Starting back with hoops

Above, Stroud’s Brice Wolff (1) looks to pass in the lane while McLoud’s Johnny Sparlin defends. Below, Noah McMullan finished with the left hand in North Rock Creek’s win over Crooked Oak. Photos/Brian Blansett
Starting back with hoops

Despite COVID-19, a few area high school teams were able to get in extra games over the holiday break.

North Rock Creek’s No. 15 boys team picked up a couple of wins, including 46-44 win over Crooked Oak on a lastsecond bucket by Diego Garcia.

The game was part of a holiday festival put together by Crooked Oak. The Cougars beat Capitol Hill 77-32 in the festival’s first day.

NRC’s girls won a pair, as well, beating Wynnewood 43-32 and taking a 37-36 win over Crooked Oak on freshman Lydia Van Atwerp’s two free throws with 11 seconds left.

McLoud’s boys pushed their record to 4-1 with an 86-31 win over Stroud last week.

The girls teams didn’t play, but the Lady Tigers followed up on Jan. 2 with a 77-42 win over Depew. It was only their second game of the season.

Waukomis took a couple of games from Agra, beating the Bearcat boys 45-42 and the girls, 49-20.