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The Keenagers of FirstChristian Church started the2014 year with a trip to Duncan.

The trip began with a visitto Wright’s Family Steak Housewhere the group enjoyed a fullcourse meal served at a reason-able cost from salad to dessertby friendly staff in a pleasantenvironment.

The main reason to be inDuncan was to visit theHalliburton ManufacturingCenter – one of the world’s larg-est providers of products andservices to the energy industry.

Started in 1919 the companybegan almost on a ‘dare’ whenErle P. Halliburton challengedthe way wells were cementedwith a new idea that workedbetter than anything ever ac-complished before.

With that, a company wasborn that now spans the world

offering a broad array of prod-ucts and services that offer so-lutions for oil and gas explora-tion, development, and pro-duction.

The group of 11 Kingfisherexplorers discovered that thesame pumping unit developedin the year of Halliburton’sdeath (1957) is still the basicunit supplied today that haswithstood the test of time in ahigh tech industry.

Though the means of pro-ducing the unit have changedfrom hand machined parts tocomputerized measuring, cut-ting, pressurizing, testing,painting and every other step-by-step process from manufac-ture to field, the basic premisehas remained the same.

Along with various pump-ing units, Halliburton movescoiled tubing trailers, cementing

trailers and various blenders intoall parts of the world in everykind of climate imaginable.

With nearly 70,000 employ-ees worldwide Halliburton alsoprides itself on safeguardingthe health and well-being of itsemployees in the 80 countrieswhere it operates, holdingOSHA’s Volunteer ProtectionProgram Star Status since 1989.

The next outing for theKeenagers will be held Feb. 17when the group will travel toOklahoma City to visitOPUBCO, publishing housefor The Daily Oklahoman.

After the morning tour thegroup will enjoy lunch in the city.

This tour will be limited to15 people so immediate reser-vations are requested.

There is no cost for the tour.Lunch and carpool money arethe only expenses for the day.

KEENAGERS PARTICIPATING in the trip to Duncan include: front row, from left,Marilyn Merle, Mary Ann Hyatt, Shirley Sutton, Melva Wood, Donna Jech and Joe Hyatt,(Back row) Gary Helt, Tom Matson, Kayleen Helt, Arnold Jech and John Merle.

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that way, you might avoid passing along the findings of thisgovernment study. Wives would find marriage more satisfy-ing if they could calm down faster during arguments with theirhusbands, according to government-funded research.

√ Fort Hood Shooter Continued to Collect GovernmentPaycheck (Army) ($52,952 in 2013)

While the families of the survivors and victims were fight-ing to receive military benefits, the Fort Hood shooter MajorNadal Hasan was cashing his paycheck. Since the shooting,Hasan has received over $278,000 in military benefits becausethe Military Code of Justice doesn’t allow a soldier to besuspended until they are found guilty.

√ NASA Searches for Signs of Intelligent Life … in Con-gress – (NASA) $3 million

One of NASA’s next research missions won’t be exploringan alien planet or distant galaxy. Instead, the space agency isspending $3 million to go to Washington, D.C. and study oneof the greatest mysteries in the universe—how Congress works.

√ Hurricane Sandy “Emergency” Funds Spent on TV Ads($65 million)

In January 2013, Congress passed a bill to provide $60.4billion for the areas devastated by Hurricane Sandy. However,instead of rushing aid to the people who need it most, state-level officials in New York and New Jersey spent the money ontourism-related TV advertisements.

√ Federally Funded Solar Panels Covered at Manchester-Boston Airport Because the Glare Blinds Pilots and Control-lers (FAA) - $3.5 million

When officials at the Manchester-Boston Regional Airportin New Hampshire installed new solar panels, they did notanticipate one quarter of them would not be used 18 monthslater. In Spring 2012, the panels were placed on top of theairport’s parking garage, and 25 percent have remained there,covered with a tarp, rendering them useless. Problems with thenew panels were noticed almost immediately by air trafficcontrollers who claimed that for 45 minutes each day, glaremade it difficult to oversee the airport’s runways.

