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Gant Browning was named homecoming king on Tuesday, then went on the mat to back it up.The Kingfisher High School senior won his 132-pound match by technical foul, though it still wasn’t quite enough to lead the Jackets to an upset of Perry.

When Kingfisher’s offense is working inside and out, the Lady Jackets are a formidable foe.That was on full display Tuesday night.KHS got its second win of the season over No. 17 Weatherford, this time in even more dominant fashion as it ran away for a 57-28 victory at the APB.

There was no trouble getting back on the winning track for Dover.The Lady Longhorns dismantled Aline-Cleo from the start on Tuesday and turned it to an 80-13 road win.

Riding the wave of a massive third quarter, Hennessey took a big step in winning the Three Rivers Conference regular season title.

Luther had a dose of confidence entering Saturday’s showdown with Lomega.Then the Lady Lions had to try to keep up on the court.As the previous 20 Lomega opponents found out, that’s not so easy.

Tremendous defense down the stretch and some sharp-shooting from a senior helped Cashion get perhaps its best win of the season.The Lady Wildcats allowed just three points in the fourth quarter to pull away from Class 3A’s third-ranked Alva 52-40 Friday in the Skordle Festival in Enid.

Okarche pushed its win streak to six games and proved it could grab victories with both defense and offense.The Lady Warriors downed Amber-Pocasset 34-21 on Friday and then ran past Strother 55-23 Saturday.Both victories were road games as Okarche improved to 14-7.

Less than a full day after Kingfisher put forth one of its worst halves of offense, the Jackets put together perhaps their best overall game on that end of the floor.KHS won for the third time in four games Saturday by downing Chickasha 59-36 at the APB.

Kingfisher had two male champions, two more on the female side and a number of other placers at last weekend’s Hub City Classic Wrestling Tournament held annually in Clinton.Gant Browning not only won the 132-pound class, but was named Outstanding Wrestler for the tournament.

Taking on a pair of opponents with a combined 10 wins in back-to-back days didn’t figure to offer the Kingfisher girls basketball team much resistance.And it didn’t.