Class 4A Dual State Tournament Preview and Info

Friday, February 9 at the Stride Bank Center in Enid, OK

Quarterfinals at 10:00

Tuttle vs. Poteau on Mat 1
Catoosa vs. Sulphur on Mat 2
Cushing vs. Jay on Mat 3
Sallisaw vs. Cache on Mat 4

Semifinals at 2:00

Tuttle-Poteau winner vs. Catoosa-Sulphur winner on Mat 1
Cushing-Jay winner vs. Sallisaw-Cache winner on Mat 2

Finals at 6:30

Class 4A Finals on Mat 2
Class 6A Finals on Mat 3

Stride Bank Center Map. **Where will you sit?**

FEBRUARY 1 OSSAA DUAL RANKINGS WITH DUAL RECORD AND NAME OF HEAD COACH

Tuttle, 9-4, Bobby Williams
Sallisaw, 9-0, Mark Smith
Sulphur, 9-1, Connor Webb
Cushing, 10-1, Barry Patterson
Catoosa, 16-2, Mike Clevenger
Cache, 16-1, Jimbo Smith
Poteau, 9-2, Matt Kennedy
Jay, 8-2, Garrett Evans

Tuttle comes in as a heavy favorite, as they shoot for their 15^th straight Dual State title. Tough draw for the 4^th and 5^th seeds as Sulphur and Catoosa will face each other in a great 1^st round dual to see who advances to the semifinals to probably face Tuttle. Sallisaw, Cushing, Cache and Jay will battle it out to decide the finalist in the bottom half of the bracket. Cache comes in with a January 30 win over Class 5A #2 Elgin (54-24), while Sallisaw won a tough regular season battle with Cushing, winning 33-31 on December 14.

Heads-up and Common Opponent Dual Results

These results are regular season results and not predictions of what will happen at Dual State as some were early season duals and line-ups could be completely different from the regular season duals.

Tuttle over Sulphur, 71-3
Tuttle over Marlow, 38-30
Tuttle over Elgin, 48-18
Sallisaw over Cushing, 33-31
Sallisaw over Poteau, 54-21
Cushing over Catoosa, 39-24
Cushing over Poteau, 42-18
Cushing over Bristow, 41-15
Sulphur over Bristow, 40-33
Cache over Elgin, 54-24
Marlow over Cache, 50-24

PAST FIVE CLASS 4A FINALISTS

2019 Tuttle over Wagoner, 63-0
2020 Tuttle over Cushing, 59-12
2021 Tuttle over Cushing, 52-15
2022 Tuttle over Wagoner, 66-12
2023 Tuttle over Catoosa, 53-13

CLASS 4A DUAL STATE BY THE NUMBERS

32 – This is Tuttle’s 32^nd time to qualify for Dual State in the 36-year history of the tournament.
25 – Catoosa is making their 25^th appearance at Dual State.
21 – This is Cushing’s 21^st Dual State appearance.
20 – Tuttle has won 20 Dual State titles, currently tied with Perry for the most Dual State titles.
14 – Tuttle has won 14 straight Dual State titles.
12 – Sallisaw is making their 12^th Dual State appearance and their 1^st since 2014.
8 – Jay is making their 8^th appearance, including the last four in a row.
6 – Cushing has won six Dual State titles, winning all six in a seven-year span from 2003-2009.
5 – This is Sulphur’s 5^th trip to Dual State, with their first trip coming in the first year of Dual State in 1989.
4 – Cache made their 1^st trip to Dual State in 2019, with this being their 4^th appearance in the past six years.
2 – Catoosa has won two Dual State titles, winning in Class 5A in 2006 and 2008.
2 – Poteau is making their 2^nd appearance at Dual State, with the 1^st time to qualify coming in 1999.
1 – Sallisaw (1997) is the only other school in this year’s field to win a Dual State title.