Homecoming win delivered

Lady Cats top Carl Albert; Crawford, Rhone-Dunn crowned King and Queen

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Parents raise their cellphone cameras to take pictures of the 2021 Piedmont Basketball Homecoming Queen, Delanie Crawford, in the center, wearing a red dress, and the other candidates and attendees on Friday, Feb. 5. (Photo by Sara Watkins)

From Staff Reports

On homecoming night at Collett Field House, a King and a Queen were crowned.

And the Lady Wildcats topped one of the Class 5A state contenders, defeating Carl Albert.

Senior forward Delanie Crawford was named Homecoming Queen and later scored 20 points.

And Gabe Rhone-Dunn was Homecoming King.

The Wildcats boys played first on Homecoming night so the girls could be dressed for the ceremony before the first game. The boys then played first and lost 84-60 to the #1 ranked Titans and dropped to 0-13 for the year.

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The third-ranked girls won the nightcap and improved to 12-5 on the year, beating the fourth-ranked Carl Albert Lady Titans 65-59.

The victory came just three days after the Lady Wildcats dropped a home overtime game to El Reno, 62-56. El Reno is ranked seventh in Class 5A.

Delanie Crawford was recognized in January for scoring her 1000th point of her high school career.

Basketball games scheduled for Tuesday night, Feb. 9 against Del City were postponed. The Piedmont teams were scheduled to play Shawnee at 6 p.m. Friday at home.

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