Sports

Pigskin Picks contest: Week of October 22

Below are the Pigskin Picks for this week. We welcome you to participate in our public contest. Return your picks to the Poteau Daily News office or email them to sports@poteaudailynews.com.
Poteau at Muldrow
Pocola at Cascia Hall

Play-in round added for OSSAA football playoffs

The Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association announced on Tuesday a play-in round will be instituted for the 2020 football playoffs. That will allow all football teams that desire and are able to participate in the playoffs.

Week 7 LeFlore County football scores

Poteau football earned its fifth straight win. Spiro was the other victorious county team on Thursday. Below are the scores from Week 7.
Poteau 47, Stilwell 0
Spiro 42, Heavener 0
Cascia Hall 35, Panama 7
Vian 84, Pocola 0
Summit Christian 69, Keota 42

Arkoma and Talihina football games canceled

Two LeFlore County football games scheduled for this week have been put off due to COVID-19 infections. Today it was announced that Arkoma's game at Cave Springs has been postponed with no date for rescheduling. Talihina's game at Warner was announced earlier this week to have been called off.

Pigskin Picks contest: Week of October 15

Below are the Pigskin Picks games for this week. Return your picks to the PDN office by Thursday afternoon or email your list of picks to sports@poteaudailynews.com.
Poteau vs. Stilwell
Panama vs. Cascia Hall

Poteau wins fourth straight, Panama beats Pocola

Poteau won its fourth straight game to stand as one of two teams that have won their first three District 4A-4 contests. Panama won an in-county district rivalry game. Below are the scores from Week 6.
Poteau 34, Sallisaw 16
Panama 53, Pocola 12
Spiro 39, Roland 20

Pocola, Red Oak advance in state tournaments; schedule for Friday

Pocola and Red Oak softball are headed to state semifinals while Red Oak baseball in in the fall ball Class B semifinal.
Following are the scores from Thursday:
Class B softball state quarterfinal
Roff 5, Whitesboro 4
Red Oak 11, Moss 2

Pigskin picks contest: week of October 9

Below are the Pigskin Picks for the week of October 9. Return them to the PDN office or email them to sports@poteaudailynews.com by Friday afternoon.
Poteau vs. Sallisaw
Panama vs. Pocola
Heavener at Keys

Whitesboro, Red Oak set for fast-pitch, fall baseball state tournament, Pocola in fast-pitch state

Five area teams are in fast-pitch and fall baseball state tournaments this week. Here's the schedule.
Fast-pitch softball
Class 3A
Thursday
Pocola (25-2) vs. Dewey (28-3) 6:30 p.m.
Friday (semifinals at Firelake Ballfields)

Week 5 LeFlore County football scores

Poteau won its third straight game to make it to 3-2. Panama snapped its losing streak during Heavener's homecoming night. Below are the LeFlore County football scores.
Poteau 28, McLain Science and Tech 18
Panama 29, Heavener 8
Keys 59, Pocola 8