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The Woodland Cougars scored their fourth win of the season against the Oaks Warriors, 46-6 on Oct. 5.

“It was one of those games where we went into it knowing we would probably win,” said Lane Brumley, Osage, Woodland football player. “Our main goal was to just focus on our fundamentals and do them right every play.”

Despite the 54-degree temperature when the game started, the Cougars were on fire scoring five touchdowns in the first quarter.

The Woodland Cougars scored their second win of the season against the Agra Bearcats on Sept. 21.

The Cougars didn’t waste anytime showing the Bearcats whose turf they were on when they scored a touchdown within the first four minutes of the game, 6-0.

The Cougars went on to score two more touchdowns in the first quarter, 18-0.

With 1:27 to go in the first quarter the Bearcats intercepted a pass, which lead to a touchdown with fifteen seconds to go in the first quarter, 18-8.

The Hominy Bucks lost their first football game of the season against the Cleveland Tigers on Aug. 30.

“We didn’t tackle very well in the open field and Cleveland did a good job of tackling our weaknesses,” said Hominy Coach Scott Harmon.

The Tigers did not waste any time during the first quarter as they took the lead, 21-0.

The Tigers continued to dominate and by halftime the score was 41-0.

After three rounds in the Oklahoma high school football playoffs Woodland is back in the final four, but Pawhuska and Hominy came up short and finished their seasons on a hopeful note.

Class A defending state champions Woodland defeated Ringling on Nov. 25, 46-7, and advanced to the semi-finals against Thomas-Fay-Custer. They meet Thomas Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. at Enid High School for a chance to defend their title in the state championship game.

Woodland coach Joe Sindaler said the team has had yet another interesting post-season schedule.

When the purple and white pride seeps into the fall Hominy air at Buck Memorial Field, a handful of football diehards can almost see Curtis Pratt Dobbins make his way out of the home locker room.

Some who know him as “Mr. Hominy Buck” noticed him by his robust football build, others by the stern sketch upon his face.

And some, like Scott Lohah, who played under Dobbins in the 1960s, know it’s him by the chills that pulse through this body.

Every Sunday after church, for the past two years, Dillon Gwinn and his family would head to the Pawhuska High School football field to get in some kicking practice.

Dillon’s brother, Justin Sellers, would hold the ball while Dillon practiced his kick, and his mother and other family members would stand behind the field goal catching balls.