AREA HOOPS ONLINE WEEKEND REPORT: Area teams win playoff openers

Following are summaries of weekend area basketball games, including playoff action._

BOYS: WCS 87, Oilton 39

For the fourth-straight season the Wesleyan Christian School Mustangs reached 17 wins. And. during that same period, WCS (17-5) claimed a playoff district title.

Next, the Mustangs will see how deeply they can advance in the Class B playoffs. Last year, they came up just shy of making it into the area round.

Zander Weeks poured in 15 points to lead the Mustang romp past Oilton. Cooper Holley and Trey White added 13 and 12 points, respectively, to the balanced attack.

Mustangs head coach Steven Cooks also praised the work of Kael Siemers and Tyrel Cloud on the defensive side.

But, WCS lost on Saturday in the district title game to Glencoe, 73-61.

However, WCS lives to fight another day, albeit in the loser's bracket._

GIRLS: South Coffeyville 68, Copan 29

While the margin of difference was forgettable for Copan Lady Hornet fans, no one could really say Saturday's outcome generated much surprise.

South Coffeyville improved to 22-0 overall while defeating Copan for a Class B district championship title in Welch.

Next up, both Copan and South Coffeyville advance to the Class B regionals.

South Coffeyville is for real as a superior team said Copan head coach Kristy Bryan, who was associated with Copan teams about a dozen years ago considered among the best in the state.

This year's Copan team, meanwhile, continues to scrap and claw despite a short slate of athletes and only a couple of seniors.

South Coffeyville led by only three points,12-9, at the end of the first quarter. South Coffeyville then took control.

Zoey Secondine scored 12 points to lead Copan in scoring, followed by Eyzabeth Odum with seven, Faith Weatherspoon with three, Rylee VanSchuyver with two, Kam Van with two, Jayden Purdum with two and Kylee Cobb with one.

For South Coffeyville, Lydia Phillips and Eryn Dolan scored 28 and 15 points, respectively. Jayden Whitney added seven points.

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BOYS: Pawhuska 47, Dewey 43

Dewey (9-13) saw its winning ways temporarily derailed but still checked in with a strong road effort against an improving Pawhuska (8-8) squad.

“It was a good game,” said Dewey head coach Lance Knight. “We had some opportunities, but we had to foul late. … We had a couple of leads.”

Colby Miller and Jeremy Highsmith dropped in 11 and 10 points, respectively, for Dewey, followed by Ryder Muninger with eight, Jace Williams with eight and Clayton Evans with six.

Trenton Miles scored nine for Pawhuska.

“They’ve been playing well,” Knight said about Pawhuska. “It was a good defensive game. … It was nip-and-tuck throughout. We missed a lot of shots we normally make. … We did all we could but didn’t get the win.”

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BOYS: Copan splits

Copan High finished 1-1 in Class B district play and lives again to play this coming week in the regionals.

On Friday (2-10), the Hornets leapfrogged past South Coffeyville, 66-21, to open district play.

But, on Saturday, Welch outlasted Copan, 51-45, for the district crown. The result means Welch is a No. 1 seed going into the regional while Copan is a No. 2 seed and faces a win-or-done the rest of the playoffs.

Copan made a strong run late against Welch, Copan head coach Kolton Stacy said.

Levi VanSchuyver poured in 25 points to top Copan's effort, while Shooter Brewington netted six.

"We're definitely coming along," said Stacy, noting he played all freshmen and sophomores with the exception of using a junior for about a minute.

"We were trading punches, blow for blow," he said. "We just didn't finish the last three minutes of the game. … If we'll find our offense we'll be okay."

Copan plays at 3 p.m. Thursday in Checotah.

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GIRLS: Caney Valley 44, Chelsea 32

Libby Thompson continued to use her net-busting shooting to sting opposing defenses. She dropped in 16 points to pace the Lady Trojans (17-5) to an unbeaten season in the Northeast Valley Conference.

Caney Valley also is galloping forward with a four-game winning streak heading into next week’s Class 2A district playoffs.

Thompson’s metamorphosis as a sharp offensive blade has added another a dynamic dimension to Caney Valley’s offense.

Opposing teams used to formulate their defensive strategies to try to contain Lady Trojan seniors Jade Upton and Sammi Gilbreath. But, the emergence of Thompson, and also Kensly Foreman as point gatherers, along with the contributors of Chloe Scherman and others, has expanded the attack.

Upton and Foreman poured in 11 and nine points in this win, followed by Gilbreath with six and Scherman with two.

Chelsea double-teamed Gilbreath most the night and face-guarded Upton a good share of the game, noted Caney Valley head coach Deric Longan.

Thompson has nailed seven three-pointers the past two games.

The Trojans needed all their shooters to step up in this one.

Chelsea led at the end of the first quarter, 13-11 — but scored only 19 points the final three quarters.

“Our defense was really good in the second and third quarters,” said Longan.

Chelsea scored only seven points combined the middle two quarters while Caney Valley stampeded ahead, 32-20.

Caney Valley next plays host Monday to Oologah and will be back home next Friday to open the Class 2A district playoffs by hosting Rejoice Christian.

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BOYS: Chelsea 39, Caney Valley 38

Well, it’s just been that kind of season for the Caney Valley Trojans.

Chelsea zeroed in with a three-pointer in the final 10 seconds and held on tightly as the rim rejected Caney Valley’s final shot, sending the Trojans (6-16) to their seventh-straight loss.

That also was their ninth defeat by 10-or-fewer points.

“We play so hard every single night,” said Trojan head coach Tug Brinker. “We’ve been in every game except one.”

After Chelsea churned out to an 11-or-12-point lead, “we switched to man-to-man and held them the rest of the game,” Brinker said.

Rocky Hester, Mav Condry and Tate Longan each elevated Caney Valley’s offense from behind the three-point line, Brinker said.

He also praised the contributions of Zak Wallis.

“We had plenty of chances,” said Brinker. “We just couldn’t hit on our chances.”

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BOYS: Oklahoma Union 41, Fairland 29

Levi Kreider and Kaide Hill netted 16 and nine points, respectively, to lead Oklahoma Union.

"We played our zone defense," said Oklahoma Union head coach Brad Hall. "We play a half-court trap that gives people problems."

This article originally appeared on Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise: Area basketball weekend reports