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THEIR TURN – Nobody has won more Wheat Capital Tournament championships than the Kingfi sher High School boys. The Jackets have laid claim to 14 titles since the tournament began in 1970. The KHS girls had just one championship...and that was in 2009.

From the outside looking in, Kingfisher’s offense looked better.From inside the coaches’ offices, they liked what they saw on the defensive end.No matter which was better, Kingfisher put an end to a two-game losing skid last Tuesday with a 53-40 victory at Chickasha.

Eleven different players scored as Okarche traveled north to Tonkawa Tuesday and came back home with a 62-29 victory.The Lady Warriors dominated the second and fourth quarters, outscoring the Lady Bucs 40-11 in those two quarters while improving to 7-5.

After starting the season 1-3, Lomega is officially on a roll.The Raiders won their third straight and for the seventh time in eight games Tuesday as they dominated Okeene 71-47 on the road.Three Lomega players scored in double figures, led by Chase Burton’s 22 points.

Make that 12 straight wins for the Dover boys basketball team.The Longhorns put on another defensive clinic Tuesday in a 47-15 road win at Medford.The point total was the lowest of the season for the Cardinals.

Coach Steven Wilson was expecting a win.He wasn’t expecting it to be in dramatic fashion.But that’s what he - and everyone else in attendance Tuesday at the Kingfi sher Heritage gym - got when KHS defeated Elk City 37-36 in a high school wrestling dual.

For a quarter, it appeared Chickasha was going to be able to keep up with Kingfisher.For the remaining three quarters?That wasn’t the case. KHS and the host Lady Fightin’ Chicks were tied after the first eight minutes, but the visitors dominated the rest of the night in a 63-32 victory.

Despite a heroic effort from Camdyn Richardson, Hennessey’s comeback bid fell short Tuesday against Crescent.Richardson scored 37 points and the Eagles cut a 19-point halftime deficit to single digits, but Crescent eventually prevailed 70-61 at the Eagle Event Center.

A Dover High School student was still in stable condition as of Friday morning after collapsing during a basketball game late Thursday morning.

The second of three big basketball tournament weeks in Oklahoma is on tap this week.All six Kingfisher County schools will be participating across three different tournaments.Kingfisher High School makes its annual trek north of Enid to play in the Wheat Capital Tournament in Chisholm.