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John Hardaway felt great about his team’s chances to bring home gold in the Class 2A championship.Unless…“Unless Dayton Forsythe just decides his team is not going to lose,” Hardaway said.

In addition to hiring Gene Bennett as HS/MS wrestling coach March 7, the Hennessey school board also approved the following coaching and extra duties for the 2022-23 school year:CoachingBaseball: HS head coach, Matthew Fuksa; HS asst., TBA; MS head, Brady Johnson; MS asst., TBA; Summer head, Fuksa.

Members of Cashion’s basketball team pose with the silver ball trophy after falling to Dale, 65-58, in last Saturday’s Class 2A championship game at State Fair Arena. Cashion finished the year with a 24-6 record.

Kingfisher High School basketball players raise yet another gold ball on the State Fair Arena floor. The Yellowjackets claimed the 2022 Class 4A state championship last Saturday with their 51-43 victory over Victory Christian. The title is the third straight for KHS and the fourth overall.

History was matched on Thursday night.But Cashion wants more. The Wildcats finally pushed Latta out of its comfort zone and pulled away for a 50-28 victory in the Class 2A boys basketball quarterfinals at State Fair Arena.It’s only the second time Cashion has won a state tournament game.

As the team was warming up for the second half on Tuesday evening, Kingfisher High School boys assistant coach Danny Green took off on a sprint back to the locker room at State Fair Arena.

As the final seconds began to wind down on Kingfisher’s season Tuesday morning, the tears began to fall from the eyes of the girls basketball players.However, they had no chance of extinguishing the fire that had been re-lit under the Lady Jacket basketball program the previous week.No.

Kingfisher’s basketball teams gave their fans - and themselves - plenty to be excited about last week.

Before this basketball season began, Kingfisher head basketball coach Jared Reese and his staff were staring at the realization of replacing all five starters from last season’s state championship squad.

There was a mix of business and pleasure on Saturday as Cashion locked up a third consecutive trip to the state tournament.The Wildcats won their 10th straight game by holding off a furious rally by Hooker at Hennessey’s Eagle Event Center.