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Dover worked inside and out Tuesday in its return to action.The Longhorns made 8 3-pointers and more than their share of shots in the paint in a 71-27 victory over visiting Medford.

Following is a roundup of Kingfisher County teams’ results in quarterfi nal action of various tournaments on Thursday.

Lance Yost willed his team to victory Tuesday in its return from the holiday break.Lomega outscored Okeene by 9 in the fourth quarter to earn a 48-43 come-from-behind win at home.Down 6 at the half and 4 after three quarters, the Raiders closed out with a 17-8 run to win their fourth straight.

Cashion put up its best offensive performance of the season in preparation for the conference tournament.The Wildcats ran visiting Oklahoma Bible Academy out of the gym Tuesday in a 96-35 victory.The win was Cashion’s third straight as it improved to 6-3 overall.

The Kingfisher girls basketball team has light work this week and on Tuesday made light work of its only foe.The Lady Jackets downed visiting Casady 48-28 on Tuesday at the APB.

For much of the third quarter, prospects of a Kingfi sher win against Casady appeared bleak.The visiting Cyclones twice during the frame built up a 10-point lead, the second on a putback by Collin Stanton with 3:36 to go in the quarter.

This is the start of a hectic month for basketball teams across the state and Kingfisher County is no exception.The end of this week will see every county team playing in a tournament in the first of two big tournament weeks this month.

Cashion got a head start on the rest of Kingfisher County in returning to the basketball court.The Lady Wildcats and Wildcats swept Luther in a home double-header on Saturday.

The numbers said Okarche was going to struggle in the win-loss column.The numbers were right, but coach Aaron West said there was still a lot to be gained at the Tournament of Champions last week.

Kingfisher had the shooting.Washington had the depth.Depth won out.