√Need Brains! Fighting Zombies with Pluses and Mi-nuses — (NC) $150,000

A grant from NSF went to a company in North Carolina todevelop a math learning game based on the zombie apoca-lypse.

√ NASA’s Little Green Man (NASA) — $390,000Since NASA is no longer conducting space flights, they have

plenty of time and money to fund a YouTube TV show andcartoon series called “Green Ninja” in which a man dressed ina Green Ninja costume teaches children about global warming.

Other lists in the past showed the same unconcern on thepart of Washington about wasting taxpayer money.

We sincerely wish Senator Coburn a speedy recovery fromhis illness as well as a willingness to return to the battle againstbig government waste and tyrannical tendencies.

Oklahoma obviously sends some of the best members inCongress.

We’ll need to select another good one this year,

Gov. Mary Fallin is going to put the replacement of Coburnup to a vote of the people rather this year rather than appoint-ing a replacement , which she could legally do.

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popular opinion or polls. Hevotes his convictions.

Senator Tom Coburn is notjust an Oklahoma treasure buta national treasure. He hasbeen a game changer in theU.S. Senate. The next juniorU.S. Senator from Oklahomahas big shoes to fill. TomCoburn comes as close to be-ing irreplaceable as anyelected official in my lifetime.

Steve Fair is National Com-mitteeman for the OklahomaRepublican Party. He can bereached by phone at580.252.6284 or by email atokgop@aol.com. His blog isstevefair.blogspot.com.

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Dear Dave,My husband has his own

business installing windows.As a result, we now have IRSand state tax debt. We’re man-aging the payments, butwhere should these debts beplaced in the debt snowballplan?

OliviaDear Olivia,

I don’t usually cheat on thesmallest to largest progres-sion of the debt snowball, butI’d recommend moving thesedebts to the top of the list.

Both state and federal taxescome with ridiculous penal-ties and interest rates, and theauthorities at either level havevirtually unlimited power attheir disposal to screw withyour life if something badhappens. The IRS can actu-ally take your money withoutsuing you. So, you don’t wantto become a blip on their ra-dar screen by being late withpayments.

Get it cleaned up as quicklyas possible, Olivia. You don’twant to mess around withthese guys!

—Dave

Check on the accountDear Dave,

My husband died eightyears ago, and I never closedhis bank accounts that wereopened when we lived in an-other state. We lived in Floridabefore moving to Oregon. Ididn’t probate the estate, andhe did not have a will. I’m

trying to work with the banksto get this settled, but they’regiving me the runaround. Doyou have any advice?

MelindaDear Melinda,

The first thing you need todo is contact an attorney whohandles estate planning. If theaccounts were opened inFlorida, but you both lived inOregon at the time of hisdeath, technically the estatewould be probated in Oregon.That may be what has to hap-pen. If so, a judge would ap-point you as executor. As ex-ecutor, you can close the ac-counts and disperse anymoney to the rightful heir—which is you.

Be prepared, though. Itmay take somewhere between$250 and $500 in attorney feesand court costs to make thishappen. If you’re lucky, youmight get a simple motionfrom the court that would costyou next to nothing. But finda good estate planning attor-ney who knows Oregon lawinside and out. Estate lawsand probate laws differ fromstate to state, and Florida andOregon both have some weirdlaws in these areas.

This probably seems like alot of trouble, but you have toremember the banks are sim-ply trying to protect them-selves and follow the law.Anyone could walk in with adeath certificate (they’re pub-lic record), and claim to be anheir. So, they have to have acourt document in order toavoid any potential liability.

I’m sorry for your loss,Melinda. I know it still hurtsafter all this time, but you needto address this as soon as pos-sible. I’m sure it’s what yourhusband would have wanted.

—Dave

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The Yellowjackets’ swarm-ing defense allowed just 121points (8.1 per game) all sea-son while contributing to sixshutouts and holding 10 op-ponents to single-digit scores.

