Wister girls get victory over last year's champion PKMS team

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SUPER SPIRO — Spiro's Brent Stout, left, drives toward the basket past Talihina's Will James during Tuesday night's championship quarterfinal game in the 2013 LeFlore County Junior High Tournament at Carl Albert State College's Mick Thompson Fieldhouse. The Bulldogs beat the Golden Tigers. PDN photo by David Seeley

There will be a new girls county championship team as the Wister Lady Wildcats knocked off last year's champions, the Poteau/Pansy Kidd Middle School Lady Raiders 21-18 Tuesday afternoon in the 2013 LeFlore County Junior High Basketball Tournament at Carl Albert State College's Mick Thompson Fieldhouse.
The 2013 tournament's top-seeded girls team, the Howe Lady Lions, advanced with a 25-14 victory over Talihina, while the fifth-seeded Monroe Lady Eagles upset fourth-seeded Heavener 30-28.
The lone boys quarterfinal at CASC on Tuesday saw the fifth-seeded Spiro Bulldogs get past fourth-seeded Talihina 44-22.