The Vian Lady Wolverines and Wolverines suffered defeats on the final day of the 2025 Sequoyah County Classic on Jan. 13 at the Ranger Dome.
Since their original consolation championship games’ opponents, the Gore Lady Pirates and Pirates, could not return on Jan. 13, the Vian teams were put into the voids in the third-place games against the Central Lady Tigers and Roland Runnin’ Rangers — both of whom were to have meet the Stigler squads for third place, but the Lady Panthers and Panthers also could not return on Jan. 13.
Thus, it was somewhat of a combined third-place/consolation championship matchup in the first two games on the final day of the tournament.
The Lady Tigers handled the Lady Wolverines 62-39, while the Runnin’ Rangers ran past the Wolverines 7648. The Vian teams were awarded the consolation championship plaques.
In the girls’ game, the Lady Tigers scored the game’s first six points of the game en route to a 17-5 lead after a quarter, but the Lady Wolverines (2-6 after the loss) cut their deficit to 25-17 at halftime.
However, any Vian comeback was quickly put to sleep by Central, which outscored Vian 21-11 in the third quarter to send the Lady Tigers into the final period ahead 46-28.
In defeat, Halli Russell led Vian with 18 points, followed by Avery Wright with nine points, Jaiden Soap with four points, Blazi Dieter with three points, Rebel Simon and Rayleigh Terrill with two points each and Shelbie Glass with a free throw.
In the boys’ game, Vian’s Joe O’Neal hit a basket to cut the deficit for the Wolverines (3-5 after the loss) to 5-4 with 5:33 left in the first quarter. That ended up being as close as they got.
The Runnin’ Rangers ended the first period on an 18-8 run to take a 23-12 lead into the second quarter.
Roland kept increasing the lead from there, taking a 43-23 lead at halftime and a 61-30 advantage after three quarters.
In defeat, O’Neal scored 18 points and Cash Trammel added 11 points to lead Vian, followed by Trace Sanders with six points, Masyn Wright and Caden Brannick with four points each, Kyle King with three points and Jacob Brannick with two points.
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS Girls Central — Haley Cheek.
Vian — Kala Gibbins. Gore — Emily Daily.
Boys
Central — Josh Brunk and Aidan Sainer.
Vian — Masyn Wright.
Gore — Cain Cooper.
