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Quinton to host districts, Stigler assigned to Atoka

The Class 2A and 3A basketball district assignments were released on Thursday, Feb. 2. Stigler must hit the road for its district matchup while Quinton stays home.

The Panthers will head to Atoka on Feb. 17 for the District 3 matchup in Class 3A's Area III. For Stigler's girls team, which is 17-3 and ranked No. 11, this should be a simple task. Atoka's girls team stands 1-14, having earned its first win on Jan. 31 at Silo. Stigler's boys team has a good challenge against the Wampus Cats (11-7), which has taken all of its losses against teams that are either ranked or in Class 5A.

Stigler goes to Wilburton for regionals and Checotah for the area round. Ranked boys teams in Stigler's regional include Wilburton (No. 15, 17-1) and Sequoyah Tahlequah (No. 7, 14-5), with Prague (No. 17, 16-3) and Okmulgee (No. 4, 14-4) also in Area III. The other ranked girls team in Stigler's regional is Sequoyah Tahlequah (No. 2, 17-2). Eufaula (No. 13, 13-4), Heavener (No. 17, 12-5) and Beggs (No. 6, 16-2) are the ranked girls teams in the opposite regional of Area III.

Quinton hosts Ketchum on Feb. 18 for the District 6 matchup for Class 2A's Area II. Quinton's girls team (19-1), which is ranked ninth in Class 2A and has not lost since Dec. 2, will face a team that is 8-11 and has scored 50 points just once. For Quinton's boys team (8-12), a major test arises in playing the eighth-ranked Warriors (17-2), which won 11 straight games before losing to Sperry on Jan. 28. The Savages will get a peak at Ketchum on Saturday, Feb. 4, since they play Howe in the North-South Clash ahead of their matchup against Kiefer.

The other ranked boys teams in Quinton's regional is Rejoice Christian (No. 20, 12-6) and fourth-ranked Dale (17-4) is in the opposite regional of Area II. The other ranked girls team in Quinton's regional is Mounds (No. 8, 18-1). In the opposite regional of Area II are top-ranked Dale (19-2) and Porter (No. 19, 17-2).

Quinton will head to Ketchum for regionals and Claremore for the area playoffs.

Class 2A and 3A regionals will be Feb. 23-25. Area playoffs will be March 2-4.

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