PawneeSports
02-10-2006, 10:11 AM
Wewoka Times News Article
Basketball's Regular Season Draws to a Close, With Playoffs Just Around the Corner
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Courtesy: Wewoka Times News Article (http://www.seminoleproducer.com/wsm/sports.html)
Date: 02-09-2006 9:47:03 AM
Written by WIL C. FRY, Sports Editor
Some of state's best season records for high school basketball can be found right here in Seminole County.
There are a few of the "not so good" records too.
Either way, for most schools in the county, the 2005-06 basketball regular season has come to an end.
Tuesday night's games signaled the last chance to get ready for the playoffs, for all the small schools in the county.
The three larger schools—Seminole, Konawa, and Wewoka—still have a week to go.
But even they are wrapping things up, looking at District Tournament brackets, and sizing up the opponents that really count—the ones in the playoffs.
Every team will get a chance, no matter what their regular season record looks like, because every team is in the playoffs… At least in the beginning.
Seminole County has seen records as impressive as 23-1 (New Lima Falconettes), while other teams have only won one or two games all season.
Whatever the case may be, now is the time to "shape up or ship out." The upcoming games will mean the end of a season for many teams, and the end of a career for most of the senior players.
But for a select few, the next few weeks could be the path to glory, the road to the coveted State Championship.
CLASS B SCHOOLS
Four high schools in Seminole County fit into the Class B category, and three of them share a district.
Bowlegs, Maud and Sasakwa are all in District 1 of Area IV, according to the brackets released recently by the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association (OSSAA).
Butner is in District 5 of Area III. For a few of these basketball teams, District Tournaments start as early as tonight.
Maud Public Schools is hosting the District 1 tournament, which begins with a matchup of the Sasakwa Lady Vikings versus the Moss Lady Pirates.
This, the very first of the playoff games involving county teams, will begin at 6:30 p.m. tonight.
The Lady Vikings finished their regular season with an 11-12 record, losing four in a row at the end. The Moss girls are 11-11, according to www.coachesaid.com.
Also tonight at Maud, the Bowlegs Lady Bison will face the Maud Lady Tigers, at 8 p.m. The Lady Bison finished 14-8 on the regular season, and have already beaten the Maud girls once. Maud is currently 6-16.
The boys' teams from these schools will face off at Maud on Friday (tomorrow), beginning with Bowlegs versus Moss, at 6:30 p.m., and ending with Sasakwa versus Maud at 8 p.m.
Bowlegs' boys, at 1-20, are expected to be outmatched by Moss's Pirates, currently at 16-8. However, the Bison can be surprising if they put four good quarters in a row.
With a 14-8 record, the Maud Tigers are expected to beat the Sasakwa Vikings, who are 6-15 on the season. Maud won the matchup earlier in the season, but only by 12 points.
Winners of tonight's and tomorrow's games will play in the District 1 Championship on Friday, also at Maud.
In Area III, District 5, both Butner teams will play on Friday, the girls at 6:30 p.m. and the boys at 8 p.m.
The Lady Eagles, who struggled to a 2-20 finish, will face Earlsboro's girls, who are 6-17 on the season. The winner will play Paden on Saturday.
Butner's boys will play Paden, to whom they lost in their season opener on November 1.
At 8-15, the Eagles have struggled, but Paden's boys are at 4-18 for the season. Whichever team wins will find a powerful opponent in Earlsboro on Saturday.
Basketball's Regular Season Draws to a Close, With Playoffs Just Around the Corner
http://www.wewokatimes.com/tiger.gif
Courtesy: Wewoka Times News Article (http://www.seminoleproducer.com/wsm/sports.html)
Date: 02-09-2006 9:47:03 AM
Written by WIL C. FRY, Sports Editor
Some of state's best season records for high school basketball can be found right here in Seminole County.
There are a few of the "not so good" records too.
Either way, for most schools in the county, the 2005-06 basketball regular season has come to an end.
Tuesday night's games signaled the last chance to get ready for the playoffs, for all the small schools in the county.
The three larger schools—Seminole, Konawa, and Wewoka—still have a week to go.
But even they are wrapping things up, looking at District Tournament brackets, and sizing up the opponents that really count—the ones in the playoffs.
Every team will get a chance, no matter what their regular season record looks like, because every team is in the playoffs… At least in the beginning.
Seminole County has seen records as impressive as 23-1 (New Lima Falconettes), while other teams have only won one or two games all season.
Whatever the case may be, now is the time to "shape up or ship out." The upcoming games will mean the end of a season for many teams, and the end of a career for most of the senior players.
But for a select few, the next few weeks could be the path to glory, the road to the coveted State Championship.
CLASS B SCHOOLS
Four high schools in Seminole County fit into the Class B category, and three of them share a district.
Bowlegs, Maud and Sasakwa are all in District 1 of Area IV, according to the brackets released recently by the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association (OSSAA).
Butner is in District 5 of Area III. For a few of these basketball teams, District Tournaments start as early as tonight.
Maud Public Schools is hosting the District 1 tournament, which begins with a matchup of the Sasakwa Lady Vikings versus the Moss Lady Pirates.
This, the very first of the playoff games involving county teams, will begin at 6:30 p.m. tonight.
The Lady Vikings finished their regular season with an 11-12 record, losing four in a row at the end. The Moss girls are 11-11, according to www.coachesaid.com.
Also tonight at Maud, the Bowlegs Lady Bison will face the Maud Lady Tigers, at 8 p.m. The Lady Bison finished 14-8 on the regular season, and have already beaten the Maud girls once. Maud is currently 6-16.
The boys' teams from these schools will face off at Maud on Friday (tomorrow), beginning with Bowlegs versus Moss, at 6:30 p.m., and ending with Sasakwa versus Maud at 8 p.m.
Bowlegs' boys, at 1-20, are expected to be outmatched by Moss's Pirates, currently at 16-8. However, the Bison can be surprising if they put four good quarters in a row.
With a 14-8 record, the Maud Tigers are expected to beat the Sasakwa Vikings, who are 6-15 on the season. Maud won the matchup earlier in the season, but only by 12 points.
Winners of tonight's and tomorrow's games will play in the District 1 Championship on Friday, also at Maud.
In Area III, District 5, both Butner teams will play on Friday, the girls at 6:30 p.m. and the boys at 8 p.m.
The Lady Eagles, who struggled to a 2-20 finish, will face Earlsboro's girls, who are 6-17 on the season. The winner will play Paden on Saturday.
Butner's boys will play Paden, to whom they lost in their season opener on November 1.
At 8-15, the Eagles have struggled, but Paden's boys are at 4-18 for the season. Whichever team wins will find a powerful opponent in Earlsboro on Saturday.