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Kingfisher took another big step toward a potential district championship and avenged its only district loss in the process.Addison Johnson drove in three runs, Lily Voth did damage with her bat and arm and Kinlee East shut the door as KHS defeated Elk City 5-4 in a Tuesday road game.

Mattie Slezickey and Lily Lunsford took home medals and led Kingfisher High School to a fourth place finish Saturday at the Watonga Cross Country Meet.Slezickey placed fourth and Lunsford 23rd out of 84 runners on the 2,500 meter course.Slezickey finished in 9:58.

Nearly five minutes into a fourth-quarter drive, it appeared Cashion was primed to head back east down State Highway 33 with a victory in hand.The Wildcats started their possession at their own 7 just over a minute into the fourth and with the scored knotted up against Kingfisher.

Dover scored eight unanswered runs on Saturday to claim its second tournament title of the season.After falling behind, the Longhorns rallied for an 8-3 victory over Class 2A’s Oklahoma Christian Academy in the championship game of the Mulhall-Orlando Tournament.

Kingfisher 20 Cashion 14Score by quarter:Cashion 7 0 7 0 - 14 Kingfisher 7 7 0 6 - 20 Scoring summary: C - Kellen Smith 1 run (Andrew Stockton kick) K - Brett Calamateo 12 run (Calamateo kick) K - Jayzen Surveyor 27 INT return (Calamateo kick) C - Rival Fields 12 pass from Smith (Stockton kick) K -...

Okarche nearly pulled off an improbable run to the Cimarron Fall Classic championship.A marathon run came up just short, however, as the Lady Warriors fell 2-1 to perennial power Leedey in Saturday’s championship game.

Big plays led Thomas to its first win of the season.It came at the expense of the Hennessey Eagles.The Terriers scored three times on plays of 35 or more yards last Friday as they pulled away from the Eagles for a 35-14 victory at home.The loss dropped Hennessey to 0-2 while Thomas moved to 1-1.

If not for Bly Frieouf, Keon Lackey would have won all three of his cross country races in 2026.By the same token, if not for Weatherford, the Dover High School boys would have two team titles this season.

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Kinlee East’s shutout didn’t head south this time and it’s got her team continuing to head north in the standings.The Kingfisher High School senior pitched a two-hit shutout on the road Thursday as the Lady Jackets downed Woodward 2-0 in a massive District 4A-3 showdown.