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B: Sports
January 9, 2025
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

Central Tigers stun top seed Roland Runnin’ Rangers in SCC semifinals

Muldrow teams, host Lady Rangers also make county finals

By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 

There will be a new boys county basketball champion, thanks to the Central Tigers.

The fourth-seeded Tigers stunned the top-seeded and defending county champion Roland Runnin’ Rangers 64-61 in the 2025 Sequoyah County Classic championship semifinals Wednesday night at the Ranger Dome to make it to the championship game.

All other top-seeded teams advanced to the finals on Wednesday as the host and top-seeded Roland Lady Rangers handled the Stigler Lady Panthers 60-34 to set up a rematch of last season’s county finals with archrival Muldrow.

The Lady Bulldogs, seeded second, defeated the third-seeded Central Lady Tigers 37-25.

The second-seeded Muldrow Bulldogs reached the county finals once again after getting past the Stigler Panthers 55-43.

Wednesday also saw the consolation semifinals take place at Gore Event Center as it was a sweep by the sub-host Lady Pirates and Pirates over the Gans squads. The Lady Pirates tamed the Lady Grizzlies 55-12, while the Pirates made the Grizzlies walk the plank to the tune of a 78-31 victory.

Due to Thursday’s snowstorm, the Sequoyah County Classic got the final day of games postponed until Monday at the Ranger Dome, but with some scheduled match-up changes.

Due to the Gore and the Stigler teams not being able to return on Monday, the Vian teams, who were slated to meet the Gore squads in the consolation title games, were moved into the slots the Stigler teams were going to have in the third-place games.

The Lady Wolverines will meet the Central Lady Tigers at 4 p.m. Monday, followed by the Wolverines playing the Roland Runnin’ Rangers at 5:30 p.m. It is uncertain if these gamers will be called “third-place games” or not.

Then, the rematch of last year’s thrilling championship contest between the Lady Bulldogs and the Lady Rangers, which upset the Lady Bulldogs to win the county title last year, will take place at 7 p.m., followed by the upstart Tigers facing the ’Dogs at 8:30 p.m.

Each title game is a rematch from earlier this season. Roland’s girls got the best of Muldrow with a 39-31 win Dec. 17 at the Ranger Dome, while the Muldrow boys won 60-48 over the Tigers on Dec. 10 at Roger Sharp Activity Center.

AT GORE

BOYS

CENTRAL 47, VIAN 42

The Tigers (5-3) led pretty much the whole way, taking a 16-10 lead after a quarter, a 28-21 halftime advantage and a 43-29 lead after three periods.

The Wolverines (3-4) tried to rally as they outscored the Tigers 13-4 in the fourth quarter but came up short.

For the game, Josh Brunk scored 16 points and Hardy Buzzard added 13 points to lead Central, followed by Braxin Goodson with eight points, Gavin Randolph and Aidan Sainer with four points each and Paitton Merrill with two points.

In defeat, Masyn Wright scored a game-high 23 points to lead Vian, followed by Joe O’Neal with six points, Cash Trammel with five points, Trace Sanders with three points, Jeremiah Marshall and Jacob Brannick with two points each and Cash Collins with a free throw.

GIRLS

STIGLER 57, VIAN 24

With the game tied at 6-all with 2:49 left in the first quarter, the Lady Panthers (7-1) outscored the Lady Wolverines 8-2 the rest of the period to take a 14-8 lead into the second quarter.

A basket by Vian’s Avery Wright to open the second period cut the Stigler lead to 14-10 with 7:44 left in the first half. It ended up being as close as the Lady Wolverines (2-5) would get.

Stigler ended the first half on a 17-9 run to take a 31-19 halftime lead. After the Lady Panthers outscored the Lady Wolverines 11-5 in the third quarter to take a 42-24 lead into the final period, Stigler blanked Vian 15-0 in the fourth quarter. In defeat, Wright led Vian with eight points, followed by Halli Russell with four points and Rebel Simon, Kala Gibbins, LaKoeta Cheater, Jaiden Soap, Rayleigh Terrill and Blazi Dieter with two points apiece.

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