Sports

Lomega’s Hunter Russell (left) and Dover’s Nathan Cohee (right) made a return trip to Edmond Santa Fe High School last Wednesday for the Class A boys state cross country meet. The race was originally scheduled the previous Saturday, the last of all the state races to be competed.

Colten Dillingham and Ben Marsh put on a show inside Lomega’s gym Tuesday night.It was Dillingham and his Drummond teammates who got to take home the win.Drummond answered every Lomega rally to earn a 68-63 victory, dropping Lomega to 1-1 on the season.

Drummond’s upset bid looked solid midway through the first quarter.It was over by the end of the quarter.Lomega shrugged off a slow start Tuesday to hand the visiting Lady Bulldogs an 80-30 defeat to improve to 2-0.

In what turned out to be the final race of the day, the Lomega girls took 11th place in the Class A girls state cross country meet at Edmond Santa Fe.Class A boys was scheduled to be the final race, but lightning in the area halted the start of the race.

Cheyenne Baxter was hoping for a top-five finish.And she got it. The Hennessey cross country coach watched Saturday as her Lady Eagles ran to fifth place in the Class 2A state cross country meet at Edmond Santa Fe.

Class A GirlsSouthwestCovenant 29 Velma-Alma 90 Thomas 96 Balko-Forgan 101 Laverne 101 Rush Springs 111 Texhoma 121 Burlington 125 Boise City 140 ACCS 153 Lomega 161 Wright City 167 Amber-Pocasset 169 Prue 174 Turpin 233Lomega - Claire Myers 30th (22nd), 14:02.61; Kate Myers 46th (28th), 14:26.

Scout Snodgrass made two trips to the medal stand at the Class 4A state cross country meet.The Kingfisher High School junior placed ninth Saturday and was among the 15 medalists recognized during a ceremony after the race at Edmond Santa Fe High School.

Stroud was in control of its game at Hennessey at halftime.The Tigers took a stranglehold in the second half.Third-ranked Stroud stayed unbeaten last Friday as it handed the Eagles a 42-0 loss on their home field.

A dominant second half has secured Cashion’s playoff spot.The Wildcats outscored Hinton 28-3 over the final two quarters to garner a 34-13 “Senior Night” home victory.Cashion is now 7-2 overall and 5-1 in District A-I-1 and visits Fairview in the final week of the regular season.

Lance Yost and Chase Burton took care of a majority of the offense.All of the Raiders contributed to the defense.The result stifled visiting Dover’s production on the offensive end as Lomega picked up a 39-33 victory Friday night in the basketball season opener for both teams.