The Roland High School basketball teams had resounding wins over their archrivals from Muldrow in the championship games of the 2026 Sequoyah County Area Classic, which took place last Thursday through Saturday at Muldrow High School’s Roger Sharp Activity Center.
The Lady Rangers handled the Lady Bulldogs 56-27 in Saturday night’s title game, while the Runnin’ Rangers broke open a close game in the second half to down the ’Dogs 71-43 in the boys championship game.
The Lady Rangers reached the title game with a 54-22 semifinal win Friday night over Stigler, which edged Gore 49-45 in Thursday’s opening-round game.
The Runnin’ Rangers broke open a close game with the Vian Wolverines to win Friday night’s championship semifinal 68-43. The Wolverines pummeled Stigler 61-37 in Thursday’s openinground game. The Lady Bulldogs got to the girls championship as they got past the Central Lady Tigers 4239 in Friday afternoon’s semifinals. Central opened the tournament with a 38-15 win over Vian on Thursday.
The ’Dogs made it to the championship game with a 62-44 semifinal win over Central on Friday evening after the Tigers routed Gore 69-27 in Thursday’s openinground game.
Saturday’s thirdplace finishers were the Lady Tigers as Central got past Stigler 53-36, but the Tigers lost their third-place game 49-39 to Vian to finish fourth.
In the girls’ title game, the Lady Rangers (62) put away the game early, leading 16-2 after a quarter, 25-14 at halftime and 43-22 after three quarters.
For the game, Ryanne Nelke scored a gamehigh 23 points to lead Roland, followed by Lillian Cole with 12 points, Molly Carver with 11 points and Halle Freeman with 10 points.
In defeat, London Hardin led the Lady Bulldogs (4-5) with 11 points, followed by Kayla Ellingberg with six points, Emma Fields and Tae Williams with three points each and Kilah Ellingberg and Jaydin Dean with two points apiece.
In the boys’ championship game, the opening quarter saw nine lead changes, with the ninth lead change coming with a second on the clock as Mason Kemp hit a 3-point basket to give the Runnin’ Rangers (10-0) a 22-21 lead.
The Runnin’ Rangers and the Bulldogs (6-3) forced three ties in the first part of the second quarter, but Roland ended the first half on a 10-2 run, capped by a 3-pointer by Damonte “Bubba” Owens, to put the Runnin’ Rangers ahead 38-30 at halftime.
The second half was all Roland as it outscored Muldrow 33-13 to win going away.
For the game, Owens scored a game-high 31 points to lead Roland, followed by Landon Fowler with 12 points, Kemp with 11 points, Kade Shook with 10 points, Paul Johnson with three points and Tae Smith and Cason Perryman with two points apiece.
In defeat, Teaguen Collins scored 18 points and Jesse Kilinc added 14 points to lead Muldrow, followed by Parker Sevenstar with five points, D.J. Massey with four points and DeShawn Willson with two points.
In the girls’ thirdplace game, the Lady Tigers (7-2) had a 21-9 lead after a quarter, 37-15 at halftime and 47-21 after three periods.
For the game, Central put a trio of players into double figures, led by Cambree Bair’s gamehigh 16 points, followed by Cheyenne Busch’s 12 points and 10 points from Sara Williams. Paris Campbell scored nine points, Gracie Thompson with four points and Sarah Buchanan with two points.
In the boys’ thirdplace game, down 24-20 at halftime, the Wolverines outscored the Tigers (5-3) in the second half to the tune of 29-15 to win going away.
In defeat, Josh Brunk scored 12 points and Gavin Randolph added 10 points to lead Central, followed by Braxin Goodson with six points, Paitton Merrill and Noah Buzzard with five points each and Cale Stewart with a free throw.
In the Roland girls’ championship semifinal win over Stigler, the Lady Rangers led 14-10 after a quarter, then outscored the Lady Panthers 16-7 in the second period to take a 30-17 halftime advantage. It was all Roland in the second half as the Lady Rangers outscored the Lady Panthers 24-5.
For the game, Nelke scored a game-high 24 points to lead Roland, followed by Cole with 16 points, Carver with eight points and Freeman with six points.
