MHS ousted from playoffs

A tough start. 

A missing Jimmie Coleman in the second half.

Muskogee had quite a hole to dig out of, and came close.

But in the playoffs, close just means elimination and that was the Roughers’ fate, losing 29-21 to Choctaw in a third consecutive first-round exit.

On a drive in which Coleman scored twice — one nullified by a holding call, the other counting from seven yards out, and all starting after returning the kickoff 52 yards, he said he felt the sting in a hip pointer he’s played through for four weeks.

“It was good all week, but that third possession I was feeling it,” he said. “I tried to fight through it.”

At the half, Roughers coach Rafe Watkins knew a change was inevitable...