The two neighboring schools have been assigned to the same district and will be joined by a third school, Cave Springs, when the Class A basketball playoffs tip off in about three weeks.
Playoff pairings for the state's two smallest classifications were released Thursday by the OSSAA. Gans will host the three-team District 6 tournament Feb. 9-11. The bracket has yet to be determined, but will be announced by Feb. 3.
The girls teams from Central and Gans have met three times this season with Central winning twice. Central's boys have played Gans twice, winning both times.
Gans has also been chosen as a regional sub-site. The main site for the regional tournament will be Northeastern State University's gym in Tahlequah.
In Class B, Webbers Falls' new events center has been selected to host one of the two regional tournaments in Area III.
The Warriors and Lady Warriors will have to earn the chance to play on their home floor, though, by advancing past the district tournament.
Webbers Falls has been assigned to the District 6 tournament to played Feb. 9-11 at Boynton. Arkoma and Braggs round out the four-team field.
Teams must win their first-round district games in order to advance to the regional tournament the following week.
Class A
Area III
District 1 at Welch: Fairland, Picher-Cardin, Welch.
District 2 at Okeene: Garber, Okeene, Pond Creek-Hunter.
District 3 at Ripley: Barnsdall, Morrison, Ripley.
District 4 at Dewar: Dewar, Kiefer, Strother.
Regional Main Site: Kiefer.
Sub-Site: Morrison (2-3)
District 5 at Frontier: Copan, Frontier, Woodland.
District 6 at Gans: Cave Springs, Central-Sallisaw, Gans.
District 7 at Keota: Howe, Keota, Wister.
District 8 at Porter: Oaks, Porter, Watts.
Regional Main Site: Northeastern State University (Tahlequah).
Sub-Site: Gans (6-7).
Area Site: Charles Page High School (Sand Springs).
Class B
Area III
District 1 at Kremlin-Hillsdale: Aline-Cleo, Billings, Kremlin-Hillsdale, Wakita.
District 2 at Deer Creek-Lamont: Braman, Deer Creek-Lamont, Medford, Shidler.
District 3 at White Oak: Bluejacket, South Coffeyville, White Oak, Wynona.
District 4 at Glencoe: Carney, Covington-Douglas, Dover, Glencoe.
Regional Main Site: Dover.
Sub-Site: Shidler (2-3).
District 5 at Earlsboro: Butner, Earlsboro, Paden.
District 6 at Boynton-Moton: Arkoma, Boynton-Moton, Braggs, Webbers Falls.
District 7 at Midway: Bokoshe, Dustin, McCurtain, Midway.
District 8 at Schulter: Boley, Graham-Weleetka, Mason, Schulter.
Regional Main Site: Webbers Falls.
Sub-Sites: Earlsboro (5-8) Boynton (6-7)
Area Site: Skiatook High School.
