Sports

Emily Hamil took runner- up in the junior high bracket at 89 pounds last Saturday in the Wrestle Like a Girl Cache Invitational.Hamil notched 21 points for Kingfisher as she went 3-1 in the crowded weight class.

It wasn’t exactly the experience coach Colby Connel was hoping for.But, as the Kingfisher High School boys basketball coach put it: “The solution would have been to just win on Friday.

Especially considering how short-handed his team was, Steven Wilson liked what he saw over the weekend.The Kingfisher High School boys wrestling team brought home the consolation championship from the Newkirk Dual Tournament.

Short-handed Dover got the hot hand from Rylee Buck on Tuesday.Buck scored 22 points as the Lady Longhorns downed Covington-Douglas 46-28 in Dover.The home team was without starter Kynlee Boeckman, who was out due to sickness.

Playing the two-time defending state champion on the road, the Kingfisher High School girls basketball team had two starters sit a majority of the first half with two fouls.

Five Kingfisher County schools were taking part in tournaments beginning Thursday of last week.Here’s how those teams fared in their opening rounds: Alva Shootout Top-seeded Kingfisher had little trouble advancing to the semifinals of the boys bracket of the Alva Shootout.

On the surface, a ninepoint loss on the road to the sixth-ranked team in Class 4A can be viewed as an admirable performance for the Kingfisher High School boys basketball team, especially considering how the Jackets fared in such contests a year ago.

What happens when a team catches Okarche on a night the Warriors play with their usual fury…and shoot seemingly lights out?You can ask Oklahoma Bible Academy.

The next evolution for the Kingfisher boys basketball team is not to just build a lead, but keep it late.Maybe even extend it. Or, as coach Colby Connel said: “We’ve got to learn to put our foot down when we’ve got them down.