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FOOTBALL REGULAR SEASON ENDED FRIDAY NIGHT; PLAYOFF BRACKETS SET

The regular season finale on the high school football schedule came and went on Friday night with district title games and games with playoff spots up for grabs. In Class 4A District 1, Elk City went to Bethany for their season ender and fell to the Bronchos 31-7. The Elks finish the season 2-8 and snap a school record playoff streak of 6 straight. In other 4A-1 action Woodward traveled to Cache and beat the Bulldogs for the final playoff spot 21-19. Clinton whipped Douglass 40-16. The first round playoff matchups for the teams that made the playoffs in the district look like this: Weatherford hosts Harrah, Clinton’s at home against Chickasha, Bethany heads down to Ardmore, and Woodward hits the road to Tuttle.

The Merritt Oilers went to the panhandle to play Hooker in their final game of the regular season in Class A-1 District 1. The Oilers fell way behind but finished with a couple of touchdown late in a 52-14 loss. Merritt also ends 2-8. In other district action, Sayre finished .500 after beating up on Watonga 36-17, Tonkawa bombed Hinton 47-14, and Fairview won the district with a 27-17 win at Crescent. The first round playoff games for this district consist of Fairview hosting Luther, Tonkawa is at home against Minco, Crescent’s at Wynnewood, and Hooker goes to Mangum.

In Class A-2 action Thomas won their district with a 35-6 win at Mooreland. Hobart’s second beating Carnegie 56-8. Both teams will play at home in the first round of the playoffs. Thomas hosts Wayne and Hobart’s at home against Ringling.

In Class B-1 on Laverne’s the district champion after beating Cherokee 44-24. Seiling’s in the playoffs courtesy a 64-34 win against Waukomis. Hollis won their district after blanking Alex 46-0. In the first round this week, Laverne hosts Rush Springs, Cherokee’s at home against Cyril, and Hollis will welcome defending champion Seiling.

In B-11 Texoma’s a district champion despite a 34-32 loss to Balko/Forgan, Shattuck whipped Ringwood 56-6, Turpin stopped Boise City 44-30, Ok Bible won a district championship game against Okeene 38-28, and MVG solidified their playoff spot by shutting out Kremlin-Hillsdale 45-0. The first round matchups include Texoma at home against Canton, Okeene hosts Turpin, Ok Bible welcomes Boise City, and MVG heads to Shattuck

In Class C Sharon-Mutual completed an undefeated regular season with a 68-22 demolition of Beaver and Geary handled Timberlake 32-6. The first round of the Class C playoffs include S-M at home against Temple, Ryan hosts Timberlake, Tipton welcomes Tyrone, and Geary’s at home versus Grandfield.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TONIGHT

There was a boatload of high school hoops on Friday night on Paragontv. In girls action, AB hammered H-E 57-15, Canute outlasted C-R 46-37, Erick was a bucket better than Duke 46-44, and Hammon doubled up Sentinel 58-29. On the boys side H-E topped AB 47-30, C-R edged Canute 59-51, Duke smoked Erick 86-18, and Hammon whallopped Sentinel 87-28.

Outside of the network in girls games Arnett beat FGFS 47-31, Blair beat up on Olustee-Eldorado 39-9, Calumet crushed Union City 83-30, Granite handled Chattanooga 71-45, Navajo clipped FCB 42-36, Vici blasted Milburn 63-20, and Sweetwater clipped Indiahoma 32-27. In those boys games Arnett beat FGFS 59-47, Blair got all over Olustee-Eldorado 76-32, Calumet put a hundred on Union City 105-47, Chattanooga topped Granite 57-42, FCB spanked Navajo 66-27, Sweetwater also put up triple digits 109-14 against Indiahoma, and Vici blitzed Milburn 95-29

COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEKEND

Both in state schools went on the road and earned impressive conference wins on Saturday. Oklahoma State might still be scoring in Manhattan against Kansas State. The Pokes put up 66 and won 66-28. Drew Mestemaker threw for over 300 yards with 4 TD and a pick. He’s only the 5th player ever to throw for 4 TDs, score a running TD, and catch a TD. Oklahoma went to the Swamp for the first time ever and choked out the Florida Gators 23-7. John Matter completed 21-33 for 207 and 2 TDs.

In the matchups of ranked teams on Saturday, Texas won at Missouri 34-20, Utah outlasted BYU 28-20, Alabama beat up on LSU 31-13, Oregon stuffed Ohio St 41-28, Tennessee choked out Kentucky 34-6, Georgia obliterated Ole Miss 42-7, and Notre Dame escaped Miami 31-24

THUNDER WEEKEND

The Oklahoma City Thunder went 2-0 this weekend with a pair of blow out wins. The went into the Grindhouse on Friday and pantsed the Memphis Grizzlies 128-97 then came home Saturday and embarrassed the Washington Wizards 114-75. AJ Mitchell had a career high 35 in the win in Memphis. Aday Mara scored a career high 18 on Saturday against the Wizards. The Thunder start a long west coast road trip tomorrow night in Portland

 
 

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