Archive - Nov 2012
November 1st
Joan Marrow, 72, of Fanshawe, died Tuesday, Oct. 30, in Talihina. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, at Heart of the Hills Baptist Church in Summerfield. Burial will be in Fanshawe cemetery under the direction of Dowden Funeral Home, Heavener.
John Clifton Goines, 53, of McCurtain died Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, in McCurtain. No services are scheduled at this time. Arrangements are under the direction of Evans and Miller Funeral Home, Poteau.
Neal Clark, 74, of Spiro, died Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Services will he held at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, at Mallory-Martin Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Old Bokoshe Cemetery. Family will visit with friends from 6-8 p.m. Thursday.
Last Friday night, the Poteau Pirates were trying to keep their football playoff hopes alive with a road win against the Broken Bow Savages. While that didn't happen, the Pirates likely got a moral victory despite losing 23-15 to the Savages, and had to do so with a back-up quarterback.
Poteau starting quarterback Jace Pitchford suffered a game-ending knee injury, so senior Blake Johnson had to take over running the offense.
When the District A-6 football coaches got together in the off-season to prepare all seven teams' 2012 schedule, little did they know just how unique the Week 10 slate of games were going to be.
After six weeks of district play, four teams find themselves atop the district standings at 4-1 — Talihina, Gore, Savanna and Sallisaw-Central.
After the Arkoma Mustangs football team lost its District C-4 contest to district-leading Thackerville on Oct. 18 at Mustang Field, any playoff hopes were dashed. However, there was still a shot at a .500 record for the 2012 season.
After the Mustangs (4-5 overall, 2-4 in district play) won last week on Senior Night 54-8 over Southwest Christian, they can achieve that goal with a win Friday night in the regular-season finale at Webbers Falls. Kickoff for the District C-4 game is 7:30 p.m.
Say hi to November, folks. For sports fans, that can mean only one thing — the start of basketball.
Hoops in LeFlore County will begin tonight as the Leflore High School, Whitesboro High School and Carl Albert State College teams will begin their seasons, then Howe and Wister teams will open their 2012-13 season Friday night. Cameron's season will begin Tuesday night.
The football schools will start their seasons later this month or early December.
