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As he caught the pass from his teammate, Jhett Birdwell had someone calmly barking an order at him.“Knock it down.

Winning a district hasn’t been a problem of late for the Kingfisher girls basketball team.The regional? That’s another issue.The Lady Jackets turn their attention to the latter this week after dominating Clinton 61-22 on the road Saturday in a Class 4A district championship game.

Heavy hearts filled Hennessey uniforms admirably on Friday night.The game’s ending did nothing to ease the hurt.Blackwell’s Kevin Rios made a 3-pointer with just 1 second left to lift the Maroons to a 38-35 win over Hennessey in a Class 3A district championship game at the Eagle Event Center.

Next time, Medford “Ott” to guard Hadley a little better.Sharp-shooting Hadley Ott nailed six 3-pointers Monday to help lead No. 1 Lomega to its third victory of the year over No. 16 Medford.

When word came in last Friday that Latta had knocked off Preston 47-46 in a regional semifinal, coach John Hardaway was more than a little giddy.Sure, it didn’t hurt that Preston was ranked seventh in Class 2A while Latta was unranked.

In a game with more subplots than you could imagine for an entire season, the Dover Longhorns left Earlsboro with an area championship and are within a win of their first appearance in the state tournament in more than 30 years.Eighth-ranked Dover knocked off No.

Pond Creek-Hunter played Okarche about as well as anyone during the Warriors’ run to the state championship a year ago.With the Panthers returning much of the same squad this year, it was reason enough for at least some cause for concern for Warrior coach Aaron West.Some.

Following are the wrestle-in or first-round opponents for each Kingfisher County wrestler who has qualified for this weekend’s state tournament in Oklahoma City: Class 5A Girls Wrestle-In Matches 6 p.m. Thursday115 pounds: Rylee Hamil, Kingfisher vs.

Cashion’s wrestling program continues to ascend.For the second straight year, Cashion is sending three male wrestlers to the state tournament while several others were on the cusp.And, for the first time, the Wildcats were the highest- scoring county team at their regional.

The Class 3A wrestling regional was nearing its end.Wrestlers were grappling on three mats simultaneously as they were deciding the champion, third place and fifth place winners for each weight class.The wrestlers on the first two mats had already locked up their spot at state.