For Talihina, Pocola playoff challengers await

For Talihina and Pocola, it’s win or go home Friday night in the second round of the high school state football playoffs.

See Talihina’s win from last week HERE.

Talihina (11-0) hosts Healdton with the winner facing the Mangum/Fairland winner in the state semifinals.

Healdton is 9-2 and finished second in its district and defeating Texoma/Goodwell, 47-19, last week.

Talihina, which averaged over 50 points during the regular season, opened the playoffs with a 51-8 victory over Ketchum.

Pocola edged Pawnee, 24-20, at home in the playoff opener last week. The Indians (9-2) should even have a tougher outing with Fairview (10-1). This will be a matchup between two teams that have been ranked in the Top 10 throughout the season.

For Pocola, the competition will not intimidate the Indians as there only two losses were to 2A power Vian and defending Class A-I state champion Rejoice Christian in district play.

For anybody who can’t make the long drive to Fairview, the game can be viewed below.

While the Indians were second in District A-I-4, Fairview is the district champion in A-I-1 and has a win over Kingston, the district champion in 2A-I-3.

The winner of the Pocola and Fairview contest plays the Tonkawa and Minco winner in the semifinals next week.

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