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I tell people all the time that I have the best newspaper job in the state. The past month or so of basketball playoffs has only cemented that belief.

It was one shot that forever swayed the momentum in the state title game. It was a preseason mindset carried out in the second half that brought home another championship. Maverick Ridenour provided both.

The fourth quarter belonged to Bijan Cortes and the Kingfisher Yellowjackets. And they needed it. Kingfisher took over down the stretch to hold off a stingy and upset-minded Blanchard squad 46-34 in the Class 4A quarterfinals at State Fair Arena.

Two wins. Two shutouts. That’s how Kingfisher’s 2021 baseball season got started on Tuesday. KHS blanked Seminole 7-0 in its season opener, then followed it up with a 10-0 run-rule win in District 4A-1 contests at Homier Field.

Cashion just needed that one shot to drop. It never did. Howe scored the game’s final 10 points Thursday at State Fair Arena to pull out a 47-37 victory in the boys Class 2A quarterfinals. The seventh-ranked Lions staked a 14-point second-quarter lead and were up 10 points at the half.

Before 2017, the state championship game was foreign territory for the Kingfisher boys basketball team. Now it’s like a second home. The Jackets will be making their fourth straight appearance in the game Saturday after a dominant showing in “Breakfast at the Big House.

By Michael SwisherKT&FP Managing EditorBefore 2017, the state championship game was foreign territory for the Kingfisher boys basketball team.Now it’s like a second home.

Cashion never got that one shot to drop.And now the Wildcats’ season is over.Howe scored the game’s final 10 points Thursday at State Fair Arena to pull out a 47-37 victory in the boys Class 2A quarterfinals.

The fourth quarter belonged to Bijan Cortes and the Kingfisher Yellowjackets.And they needed it.Kingfisher took over down the stretch to hold off a stingy and upset-minded Blanchard squad 46-34 in the Class 4A quarterfinals at State Fair Arena.

If Hennessey could have carried forward its momentum from the first quarter of its area championship game, the Eagles would be in the state tournament.