Preston, Beggs to host district title games
The basketball playoff assignments for Classes 2A and 3A were released by the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association last Friday afternoon.
The playoff brackets for these two classes are scheduled to be released on the OSSAA website (www.ossaa. com) on Friday.
Both teams of each district tournament in Classes 2A and 3A (besides several district tournaments in 3A), which are scheduled to take place next Friday and Saturday, will advance to their respective regional tournaments the following Thursday (February 22) with the winners competing in the winner’s bracket side of the tournament and will need three-straight wins for a trip to State and the losers dropping to the consolation side of the regional tournament and needing to win six-straight games in order to punch their tickets to their respective state tournaments.
There will be a total of five Okmulgee County varsity basketball programs that will battle for one of eight spots in the Oklahoma State Basketball Championships in March in Classes 2A and 3A with all five cage programs beginning their playoff journeys next Saturday (February 16).
The Preston Pirates and Lady Pirates and Beggs Golden Demons and Lady Demons will have the privilege of beginning postseason play in front of their hometown fans, as these two county cage programs were named as host sites for their respective district tournaments, while Beggs was also selected as the main site for its regional tournament February 22-24.
Preston, who will be looking for a second-straight trip to State this season, will compete in the Class 2A, Area II, District 5 tournament next Saturday against the Stroud Tigers and Lady Tigers at the Jim Waller Sports Complex in Preston. The girls district championship game between Preston and Stroud will take place at 6 p.m. followed by the boys district title contest at approximately 7:30 p.m.
Beggs will begin postseason play in the Class 3A, Area 2, District 2 tournament against the Luther Lions and Lady Lions at the Beggs Event Center. The girls district tournament title contest between Beggs and Luther is scheduled to take place at 6 p.m. followed by the boys district title contest at approximately 7:30 p.m.
The other three county programs that will begin playoff action next Saturday are the Okmulgee Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs, Morris Eagles and Lady Eagles, and Henryetta Golden Knights and Lady Knights.
Okmulgee and Henryetta will compete in the Class 3A, Area III, district tournament with the Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs traveling to Kellyville High School to battle the Kellyville Ponies and Lady Ponies for the District 2 championships, while the Knights and Lady Knights will travel to Holdenville to square off against the Holdenville Wolverines and Lady Wolverines for the District 5 titles.
Morris will begin postseason play at Chandler High School, battling the Chandler Lions and Lady Lions for the Class 3A, Area IV, District 5 championships.
Below are the complete playoff assignments for Classes 2A and 3A, which are scheduled to begin with district tournament play February 16 and 17.
— Basketball Playoff Assignments Class 2A Area I District 1 (At Latta) Latta vs Wynnewood District 2 (At Dale) Dale vs Mounds
District 3 (At Elmore City-Pernell) Elmore City-Pernell vs Healdton District 4 (At Davis)
Davis vs Stratford Regional Main Site: Dale; Regional Sub-Site: Latta (1,4) District 5 (At Calera) Calera vs Colbert
District 6 (At Apache) Apache vs Walters District 7 (At Vanoss) Vanoss vs Coalgate District 8 (At Hobart)
Hobart vs Mangum Regional Main Site: Vanoss (Friday, Saturday); Regional Sub-Sites: Hobart (5,8), Apache (6,7) Area Site: Chickasha High School — Area II
District 1 (At Hinton) Hinton vs Riverside
