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Sequoyah High School girls’ basketball team after winning the class 3A state championship.

TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA – Sequoyah High School (SHS) has planned a victory Celebration for the girls’ basketball team’s recent win in the class 3A state tournament.

“We are so proud of both of our girls and boys basketball teams,” said Gina Stanley, SHS superintendent. “We were very lucky to have both teams qualify for the state tournament and even luckier to have one team bring home a gold ball. We couldn’t be more pleased with their performances this year. We have a lot to celebrate.”

The celebration will be held May 2 and will begin at 1:30 p.m. with a pep assembly in the Sequoyah High School gymnasium. The pep assembly will be followed by an autograph session with the players and a victory parade through downtown Tahlequah to the Cherokee Nation Court House where the basketball team will unveil the state championship trophy and address the crowd. Festivities will continue at 5:00 with a hog fry at the SHS cafeteria followed by a victory pow wow in the gymnasium.

“Our team really came together with our returning players and new comers complimenting each other,” said Bill Nobles, SHS girls’ basketball coach. “Both our defense and offense improved from the previous season. Our girls worked hard from late May ’05 to championship Saturday and truly earned the right to call themselves, ‘state champions’.”

The public is invited to attend the festivities and show their support for the Sequoyah High School basketball teams. For more information call, phone: 918-453-5400.

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.