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When asked how he felt about his team’s ability to rebound from a quarterfinal loss at the Wheat Capital Tournament to claim the consolation championship, Colby Connel chuckled.

Kingfisher was able to enjoy its Wheat Capital Tournament championship for about 24 hours.Then Newcastle spoiled the party.The Lady Racers visited the APB on Tuesday and left with a 58-54 victory.

Kingfisher had little trouble Tuesday in grabbing its eighth dual win of the season.The Jackets handled Casady 64-12 in their showdown in Oklahoma City.KHS lost just two matches on the night and also received six forfeit victories.Of the remaining matches, KHS won all but one of them with a fall.

The loudest cheers in Dover’s gym Thursday night weren’t when the Lady Longhorns erased an 11-point deficit to beat Geronimo or when the Dover boys secured their 14th consecutive win.

Kingfisher bounced back from one of its most lopsided losses of the season to win some hardware in Chisholm.The Jackets won back-to-back games Saturday and Monday to claim the Wheat Capital Tournament’s consolation championship.

There was no settling in 2025.Kingfisher broke its streak of falling in the championship game of the Wheat Capital Tournament in impressive fashion.The Lady Jackets dominated the middle two quarters Monday night to dethrone Jones 60-44 in the girls championship game.

Rylee Hamil won her weight class Monday at the Girls Western Conference Wrestling Tournament in Hinton.Hamil defeated Bailey Rankin of Cache with a pin at 1:06 to claim gold at 115 pounds.Her efforts helped Kingfisher to a fourth-place finish in the tournament at Hinton.

Seventy-five percent of the teams vying for Three Rivers Conference Tournament championships reside in Kingfisher County.The girls game will feature Cashion against top-seeded Oklahoma Bible Academy at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Minco High School.The boys contest will see No.

THEIR TURN – Nobody has won more Wheat Capital Tournament championships than the Kingfi sher High School boys. The Jackets have laid claim to 14 titles since the tournament began in 1970. The KHS girls had just one championship...and that was in 2009.

From the outside looking in, Kingfisher’s offense looked better.From inside the coaches’ offices, they liked what they saw on the defensive end.No matter which was better, Kingfisher put an end to a two-game losing skid last Tuesday with a 53-40 victory at Chickasha.