District 2 (At Hennessey) Hennessey vs Meeker District 3 (At Pawnee) Pawnee vs Morrison District 4 (At Dibble)
Dibble vs Minco Regional Main Site: Hennessey; Regional Sub-Site: Minco (1,4) District 5 (At Preston) Preston vs Stroud
District 6 (At Okemah)
Okemah vs Christian Heritage District 7 (At Tonkawa) Tonkawa vs Pawhuska District 8 (At Chelsea)
Chelsea vs Chouteau-Mazie Regional Main Site: Stroud; Regional Sub-Site: Okemah (6,7) Area Site: Cleveland High School — Area III
District 1 (At Hooker) Hooker vs Watonga District 2 (At Fairview) Fairview vs Newkirk District 3 (At Cashion) Cashion vs Crescent District 4 (At Merritt)
Merritt vs Sayre Regional Main Site: Fairview; Regional Sub-Site: Merritt (1,4) District 5 (At Hartshorne) Hartshorne vs Haskell District 6 (At Oktaha) Oktaha vs Oklahoma Union District 7 (At Caney Valley) Caney Valley vs KIPP (Tulsa) District 8 (At Ketchum)
Ketchum vs Central Sallisaw Regional Main Site: Ketchum; Regional Sub-Site: Caney Valley (5,8) Area Site: Stride Bank Center (Enid) — Area IV
District 1 (At Wister) Wister vs Panama District 2 (At Pocola) Pocola vs Wilburton District 3 (At Hulbert) Hulbert vs Wewoka District 4 (At Warner)
Warner vs Vian Regional Main Site: Wilburton; Regional Sub-Site: Warner (1,4) District 5 (At Haworth) Haworth vs Howe District 6 (At Afton) Afton vs Fairland
District 7 (At Wyandotte) Wyandotte vs Quapaw District 8 (At Colcord)
Colcord vs Nowata Regional Main Site: Colcord (Friday, Saturday); Regional Sub-Sites: Howe (5,8), Fairland (6,7) Area Site: Roland High School — Class 3A Area I Area II
District 1 (At Spiro) Spiro vs Metro Christian District 2 (At Roland) Roland receives bye
District 3 (At Heavener) Heavener vs Westville District 4 (At Keys)
Keys vs Dove Science (Tulsa); boys only Regional Main Site: Roland; Regional Sub-Site: Spiro (1,4) District 5 (At Alva) Alva vs Chisholm
District 6 (At Victory Christian) Victory Christian vs Perry District 7 (At Blackwell) Blackwell vs Tulsa Webster District 8 (At Lincoln Christian)
Lincoln Christian vs Rejoice Christian (boys only) Regional Main Site: Perry; Regional Sub-Site: Chisholm (5,8) Area Site: Kellyville High School —
District 1 (At Cascia Hall) Cascia Hall vs Adair District 2 (At Beggs) Beggs vs Luther
District 3 (At Kansas) Kansas vs Sperry
District 4 (At Commerce) Commerce vs Salina Regional Main Site: Beggs; Regional Sub-Site: Adair (1,4) District 5 (At Tishomingo) Tishomingo vs Lone Grove District 6 (At Idabel) Idabel receives bye District 7 (At Silo) Silo vs Hugo
District 8 (At Valliant)
Valliant vs Antlers Regional Main Site: Idabel; Regional Sub-Site: Valliant (5,8) Area Site: Wilburton High School — Area III
District 1 (At Crooked Oak) Crooked Oak vs Lexington District 2 (At Kellyville) Kellyville vs Okmulgee District 3 (At Kiefer)
Kiefer vs Tahlequah Sequoyah District 4 (At Washington)
Washington vs Dove Science (OKC); boys only Regional Main Site: Kellyville; Regional Sub-Site: Washington (1,4) District 5 (At Holdenville) Holdenville vs Henryetta District 6 (At Millwood) Millwood vs Pathways District 7 (At Bethel) Bethel vs Little Axe District 8 (At Casady)
Casady vs Prague Regional Main Site: Millwood; Regional Sub-Site: Prague (5,8) Area Site: Seminole High School — Area IV
District 1 (At Lindsay) Linsday vs Comanche District 2 (At Atoka) Atoka vs Kingston
District 3 (At Frederick) Frederick vs Marietta
District 4 (At Community Christian)
Community Christian vs OK Christian (girls only) Regional Main Site: Lindsay; Regional Sub-Site: Kingston (2,3) District 5 (At Chandler) Chandler vs Morris District 6 (At Jones) Jones receives bye
District 7 (At Heritage Hall) Heritage Hall vs Star Spencer District 8 (At Eufaula)
Eufaula vs Mount St. Mary Regional Main Site: Jones; Regional Sub-Site: Chandler (5,8) Area Site: Ada High School
