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Hoping for a repeat! The Sequoyah High School Lady Indians look to win their second straight state championship this weekend in Oklahoma City.

TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA – Looking to repeat as State Champions, the No. 1 ranked Sequoyah High School Lady Indians advanced to the semi-final round of the Class 3A tournament with a win Thursday night over Perkins-Tryon at Southern Nazarene University’s Sawyer Center in Bethany.

Sequoyah (25-2) went on a 10-0 run late in the first quarter and never looked back as they went on to post a 67-43 victory. The Lady Indians put the game away in the second quarter, outscoring the Lady Demons 21-11 to take a 39-21 lead into halftime.

Sequoyah will play Marietta at 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Sawyer Center. The winner of that game will play in the Championship game on Saturday. Listen to the games in Tahlequah on KTLQ- AM 1350 in the Cherokee language and on 101.7 FM-KEOK in English.

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.