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The Wewoka Tigers hosted the Okemah Panthers Friday night in their fourth home game of the season. The Tigers and Lady Tigers fought hard but came up short in both games. The Lady Tigers played first and struggled in the first quarter and was held to 6 points scored.

The Sasakwa Vikings had back-to-back home games Monday night and Tuesday night. The Lady Vikings lost two very close games in very tough matchups while the Viking boys won their games by a huge margin. The Lady Vikings started the evening off Tuesday against the (7-3) Moss Lady Pirates.

ESPN - The most wonderful time of the year for college football fans -- bowl season -- is upon us. And this year, there’s more to get excited about than ever with the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff. In addition to the CFP, there will be 36 bowl games in all.

THUNDER WIRE - Picking up Anthony Black’s lost basketball, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander zipped it down the court and found Aaron Wiggins for the easy transition dunk. The defense-to-offense sequence was the exclamation mark. Orlando put a scare in OKC without its top three players but ran out of juice.

NORTHEAST Kaw : December 16. Elevation is normal and stable, water temperature 50°F and stained. (USACE Lake Level) Crappie good on hair jigs, jigs, minnows, sassy shad, and tube jigs around brush structure, riprap, and standing timber.

LAS VEGAS NCAA president Charlie Baker is “bullish” on the prospect of the NCAA basketball tournaments expanding to 72 or 76 teams in the near future.

Varnum traveled to Bulldog Territory Tuesday night to take on 3A Lexington in their second to their last game before the Christmas break. The Varnum Lady Whippets hit the court first to face the Lady Bulldogs. Varnum took control of the game in the first with a 15-4 run to start things off.

OU SOONER WOMEN CHARLOTTE(AP) – Payton Verhulst and Skylar Vann each scored 12 points, and No. 10 Oklahoma beat No. 20 Michigan 72-62 on Tuesday night at the Jumpman Invitational. It was a hard-fought win as the Wolverines tested the Sooners physically and pushed the pace offensively.

The Strother Yellowjackets hosted the Konawa Tigers for their second home game of the season and protected their home court in double wins. The Lady Yellowjackets faced the Lady Tigers first to start the evening off. The first quarter of the game was a tough battle on both sides of the ball.

THUNDER WIRE - In a game without consequence, OKC relearned the same painful lesson it was introduced to at the pinnacle of the sport in last year’s playoffs — its offense struggled to score against a battle-tested squad with serious size.