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By Buck Ringgold

Here is the schedule for the opening week of high school football playoff games in the 4States area.

Participating area teams are highlighted in bold.

EASTERN OKLAHOMA

(All games set for 7 p.m. Friday)

Class 4A – First Round

Grove at Sallisaw

Poteau at Wagoner

Class 3A – First Round

Sequoyah-Claremore at Idabel

Class 2A-II – First Round

Kansas at Vian

Class A-I – First Round

Tonkawa at Pocola

Panama at Pawnee

Class A-II – First Round

Central Sallisaw at Hominy

Barnsdall at Talihina

Gore at Woodland

Class B-I – First Round

Keota at Drumright

Class B-II – First Round

Webbers Falls at Waukomis

WESTERN ARKANSAS

(All games set for 7 p.m. Friday)

Class 6A – First Round

Van Buren at Marion

Class 5A – First Round

Arkansas High at Valley View

Class 4A – First Round

Ozark at Arkadelphia

Pocahontas at Nashville

Green Forest at Mena

Ashdown at Highland

Class 3A – First Round

Melbourne at Charleston

Magnet Cove at Booneville

Lavaca at Mayflower

Paris at Mansfield

Fouke at Rivercrest

Class 2A – First Round

Mineral Springs at Des Arc 

NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

(All games set for 7 p.m. Friday unless otherwise noted)

Division I Non-Select (Bi-District)

(21) West Monroe at (12) Parkway

(26) Salmen at (7) Northwood-Shreveport

Division II Non-Select (Bi-District)

(26) Woodlawn-Shreveport at (7) North DeSoto

Division III Non-Select (Bi-District)

(19) Avoyelles at (14) Mansfield

Division IV Non-Select (Bi-District)

(27) Varnado at (6) Logansport

Division I Select (Bi-District)

(17) Huntington at (16) Hammond

(23) Woodlawn-Baton Rouge at (10) C.E. Byrd

(18) Evangel Christian at (15) Captain Shreve – Game will be played at 7 p.m. Thursday (Lee Hedges Stadium – Shreveport)

Division II Select (Bi-District)

(20) Booker T. Washington-Shreveport at (13) Istrouma

(23) Sophie B. Wright at (10) Loyola Prep

NORTHEAST TEXAS 

6A Division II

Region II (Bi-District)

Longview vs. Garland Naaman Forest – 7 p.m. Friday at Longview

5A Division II

Region II (Bi-District)

Marshall vs. Montgomery – 7 p.m. Friday at Marshall

Texas High vs. Nederland – 7 p.m. Friday at Texarkana

Port Neches-Groves vs. Hallsville – 7 p.m. Friday at Port Neches

4A Division I

Region III (Bi-District)

Kilgore vs. Vidor – 7:30 p.m. Friday at Kilgore

Pine Tree vs. Bridge City – 7:30 p.m. Friday at Longview

4A Division II

Region II (Bi-District)

Pleasant Grove vs. Bullard, 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Texarkana

Carthage vs. Spring Hill, 7 p.m. Thursday at Longview’s Panther Stadium

3A Division I

Region II (Bi-District)

Liberty-Eylau vs. Commerce, 7 p.m. Thursday at Mount Vernon

Winnsboro vs. Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Friday at Ore City

Malakoff vs. Tatum, 7 p.m. Thursday at Tyler’s Trinity Mother Frances Rose Stadium

Jefferson vs. Mineola, 7 p.m. Thursday at Lindale

3A Division II

Region III (Bi-District)

Grand Saline vs. Hooks, 7:30 p.m. Friday at Pittsburg

DeKalb vs. Lone Oak, 7 p.m. Friday at Pattonville

New Diana vs. New Waverly, 7 p.m. Friday at Jacksonville

Daingerfield vs. Gilmer Harmony, 7 p.m. Thursday at Gladewater

Newton vs. West Rusk, 7 p.m. Friday at Diboll

Edgewood vs. New Boston, 7 p.m. Friday at Paris

2A Division I

Region III (Bi-District)

Honey Grove vs. Elysian Fields, 7 p.m. Friday at Mabank

Waskom vs. Paul Pewitt, 7 p.m. Thursday at Marshall

Beckville vs. Bogota Rivercrest, 7 p.m. Friday at Gladewater

2A Division II

Region III (Bi-District)

Maud vs. Goldthwaite, 7 p.m. Friday at Corsicana

Overton vs. Evadale, 7 p.m. Thursday at San Augustine

Bremond vs. James Bowie, 7 p.m. Thursday at Mabank

Deweyville vs. Mount Enterprise, 7 p.m. Friday at Shelbyville

Clarksville vs. Wortham, 7 p.m. Friday at Brownsboro