Sports

Pigskin Picks contest: Week 2

Pick games in our public Pigskin Picks contest. Make picks and return them to the PDN office or email them to sports@poteaudailynews.com. Below are the games for Week 2.
Poteau vs. Alma
Pocola vs. Sallisaw Central

LeFlore County High School Sotftball Tournament bracket

The bracket for the LeFlore County High School Fast-pitch Softball Tournament has been released. The tournament, which is Sept. 14-17, will have games at the Poteau Area Recreational Complex and Poteau's Town Creek Park.

Week 1 LeFlore County football scores

Two LeFlore County football teams were victorious in Week 1, Spiro and Panama. Below are all of the results.
Thursday
Panama 27, Sallisaw Central 6
Friday
Shiloh Christian (Ark.) 34, Poteau 28
Spiro 34, Hartshorne 13
Hackett (Ark.) 68, Pocola 42

Whitesboro tops LeFlore County High School Softball Tournament seeding

LeFlore County softball coaches seeded the high school LCT, which will be Sept. 14-17 with games at Poteau's Town Creek Park and the Poteau Area Recreational Complex.
Following are the seeds for the 12-team field (with Arkoma as the only county team not entering):

Week 0 scores: Heavener wins, Poteau and Pocola lose

Poteau football lost its season opener, although not quite in the same fashion as last year. Below are the LeFlore County scores from Week 0.
Bishop Kelley 28, Poteau 7
Heavener 22, North Rock Creek 6
Wilburton 47, Pocola 14

Composite LeFlore County football schedule

Aug. 28
Poteau at Bishop Kelley 7 p.m.
Heavener at North Rock Creek in Shawnee 7 p.m.
Pocola at Wilburton 7 p.m.
Sept. 3
Panama vs. Sallisaw Central 7 p.m.
Sept. 4
Poteau at Shiloh Christian (Springdale, Ark.) 7 p.m.
Arkoma vs. Midway 7 p.m.

Softball, Fall baseball calendar for remainder of August

Softball
Aug. 17
Poteau vs. Muldrow 5:30 p.m.
Whitesboro vs. Smithville 4:30 p.m.
Heavener vs. Roland 4:30 p.m.
Arkoma vs. Wister 5:30 p.m.*
Talihina vs. Savanna (doubleheader) 4:30 p.m.
Red Oak vs. Keota 5:45 p.m.
Howe at Hulbert 4 p.m.

Benito's Revenge golf tournament

Get ready for a uniquely challenging golf tournament this weekend.
Benito’s Revenge Tournament will be 9 a.m. Saturday at Choctaw Country Club.

Monthlong LeFlore County Historical Society golf tournament

The LeFlore County Historical Society has its second annual golf tournament in August at Choctaw Country Club. The LCHS offers that golfers can pick the day and time. Each team will receive a voucher for food and drinks.

OK Kids regional brackets released

OK Kids posted the regional brackets for baseball and state tournament brackets for softball on Thursday. Both the baseball regionals and softball state tournaments will take place during the week of July 13-18. Below are matchups for area teams:
Softball