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Wrestling’s postseason begins this weekend as grapplers vie for their spots in the state tournament. Regionals will be taking place statewide Friday and Saturday, although the format has been changed from its normal routine. This year, the seven lightest weight classes will be wrestled on Friday.

Kingfisher didn’t win. But the Lady Jackets also didn’t wilt. KHS lostits third straight game last Friday when 4A No. 2 Anadarko visited the APB and left with a 50-40 win. It was only the fourth time Anadarko (16-2) had given up at least 40 points this season.

Three Kingfisher County seniors signed football National Letters of Intent during last week’s National Signing Day ceremonies.

WILDCAT ROYALTY - Cashion High School crowned its 2020-21 basketball homecoming king and queen prior to a recent game. Named homecoming king was senior Jake Wilkerson (back left) while Bella Schenk (back right) was announced as queen.

Scoring struggles in the fourth quarter kept the Kingfisher girls basketball team from pulling off a top-10 upset. Harding Charter Prep outscored KHS 17-7 over the final eight minutes to pull out a 45-40 victory in Oklahoma City.

Cashion strengthened its grip on the Three Rivers Conference title Thursday night... and did it against another top-10 foe. Class 2A’s fourth-ranked Wildcats played suffocating defense all night and built a big enough cushion to hold off No. 6 Hennessey 43-34 at home.

Joriaun passed a career milestone and led the Dover boys basketball team to its fourth straight win in the process. Caldwell scored 29 points Tuesday as the Longhorns defeated Pond Creek-Hunter 71-52 at home. The scoring total helped Caldwell pass 1,000 points in his Dover career.

The OSSAA recently announced changes to the wrestling postseason. In years past, the dual state championships were held the second weekend of February followed by the regional tournaments and then the season culminated with the state tournaments the final weekend in February in Oklahoma City.

Kingfisher’s Jeff Myers can add another postseason honor to his resume. Myers was voted the Northwest Oklahoma coach of the year for the 2020 football season. The award is voted on by area coaches and announced by the Enid News & Eagle each year.

Progress is something Cashion wrestling coach Steven Wilson is looking for from his new program. He and his wrestlers experienced some of it last weekend. Three Wildcats took fourth place in their respective weight classes during the 2021 Hub City Classic Wrestling Tournament in Clinton.