6. Lucky Seven Conference - Oklahoma
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A cliche says that it is sometimes better to be lucky than good. And of all the numbers out there, seven is probably the luckiest around. So they certainly picked a good one up there in the northeastern reaches of Oklahoma.
Local look: "The Lucky 7 Conference is one of the oldest high school conferences in the state of Oklahoma, dating back to the 1910s. 1948 would have been a good year to have caught a Lucky 7 football game. Mickey Mantle was at Commerce, Tommy Hudspeth at Afton and F.A. Dry at Fairland. The Lucky 7 was one of the first conferences in the state to make the transition from 6-on-6 to the 5-on-5 game (in basketball). (As for the name), I wish I had a snappy idea. I really don't have a clue unless there originally were seven teams and they felt lucky. I checked a county history book and it didn't make reference. This really has my curiosity up!"
- Jim Ellis, sports editor at the Miami News-Record (@mnrsportsguy)Schools: Ketchum,
Oklahoma Union (South Coffeyville),
Quapaw,
Fairland,
Foyil,
Welch,
Wyandotte,
Afton,
Commerce,
Bluejacket,
Colcord,
South Coffeyville.
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