More Warrior gold?

Okarche has a chance for at least one more state championship before the end of the school year.

The fifth-ranked Warriors downed Oklahoma Christian Academy 1-0 at home on Friday night to claim a Class A-I regional baseball championship.

The Warriors swept through the regional without giving up a run as they beat Empire 7-0 on Thursday in the opener and then downed OCA 9-0 that evening.

Friday’s win puts the Warriors into their second straight spring state tournament.

The Warriors enter state ranked No. 5 and with a 17-7 record.

They’ll take on No. 4 Ripley (31-2) at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Oklahoma Christian University in Edmond.

The winner gets the victor of No. 1 Wright City and No. 8 Caddo in the semifinals at 11 a.m. Friday, also at Oklahoma Christian.

The championship is 2 p.m. Saturday at Shawnee High School.

Okarche was a semifinalist last spring.

After beating Wright City 2-1 in the quarterfinals, the Warriors lost 2-1 to Tushka in the semis.

The Warriors also reached the semifinals in the last two fall seasons.