At one point in the season,Kingfisher shut out three con-secutive adversaries: Hennes-sey 31-0, Heritage Hall 35-0 andStar-Spencer 44-0.

Senior linebackers DylanBlundell (94 tackles includ-ing seven for loss) and TristanRansom (93 tackles includingseven for loss) were the statis-tical defensive leaders.

Junior cornerback WendellPrim intercepted seven passesand returned one for a touch-down.

Junior end Jace Sternbergerregistered 23 tackles for loss(39 stops overall) and sharedthe team lead with six and ahalf quarterback sacks.

Junior lineman KadenJackson also had six and ahalf sacks, along with 53 stopsand 14 tackles for loss.

Kingfisher’s offense fea-tured a potent running gamewith tailbacks Landon Naultand Nick Smith combining toaccount for more than 80 per-cent of the Yellowjacketground attack.

Nault, a senior, carried theball 276 times for 2,304 yardsand a whopping 48 touch-downs, while Smith, a sopho-more, gained 1,019 yards onjust 101 attempts and 24 TDs.

Oklahoma Army NationalGuard Sgt. Larry Isbell pre-sented Myers and the teamwith the Army NationalGuard national ranking tro-phy Tuesday, along with ateam banner.

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Mercy Health Clinic inKingfisher reported it hadbeen kept busy with flu cases.

State health officials saidthe single best way to avoidthe disease and its conse-quences is to get the flu vac-cine.

Local health providers, in-cluding doctors’ offices,health department and phar-macies, still have the vaccineon hand.

They suggest being espe-cially careful not to exposeothers to the virus, especiallybabies too young to receivethe vaccine.

Persons who have the flucan spread it to others evenbefore they feel the symptoms– fever, runny noses, sorethroats, body aches and fe-ver.

Most people with the fluhave mild cases and don’t re-quire medical attention.

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A weather pattern changethat began earlier this monthand is expected to persist forseveral more weeks is leadingto increased fire danger acrossOklahoma, said J.D. Carlson,fire meteorologist in the de-partment of biosystems andagricultural engineering atOklahoma State University,and program manager of OK-FIRE (http://okfire.mesonet.org).

“Many locations in the statehave higher fuel loads due tothe wetter conditions duringthe spring and summer of lastyear,” he said “This year’swildfire season stands in con-trast to the winter wildfire sea-sons of 2012 and 2013, wherethe intense heat and droughtof 2011 and 2012 severely lim-ited vegetative growth.”

According to Carlson,Oklahoma has entered an ex-tended period where the jetstream is coming in from thenorthwest, leading to periodiccold fronts coming throughthe state. With such a pattern,moisture from the Gulf ofMexico is cut off and the windyconditions ahead and behindsuch fronts, coupled with thelow relative humidity in thesedry air masses, cause fire dan-ger to peak.

Aside from the amount anddryness of native fuels,Carlson said low relative hu-midity is the number one fac-tor in fire danger, followed bywind speed. Thus, the periodwe are now in is a dangerousone, especially given thehigher fuel loads of this yearover much of the state.

“Most Oklahoma fuels thistime of year consist of deadgrasses and respond quicklyto hour-to-hour weatherchanges,” said Carlson. “It’snot the amount of rain thatwe’ve had that matters, it’sthe hour-to-hour relative hu-midity and wind speeds.”

There are two types of fu-els available to wildfires –dead and live. Examples ofdead fuels are dead leaves,dead grasses and dead woodon the ground surface. Livefuels include any vegetationthat has any degree of green-ness, which is essentially lim-ited this time of year to ever-greens, such as easternredcedar.

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The dead grasses and otherdead fuels that now covermuch of Oklahoma, fall in the1-hour and 10-hour classes,and are the state’s primary fuelbefore spring greenup.

“The moisture content of1-hour fuels, like dead grasses,is very responsive to any littlemoisture peak or dry period.So when it rains or the relativehumidity rises, their moisturegoes sky high, but also canquickly dry out,” Carlson said.

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“That’s because they are sothin and can respond to thechanging weather condi-tions.”

