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Ponca City head football Coach Scott Harmon has been in his profession long enough that he can qualify as being labelled “a veteran.” And he says without reservation that the 2020 year has been a nightmare.

Ponca City’s football season ended last week with a playoff loss at Del City, but area schools are still alive in the 2020 postseason. Playing second round games Friday night will be the Tonkawa Buccaneers, the Pawnee Black Bears, the Woodland Cougars and the Morrison Wildcats.

Some things to watch in the Big 12 Conference on Saturday, when there are only two games after Texas at Kansas was rescheduled for Dec. 12 because of COVID- 19 issues in the Jayhawks program. The four teams that played last week already had scheduled open dates.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It takes a lot to get Big Red to turn red.

Two area teams placed players on the high school football District A-6 All-District team. The Pawnee Black Bears were the district champion and the Woodland Cougars finished as runners-up.

Last Saturday neither Oklahoma nor Oklahoma State were playing football. Kansas and Kansas State also had the weekend off. I had the option of watching some football involving teams that I’m not partial to or doing chores around the house. While I was mulling my options, I did turn on the big TV in the den and saw a portion of the Indiana- Michigan State game. While watching, I learned that the winner of that rivalry gets to claim possession of a traveling trophy known as the Old Brass Spittoon. Hearing that information, my mind started wandering.....what are some of the other great college football rivalries?

Ten years removed from its previous national championship, the Cowley College women’s cross country team brought the title back to Arkansas City by placing first at the NJCAA Division II Cross Country National Championships held Saturday in Fort Dodge, Iowa.

BEING HIT as he pulls down a pass is Ponca City’s Sam McKinney (6) during Friday’s Class 6AII playoff game against Del City in Del City. The Wildcats lost 41-7 to end their season. McKinney is a senior and Friday’s game was his final high school contest. This photo was provided by Larry Williams.

Breathe in, breathe out. That’s what many Buc fans were saying to themselves after Friday night’s wild 28-20 playoff win over Stratford.

The Ponca City High School swimming teams lost both ends of a dual with Tulsa Bishop Kelley Thursday night at the RecPlex. Bishop Kelley, which is almost always one of the top swim teams in the state won the boys match 127-37 and the girls match 89-46. The visitors won many points due to having greater numbers of swimmers.