Curry’s 20 helps lead GJHS to tournament championship

While the Guthrie varsity basketball squads were busy with their own tournaments this week so was to the 8th grade boys squad in the Harrah Tournament.

The Junior Jays defeated the host team, Harrah, to claim the tournament championship by a final score of 42-41. Earlier this year, the 7th grade girls and 7th grade boys teams won the Perkins Tournament.

The Jays are coached by Jason Rice and Matt Peering.

Guthrie got to the finals with convincing wins over 6A opponents with Ponca City on Thursday (35-22) and Moore West (46-31) on Friday.

In the championship game, the Jays were led by Elliott Curry’s game high 20 points followed by: Hill eight, Ajanaku five, Niles Brackett three, Beau Davis two, Jordan Gross 2, Richardson one, and Tanner Elmore one.

The 8th grade team along with the 7th grader’s will return back to the GJHS gymnasium Monday night when they host Western Heights. The first game is scheduled for a 5:30 tip.

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Overtime needed again for Guthrie win

For the second time this week the Guthrie boys basketball team needed overtime. However, both overtimes ended in much-needed wins.

On the third and final day of the 51st McGuinness Classic, the Jays got their first win against Yukon, a team that beat them just 11 days previous in the Ardmore Holiday Festival Tournament, 49-47. Guthrie improves to 5-4 with the win in the seventh place game.

All four losses this season have come from 6A schools and are now 1-4 against the larger classification.

Guthrie, who suffered back-to-back losses to Norman North and Edmond North in the two previous days, jumped out to an 8-5 first quarter lead over the ninth ranked Millers, but could not hold on to the lead and trailed 18-13 at the break.

The Millers added to their lead by outscoring Guthrie 12-10 in the third, but the Jays offense came alive in the fourth quarter. The Jays erupted for 21 points after scoring 23 points in the first three-quarters combine.

The Jays were paced by senior Kentrell Brothers, junior Codee Gross, and freshmen Kai Callins with 11 points each.

Eventually, it was the Jays holding off in overtime to claim the win. Guthrie is now 2-0 in overtime games this season, but are just 2-4 in tough, competitive tournaments.

  

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Final
Yukon	5	13	12	14	3	47
Guthrie	8	5	10	21	5	49

Guthrie Scoring: Codee Gross 11, Kai Callins 11, Kentrell Brothers 11, Tim Zupo 9, Shron Parker 5, Richard Brothers 2

Day Three Schedule
Seventh place: Guthrie 49, Yukon 47 OT
Consolation champ: Norman 57, Edmond North 41
Third place: Norman North 64, Deer Creek 58
Championship: McGuinness 77, NW Classen 61

Day Two Results
McGuinness 54, Norman North 50
NW Classen 67, Deer Creek 56
Edmond North 65, Guthrie 55
Norman 28, Yukon 22

Day One Results
Deer Creek 57, Yukon 49
NW Classen 58, Norman 57
McGuinness 43, Edmond North 38
Norman North 48, Guthrie 38

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Chadd, Jays win another tournament trophy

The Guthrie Lady Jays basketball squad continues to string wins together, including two more in the Chickahsa Basketball Classic.

Guthrie (6-3) jumped out to a quick 16-5 lead over tournament host Chickasha en route to a 45-16 win to claim the Consolation bracket. Earlier this season they claim the third place trophy in the Duncan Tournament.

Senior Allyson Chadd missed out, once again, on a double-double by collecting 11 points and nine rebounds to lead the Jays. In yesterday’s win over John Marshall, Chadd collected 11 points and nine rebounds.

The Lady Jays received great play from senior guard Jill Davis. “Jill played really well and shot the ball well,” assistant coach Jeff Ball said following the win. Davis was one of four players to finish with eight points.

“We responded well after the loss to MacArthur. We were patient with the Chickasha zone and Coach (Jeff) Fuller was really pleased with our rotations,” Ball said.

For the third time this season, Guthrie has won back-to-back games and will go for their third win in a row when they travel to El Reno on Tuesday evening when they return to conference play.

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Chickasha	5	4	6	1	16
Guthrie	16	9	8	12	45

Guthrie Scoring: Allyson Chadd 11, Gracynn Smith 8, Ashley Shields 8, Melinda Murillo 8, Jill Davis 8, Devan Wheeler 2

Day Three Schedule
John Marshall 50, Moore 40 – 7th place
Guthrie 45, Chickasha 16 – Consolation
Douglass 60, Lawton Mac 43 - 3rd place
Putnam City 40, Deer Creek 36 - Championship

Day Two Results
Deer Creek 49, Douglass 44
Putnam City47, Lawton Mac 31
Chickasha 39, Moore 25
Guthrie 59, John Marshall 17

Day One Results
Deer Creek 57, Moore 27
Douglass 57, Chickasha 42
Lawton Mac 36, Guthrie 30
Putnam City 67, John Marshall 18

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