The OK-FIRE system, a pro-gram of the OklahomaMesonet, is able to portraycurrent fire danger across thestate as well as forecast condi-tions up to three days in thefuture. Maps are available asare site-specific charts andtables. Fire managers are en-couraged to consult this im-portant tool during these daysof high fire danger.

Oklahoma’s average gasprice this week was the nation’sthird lowest, according to aweekly survey by AAA.

Only Missouri at $2.993 andMontana at $3.015 had lowerper-gallon averages than Okla-homa at $3.06 for self-serve regu-lar.

Oklahoma’s average contin-ues to hover within the $3.05 to$3.07 range, as it has through-out the first three weeks of 2014.

Retail gasoline prices are ex-pected to trend lower nation-wide as 2014 unfolds for fourreasons: domestic oil produc-tion is strong and is expected togrow; with the lifting of sanc-tions, Iranian oil exports are ex-pected to increase; U.S. motor-ists continue to invest in morefuel-efficient vehicles, reducingdemand, and factory outputappears to be slowing in China,which will also cut demand.

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tional Guard have come tothe aid of their neighbors dur-ing times of need,” Maj. MarkBurns said. “As citizen sol-diers who serve part-time, welive and serve in more than3,500 communities through-out the country.

“It is our privilege to honorand recognize nationally-ranked football teams with theArmy National Guard na-tional ranking trophy, whichincludes the Minutemanstatue, a symbol of the Na-tional Guard.”

Max Preps uses a computerprogram to determine teamrank for the Tour of Champi-ons.

Generally, the more a teamwins, the higher the ranking,but the system takes into ac-count quality wins (againstother highly ranked oppo-nents), margin of victory andstrength of schedule.

Additionally, playoffgames are weighted 2.1 timesmore than regular seasongames.

“With the season endingso late, the team never got thechance to share this with therest of the school so we werehappy experience this withthe entire student body,”Myers said. “It means a lot forour guys to not only have theirfriends here with them, butall of the future Yellowjacketswho will keep the traditiongoing.”

“The guys have deservedlybeen recognized for a lot ofhonors on top of being statechampions since the seasonended. For the whole team tobe recognized on the nationallevel is a tremendous bonusfor all the hard work they’veput in,” he added.

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HENNESSEYLOMEGAKINGFISHER DOVER CRESCENT OKARCHECASHION

Kingfisher put five wres-tlers into the finals, but wasunable to come away with anychampionships as the Jacketstook second last weekend atthe Western Conference HighSchool Wrestling Tourna-ment.

Chandler had four cham-pions crowned and scored201.5 points to claim the teamtitle at Kingfisher HighSchool’s APB.

KHS, with nine placersoverall, finished with 168points, 4.5 more than third-place Tonkawa.

Triston Cortez (106pounds), Maddy Roney (113),Brady Smith (138), ChristianRoney (145) and DylanBlundell (195) all reached theirrespective championshipmatches.

Chandler got a boost onpoints when Tanner Wall beatSmith in the 138-pound final,8-3, and Cody Ryan bestedChristian Roney by the samescore at 145.

Cortez, who won hisquarterfinal and semifinalmatches by fall in a combined2:01, was pinned by HeritageHall’s Kaden Gfeller at 3:32 oftheir final.

Maddy Roney dropped a

KINGFISHER’S BEN GRAY, left, looks to the official during his match last weekend at the Western Conference WrestlingTournament. Gray finished third at 106 pounds as he was 4-1 in his bracket matches. [Photo by Sean Borelli, KHSPhotography]

10-6 decision to HeritageHall’s Grant Sorensen in thefinale.

The Chargers had threechampions overall, but fin-ished seventh as a team with107 points.

Weatherford’s JacobHoffman beat Blundell 7-2 intheir 195-pound champion-ship.

Kingfisher’s point totaltook a hit when Nick Smith re-injured his shoulder in his 170-pound semifinal.

Smith had won his first twobracket matches by fall in acombined 2:07, but had to de-fault his final three matchesand finished sixth.

