The Daily Oklahoman du lieu suivant : Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 44

Untangling the Knots: Coin Flip as Good a Way as Any Hy Lynn Gnnmml said Hornet coach Earl Huilelson. "They've worked real hard, and we'ro proud of them. But we're going to ho good from now Prep Parade ick Kansas (A-1'J). Okomah (A-13). Tonkawa (A-tll ami Woodward CiA-I) claimed runner-up positions because ol their luck.

Somehow it doesn't seem fair to have the fate of a football team's fortunes hang on the toss of a coin. But, It's probably as good ri way as any, especially if your" team turns out to be one of the lucky ones. The most disappointed team in the state has to bo Prague, which suffered its first loss of the season Friday at the hands of Okomah, 12-7. That threw the District A-13 race into a three-way tie. and Stroud, which lost to Prague.

7-6, won the coin toss. Okomah then advanced to the playoffs as the runner-up by virtue of its victory over Prague. Okomah had lost to Stroud, 14-7, in overtime. Prague, which was ranked second in Class Stuff Writer Luck Is always big factor In any athletic endeavor, but It was of even more importance to several high school football teams this weekend. Commerce (A-12), McGuinnoss (3A-1), Stroud (A-13) and Tishomingo (A-7) relied on luck to win district championships not on the Icld, but otl.

They were all Involved in league races that wound up in three-way lies, and coin flips had to be used to untan-jle the knots, Of course, thoe races officially ro down In the record book as ties but that is of little consolation to those schools which lost out in the coin flips and thus will not be going to the state playoffs. In all, 11 playoff berths were decided bv chance as Caddo (B-16), Coalgatc (A-7), Br And, we could have. We did everything right against Pawnee except win. They bent us on a punt return," Minor said, and then added: "Now wo have the 'honor' of playing the No. 1 team" DISTRICT 2 ol the Oklahoma Coaches As-soclntion will meet at the Prague Community Center at 7 p.m.

Wednesday. One of the items of discussion will be nominations for coaches for the 1977 AllState and Oil Bowl football games OPEN DATES: In basketball, Thomas needs two games for both Its boys and girls this season (contact coach Jim Sanders) and the Chlckasha girls are wanting to enter a tournament (contact coach Jay Sherry). In wrestling, Perry has two openings for an eight-team tournament It Js hosting Dec. 17-18 (contact coach Leonard Shelton). A by The Oklahoman and first by The Associated Press, thus has the distinction of being the only 9-1 team in the state that didn't make the playoffs.

Another severely disappointed team was Colcord. It has suffered two straight wlnloss seasons and started the 1976 campaign with a 2L-game losing streak. The Hornets found the winning touch, however, and finished in a deadlock for first place in District A-12 with Commerce and Kansas. Colcord lost its chance for a playoff berth on a coin toss. IT WAS HAD LUCK, good luck and then bad luck again for Tonkawa tills weekend.

First, the Buccaneers lost to Pawnee, 8-2, which put them Into a three-way tie for second place In District A-9 with Hominy and Ncwklrk. A victory would have given Tonkawa the title. Then, on the coin toss, Tonkawa won to earn a playoff berth. But now, the Buccaneers must face defending Class A champion Bcggs. Still, coach Jim Minor feels lucky to be where he and his Buccaneers arc.

"Wo thought this might be a long season when we first started. We lacked size and speed. But, as the season went along, we started to thinking we could win the district. going to be hard to tell our seniors," Tulsa Squeaks Playoff Picture Davis Fires Bama Past LSU, 28-17 Game In Figures First downi Ruittes-vardi Return varc 10-21-3 CLASS A 11 K(cken3r''N Erimcmi ToIm Edison (5-3) at Putnam West IJ.J), weekend of Nov. Pel City at Muikooea weekend of Nov.

U. Moans (70I at yesblnoton 31. Weekend Of NOV. I. CLASS JA Southeast (441 at McGulnmit (J-5), weekend ol Nov.

13. Ada (7-31 at Ouncen (4-0, week-end of Nov. 17. v.eYeuko,.,ov.:Ardmor Jrt (91) stlllwalsr (IMS. marred by 13 turnovers.

Coles, a 16S-pound junior, set a school single-game record with 214 yards rushing and also established an all-time career rushing record for the Gobblers as he pushed his total to 2,586 yards. That performance wiped out the mark ot 2,401 yards set last year by Phil Rogers. v'iWTec'h" 7 10 14 'fcjl vpi-Coiri 45 run (EnsSe kick Tulsa-Walls 3 run (run fallaa VPI-Cales 34 run (Engla kick) VPI PG Enola 74 TtfUj-jSlewart 100 klckotf return vpi Adams 10 run (Enola kick) VPIAdam 1 run (I? kick) Tulsa Malley I pan from Hick. V. 17.

Sand Sorlnot BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Fullback Johnny Davis bulled through the Louisiana State defense for touchdowns of 33 and 5S yards Saturday to lead 15th ranked Alabama to a 28-17 Southeastern Conference victory with scouts from eight bowls watching. Davis, demoted to the second team ear' in the season, ran with a vengeance as the Crim- ov. 12. fM), a four-game winning streak end, appeared to have regained the momentum in the third period on a pair of touchdown runs by fullback Paul Adams.

That's when Hickerson began to exploit a sometimes leaky Gobbler pass defense for the two touchdown drives that upped the Golden Hurricane's record to 6-2 in a game (4-4). weekend of CLASS 3A Merlow (f-JI at Clinton Huso (4.1! at arltlow (I.JI. BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) Kicky Watts' one-yard run with 7:32 left rallied Tulsa's Golden Hurricane to a 35-31 football victory Saturday over Virginia Tech that spoiled two record-breaking performances by the Gobblers' Eoscoc Coles. The touchdown by Watts capped a fourth-period that brought the Golden Hurricane from a 31-21 deficit.

Ron Hickerson passed eight yards to tight end Marcus Ilatloy for an earlier fourth-period score. Hickerson finished with 10 completions in 2S attempts for 151 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran IS times for 39 yards. Coles ran 45 and 20 yards for touchdowns in the first half but Tulsa emerged with a 21-17 lead when Jim Stewart scored with less than a minute left after a Paul Knglc field goal apparently had put Tech safely in front. the Gobblers, who fcl! to fi-3 and saw weekend of Nov.

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