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Lafta Boys, Vanoss Girls Ousted In Area PlayThe Milbum Eagle girls shot 65 per centLora Sawyer and White led the McLish scor-from the field, committed only four fouls and ing attack with 26 points apiece. Tammywere guilty of only six turnovers as they rolled Teakell tallied 26 for Morrison and Lecia Gar-to an impressive 6646 victory over Asher Fri- vie added 21.day night for the championship of the Class BMorrison was guilty of 29 fouls compared toArea Tournament at Kerr Center.16 for McLish. The fouling hurt Morrison asThe Eagles hit seven of nine shots in the first McLish got 28 points from the line while Mor-quarter to jump to a 15-12 lead and then rison got only 10.stretched the lead to 30-26 at halftime despiteMcLish advanced to the finals of the losers10 second-quarter points by Asher’s Ladanah bracket where they met Asher last night withSanders.the winner gaining a berth in the state tour-Milburn began to pull away in the third nament.quarter on the strength of their balanced scoring attack. Each of their three forwards, De-The Konawa boys blasted into the Class Abbie Smith, Lisa Dunn and Shari Niblett, state tournament with an impressive 89-51scored six points in the third period as they slaying of Battiest, while the Tiger girls fellincreased their lead to 46-36.6844The fourth quarter was more of the same asColbertthe Eagles continued their torrid shooting. Friday night.Niblett finished the game hitting her lasttournaseven shots in a row. By the time the finalboth the Latta boys and the Vanoss girlsbuzzer had sounded, Milbum had upped themargin to the final 6646 count.were eliminated from competition ifinals of the losers bracket.Niblett was the high scorer for Milburn with28 points. She ended up hitting 11 of 13 from theboys rippedpointsfield andThe Oilers looked as if they were home-free year against one loss.second quarter, to can their 26th victory of thewhen a Sonia Sawyer free throw with 4:04 leftgave McLish a 5945 lead.The Tigers, using an effective full-courtjumped to an early 12-2 lead beforeBut Morrison fought back to narrow the gap panding to a 22-8 lead at the end of the firstto four with just under a minute left. McLish stanza.held on mainly behind the free throw shootingMost of Konawa's early points came fromof Pat White who hit four of four in the last under the bucket, either from a porous Bat-minute to preserve the victory.tiest zone defense or off the press.MajorLeaaue******Konawa led 47-16 with 2:07 left in the half and put on a six-point string in the final minute to grab a 55-20 intermission edge.Randy Roland hit 18 points for the Tigers, who put 11 players into the scoring column in the one-sided affair.Mel Louthan was next with 14 points followed by Brandon Stoup and Roland Mullins with 12 tallies apiece.The only offensive threat Battiest could muster was the outside shooting of Ray Baker, who took high-point honors with 25 tallies.The Colbert girls slipped away from Konawa in the last half after being played to a virtual standstill in the first half of play.The Panthers outscored Konawa by 17 points in the last half with sophomore Anita Lyons doing most of the offensive damage for Colbert.Konawa closed the gap to 21-18 with just under five minutes to play in the second stanza before a couple of buckets gave Colbert a seven-point lead at halftime.Marilyn Harjo paced the Tiger attack with 24 points and Melanie Matthews added 10 tallies.Colbert’s Lyons finished with 30 points and Joyce Parker contributed 28 tallies to the win which sends the Panthers to the state tournament in defense of last year’s title.Latta fell behind by five points in the third stanza, and Colbert protected its lead in the fourth, matching Latta 18-18 in the final eight minutes.The Atoka girls and the Tishomingo girls were both victorious in Friday’s games in the Class 2A District Tournament at Tishomingo.The Atoka girls downed Plainview, 5547, and the Tish girls used a strong fourth quarter to turn back Wynne wood, 5745.Atoka jumped to a five-point lead over Plainview in the first quarter and maintained that advantage in the second quarter.The Indians came back in the third quarter to narrow the gap to one heading into the fourth quarter but Atoka regained the momentum to pull away with the 5547 win.Wanda Harrison led the Wampus Cats with 27 and Beth Harrison added 20.The Tish girls trailed Wynne wood by one at the half, but regained the lead in the third quarter to lead by two entering the final stanza.The Indians turned it on in the fourth quarter to outscore Wynne wood 16-8 to account for the final margin.The Sulphur and Atoka boys had their seasons ended Friday night, as Sulphur lost a one-sided decision to Dickson, 72-54. and Atoka was edged by Healdton in overtime, 71-67.Sulphur slipped to a 10-point deficit after the first quarter and was never able to get back into the game as Dickson expanded its lead to a 39-24 edge.Preston Lay, Sulphur's leading scorer, was held to nine points by a sagging Dickson defense.Atoka, behind the scoring of Sam Darst, came back from a two-point deficit at halftime to tie the game at the end of regulation at 63-63.Healdton blitzed for eight points in the overtime period, handing the Wampus Cats their second playoff loss in a row.
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