Tyler Faine was 2-2 in his120-pound bracket and placedfourth for the Jackets.

Colton Mueggenborg wasalso sixth at 285 pounds.

Ben Gray was third at 106pounds, but was a non-scorerfor KHS. He beat Piedmont’sHunter Clemmons 10-6 intheir third-place match.

Austin Neal won hisweight class as the Kingfisherjunior high wrestling teamtook fourth overall at the West-

KHS runner-up at conferenceJackets have five wrestlers take 2nd at tournament

[See Wrestling, Page 9]

Both reigning championsare returning, but only onewill be a No. 1 seed when the12th annual Buckle of theWheatbelt Invitational tips offThursday morning in King-fisher.

The two-time defendingchampion Okarche Lady War-riors return to the tournamenta third straight year and theNo. 1-ranked team in Class Bis favored to go out with athree-peat.

Okarche drew the top seedopposite Piedmont, the teamit’s beat in the finals the lasttwo years.

Piedmont enters rankedNo. 7 in Class 5A.

Okarche will take onClinton in the first round andwill be matched up with theChisholm-Bethany winner inthe semfinals.

Bethany is currently ranked20th in Class 4A.

Kingfisher’s girls drew thesixth seed and are matchedup with Heritage Hall in thefirst round. Heritage Hall isranked 13th in Class 3A.

The winner of that gamewill get the Piedmont-McLoud winner in the semifi-nals.

On the boys’ side, two-timedefending champ Bethany isthe fourth seed this year.

Bethany upset Piedmont in

GirlsThursday

Game 1: Chisholm vs.Bethany, 10:30 a.m.Game 2: Okarche vs. Clinton,1:20 p.m.Game 3: McLoud vs. Pied-mont, 4:10 p.m.Game 4: Heritage Hall vs.Kingfisher, 7 p.m.

FridayGame 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser,10:30 a.m.Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser,1:20 p.m.Game 1 winner vs. Game 2winner, 4:10 p.m.Game 3 winner vs. Game 4winner, 7 p.m.

Saturday7th place – 10 a.m.5th place – 1 p.m.3rd place – 4 p.m.1st place – 7 p.m.

last year’s title game, but ifthey meet up this year, it’slikely to be in the champion-ship.

Piedmont, the fourth-ranked team in Class 5A, isthe overwhelming No. 1 seedon the boys’ side. The Wild-cats take on Clinton in the firstround.

Bethany will battleChisholm in their quarterfinal.

The bottom half of thebracket features the two localteams.

Kingfisher drew the No. 3seed and is matched up withMcLoud in the quarterfinals.

Okarche fell to the No. 7seed and gets second-seeded

Heritage Hall in the firstround.

The Chargers are rankedNo. 11 in Class 3A whileOkarche is 16th in Class B.

Kingfisher enters the weekranked No. 17 in Class 4A.

The three-day tournamentbegins at 10:30 a.m. Thursdaywith the Chisholm andBethany girls.

Each day will consist ofeight games.

Saturday’s action will be-gin at 10 a.m. with the girls’seventh-place game.

The girls’ championshipgame is slated for 7 p.m. andthe boys’ title tilt at 8:30.

Buckle of the Wheatbelt InvitationalKingfisher High School12th Buckle of the Wheatbelt

tips off Thursday at the APB

GIRLSClinton 46Kingfisher 43Kingfisher 6 17 13 7 - 43Clinton 15 15 5 11 - 46

Kingfisher – HaileyMatthews 18, Shalyn Layn 13,Brooke Boeckman 6, BayleeHyatt 3, Albany Hightower 2,Madison York 1.

Luther 62Cashion 59Cashion 11 12 18 18 - 59Luther 11 11 12 28 - 62

Cashion – Alix Robinson 31,Jayci Robison 9, BrennaJenkins 6, GretchenChristensen 5, Taylor Mires 4,Erin Smith 2, Kynsi Cochran 2.

Luther – L. Grisham 22,Orange 15, Greenhoward 12,Salazar 11, M. Grisham 2.

