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Talihina woman, child injured in car wreck
A 28-year-old Talihina woman and an 8-week-old male child were injured in an auto accident at around 6:38 p.m., approximately 5 miles east of LeFlore. Continue reading “Talihina woman, child injured in car wreck”
Heavener girls rally past Poteau
It had not been a good week for the Heavener girls heading into the 93rd LeFlore County Tournament, which started Monday. Continue reading “Heavener girls rally past Poteau”
LeFlore County Tournament scoreboard from Monday’s games and the schedule for Tuesday.
Boys
Spiro 58, Cameron 28
Poteau 67, Whitesboro 37
Panama 85, Bokoshe 46
Talihina 65, LeFlore 46
Howe 69, Arkoma 52
Heavener 50, Poteau 48
LeFlore 65, Arkoma 32
Panama 56, Cameron 22
Talihina 45, Wister 39
Spiro 2, Bokoshe 0
Boys
Winners bracket
At Poteau
Heavener vs. Talihina 5:30
Poteau vs. Wister 8:30
At Talihina
Pocola vs. Howe 8:30
At Panama
Panama vs. Spiro 8:30
Losers bracket
At Panama
Bokoshe vs. Cameron 5:30
Girls
Winners bracket
At Poteau
LeFlore vs. Spiro 4
Heavener vs. Howe 7
At Talihina
Pocola vs. Talihina 7
At Panama
Whitesboro vs. Panama 7
Losers bracket
At Panama
Arkoma vs. Bokoshe 4
The 2023 basketball LeFlore County Tournament starts again Monday with games scheduled to be played at Panama, Poteau and Talihina.
The LCT is the oldest tournament in the state. Games later in the week will be played at Spiro.
The top three seeds for both the boys and girls have byes Monday.
Here is Monday’s schedule
At Panama
Howe vs. Arkoma 5:30
Panama vs. Bokoshe 8:30
At Poteau
Cameron vs. Spiro 5:30
Poteau vs. Whitesboro 8:30
At Talihina
LeFlore vs. Talihina 8:30
At Panama
Bokoshe vs. Spiro 4
Panama vs. Cameron 7
At Poteau
LeFlore vs. Arkoma 4 Poteau
Poteau vs. Heavener 7
At Talihina
Talihina vs. Wister 7
If you attend any games, please text the final score to (918) 649-4712.
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The Spiro girls and Talihina boys won the junior high basketball LeFlore County Tournament Saturday evening. Continue reading “Spiro girls, Talihina boys win JH LCT”
Brackets for 2023 basketball LCT were released Thursday for the tournament, which starts Monday with games at Talihina, Panama and Poteau. Continue reading “Brackets for 2023 basketball LCT”
Heavener sweeps 2 from Talihina Tuesday in Black Diamond Conference action.
The Lady Wolves edged Talihina 36-30 in a defensive battle in the opener before the Wolves overcame a slow first half to get past the Tigers, 58-41.
Heavener hosts Stigler Friday on homecoming night. Talihina goes to Wilburton Friday.
Both teams played stout defense in a physical contest before Heavener pulled out the narrow win after the two teams were tied at 27 at the end of three quarters.
Heavener won the game from the charity stripe, going 12-18 while the Lady Tigers managed to go only 5-13. In the final quarter, the Lady Wolves were 5-7, including 4-4 from Ava Cartwright.
McKinley Alexander, who did not score in Monday’s game against Poteau as she was more responsible for ball handling, hit three 3’s in the first quarter and finished with 17 to lead both teams.
The only negative news for the Lady Wolves was post Cayleigh McGee injured her knee late in the contest and had to be helped off the court.
Heavener improves to 4-7, Talihina is 3-7.
Heavener 36, Talihina 30
THS 8 10 9 3–30
HHS 14 9 4 9–36
Talihina: R. Whiteagle 1 0-5 4 2; R. Farris 0 0-0 1 0; L. Hackler 1 0-0 3 2; K. Holland 3 0-0 2 6; L. Dill 3 2-2 2 9; M. Morris 1 3-6 2 5. TOTALS: 9 5-13 14 30.
Heavener: McKinley Alexander 5 4-6 1 17; Kinley Brand 0 1-2 1 1; Ava Cartwright 1 4-4 2 7; Brooklyn May 1 0-0 2 2; Cayleigh McGee 3 3-6 1 9; Bryleigh Edmondson 0 0-0 1 0; Mariana Garcia 0 0-0 2 0. TOTALS: 10 12-18 10 36.
After scoring only 20 points in the first half, the Wolves nearly matched that total in holding off a gritty Talihina team.
Heavener improved to 10-1, the Wolves’ best start by far in over a decade. Talihina is 3-10.
After leading by only three points at the half, Heavener’s offensive surge in the third quarter, led by Bryce Morrison with 10 of his 13 points in the quarter, the Wolves extended the margin to a safe zone.
Landon Thurman led the Wolves with 22 points and Morrison finished with the 13.
Heavener 58, Talihina 41
THS 10 9 11 11-41
HHS 12 10 20 16-58
Talihina: Kaidon Potts 6 1-2 2 13; Carter Shoecraft 0 0-0 1 0; Ramses Hernandez 2 0-0 0 4; Isaiah Lloyd 5 1-2 1 13; James Roberts 1 0-0 1 2; Eric Rose 3 1-2 2 8. TOTALS: 17 3-6 7 41.
Heavener: Dalton Semore 2 0-0 2 4; Canyon Ford 1 0-2 1 2; Isaac Cook 1 0-0 0 2; Bryce Morrison 5 0-0 3 13; Jackson Clubb 1 1-2 2 3; Devry Ritter 3 1-2 1 7; Landon Thurman 10 0-0 0 22; Zaid Rodriguez 1 0-0 2 3; Nick Lopez 1 0-0 2 2. TOTALS: 25 2-6 13 58.