In the Muldrow girls’ championship semifinal victory over Central, trailing 21-15 at halftime, the Lady Tigers came out of their den on fire in the third quarter, outscoring the Lady Bulldogs 15-6 to open the period to take a 30-27 lead late in the quarter. Muldrow’s London Hardin hit a 3-point basket to knot the game at 30-all after three quarters.
In the final period, Muldrow outscored Central 12-9 to get the victory.
For the game, Kilah Ellingberg scored a game-high 13 points to lead Muldrow, followed by Hardin with nine points, Fields with seven points, Kayla Ellingberg with five points, Gracie Prewett with four points and Dean and Tae Williams with two points apiece.
In defeat, Williams and Bair each scored 11 points to lead Central, followed by Busch with nine points, Campbell with four points and Brianna Taylor and Sadie Huff with two points apiece.
In the Roland boys’ semifinal win over Vian, he Runnin’ Rangers led wire-to-wire, but the Wolverines kept the first three quarters interesting as they kept hanging around, down 18-11 after a period, 30-24 at halftime and 47-37 after three quarters. However, the Runnin’ Rangers outscored the Wolverines 21-6 in the final period to pull away for the win.
For the game, Owens scored a game-high 29 points to lead Roland, followed by Shook with 15 points, Kemp with nine points, Fowler with six points, Bryson Myers with four points, Raidyn Knight with three points and Josh Bower with two points.
In the Muldrow boys’ semifinal victory over Central, trailing 24-20 at halftime, the Bulldogs came out of the doghouse in biting mode as they outscored the Tigers 42-20 in the second half to win going away.
For the game, Kilinc scored a game-high 26 points to lead Muldrow, followed by Collins with 10 points, Willson and Sevenstar with seven points each, Jermauree Palmer with five points, Massey with three points and E.J. Zanders and Jack Pyeatt with two points apiece.
In defeat, Buzzard led Central with 18 points, followed by Brunk with seven points, Goodson with six points, Aiden Cawhorn with four points, Stewart and Jake Woods with two points each and Brycen Chandler- Eisman with a free throw.
In the Central girls’ opening-round win over Vian, trailing 7-3 after a quarter, the Lady Tigers outscored the Lady Wolverines 13-2 in the second period to take a 16-9 halftime advantage. Central’s 8-1 third quarter gave the Lady Tigers a 24-10 lead going into the final period.
For the game, Taylor scored a game-high nine points to lead Central, followed by Campbell with eight points, Busch and Bair with seven points each, Williams with six points and Huff with a free throw.
In the Central boys’ opening-round victory over Gore, the Tigers got out to a 21-11 lead after the first eight minutes of action en route to a 3416 halftime advantage. A 17-7 third quarter for the Tigers put them in command at 51-23 after three quarters.
For the game, Goodson and Buzzard each scored a game-high 19 points to lead Central, followed by Merrill with eight points, Randolph with seven points, Chandler- Eisman with six points, Brunk and Kage Poindexter with four points each and Ryder Justice with two points.
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS Boys
Roland — Damonte “Bubba” Owens and Kade Shook.
Muldrow — Teaguen Collins and Jesse Kilinc.
Central — Noah Buzzard. Girls Roland — Ryanne Nelke and Halle Freeman.
Muldrow — London Hardin and Kayla Ellingberg.
Central — Cambree Bair.
Here are the members of the All-Tournament Teams of the 2026 Sequoyah Area Classic. Left photograph is the girls’ team. From left — Central’s Cambree Bair, Muldrow’s Kayla Ellingberg and London Hardin, Vian’s Olivia Lovell and Roland’s Ryanne Nelke and Halle Freeman. Not pictured are Gore’s Emily Daily and Stigler’s Lexi Kates. Right photograph is the boys’ team. From left — Vian’s Masyn Wright, Muldrow’s Teaguen Collins, Roland’s Damonte “Bubba” Owens and Kade Shook, Muldrow’s Jesse Kilinc and Central’s Noah Buzzard. Not pictured — Gore’s Cain Cooper and Stigler’s Cade Parker.