PC-Hunter 79Dover 30Dover 11 3 5 11 - 30PC-H 31 30 8 10 - 79

Dover – Kassidy Batt 15,Raegan Garrison 6, LeahRobertson 4, Alex Beck 3,Yasmin Hernandez 2.

PC-H – Halcomb 20, Jones19, Peck 11, Davs 9, Taylor 7,White 4, Fetters 3, Howard 3,Stinson 3.

Hennessey 42Okeene 34Hennessey 10 8 11 13 - 42Okeene 12 6 6 10 - 34

Hennessey – Kylee Blehm12, Addi Meeker 12, SkylarHolder 7, Annie Duell 6,Kinsey Neiderer 3, KinseyReeves 2.

Okeene – Long 11, Hafner9, Westfahl 6, Sublett 5, Lorenz3, M. Westfahl 2.

Okarche 65OBA 21Okarche 13 17 17 18 - 65OBA 5 4 8 4 - 21

Okarche – KenadeyGrellner 21, Morgan Vogt 16,Madi Grellner 9, RandiHufnagel 4, Laci Friesen 4,Kristin Rother 4, Hope Sellers3, Macy Burge 3, Rae Grellner1.

OBA – Atwood 9, Kelly 6,Sims 2, Moore 2, Cofin 2.

Watonga 68Crescent 36Watonga 16 22 14 16 - 68Crescent 5 2 11 18 - 36

Watonga – Schenk 20, Rob-erts 10, Jones 10, Woulaid 8,Gauer 6, Richey 4, Baker 4.

Crescent – Taiylor Johnson13, Haylee Sanderson 10,Denise Cronister 4, FaithChristensen 4, Audra Stepp 2,Taylor Lovell 2, KatelynHeskett 1.

BOYS

Kingfisher 56Clinton 39Kingfisher 17 12 19 8 - 56Clinton 6 7 16 10 - 39

Kingfisher – JaceSternberger 19, Gatlin Squires14, Keaton Ely 8, Bradyn Shep-herd 8, Trey Woods 4, TristonMcClellan 3.

OBA 46Okarche 29Okarche 6 6 6 11 - 29OBA 9 14 11 12 - 46

Okarche – Chris Rund 14,Hunter Frisby 9, Kyle Rother6.

OBA – Atwood 13, Eaton10, White 10, Volpe 3, Suenram3, Roggow 3, Whitson 2,Walker 2.

Okeene 38Hennessey 26Hennessey 4 9 6 7 - 26Okeene 7 12 11 8 - 38

Hennessey – Caleb McBride12, Seth Childs 8, Brady Fipps2, Saul Deras 2, Tyrel Cline 1,Gage Kroll 1.

Okeene – Miles 21, Wood 7,S. Dobrinski 2, M. Dobrinski 2,Boeckman 2, Smith 2, Howe 2.

Dover 54PC-Hunter 43Dover 15 18 11 10 - 54PC-H 12 10 7 14 - 43

Dover – D’vante Randle 24,Hunter Womack 10, JuniorObeso 8, Jesus Gamez 7, BryanPacheco 4.

PC-H – Rayner 13, Galliton12, Peck 7, Overton 4, Tracy 3,Krittenbrink 2, Irvin 2.

Crescent 55Watonga 50Crescent 17 19 11 8 - 55Watonga 9 11 17 13 - 50

Crescent – Trace Bennett 22,Tristan Lacey 10, Logan LaRue8, Damion Bledsoe 5, DavionChristopher 4, Chase Heskett4, Eric Jones 2.

Watonga – Lafferty 18,Johnson 11, Gorberna 8,Pendleton 7, Odell 4, White 2.

Luther 62Cashion 54Cashion 14 14 8 18 - 54Luther 16 15 9 22 - 62

Cashion – Hunter Suntken14, Vaughn Raney 12, PeytonMaroney 10, Joe Neece 10,Braden Schenk 4, QuintonThorp 2, Kegan Reneau 2.

