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Wright City scored the first two runs.Okarche scored the next two…and 13 more after that.After a sluggish start, the Warriors flexed their muscle as they dominated the Lumberjax 15-2 Thursday in a Class A state baseball quarterfinal showdown in Shawnee.

Kingfisher was runner- up Thursday morning in the girls team standings of the Heritage Hall Cross Country Meet.The Lady Jackets scored 55 points, second only to host Heritage Hall’ 29.Casady was third with 77, Oklahoma Christian School fourth with 100 and Bridge Creek fifth with 133.

Dover had four players recognized when the Skeltur Conference announced its all-conference team last week.Named to the team were Reiley Voth, Presley Squires and Brooklyn Martin.Maeli Turner earned honorable mention.Dover finished the year 7-17 despite a number of significant injuries.

Make that three wins in a row for the Hennessey High School football team.And chalk this one up as the most impressive.A huge second quarter spurred the Eagles to a 4221 home win Friday night against Alva.

If you’d have told Reagan Roof before last Friday night’s game at Purcell that his team would be driving in the final minute to attempt to secure the maximum of 15 district points, he probably would have taken it.

Okarche made a strong push in its Class A softball regional.It just finally ran out of steam in the final stages.The Lady Warriors knocked off No. 13 Drummond 3-2 Friday in an elimination game to earn a shot at Arapaho-Butler in the regional title.

Cashion - Arlan Cates174th, 23:30.7; Dover - Nick Spradlin86th, 20:32.7; Jensen Ludwig 130th, 21:47.1; Marco Sotelo 150th, 22:32.9 Kingfisher-KurttisMark128th, 21:42.3; Chance Dunn 137th, 22:09.7; Vann Burgess 181st, 24:18.

Kingfisher’s hopes of pulling off a two-game sweep in a 4A softball regional on Friday were quickly dashed.Host Plainview plated six runs in the top of the first inning and thwarted Kingfisher’s comeback attempts to claim an 8-1 victory in the regional championship.

It’s been nearly a month since the Kingfisher High School girls cross country team has competed at full strength.That was Sept. 13 at the Class 4A Pre-State Meet at North Rock Creek when the Lady Jackets put together a solid performance and placed third.

As a Moss player crossed home plate in the bottom of the seventh inning Thursday to put Dover on the brink of elimination, Pete Voth knew there was no need to panic.“I felt fine,” Voth said. “I knew we still had three-tofour pitchers left to get two wins.