The Stroud Lady Tigers, the North Rock Creek boys and the Dale boys and girls harvested championships last week in the first high school basketball tournament week of the week of the year.
Above, Wellston’s Ava Davenport (23) drives to the hoop against the defense of Stroud’s Haylee Durrence (5) in the finals of the Agra tournament. Stroud won, 36-33. Also pictured are Gracie Baldwin (30 from Wellston, Makenna Hall (12) from Stroud and Carly DeLeon (14) from Stroud. Photo/Jeremy Self Right, Chandler’s Jordan Denson from Chandler flushes one against Henryetta in the semifinals of the Okemah tournament on Friday. Henryetta won, 70-67, but the Lions came back to win the third-place game against Hilldale, 64-59.
Photo/Brian Blansett Below, the two-time defending state champion Dale Pirates added more hardware to the trophy case, winning the Boomarang Classic on their home court. Photo/Rick Hester See Pages 2C and 3C for more on the week’s basketball action.