Talihina and Pocola advance in playoffs

Talihina and Pocola advances in the Oklahoma high school football playoffs with wins Friday while Arkoma and Panama lost on the road.

Talihina, now 11-0, was too much for Ketchum (6-5) with a 51-8 victory. The Golden Tigers will be home against next week in the Class A-II playoffs when they host Healdton (9-2).

See the LeFlore County scoreboard HERE.

Oklahoma playoff pairings for next week are HERE.

The Oklahoma high school football playoff scores are HERE.

Pocola also got the win, but it was much tighter as the Indians grabbed the lead early and had to survive a Pawnee comeback in the second half to win, 24-20. The Indians improve to (9-2) and visit Fairview (10-1) next week.

The Black Bears close with a 7-4 record.

Pawnhuska ran past Panama, 48-6, to end the Razorbacks’ season at 7-4. Pawhuska advances to next week’s game with a 10-1 record.

Arkoma was blanked at Cherokee, 46-0, to end the Mustangs’ season at 3-8. Cherokee moves on to the next round with a 9-2 record.

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