Boys’ semifinals set for Friday
The boys’ semifinals of the 2023 basketball LeFlore County Tournament will be held Friday starting at 7 p.m. in Spiro.
Top-seeded Pocola plays fourth-seeded Spiro in the opener before second-seeded Heavener and third-seeded Wister pair off at 8:30 p.m.
Winners advance to Saturday’s championship game 8:30 p.m. in Spiro.
Also Friday, in the fifth-place game Poteau and Panama play at 4 p.m. while in the consolation championship, LeFlore and Arkoma play at 4 p.m., also in Spiro.
The girls’ championship game Saturday will pit LeFlore against second-seeded Howe at 7 p.m.
The Lady Savages scored the biggest upset in recent memory with a 49-45 win over defending champion and top-seeded Pocola in the opener.
After trailing 23-17 at the half, LeFlore outscored Pocola 32-22 in the second half to grab the win. The Lady Savages won the game at the free-throw line, making 13-17 while Pocola went 6-10.
LeFlore 49, Pocola 45
LHS 7 10 12 20—49
PHS 10 13 5 17—45
LeFlore: Cogburn 4 2-2 1 11; Robinson 1 0-0 3 2; Kirkes 4 1-2 4 10; Warren 4 6-7 3 17; Waits 2 4-6 2 10. TOTALS: 15 13-17 13 49.
Pocola: Parker 3 1-1 4 7; Chitwood 1 1-2 3 3; Jerrell 3 0-0 0 9; Smith 8 1-1 4 17; Lairamore 3 3-6 4 9. TOTALS: 18 6-10 15 45.
In Friday’s second semifinal, Howe’s girls, seeded second, got off to their traditional fast start and made it hold up in a 51-40 victory over third-seeded Whitesboro.
Howe’s girls jumped ahead 20-4 and led 24-12 at the break before extending the advantage to 44-20 after three quarters to reach another finals.
Howe 51, Whitesboro 40
WHS 4 8 8 20-40
HHS 12 12 20 7—51
Whitesboro: A. Walker 3 3-3 1 10; Cole 1 0-1 5 2; Collins 1 0-0 1 3; Long 0 0-0 1 0; K. Walker 1 0-0 2 2; Edwards 3 4-4 2 10; Grogan 3 7-10 1 13. TOTALS: 12 14-18 13 40.
Howe: Lute 4 4-5 2 15; Huie 1 1-2 1 3; Williams 1 1-1 4 3; Delt 5 1-1 3 11; Free 2 0-0 0 5; Dalton 3 0-1 0 6; Nye 3 0-0 2 8. TOTALS: 19 7-10 12 51.
In the earlier games, Spiro downed Panama, 44-35, in the fifth-place game and Poteau overwhelmed Wister, 50-29, for the consolation championship.
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