All 5 local high school football teams post playoff-opening wins

The opening night of the high school football playoffs need only be summed up in one word — undefeated.

All five local high school football teams won their respective high school football playoff opener Friday to advance to a Week 12 game as their postseason parades will continue.

The Sallisaw Black Diamonds won their first Class 4A playoff game in three seasons as they downed the host Cushing Tigers 35-28 in overtime Friday night to advance to next week’s state quarterfinal at Blanchard as the Lions blanked the Cache Bulldogs 27-0 in their opening-round playoff game.

In Class 2A, the Vian Wolverines got their second straight victory over the Eufaula Ironheads this season, but this time it was a rout as Vian handled Eufaula 33-14 Friday night at Eufaula’s Paul Bell Stadium to advance to next week’s second-round road match-up against the Adair Warriors, who got past Sperry 44-30 in their Class 2A opening-round playoff contest Friday night.

Both Class A local playoff teams were victorious Friday night in their opening-round playoff games as Central outlasted Quapaw 36-26 at Tiger Stadium, while Gore held off Fairland 22-14 at K.G. Horn Stadium.

The Tigers will entertain the Pawnee Black Bears — a 44-24 winner at Hartshorne in their playoff opener Friday night — at Tiger Stadium, while the Pirates will hit the road to meet the Stroud Tigers — a 56-12 winner over Morrison in their postseason opener at home Friday night — in Class A second-round playoff contests.

In Class B, the Webbers Falls Warriors had little problem with the host Welch Wildcats as Webbers Falls routed Welch 64-14 in the opening round of the playoffs. The Warriors will hit the road once more next Friday night to meet the Weleetka Outlaws, which blanked Barnsdall 46-0 in their playoff opener.