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MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - In the Muskogee Civic Center, packed with Sequoyah High School fans, the boys basketball team defeated Morris 63 to 33 to earn the Area III championship and another trip to the "Big House" to defend their title of reigning state champions. For the third year in a row, the team will head to Oklahoma City to play in the state basketball tournament.

"This (qualify for the state tournament) is really what we wanted to do", said Larry Grigg, SHS basketball coach. "Now we can relax and just play basketball."

"Win or lose, we're proud of what these athletes have done this season", said Tony Pivec, SHS superintendent. "Not only have they played great basketball, but they've represented us well across the state and across Indian Country."

Sequoyah will play Riverside Thursday, March 11 at 7:00 p.m. at the State Fair Arena in Oklahoma City. The game will be broadcast locally on Tahlequah radio station KEOK-FM 101.7.

Sequoyah High School "Home of the Indians!" P.O. Box 520, Tahlequah, OK 74465             Sequoyah High School Alumni P.O. Box 187, Park Hill, OK 74451-0187 Sequoyah High School, an Indian boarding school, originated in 1871, when the Cherokee National Council passed an act setting up an orphan asylum to take care of many orphans that came out of the Civil War. Sequoyah High School's approximate 300 enrollment represents 42 tribes and 14 different states. Students are eligible to attend if they are members of federally recognized Indian tribes or one-fourth blood descendants of such members.