Surging Warriors win again

Make that six wins in a row for the Okarche Warriors.

The team traveled to Oklahoma City Tuesday and came back with a 51-36 victory over Harding Fine Arts.

“We’re playing better defense and playing harder overall,” coach Aaron West said as the Warriors improved to 6-2.

Fellow coaches have noticed as well. Okarche entered the Class A rankings this week at No. 18.

Against the Firehawks, Okarche led by three points at halftime.

However, they went on a 19-6 run in the third quarter to open it up.

Caden Schieber had a huge night as the sophomore poured in 20 points to go with 10 rebounds.

Brayden Stover also recorded a double-double with 12 points and 10 boards.

P.K. Harris added eight rebounds and Hunter Mueggenborg seven more as that duo also combined for 10 points.

Okarche out-rebounded its hosts 40-22.

Seventeen of Okarche’s rebounds came on the offensive end as the Warriors got 16 second-chance points.

Okarche also forced 27 turnovers, which led to 21 points.

Harris led Okarche with four steals.

Lady Warriors win big

Okarche dropped one spot this week in the Class A girls rankings, but it hasn’t been due to performance on the court.

The Lady Warriors improved to 8-0 Tuesday with their 78-6 victory at Harding Fine Arts.

Okarche led 30-0 after a quarter and 49-2 at halftime.

The first quarter saw Sophie Vandendriessche score 13 points and Emma Stover eight.

They ended their nights with 15 and 13 points, respectively.

Adyson Arms and Ruby Vandendriessche also scored 13 points apiece.

Okarche was No. 2 in the initial coaches’ rankings the previous week, but Seiling jumped ahead of the Lady Warriors this week.

Hydro-Eakly is currently No. 1.