Semifinal Friday at State Fair Arena

By Ryan Aber
raber@opubco.com

11:05 – Garber wins 74-52, plays Okarche in the finals Saturday at 3 p.m. at State Fair Arena.

10:15 – Garber looking good, leading 34-15 at halftime. The Wolverines had a 23-point lead at one point in the second quarter.

9:20 – Cyril 43, Forgan 26 – Final. Cyril takes on Boynton in the championship at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at State Fair Arena.

Ryan is going to head home, but I’ma stay here for this Garber and Fort Towson battle that is oh, about 10 minutes away.

9:04 – From Robert Przybylo: We’ve hit The Wall here at State Fair Arena. Ryan and myself are still constantly updating Twitter, though.

Boynton used its run-n-gun style of offense to an 81-64 win against Frontier to advance to the Class B girls championship.

Following that was the Okarche boys joining the girls in the Class A championship. Jabe Karr had 25 points in a 65-54 win against Caddo.

And here with less than three minutes left in the fourth, Cyril looks like it will meet Boynton, up 36-26.

Final game of the night Fort Towson vs. Garber, set for 9. Oh wait, it’s already past 9. Told ya, been a long day.

5:12: That was an exciting half of basketball. Boynton is up 50-22 at the break. Branna Hutchinson has 18 and Sherri Lang has 15 (and 5 steals and 5 rebounds).

4:57: This thing’s getting abusrd already. Boynton up 33-12 with 5:33 left in the first half.

4:48: Boynton leads 26-10 after one. Sherri Lang has 11.

4:44: The Cardinals are keeping it up. Boynton up 22-8 with 1:58 left in the first still. This reminds me of the Boynton boys teams in the days of David Belton and David Haynes. Breanna Hutchinson has 9 for Boynton.

4:37: Boynton gets off to a good start. The Lady Cardinals are up 10-5 with 4:45 remaining in the first.

4:30: We’re going to be a little late but not much. Next up: Boynton vs. Frontier

3:21: Roff wins 49-26. Brendan McCurry leads the way with 14.

3:19: Roff now up 49-20, just playing out the string.

3:05: Roff now has 7 3-pointers (4 from Brendan McCurry). The Tigers lead 43-15 two minutes into the fourth.

3:02: Senior R.T. Stoup hit s a 3-pointer right before the buzzer to extend Roff’s lead to 37-15 with eight minutes left.

3:01: Roff now leads 34-15. Looks like Roff-Red Oak for the championship at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow. Those two teams met in the area finals, with Roff winning handily.

2:50: Brendon McCurry starts the second half with his third 3-pointer of the game. Roff is up 30-11 now.

2:38: Roff up 25-9 at half. Brenon Barr leads Roff with seven points.

2:21: Roff up 17-6 after one quarter.

2:19: Aaron Cornell hits a 3-pointer and is fouled for Roff. The Tigers are up 17-4 after Cornell’s free throw. Less than a minute left.

2:16: Late in the first quarter of the fourth game of the day, with Roff beating Binger-Oney 11-4 with 1:46 remaining.

1:56: Updated on Twitter but forgot to update here. Okarche wins 47-40 and advances to play Chattanooga tomorrow at 7 p.m.

1:43: Classy move by Seiling’s Kari Trammell. She fouls out with 14 but makes it a point to come over and shake the official’s hand. Okarche up 45-39

1:38: Meyer continues to pile on. She hits another two FTs. Okarche up 45-38 with 1:30 remaining.

1:37: Meyer scored just two points in regulation but has all sixOkarche points in overtime, as she hits a pair from the line to put Okarche up 43-38.

1:36: Kristen Meyer hits another jumper, then Okarche gets the ball right back. Okarche up 41-38 with about 2:20 left in OT.

1:35: Seiling’s Kari Trammell heads to the line for a pair of free throws and a chance to tie it up, but misses the first. Trammell makes the second. 39-38 Okarche with 3:06  left

1:33: Okarche strikes first on Kristen Meyer’s short jumper, 39-37.

1:31 (2): Heading to overtime. 37-37

1:31: Wow. Seiling tunrover. 4.2

1:30: Seiling has the ball, 7.2 seconds left.

1:28: Okarche’s holding for a last shot. Ticking under 30 seconds before a foul call still not in the bonus. 24 seconds left.