Several postseason schedule changes for swimming, basketball teams announced
Caney Valley Trojan head coach Tug Brinker reacts during earlier season action. Winter weather postponed playoff games to either Friday or Saturday. We’ll have a closer look at Bartlesville High School’s trip to the Class 6A state swim meet in a later article. Area basketball playoff schedules, according to the OSSAA website, are below. Last minute changes are always possible.
BECKY BURCH/Bartlesville Area Sports
By Mike Tupa
February 21, 2025
BARTLESVILLE AREA SPORTS REPORT
The week-long cold blitz has set the area basketball playoff slate back to begin either Friday or Saturday to this weekend.
In addition the state swimming meet at Jenks has been delayed until Monday.
INTERESTING INFO: Wesleyan Christian School boys face an uphill battle to get back to the area tournament for the second-straight year; … Copan boys face a stiff regional semifinals test against Deer Creek-Lamont, Copan has won its first district title since 2019; … Caney Valley girls face an unbeaten foe in Okemah in the regional semifinals.
POSSIBLE MOST COMPETITIVE MATCHUPS: Nowata (15-6) faces Okemah (17-8) in a boys regional semifinal; … Pawhuska (21-3) and Fairland (19-6) collide in a girls regional semifinal; Oklahoma Union (12-13), which has played some very good ball takes on Hulbert (10-13), on Hulbert’s home court in a boys regional collision; … In a girls regional elimination game, Nowata (2-20) is taking on a Haskell team that has won only four games; … Dewey (13-9), which has probably overachieved, based on its shortage of varsity experience coming into the season, will look to knock off Commerce (18-6) in a Class 3A girls district game.
AREA BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS
Note: Last-minute changes are always possible. (Playoff site is in parentheses.)
CLASS A BOYS: Wesleyan Christian (21-4) vs. Yale (11-12) (at Porter), 2:30 p.m.. Friday, elimination game
CLASS 2A BOYS: Oklahoma Union (12-13) vs. Hulbert (10-13) (at Hulbert), 2:30 p.m., Friday, elimination game
CLASS B BOYS: Copan (15-6) vs. Deer Creek-Lamont (23-4) (at Medford), 7:30 p.m. Friday
CLASS 2A BOYS: Caney Valley (5-18) vs. Haskell (4-19) (at Caney Valley), at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, elimination game
CLASS 2A BOYS: Pawhuska (10-14) vs. Quapaw (3-15) (at Pawhuska), 2:30 p.m. Saturday, elimination game
CLASS 2A BOYS: Nowata (15-8) vs. Okemah (17-8) (at Caney Valley), 7:30 p.m. Saturday
CLASS 3A BOYS: Dewey (12-10) at Commerce (4-18), 7:30 p.m. Monday
CLASS A GIRLS: Barnsdall (11-15) vs. Summit Christian (9-13) (at Porter), 1 p.m. Friday, elimination game
CLASS 2A GIRLS: Oklahoma Union (2-19) vs. Hulbert (14-9) (at Hulbert), 1 p.m. Friday, elimination game
CLASS 2A GIRLS: Nowata (2-20) vs. Haskell (4-19) (at Caney Valley), 1 p.m. Saturday, elimination game
CLASS 2A GIRLS: Caney Valley (14-9) vs. Okemah (25-0) (at Caney Valley), 6 p.m. Saturday
CLASS 2A GIRLS: Pawhuska (21-3) vs. Fairland (19-6) (at Pawhuska), 6 p.m. Saturday
CLASS 3A GIRLS: Dewey (13-9) at Commerce (18-6), 6 p.m. Monday
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