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🌱 Unbeaten Elgin hosts Midwest City to open football playoffs
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- Unbeaten Elgin hosts Midwest City to open football playoffs
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📰 News we're reading
• Oklahoma high school football: OSSAA first round playoff schedule, postseason brackets, live broadcasts, scores, state rankings and statewide statistical leaders (maxpreps.com) — Unbeaten Elgin opens the football playoffs at home against Midwest City at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13. Elgin enters at 10-0 and ranks eighth in the statewide rankings listed in the preview, while Midwest City brings a 5-5 record into the first-round matchup. 
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🗓 Events Nearby
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2026 Veterans Day Celebration →
Lawton City Hall Banquet Room, 212 SW 9th Street, Lawton
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Community Health & Resource Information →
@ Library, 110 SW 4th Street, Lawton
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Pray and Play Open Basketball Run →
Owen’s Multipurpose Center, 1405 SW 11th Street, Lawton
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Restaurant of the Week, West Gore Boulevard, Lawton
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Tai Chi: Moving for Better Balance →
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5th/6th BB vs. Carnegie
Boone-Apache Public Schools Apache, OK 73006
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JH Basketball @ Big Pasture
Boone-Apache Public Schools Apache, OK 73006
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Flying Turkeys →
@ Library, 110 SW 4th Street, Lawton
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Line Dancing with Jo Peters →
H.C. King Center, 1705 NW 20th Street, Lawton
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Rock Painting with Lawton Rocks →
@ Library, 110 SW 4th Street, Lawton
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Kids Time →
@ Chick-Fil-A, 2301 NW Cache Rd, Lawton
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5th/6th BB vs. Cyril
Boone-Apache Public Schools Apache, OK 73006
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