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Gant Browning was Kingfisher’s lone placer and scored half of the team’s points at last weekend’s Cushing Tiger Invitational wrestling tournament.Browning took sixth at 113 pounds after being edged by Cushing’s Iziah Tusler, 4-2, in the fifthplace match.

Kingfisher won three of the five matches that were wrestled last Thursday to win a 38-16 win over Clinton in a dual at the APB.The night served as homecoming and senior night for the Jackets (See Jan. 9 edition for photos).Prior to the dual, Isaac Long was named homecoming king.

What’s old was new again at the Three Rivers Conference Tournament.The Okarche girls and Cashion boys brought home championship trophies Saturday night from the Stride Bank Center in Enid.Both were No. 1 seeds and experienced a bit of deja vu with the championship victories.

His focus was the back of the rim.Not the crowd. Not the situation.Just the hub of orange painted metal positioned near the backboard.Xavier Ridenour’s ability to block everything else out proved vital as the Kingfisher junior helped bring home yet another Wheat Capital Tournament title.

Okarche responded from its longest layoff of the season with its best shooting performance.The Warriors made 10 3-pointers and shot nearly 70 percent from inside the arc Tuesday as they dominated visiting Cordell 90-49.

Results from KHS wrestling dual vs. Clinton and from the various basketball tournaments.

Erika Mercer and Isaac Long were crowned Kingfisher High School’s 2021-22 wrestling homecoming queen and king during a ceremony held Thursday night at the APB. The night served as both homecoming and senior night for KHS. After the ceremony, the Yellowjackets defeated 4A No.

Following are the final scores from the first day of action Thursday at basketball tournaments involving Kingfisher County teams.Look for recaps of the tournaments, which conclude Saturday, in Wednesday’s edition.

The absence of the McNulty twins was not a problem for at least one night.Dover got a monster night from Katelyn Harviston on Tuesday in a 62-29 victory at home against Medford.The Lady Longhorns were down two starters as both Kamree and Karlee McNulty missed the game due to illness.

Kelby Ott lit up the nets and the Okeene Whippets as Lomega won its third straight game.Ott scored 21 points on seven 3-pointers as the Raiders downed Okeene 69-35.The win moved Lomega to 9-4 as they won for the fifth time in six games.