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February 16th, 2012
PANAMA — The Panama High School basketball teams ended the regular season in fine fashion Tuesday night at the Panama Gym by sweeping the Porum teams.
The Lady Razorbacks defeated the Lady Panthers 52-40, while the Razorbacks downed the Panthers 61-52.
It was the second win in as many games for the Hogs, who defeated the Haileyville Warriors 57-31 Friday night at the Panama Gym.
In the Lady ’Backs' victory on Tuesday night, Panama only led 20-19 at halftime, but the Lady Razorbacks outscored the Lady Panthers 32-21 in the second half to get the win.
TALIHINA — Not only did the Talihina High School teams do their best to “Pink Out” cancer in their cancer awareness games, but they also “pinked out” the Antlers teams as well.
The Golden Tigers withstood a late rally to defeat the Bearcats 52-51, but the Lady Golden Tigers handled the Lady Bearcats 56-32. Tuesday night on Chris Gillespie Court at Ray Henson Gymnasium.
In the boys' contest, the Golden Tigers trailed 13-7 after one period, but outscored the ’Cats 45-38 the rest of the game.
Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2012 Poteau High School Sports Hall of Fame.
Categories include: football, boys and girls basketball, baseball, fast-pitch and slow-pitch softball, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls track, boys and girls golf, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls all-around athlete, wrestling, coaching and support and service.
The deadline to submit nominations is March 30.
For additional information or to submit a nomination, call (918) 839-0394.
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OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder have the best record in the National Basketball Association at 22-6 after their seventh consecutive victory at home Tuesday night.
The Thunder hadn’t played a game since Friday night, while Tuesday night's opponent, the Utah Jazz, were on the final of back-to-back-to-back road games. The end result was an easy guess.
The Thunder ran away for a 111-85 victory Tuesday night at Chesapeake Energy Arena.
The Jazz missed on 15 of their first 16 shots as the Thunder got off to a 16-4 lead midway through the first quarter.
February 15th
KINTA — The Bokoshe Lady Tigers find themselves just three wins from the Class B State Tournament.
The Lady Tigers took the first step toward a trip to State Fair Arena — a.k.a., “The Big House” — as they won the Class B District Tournament with a 43-34 win over the Midway Lady Chargers Saturday night.
WHITESBORO — The good news for the Whitesboro Bulldogs is they won a game at the Class B District Tournament last weekend at the Whitesboro Gym. The not-so-good news was that the ’Dogs lost the championship game Saturday night.
After beating the Eagletown Eagles 58-49 in Friday night's elimination game, the ’Dogs had a late rally which came up short in Saturday night's district championship contest as they lost 59-56 to the Moyers Tigers.
LEFLORE — The bad news was the Leflore High School basketball teams lost their Class B District Tournament title games Saturday night to McCurtain at the Leflore Gym.
But the good news is there's still playoff basketball ahead for both the Lady Savages and Savages.
The McCurtain Lady Bulldogs beat the Lady Savages 58-40 in the girls' title game Saturday night, then the ’Dogs downed the Savages 66-58 in the boys' championship contest.
PANAMA — The Panama Lady Razorbacks bounced back from Thursday night's poor outing in Pocola to down the Haileyville Warriors 40-20 Friday night at the Panama Gym.
Leading by six points after one period, the Lady ’Backs upped their lead to 10 points at 20-10 at halftime.
Panama put the game away in the third quarter as the Lady Razorbacks got up to as much as an 18-point lead at 32-14.
