Faith upends Dupree for tourney crown

Harding County tops Timber Lake to win consolation honors

  • Harding County’s Bailey Verhulst (LEFT) scoops up the basketball after Dupree’s RaeLynn Vines (RIGHT) dove to keep it away from Rancher Reese Hunsucker (CENTER) during the Little Moreau Conference game.
    Harding County’s Bailey Verhulst (LEFT) scoops up the basketball after Dupree’s RaeLynn Vines (RIGHT) dove to keep it away from Rancher Reese Hunsucker (CENTER) during the Little Moreau Conference game.
  • Timber Lake’s Kendyl Locken receives a post entry pass on offense for the Panthers. Photos by Jon Flatland
    Timber Lake’s Kendyl Locken receives a post entry pass on offense for the Panthers. Photos by Jon Flatland

    The top-seeded Faith Longhorns went on a 32-16 scoring run in the second half to cruise past the Dupree Lady Tigers 55-35 on Saturday and capture the 2022 Little Moreau Conference Girls Basketball Tournament championship.

    In the battle for third place, Harding County avenged a regular season loss to Timber Lake by besting the Lady Panthers 62-43. Lemmon downed Bison 51-39 in the fifth place game an…