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February 21, 2013

Basketball schedule changing

Woodward, Okla. — There are some late changes for local and area basketball teams.

Woodward, which is not having school again on Friday, will not make the trip to Oklahoma City for the Class 4A regional tournament, said Athletic Director Andy Newby. The regional games will now apparently be played on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday.

Also, the Class B Area 1 games scheduled for Friday in Woodward will now be played in Arnett, Newby said.

The schedule in Arnett has Balko vs. Vici girls at 1:30 p.m., Tyrone vs. Leedey boys at 3 p.m., Sharon-Mutual vs. Boise City girls at 6:30 p.m., and Fort Supply vs. Lookeba-Sickles boys at 8 p.m.

Newby said the Area 1 tournament will return to Woodward's Boomer Fieldhouse for the games on Saturday and Monday.

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