Saturday ends in a three-peat for Fort Cobb

It’s called the Big House, but for the past three years it’s been owned by Fort Cobb-Broxton.

Cameron Hines and Greyden Steinmetz, fouryear starters for Fort Cobb Broxton and the team’s best players, finished off their high school careers Saturday night at State Fair Arena hoisting the gold ball for the third straight time.

In a highly anticipated rematch of last year’s Class A state championship game against Okay, No. 1 Fort Cobb-Broxton dominated again, winning 67-52 over second-ranked Okay.

It was the second straight year Fort Cobb-Broxton defeated Okay in the championship game, winning 70-50 last season. The Mustangs were Class B state champion two years ago and repeated as Class A champs this year.

Hines and Steinmetz, who both scored more than 2,000 points in their high school careers, are the biggest reasons for the three-peat.

“When you can shoot it in the hole, score it, and make the plays they can make, they make the coach look smarter for sure,” said Fort Cobb-Broxton coach Scott Hines and Cameron Hines’ father.

Cameron Hine’s had an impressive night, scoring 21 points, going 7 of 14 from the field and hitting four 3-pointers. He also pulled down 10 rebounds.

His younger brother, sophomore Kellen Hines, looks a lot like Cameron and plays a lot like him, too.

Kellen finished with 17 points, had five rebounds and dished out six assists. Steinmetz scored 13 points with five rebounds.

Okay (29-3) stayed close in the first half, trailing 36-30 at halftime as Caleb Riggs hit three treys and scored 19 points.

Fort Cobb-Broxton (237) opened the third quarter on an 8-2 run and ended the period with a 52-40 lead. Fort Cobb-Broxton then scored the first nine points of the fourth and Okay was sunk.

When Cameron Hines provided a highlight moment with a nifty behind the back pass to Austin Robnett moments later, Fort Cobb-Broxton fans could start celebrating.

But the best play of the game came at the end when Okay special needs student Kaden McMahan made the final basket, a moment that brought the loudest cheers of the night from both sides.