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Frontier wanted to play fast.Lomega welcomed the challenge.Turns out, only one team was up to the task as the Lady Raiders punched yet another ticket to The Big House with an 82-31 stomping in a Class B area championship game in Enid.

There was a time when Dover ruled the Class B girls basketball landscape.The Lady Longhorns’ program made eight consecutive state tournaments and played in every state championship game from 2001 through 2007.

It was going to take a monumental effort from Brayden Kochenower to bring home a state championship.That didn’t quite happen Saturday at State Fair Arena, but a message was also sent.

Five different Kingfi sher players scored a field goal in the first quarter.By the third and fourth quarters, that number dropped to two.The decrease in production allowed Broken Bow to make a comeback and put an end to Kingfi sher’s season.

Cashion ran into a buzzsaw in the form of Merritt.The Lady Wildcats were dealt a 68-36 loss by No. 3 Merritt in a Class 2A regional championship game in Fairview.The defeat puts Cashion in the consolation bracket entering this week’s area tournament in Enid. It plays No.

With its season hanging in the balance, the Kingfisher girls basketball team’s offense finally found some life.And now, once again, so does its postseason.

THREE KINGFISHER COUNTY teams punched their tickets to the state tournament last weekend with area championship wins.

A story in Wednesday’s edition incorrectly stated the Lomega girls would be playing Arnett on Friday for a Class B area championship.The Lady Raiders played Frontier (after press time) which beat Arnett last week in a regional championship game.

Wesleyan Christian was able to keep a steady scoring pace.Lomega’s was torrid to start, but fell off in the second half.Steady won the race. The Raiders saw their season come to a close Thursday afternoon with a 57-52 defeat to No.

Andrea Taylor feels her team should have won a game at Fairview on Jan. 30.Instead, it proved to be “one that got away” as the Lady Wildcats fell 44-40 in overtime.Cashion got it back on Thursday...and it was much more important.