District pairings released for Gore, Gans, Webbers Falls

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) recently released the district pairings for Class A, which includes Gore, Gans and Webbers Falls’ high school basketball teams.

The Class A district tournaments will be held Feb. 10-11.

Gore (Area III)

Gore is the host site for District 8, which also includes Porter Consolidated and Porum.

The Lady Pirates (5-9 overall as of Feb. 1) won 56-45 at Porter (7-12) on Jan. 17 and lost 65-42 at home to Porum (13-5) on Dec. 17.

The Pirates (12-3) defeated Porter (6-12) 60-49 and Porum (4-14) 60-27 earlier this season. Gore is also the regional subsite for districts 5 (Depew, Liberty and Regent Prep) and 8, the regional main site is Indianola and Wilburton is the area site for Area III.

Gans (Area III)

Gans was placed in District 6 and will travel to Red Oak for its district tournament, which also includes Indianola.

The Lady Grizzlies (5-12) did not play No. 8 Red Oak (18-2) or Indianola (5-14) this season.

The Grizzlies (5-9) will most likely face Indianola (1-18) in its tournament opener and the winner will take on Red Oak (13 7).

Gans’ regional main site is Indianola and Wilburton is the area site for Area III.

Webbers Falls (Area III)

Webbers Falls was put in District 1 and will journey to Riverfield Country Day School in Tulsa for its district tournament, which also includes Oaks Mission.

The Lady Warriors (13-4) have not played Riverfield (4-14) but Webbers Falls topped Oaks (5-14) 74-49 at home on Dec. 16. The Warriors (8-9) edged Oaks (17-3) 54-53 on Jan. 5 in Webbers Falls’ Arkansas River Shootout and on Dec. 16 Oaks won 79-61 at Webbers Falls in a regular-season game.

Webbers Falls’ regional subsite is Konawa and Quinton is the regional main site. Wilburton is the area site for Area III.