三队同分耗尽附加赛规则 午夜抛硬币定俄克拉荷马高中季后赛名额
俄克拉荷马州塞米诺尔县塞米诺尔市外消息，11月7日午夜刚过，三支俄克拉荷马州高中橄榄球队通过抛硬币决定了季后赛命运。Liberty队、Central Sallisaw队和Gore队在A-II-3区同分争夺第三名，全部附加赛规则耗尽后，三队主教练在塞米诺尔附近40号州际公路200号出口外的一家餐厅外同时抛硬币定胜负。结果Central Sallisaw队与Liberty队的硬币均为反面，Gore队的硬币为正面，Central Sallisaw队与Liberty队晋级下周的A-II季后赛，Gore队的赛季就此以这种罕见方式结束。根据俄克拉荷马州高中体育协会规则，除6AI和6AII级别外，每区只有前四名晋级季后赛，三队同分争第三时注定有一队出局。Liberty队在11月6日晚以8比63负于卫冕A-II州冠军Talihina队，此前独占第三名的位置；Central Sallisaw队与Gore队赛前同分排第四。凭借对Liberty队的直接交锋胜利，Central Sallisaw队获得该区三号种子，下周季后赛首轮客场对阵Woodland队；Liberty队为四号种子，对阵Ketchum队。州协会副主任Trinity Johnson在场见证了抛硬币过程。
Three Teams Deadlocked After Every Tiebreaker: A Midnight Coin Flip Decides Oklahoma Playoff Spots
SEMINOLE, Oklahoma — Just after midnight on November 7, three Oklahoma high school football teams had their playoff fates decided by a coin flip. Liberty, Central Sallisaw and Gore finished tied for third in District A-II-3, and after every tiebreaker in the book was exhausted, the three head coaches flipped coins simultaneously outside a restaurant near Exit 200 of Interstate 40 outside Seminole. Central Sallisaw's and Liberty's coins both landed tails while Gore's came up heads — Central Sallisaw and Liberty advance to next week's Class A-II playoffs, and Gore's season ended in this rarest of ways. Under Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association rules, only the top four teams in each district qualify outside Classes 6AI and 6AII, so a three-way tie for third guaranteed one team would be left out. Liberty, which had held sole possession of third, lost 63-8 to defending A-II champion Talihina on November 6; Central Sallisaw and Gore entered tied for fourth. By virtue of its head-to-head win over Liberty, Central Sallisaw takes the district's No. 3 seed and visits Woodland in the first round next week; Liberty is the No. 4 seed and faces Ketchum. OSSAA associate director Trinity Johnson was on hand to witness the flips.
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图片来源：图：橄榄球比赛抛硬币仪式（资料图）。美国陆军，公共领域。 / Photo: A football coin toss (file photo). U.S. Army, public domain.
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