Pocola, Wister boys advance
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Pocola, Wister boys advance
LCT update after Friday
Boys’ semifinals set for Friday
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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2023 LCT semifinals set
2023 LCT semifinals set
Semifinals for the 2023 basketball LeFlore County Tournament is set after Tuesday’s play in the 93rd annual tournament. Continue reading “2023 LCT semifinals set”
LeFlore County Tournament update
LeFlore County Tournament update
Tuesday’s scores
2023 basketball LCT starts today
2023 basketball LCT starts today
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.
Brackets
The top three seeds for both the boys and girls have byes Monday.
Here is Monday’s schedule
Boys
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
Girls
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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Brackets for 2023 basketball LCT
Brackets for 2023 basketball 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”