Sports

Basketball playoffs begin next week for the three “small school” basketball teams.District tournaments in Classes A and B begin Friday, Feb. 11, and will wrap up the next day.Dover and Lomega are hosting Class B districts.Okarche is doing the same in Class A.

Hennessey got one of its best performances of the season Saturday and beat a ranked team for the first time since its season opener.Three Eagles scored in double figures as they toppled 2A’s 17th-ranked Minco 56-34 at the Skordle Basketball Festival at Enid High School.

Luther pulled a Lomega on Lomega.The Lady Lions hammered Lomega with a barrage of points early on and the Lady Raiders never recovered Saturday in a 67-47 loss at the Skordle Basketball Festival at Enid High School.

Lauren Jenkins came up with just enough big plays late to give Cashion perhaps its biggest win of the season.Jenkins scored three points in the final 18 seconds and then sealed a 33-31 win over Alva with a steal.

Dover took a trip down south to try to reverse its basketball fortunes.It worked.The Longhorns halted a five-game skid Friday with a 55-20 win at Ninnekah.Their first-quarter output was nearly enough as they got out to a 19-4 advantage and continued to increase it.

Defense leads KHS boys to 15th victoryJared Reese felt his team was in control.The scoreboard just didn’t show it.The top-ranked Jackets’ defense dominated for most of four quarters and the offense eventually did its part Friday in a 47-34 victory at No. 17 Anadarko.

Walker sparks Lady Jackets’ 38-33 winKingfisher solidified its spot in the top-eight of the Class 4A rankings while grabbing a huge road win.The Lady Jackets built a 10-point lead in the third quarter, then held on for a 38-33 at No. 12 Anadarko on Friday night.

Gant Browning and Rhylee Toepfer led Kingfisher to an eighth-place finish last weekend at the Hub City Classic wrestling tournament in Clinton.Browning was the runner-up at 120 pounds and Toepfer at 126.They helped KHS to 67 points.Marlow was the tournament champ with 368.

Dover let a fourth quarter lead disappear Tuesday before dropping its fifth straight game.Canton’s Hudsen Scott made one free throw with 1:12 left in overtime and the Tigers added one more with less than five seconds to play to defeat the Longhorns 50-48.

The domination of conference teams continued for Lomega on Tuesday.Days after winning the Cherokee Strip Conference Tournament title for a seventh straight year, the Lady Raiders returned to regular season play with a 106-14 home win against Medford.