Pocola seniors glad to end prep career with playoff game; Indians travel tonight to meet No. 6 Stroud for first playoff game since 2007

November 9, 2012

FAB FIVE — Pocola seniors, from left, Aaron Hancock, James Goodman, Beau Kerbow, Dalton Richardson and Dakota Highley will help lead the Indians into tonight's Class 2A playoff opener at No. 6 Stroud. PDN photo by David Seeley

POCOLA — It's been five years since the Pocola Indians have had a playoff game (2007). The current seniors were in middle school.
Now, those senior Indians will get the chance to end their high school football careers in the postseason.
The Indians will hit the road tonight to face the sixth-ranked Stroud Tigers for a 7:30 p.m. Class 2A playoff opener.
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To Get There — Take Oklahoma State Highway 9 west, past Sunset Corner, to U.S. Highway 59. Take U.S. 59 north to Sallisaw. Take Interstate 40 west to Exit 200 (Seminole-Prague exit). Take Oklahoma State Highway 99 north to Stroud.