Talihina plays Hominy for state championships

Talihina plays Hominy for the Class A-II state football championship at noon Thursday at the University of Central Oklahoma.

Game tickets can be purchased online HERE.

Top-ranked Talihina enters the contest with a 13-0 record after surviving a 47-46 win over Fairview in the semifinals last week.

Hominy is 11-2, losing to a pair of Class A-I schools in Pawhuska and Pawnee. Both teams won district championships this season.

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Talihina was the leading scoring and defensive team in LeFlore County this season after making it to the championship game last season before losing to Woodland.

The Golden Tigers will go for their second gold ball to go along with a state championship won in 1966.

Hominy is going for its sixth state championship in football and the first one since 2016. The Bucks enter the game ranked second.

The two teams last met in 2017 with Hominy winning at Talihina, 36-22, in the state playoffs.