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February 24, 2008

White in title match

OKLAHOMA CITY – Zach White is in the finals and four other Boomer wrestlers are still in the medal chase at the 87th Oklahoma State Wrestling championships.

White, the top seed at 160 pounds in Class 3A, pinned Daniel Gifford of Locust Grove and Colten Barnes of Oologah to reach the finals tonight at the State Fairgrounds Arena.

The Boomers other four qualifiers split matches on Friday and are in the consolation semifinals today. All need one victory to earn a top four finish and a medal.

Josh Rosborough at 103 pounds lost his first match by fall and won by fall in the consolation semifinals.

Joey Miller won her first round match and lost in the semifinals at 119 pounds.

At 125 pounds, Matt White lost in overtime in the first round, then won in the consolation semifinals.

Kevin Tapia got a fall at heavyweight in round one and lost a 1-0 match in the semifinals.

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The Woodward girls beat Elk City for the third time Friday night and will play in the Class 4A basketball regional consolation finals today.

The Boomers, 8-15, eliminated the Elkettes 50-42 in Elgin and will take on Guymon for a trip to next week’s area competition.

Guymon stunned Clinton 58-48 Friday afternoon.

A week ago, the Boomers beat Guymon 46-45 on a last-second three-pointer.

Game time is 1:30 p.m.

The boys, 17-5, will face Anadarko for in the regional championship game at Elgin with tip off at 8 p.m.

The Boomers reached this point by edging Elgin 53-51 on Thursday. Anadarko advanced with a win over Elk City. Both teams are assured of playing in the area tournament next week.

A win would put the Boomers just one victory away from reaching the state tournament. With a loss, the Boomers would need three victories next week.

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