Although the 2022-23 basketball season is in the rearview mirror, coaches are already looking forward to next year given the crop of sophomores that will be upperclassmen next year.
The girls’ basketball senior class at El Dorado qualified for the state tournament for the second straight season under Coach Ashlee Curtis. It was the first time the Lady Wildcats went to back-to-back state tournaments since Stephen Harshaw’s last year and Destinee Rogers’ first season as head coach.
Curtis’ senior class was well represented on the 2022-2023 News-Times Girls Basketball All-Area Team. El Dorado’s Lindsey Lockhart, Lauren Nelson and Charalyn Rester joined Parkers Chapel’s Bella Frisby and Kallie Martin on the first team.
SHAWNEE, Okla. - West Side Christian’s Lady Warriors claimed the Heartland Christian Athletic Association 2A State Championship Saturday with a hard-fought 43-36 win over Arkansas Christian Academy. The championship game was held on the campus of Oklahoma Baptist University.
DEL CITY, Okla. - West Side Christian’s girls advanced to the championship game of the Heartland Christian Athletic Association 2A State Tournament with a 33-28 win over Union Christian Academy on Friday.
FORT SMITH - West Side Christian’s girls beat Immanuel Lutheran 49-24 Tuesday in the first round of the Heartland Christian Athletic Association 2A State Tournament. The Lady Warriors improved to 14-9 and will return to action Friday in Dell City, Okla.