Sallisaw 17, Broken Bow 7
The Black Diamonds handed Broken Bow its first regular season loss since October of 2003 as Bubba Philpot ran for two touchdowns.
Broken Bow had won 14 consecutive regular season games since a 14-6 loss at Sallisaw the season before last.
Philpot opened the scoring with a 43-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. Sallisaw kicker Dustin Edgmon broke a 7-7 deadlock in the fourth quarter with a 23-yard field goal and Philpot sealed the win with a four-yard TD run late in the game.
Sallisaw moved to 4-0 overall and 1-0 in District 4A-4 with the triumph. Broken Bow is now 3-1 and 0-1.
Central 38, Community Christian 28
Central got off to a strong start and then held off Community Christian in the second half to collect the non-district victory on Friday night at Tiger Field.
Stevie Morris tossed touchdown passes to Lyle Smith, Jace Coffman and Jose Tarin and also ran 80 yards for another score as Central jumped out to a 32-0 lead in the second quarter.
The Tigers held on to run their record to 3-1. Community Cristian, which defeated the Tigers a year ago, dropped to 3-2.
Eufaula 35, Roland 13
EUFAULA - Quarterback Travis Burkhalter tossed three touchdown passes and ran for another to guide the Ironheads past Roland in the District 3A-4 opener for both teams.
Roland was within 14-7 and had a chance to tie the game with five minutes to go in the second quarter, but was turned away inside the Eufaula 10-yard line. On the next play, Burkhalter connected with Tyson Nixon on a touchdown pass. Eufaula scored again in the closing seconds of the half to go up 28-7 at the break.
Roland got a pair of touchdown runs from Matt Goodson, who scored from 46 yards and five yards out.
Roland fell to 1-3 overall and 0-1 in the district while Eufaula improved to 2-2 and 1-0.
Webbers Falls 68, Bokoshe 20
WEBBERS FALLS - Derek Dandridge ran for five touchdowns and returned a kickoff 73 yards for another score as the Warriors romped to the non-district win on Friday night at Smokey Cox Stadium.
Dandridge, a senior, wound up with 244 yards on 12 carries and scored on runs of 15, 62, 44, 4 and 40 yards. Howard Zachary and Cory Mickles also ran for two TDs apiece as Webbers Falls evened its record at 2-2.
The Warriors put 48 points on the board in the first quarter and the game was called at halftime due to the 45-point mercy rule.
For a complete report on each of these games, pick up the Thursday print edition of Your TIMES. Photos of the Gans/Weleetka, Central/Community Christian and Sallisaw/Broken Bow games can be seen by clicking on the "Photo Gallery" link to the left of this page.
