Jim Reagan
The National Football League conference championships have been set and there are surprises. In the NFC, the defending Super Bowl champ New York Giants will not be there.
Philadelphia won its second straight road game in the post season beating the Giants 23-11. The Eagles will head to the surprising Arizona Cardinals in next weeks NFC title game. Pittsburgh will host Baltimore in the AFC championship. The Steelers shook off San Diego 35-24 to advance yesterday.
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In local sports,
The only head coach Durant softball has ever had is stepping aside. As expected, 16-year veteran Kent Pickens leaves after winning 403 games.
The Durant wrestling team crowned three individual champions and finished in fifth place at the McAlester tournament which ended Saturday. Nate Crawford, Trey Bowman, and Caleb Martin brought home individual titles. Durant wrestling travels to Sulphur tomorrow.
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The Durant girls’ basketball team beat Eagletown 57-43 Saturday to salvage the third game at the Tournament of Champions
Checking the Friday scoreboard
girls
Achille 40 Rock Creek 27
Silo 51 Boswell 43
Caddo 71 Calera 40
Bennington 38 Coleman 28
Dickson 53 VLA 21
Tishomingo 49 Colbert 35
boys
Rock Creek 78 Achille 52
Caddo 45 Calera 40
Tishomingo 42 Colbert 41
Boswell 61 Silo 47
Bennington 54 Coleman 24
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In college basketball, seventh ranked Texas will be at number six Oklahoma in an early Big 12 showdown. Both teams won conference openers over the weekend. The Sooners and Horns will tip at 8 pm on ESPN.
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and, The Dallas Mavericks lost at Sacramento 102-95 on the NBA floor last night. Oklahoma City is at New Jersey tonight.
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