Basic Tic Tac Toe Game

#dictionary to hold the board state
theBoard = {"top-l":" ", "top-m":" ", "top-r":" ",
            "mid-l":" ", "mid-m":" ", "mid-r":" ",
            "bot-l":" ", "bot-m":" ", "bot-r":" "}

#function to print the current board state
def printBoard(board):
    print(board["top-l"] + "|" + board["top-m"] + "|" + board["top-r"])
    print("-+-+-")
    print(board["mid-l"] + "|" + board["mid-m"] + "|" + board["mid-r"])
    print("-+-+-")
    print(board["bot-l"] + "|" + board["bot-m"] + "|" + board["bot-r"])

#function to check if the board is full
#returns false if there is an empty space, returns true if the board is full
def stalemate(board):
    check = True
    for i in board.values():
        if i == " ":
            check = False
            break
    return check

#function to determine if a player has won
def checkWinner(board, player):
    if board["top-l"]==board["top-m"] and board["top-m"]==board["top-r"]:
        if board["top-m"] != " ":
            print(player + " has won the game!")
            return True
        else:
            return False
    elif board["mid-l"]==board["mid-m"] and board["mid-m"]==board["mid-r"]:
        if board["mid-m"] != " ":
            print(player + " has won the game!")
            return True
        else:
            return False
    elif board["bot-l"]==board["bot-m"] and board["bot-m"]==board["bot-r"]:
        if board["bot-m"] != " ":
            print(player + " has won the game!")
            return True
        else:
            return False
    elif board["top-l"]==board["mid-l"] and board["mid-l"]==board["bot-l"]:
        if board["mid-l"] != " ":
            print(player + " has won the game!")
            return True
        else:
            return False
    elif board["top-m"]==board["mid-m"] and board["mid-m"]==board["bot-m"]:
        if board["mid-m"] != " ":
            print(player + " has won the game!")
            return True
        else:
            return False
    elif board["top-r"]==board["mid-r"] and board["mid-r"]==board["bot-r"]:
        if board["mid-r"] != " ":
            print(player + " has won the game!")
            return True
        else:
            return False
    elif board["top-l"]==board["mid-m"] and board["mid-m"]==board["bot-r"]:
        if board["mid-m"] != " ":
            print(player + " has won the game!")
            return True
        else:
            return False
    elif board["top-r"]==board["mid-m"] and board["mid-m"]==board["bot-l"]:
        if board["mid-m"] != " ":
            print(player + " has won the game!")
            return True
        else:
            return False
    elif stalemate(theBoard):
        print("The board is full, and the game is a draw!")
        return True
    else:
        return False

#function to clear the board
def clearBoard(board):
    board["top-l"] = " "
    board["top-m"] = " "
    board["top-r"] = " "
    board["mid-l"] = " "
    board["mid-m"] = " "
    board["mid-r"] = " "
    board["bot-l"] = " "
    board["bot-m"] = " "
    board["bot-r"] = " "

#function to play the game one time to completion
def theGame():
    turn = "X"

    winner = False

    print("Let's play tic-tac-toe!")
    print("The rows are: top, mid, and bot; the columns are l, m, and r.")
    print("Your selection should be formatted as 'top-m', etc.")

    printBoard(theBoard)

    while winner == False:

        print("Turn for " + turn + ". Move on which space?")
        move = input()

        #check to see if the selection is a valid spot
        while move.lower() not in theBoard:
            print("That is an invalid board space!")
            print("The rows are: top, mid, and bot; the columns are l, m, and r.")
            print("Your selection should be formatted as 'top-m', etc.")
            move = input()

        #check to see if the board spot is already occupied
        while theBoard[move.lower()] != " ":
            print("That board spot is already occupied! Please choose another place to move.")
            move = input()

        theBoard[move.lower()] = turn
        winner = checkWinner(theBoard, turn)

        if turn == "X":
            turn = "O"
        else:
            turn = "X"

        printBoard(theBoard)

cont = True

while cont == True:
    theGame()
    print("If you would like to play again, press 1. Otherwise, press any other key.")
    select = input()
    clearBoard(theBoard)
    if select == 1:
        cont == True
    else:
        cont == False