quarter eruption propelled the Hennessey girls into the winner’s bracket of this week’s regional tournament.The Lady Eagles outscored Blackwell by 15 in that frame Friday night en route to a 54-32 victory in their Class 3A district championship game at the Eagle Event Center.