Luther – Spess 16, Brown-ing 16, Brackin 13, Wright 9,Pridemore 4, Hutton 3, Gibson

BoysThursday

Game 1: Chisholm vs.Bethany, 11:55 a.m.Game 2: Piedmont vs. Clinton,2:45 p.m.Game 3: Kingfisher vs.McLoud, 5:35 p.m.Game 4: Okarche vs. HeritageHall, 8:25 p.m.

FridayGame 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser,11:55 a.m.Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser,2:45 p.m.Game 1 winner vs. Game 2winner, 5:35 p.m.Game 3 winner vs. Game 4winner, 8:25 p.m.

Saturday7th place – 11:30 a.m.5th place – 2:30 p.m.3rd place – 5:30 p.m.1st place – 8:30 p.m.

D’Vante Randle scored 24points last Friday night to liftDover to its biggest win of theseason.

The Longhorns knocked offClass A’s 10th-ranked PondCreek-Hunter 54-43 on theroad to earn their fifth straightwin.

Dover led 33-22 at halftimethen extended its margin to 15points entering the fourthquarter.

Hunter Womack added 10points for Dover as it im-proved its record to 10-5...

The Kingfisher boys re-bounded from their first lossof the season when they wenton the road Saturday to handClinton a 56-39 defeat.

Jace Sternberger scored 19points and grabbed 13 re-bounds to pace the Jackets asthey improved to 7-1.

Eight of Sternberger’s re-bounds were on the offensiveend as KHS grabbed 14 ofthose and had 30 boards over-all, compared to just 19 forClinton.

Gatlin Squires added 14points and eight rebounds forKHS while Keaton Ely andBradyn Shepherd scored eightpoints each...

Crescent got back in the wincolumn with a 55-50 win atWatonga, avenging a one-point double-overtime loss tothe Eagles earlier this monthin the conference tournament.

Trace Bennett scored 22 and

Tristan Lacey 10 for the Tigersas they moved to 6-7.

Crescent led by 16 points athalftime then held on in thefourth quarter...

Four Cashion playersscored in double figures, butit wasn’t enough to overcomeLuther in a 62-54 road loss toLuther on Friday.

Hunter Suntken scored 14,Vaughn Raney 12 and PeytonMaroney and Joe Neece scored10 points apiece.

However, Lutheroutscored Cashion in everyquarter to grab the win...

In other boys’ action, ChrisRund scored 14 points inOkarche’s 46-29 road loss atOBA in Enid while CalebMcBride led Hennessey with12 points in a 38-26 loss atOkeene.

GirlsA slow start was too much

for the Lady Jackets to over-come in a 46-43 loss at Clinton.

KHS fell behind 15-6 in thefirst quarter, but eventuallytook a one-point lead into thefourth.

That’s when Clintonoutscored the Lady Jackets 11-7 down the stretch.

Kingfisher, which fell to 3-4 on the season, was led byHailey Matthews’ 18 points.

Shalyn Layn added 13...Hennessey snapped a

three-game losing skid with a42-34 win at Okeene.

The Lady Eagles outscoredOkeene 11-6 in the third tobreak open a tie game.

Kylee Blehm and AddiMeeker paced HHS with 12points apiece...

Kenadey Grellner pouredin 21 points and Morgan Vogt16 as the Okarche girlsthumped OBA 65-21 on theroad.

Up 13-5 after a quarter,Okarche used a 17-4 second-quarter run to break the gameopen.

Okarche improved to 14-1...

Alix Robinson blitzedLuther for 31 points, but itwasn’t enough to carryCashion to a win.

Luther outscored Cashion28-18 in the fourth quarter topull out a 62-59 victory...

Also locally, Pond Creek-Hunter scored 31 first-quar-ter points en route to a 79-30win over Dover. Kassidy Battled Dover with 15 points.

Also, Watonga got a 68-36win over Crescent. The LadyTigers were led by TaiylorJohnson’s 13 points.

Weekend basketball roundupDover boys get another big win

Tournament schedules on Page 9