Okarche wins regional, advances to state
OKARCHE’S Jacob Hammons celebrates with teammates after the Warriors scored a run during their regional tournament. [KT&FP Staff Photo]
Okarche defeated No. 12 Pioneer 1-0 Friday evening to win its Class A regional and advance to this week’s state tournament.
It’s Okarche’s first trip to the spring state tournament since 2015.
The Warriors advanced to the Class A semifinals last fall.
The win against Pioneer has been Okarche’s lone close game of these playoffs.
The Warriors won their three district games by a combined 42-0 with a 10-0 victory over Garber being the closest win, At the regional, the Warriors outscored their foes 31-3.
Okarche enters state ranked fifth and with a 22-4 mark.
The Warriors play No. 4 Wright City (25-4) at 11 a.m. Thursday in the quarterfi nals at Shawnee High School.
Other first-round games see No. 1 Tushka playing No. 9 Canute at 1:30 p.m.; No. 3 Rattan vs. No. 6 Amber Pocasset at 4 p.m.; and No. 2 Dewar vs. No. 7 Arapaho-Butler at 6:30 p.m.
The semifinals will also be at Shawnee High School.
The Okarche-Wright City winner plays the Tushka- Canute winner at 11 a.m. Friday. The other semifinal will be played at 1:30 p.m.
The state title game is set for 3 p.m. Saturday at Shawnee.
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Cashion’s quest to get back to the state tournament will go through...Cashion.
The third-ranked Wildcats are the top seed in a Class 2A regional they’ll host beginning Thursday.
Joining Cashion are Merritt, Stroud and Hartshorne.
Cashion plays Merritt at 11 a.m. Thursday to open the double-elimination regional.
The Wildcats are looking to get back to state for the fourth consecutive season.
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Hennessey is looking for its first trip to state since 2014.
The Eagles will have to take down No. 1 Oktaha at least once to get back.
The Eagles travel to Oktaha along with Morrison and Vian in a 2A regional.
Hennessey and Oktaha play at 11 a.m. Thursday.
The winner plays again at 4 p.m. while the loser plays an elimination game at 6:30 p.m.