Sports

As the team was filing out of the gym Saturday, Kingfisher girls coach Taylor Young pondered how many turnovers her team had in its 48-46 defeat to Deer Creek in the championship game of the Alva Shootout.“I bet it was at least 20,” she said.And she was right.

A late flurry of 3’s wasn’t enough to help Hennessey catch up.The Eagles were dealt a 64-48 loss by Canute in Saturday’s championship game of the Washita State Bank Classic Invitational at Burns Flat-Dill City.The defeat snapped a three-game win streak by the Eagles.

Emily Hamil took runner- up in the junior high bracket at 89 pounds last Saturday in the Wrestle Like a Girl Cache Invitational.Hamil notched 21 points for Kingfisher as she went 3-1 in the crowded weight class.

It wasn’t exactly the experience coach Colby Connel was hoping for.But, as the Kingfisher High School boys basketball coach put it: “The solution would have been to just win on Friday.

Especially considering how short-handed his team was, Steven Wilson liked what he saw over the weekend.The Kingfisher High School boys wrestling team brought home the consolation championship from the Newkirk Dual Tournament.

Short-handed Dover got the hot hand from Rylee Buck on Tuesday.Buck scored 22 points as the Lady Longhorns downed Covington-Douglas 46-28 in Dover.The home team was without starter Kynlee Boeckman, who was out due to sickness.

Playing the two-time defending state champion on the road, the Kingfisher High School girls basketball team had two starters sit a majority of the first half with two fouls.

Five Kingfisher County schools were taking part in tournaments beginning Thursday of last week.Here’s how those teams fared in their opening rounds: Alva Shootout Top-seeded Kingfisher had little trouble advancing to the semifinals of the boys bracket of the Alva Shootout.

On the surface, a ninepoint loss on the road to the sixth-ranked team in Class 4A can be viewed as an admirable performance for the Kingfisher High School boys basketball team, especially considering how the Jackets fared in such contests a year ago.