Kingfisher Oklahoma

Kingfi sher shrugged off a slow start at home against Noble to earn its fourth straight win. The Lady Jackets used a 17-2 run in the second quarter to propel them to a 74-39 win. Both teams struggled to score early and KHS was up just 9-8 after a quarter.

To say Rob Friesen’s had a full plate during his tenure as superintendent of Okarche Public Schools might be an understatement. Now he’s passing that plate to someone else. Friesen informed school staff members Monday that he’d accepted the same position at the Thomas-Fay-Custer school district.

The Kingfisher Board of Education will continue its annual evaluation of Superintendent Jason Sternberger at its next meeting. The board met in executive session for two hours and 15 minutes Monday during its January regular meeting.

An award-winning short fi lm shot entirely on location in Kingfisher and directed by a Kingfisher native will be screened Sunday in the 20 Years of Okie Shorts Showcase at the Rodeo Cinema in Oklahoma City. “Wrung,” the first short fi lm written and directed by Kingfisher High School alum J.

Kingfisher County commissioners approved suspending money or making purchase orders for the Cashion Fire Department at the request of the Town of Cashion at its weekly meeting Monday. District 1 Commissioner Jeff Moss, who moved for approval, said a reorganization was under way.

Area teams take part in a number of basketball tournaments this week as they’ll be spread from Kingfisher to Hammon to Seiling to Okeene to Enid. Following is a complete rundown of the brackets: Three Rivers Conference at Kingfi sher Girls Thursday Game 1: Okarche vs. Harding Fine Arts, 10 am.

Cedar Stewart made her debut and Cashion won its third straight game Saturday afternoon in a matinee performance at Stroud. Stewart, a 5-foot-6 senior guard who moved to Cash-ion just before the Christmas break, scored seven points as Cashion defeated the Lady Tigers 55-51.

A Lomega home game against a winless Med-ford squad generally isn’t enough to move the needle. However, the Lady Raiders’ return from the Christmas holiday last Friday had some signifi cance: It also marked the return of junior forward Emma Duffy.

For much of three quarters, it appeared as if the Kingfisher girls basketball team would cruise to its third straight win. While the fourth quarter proved to have a few speed bumps, the Lady Jackets did, in fact, hold on for a 44-42 win over Cache in their return to action last Friday at the APB.