Sports

Pigskin Picks contest: Week of December 4

Below are the games for the Pigskin Picks contest this week. Email your picks to sports@poteaudailynews.com or drop them off at the PDN office by Friday afternoon.
Oklahoma vs. Baylor
Oklahoma St. vs. TCU
Arkansas at Missouri

Poteau, Spiro fall in third-round playoffs

Poteau and Spiro saw their playoff runs come to an end. Below are the scores.
Clinton 17, Poteau 10
Adair 50, Spiro 27
Final records:
Poteau 9-2
Spiro 8-2

Pigskin Picks contest: Week of November 27

Below are the Pigskin Picks contest games for this week. Bring your picks into the PDN office or email them to sports@poteaudailynews.com as soon as you can being that this is Thanksgiving week.
Poteau vs. Clinton
Spiro at Adair

Poteau advances to quarterfinals, more football playoff scores

Poteau football stayed in control the entire night to win its Class 4A playoff game and earn its second home game of the postseason for the third straight year. Spiro joins the Pirates in advancing. Here are the area playoff scores.
Poteau 52, Skiatook 27

Pigskin Picks contest: Week of November 20

Below are the Pigskin Picks games for this week. Participate and submit your picks by either emailing them to sports@poteaudailynews.com or dropping them off at the PDN office.
Poteau vs. Skiatook
Spiro at Idabel

Spiro, Arkoma win football play-in games

Spiro and Arkoma took decisive wins in this year's unique first round of the football playoffs. Panama at Atoka and Heavener at Idabel were canceled. Below are the scores from tonight's playoffs.
Spiro 49, Valliant 14
Arkoma 48, Porum 0
Nov. 20 second round
Class 4A

Pigskin Picks contest: Week of November 13

Below are the Pigskin Picks games for this week. Join the Pigskin Picks contest by emailing picks to sports@poteaudailynews.com or printing them and returning them to the PDN office.
Spiro vs. Valliant
Arkoma vs. Porum

Pairings released for unique 2020 football playoffs

The OSSAA released brackets on Sunday for what is hoped to be a one-of-a-kind football postseason. Every team was allowed to opt in. Talihina and Pocola were the only LeFlore County teams to opt out. Below are the matchups for teams in the play-in round. All games kick off at 7:30 p.m.

Poteau football wraps up district title, more from Week 10 LeFlore County action

Poteau's football team clinched its third straight district title with its eighth straight win of the season. Here's a look at scores and canceled games for Week 10:
Poteau 21, Broken Bow 7
Vian 46, Heavener 0
Canceled games:

Previewing Howe girls basketball as Lions Friday in Wright City

Eight months after sweeping through the playoffs to make the Class 2A state tournament with a 24-4 record only to see it canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Howe’s girls basketball team starts its 2020-21 hoping its goals are given a chance.