The (6-3) Hartshorne Miners will be hosting the (2-7) Antlers Bearcats. Though banged up throughout the roster, the Hartshorne Miners will look to overcome the Bearcats before pressing on to the playoffs.
The Miners are coming off a tough road game in Spiro but they plan to leave the past where it belongs. “We can look up, so we are going to get back up,” said Head Coach Bill E. Williams.
The high-octane offensive weaponry the Miners have unleashed game in and game out this season shows no sign of stopping. Despite injuries to practically every unit on both offense and defense, the Miners have banded together and hold the best Class 2A record in Pittsburg County.
Wilburton High School will be playing host to Valliant in the Diggers’ last game of the season. With the Bulldogs coming to town, the Wilburton Diggers will hope to get their first win in their last game of the season.
The Savanna Bulldogs will play their last regular season game this week in Gore. The Pirates of Gore are coming off a low-scoring, close game with the Haileyville Warriors that Gore won with the only score in the game.The Savanna Bulldogs are also enjoying a close win, having overcome the Quinton Savages on, Oct. 30.
Savanna went into overtime against Haileyville Oct. 16 and managed to squeak out a win, not unlike the way Gore had to beat the Warriors. Seperating Gore from the rest is that they managed to score 19 of the 27 points allowed by the super-talented Talihina Golden Tigers this season.
Quinton and Haileyville will fight Friday to see who is more bitter about their team’s loss from Oct. 30. With both teams booted from the playoff picture, it will be time for the Warriors and the Savages to show that they play for honor, if not glory.
With close games from all the local Class A teams recently, both matchups could be very competitive.
The entire local football scene is narrowing with certain teams being eliminated, but a wealth of local teams have earned their places in the brackets.
McAlester, Hartshorne, and Savanna have all earned playoff berths in their respective classes, regardless of how the teams perform Friday.
Contact Jayson Knight at jknight@mcalesternews.com
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City deer spotted out of season
Friday afternoon, while driving on West Jackson in McAlester, I noticed two females who appeared to be lost.
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Mcalester Summer tennis, swimming programs set
The city’s parks and recreation department is gear up for summer with tennis and swimming lessons to be offered in May and June.
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Eastern to host 40th annual Kiamichi All-Star Classic From submitted reports
Eastern Oklahoma State College will host the 40th annual Kiamichi All-Star Classic sports competition Saturday in Wilburton.
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Top MHS athletes earn senior honors
At the annual senior assembly held last week, the Outstanding Senior Athletes for McAlester High School were named, this year in a dozen sports.
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McAlester High School baseball team head to state tournament
For the first time since 2008, McAlester’s baseball team is going to the Class 5A State Baseball Tournament, winning a regional championship on their home field with a third consecutive five-inning, run-rule victory.
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Buffaloes to end baseball season with Cougars
McAlester clinched the district championship with their final district game win, but will not have an “A” game with Ada to close out the regular season on Monday.
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Day of golf to support Eufaula Ironheads
The Ironhead Golf Booster Club is hosting a fund raising golf tournament at Fountainhead Creek Golf Course in Checotah on May 19 at 9 a.m.
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McAlester United soccer season continues
Teams for the McAlester United Soccer league played on Thursday and Friday as overall the league is preparing for the Oklahoma Soccer Association sanctioned state tournament known as the Kohl’s Cup to be played in Lawton April 28 and 29.
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McAlester baseball drops grinding game to Duncan
At the end of a long and grinding baseball game that was the fourth in as many days for the fifth ranked Buffaloes, the home team for McAlester found themselves behind on the scoreboard 3-7.
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Buffs baseball crushes Lawton MacArthur
There wasn’t much doubt about the outcome of the game after three innings of Buff baseball on Thursday night in the late game of day two in the McAlester Shootout tournament at Mike Deak Field.
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