No. 11-seed Pocola girls upset sixth-seed Bokoshe; Heavener girls, Whitesboro, Howe boys get opening-round victories on Monday

January 22, 2013

HERE I COME — Whitesboro’s Ashalee Nunley, left, brings the ball upcourt against Heavener’s Erika Lemay during opening-round action in the 81st LeFlore County Tournament on Monday night at Carl Albert State College’s Mick Thompson Fieldhouse. PDN photo by David Seeley

It only took one day before the 81st LeFlore County Tournament saw an upset.
The Pocola Lady Indians, seeded 11th, used their physicality to wear down the sixth-seeded Bokoshe Lady Tigers in posting a 46-38 upset Monday afternoon at Carl Albert State College’s Mick Thompson Fieldhouse. It marked the second straight season that a girls 11th seed knocked off a sixth seed. In 2012, Arkoma’s 11th-seeded Lady Mustangs upset No. 6 Wister.
The Lady Indians played third-seeded Talihina in the championship quarterfinals Tuesday afternoon in Wister.
The three other opening-round winners were the Heavener Lady Wolves, the Whitesboro Bulldogs and the Howe Lions.
The Lady Wolves proved to be too much for the Whitesboro Lady Bulldogs in a 50-34 victory to put them into the quarterfinals Tuesday night against Poteau.
The ’Dogs had no problems in beating the Bokoshe Tigers 59-14, while the Lions got past the Leflore Savages 61-53.