CHECOTAH - The Sallisaw Black Diamonds opened their baseball season with a 6-3 victory on Thursday afternoon at Checotah.

Matt Oberste powered Sallisaw offensively with a big day at the plate. The junior shortstop went 4-for-4 with a pair of singles and two doubles. Oberste drove in a run, stole two bases and scored four times.

Freshman catcher Nick Walker also had a strong day, batting 2-for-2 with a triple and three RBIs. Leftfielder Damon Lynch went 2-for-2, stole two bases and scored a run for the Black Diamonds.

Starter Trevor Prewett was the winning pitcher. The Sallisaw hurler struck out six, walked three and allowed two hits in four innings of work. Dan Jacobs got the save, pitching two innings in relief and striking out two batters.

The Sallisaw/Muldrow game scheduled for Friday was postponed due to the schools’ involvement in the basketball playoffs. The Diamonds were set to return to action on Saturday at the Jay Festival before traveling to Vian for a 4 p.m. game on Tuesday.

Diamond notes

•The Sallisaw baseball program is selling coupon books this spring as a fundraiser. The books offer discounts at local businesses and cost $20. To purchase a coupon book, see any Black Diamond baseball player or Bill Talbot.

•In other high school action on Thursday, the Roland Rangers split a pair of games. Roland fell to Pocola 10-8 in the first game and then defeated Cameron 5-4 in the night cap.

•Webbers Falls split a doubleheader at Braggs on Wednesday. In a 15-0 win, Dakota Shipley batted 3-for-3 with five RBIs, four runs and one homer. Byron Carman drove in another three runs and Shipley tossed a shutout with six strikeouts to become the winning pitcher.

In the 4-3 loss at Braggs, Carman had two hits and an RBI while Shipley hit a homer and had two RBIs.