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Vian Wolverines consolation champions, Lady Wolverines sixth, both Gore teams seventh at Gore Tournament; Lady Pirates get first win of season on Saturday
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December 20, 2023
Vian Wolverines consolation champions, Lady Wolverines sixth, both Gore teams seventh at Gore Tournament; Lady Pirates get first win of season on Saturday
By David Seeley Sports Editor,

Three of the four local teams in the field of the inaugural Gore Tournament won their respective trophy games Saturday morning and afternoon at Gore Event Center.

The Vian Wolverines captured the consolation championship by handling the Salina Wildcats 60-45 on Saturday afternoon after being stunned in the opening round 45-42 in overtime by Quinton but bouncing back in Friday’s consolation semifinals with a 44-25 victory over Chouteau-Mazie.

The Lady Wolverines lost their Saturday afternoon consolation finals, losing 67-37 to Hulbert after opening the tournament with a 54-28 loss Thursday to Chouteauteau Mazie the beating the host Gore Lady Pirates 56-36 in Friday afternoon’s consolation semifinals.

The Lady Pirates and Pirates each finished seventh. The Lady Pirates, who fell 58-17 in their tournament opener Thursday night to Stigler, handled Braggs 58-21 in Saturday morning’s seventh-place game for their first win of the season.

The Prates, who opened with a 41-32 loss to Hulbert in Thursday’s opener and fell 61-50 to Salina in Friday afternoon’s consolation semifinals, ended the tournament on a high note by defeating Chouteau-Mazie 55-37 in Saturday’s seventh-place game.

In the Vian boys’ consolation championship, Salina rallied from an early deficit to tie the game at 8-all, but the Wolverines (3-2) ended the period leading 1512. Vian would never trail again as the Wolverines took a 33-23 lead at halftime thanks to all-tournament team member Masyn Wright’s buzzer-beating jumper. Vian took a 43-33 lead into the fourth quarter.

For the game, both Wright and Yonsi Grass each scored a gamehigh 21 points to lead Vian, followed by Trace Sanders with 10 points, Jacob Brannick with six points and Dante Glass with two points.

In the Vian boys’ consolation semifinals, the Wolverines broke an 8-all tie after the first quarter by blanking Chouteau-Mazie 13-0 in the second quarter for a 21-8 halftime lead. After the Wildcats cut their deficit to 26-16 entering the fourth quarter, the Wolverines sealed the deal with an 18-8 final period.

For the game, Wright scored a game-high 16 points to lead Vian, followed by Grass with eight points, Sanders and Brayden Rodriguez with six points each, Ethan Pollock with five points, Brannick with two points and Glass with a free throw.

In the Vian boys’ opening-round game, the Wolverines rallied from a 31-25 thirdquarter deficit with a 15-9 fourth period to knot the game at 40-all to send the game into overtime, but Quinton outscored Vian 5-2 in the extra session to get the upset win.

In defeat, Grass led Vian with 14 points, followed by Sanders and Wright with eight points each, Rodriguez with five points, Pollock with three points and Brannick and Draighton Fletcher with two points apiece.

In the Vian girls’ consolation championship, the Lady Wolverines (14) jumped out to a 3-1 lead within the first two minutes of the game, but in about 60 to 90 seconds the lead was gone as Hulbert’s 6-0 run had the Lady Riders ahead 7-3 en route to a 16-9 advantage at the end of the first quarter. However, the Lady Riders put away the game with a 19-10 second period for a 35-19 halftime advantage.

In defeat, Kiah Richardson led Vian with 15 points, followed by Cassidee Postoak with six, Halli Russell with four points, Maisie Wells with three points, Rayleigh Terrill, Annie Neal and Kalli Kennedy with two points each and Jaden Frazier, Aliyah Tucker and Rebel Simon with a free throw apiece.

In the Vian girls’ consolation semifinal win over Gore, the Lady Wolverines had a 1512 lead after a period, which became a 28-17 halftime advantage and a 43-22 lead going into the fourth quarter.

For the game, Russell, who was named to the all-tournament team, led all scorers with a game-high 21 points, followed by Terrill with eight points, Skyelar Locust with seven points, Wells and Avery Wright with six points each, Kala Gibbins with four points and Neal and Simon with two points apiece.

In defeat, Natalie Casteel scored 12 points to lead the Lady Pirates (1-6), followed by Oaklei Thornton and Emily Daily — who also made the all-tournament team — with six points each, Kaitlyn Byrne with four points, Ricki Huckbay and River Shoemake each with three points and Rayleigh Moore with two points.

In the Vian girls’ opening-round game, Chouteau-Mazie jumped out to a 17-12 lead after a quarter, but the Lady Wildcats continued to stretch the lead from there. The Lady ‘Cats had a 30-19 halftime lead, which became a 42-25 advantage heading into the final period.

In defeat, Terrill led Vian with seven points, followed by Locust and Wells with five points each, Simon with four points, Russell with three points and Gibbins and Richardson with two points apiece.

In the Gore girls’ seventh-place game, the Lady Pirates doubled the Braggs Lady Wildcats 12-6 after a period, then used a 23-8 second quarter to take a 35-14 lead at halftime. The fourth period saw a running clock used.

For the game, Daily scored 12 points and Casteel added 10 points to lead Gore, followed by Moore with nine points, Thornton and Shoemake with eight points each, Huckbay with six points, Byrne with three points and Paige Curran with two points.

In the Gore girls’ opening-round game, Stigler got off to a 15-5 lead after a quarter, then blanked the Lady Pirates 19-0 to take a 34-5 halftime advantage into the locker room.

In defeat, Daily scored four points to lead Gore, followed by Shoemake, Casteel, Gracie Bruce and Lily Wooten with three points each and Thornton with a free throw.

In the Gore boys’ seventh-place game, a 3-point basket by Tate Brooksher with 3:23 left in the first quarter put the Pirates (3-4) ahead 9-2. Gore had a 16-8 lead after a period, a 3020 halftime advantage and a 44-22 third-quarter lead to cruise on to victory.

For the game, Cain Cooper led all scorers with a game-high 21 points to lead Gore, followed by all-tournament team member Journey Shells with 14 points, Brooksher with nine points, Bryon McDuffie with three points and Auden Cox, Noah Thouvenel, Burr Jaynes and Logan Markou with two points apiece.

In the Gore boys’ consolation semifinal game, Salina jumped out to a 13-7 lead after period, which became a 26-13 halftime advantage and a 45-24 lead going into the fourth quarter.

In defeat, Jaynes scored 17 points to lead Gore, followed by Cooper and Brooksher with nine points each, McDuffie with seven points and Shells and Thouvenel with four points apiece.

In the Gore boys’ opening-round game, Hulbert jumped out to a 14-5 lead after a quarter, and the Riders rode off into the night with the win as they enjoyed a 27-9 halftime lead and a 37-18 advantage going into the final period.

In defeat, Cooper scored a game-high 15 points to lead Gore, followed by Shells with five points, Jaynes with four points, McDuffie and Brooksher with three points each and Thouvenel with two points.

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