Boys semifinals: Spiro 49, Panama 33, Pocola 42, Howe 36. 5th place games: Girls: Poteau 43, LeFlore 38. Boys: LeFlore 41, Heavener 40. Girls championship game at Talihina on Saturday:
can you imagine not seeing your mommy, daddy, aunt or uncle reporter: one little girl named sky lynn didn t have to imagine. her dad is in his third deployment. nine months this time in afghanistan. today is sky lynn s 8th birthday. her only disappointment, her dad is not scheduled to come home until november. i feel really sad because i miss him because he s far, far away. reporter: well, not exactly. see, staff sergeant john ipolito got home early and with the help of the school staff arranged a surprise. sky lynn donned a blindfold as part of the assembly and dad quietly stepped in. take off your blindfold. hey, sky lynn, daddy s home. daddy? daddy! [ applause ] happy birthday, kiddo. thank you. there were few dry eyes among adults. since daddy came home this is the best birthday ever. happy birthday to you
reporter: after being wished happy birthday by 600-plus voices, sky lynn and her dad return to her second grade classroom and he answered questions about being a soldier followed by passing out birthday cupcakes. in blackwood, camden county, john rollins, channel 6 news. she couldn t keep her eyes off her dad after. that so proud. what a great story that was. even those naughty 8-year-old boys were singing happy birthday. they were touched. those stories. they warned us we would need the kleenex. yeah, pretty much. we were trying to be strong. didn t bring it out. but but man, oh, man. did you see her, daddy ? when the kids react to this sometimes they don t know how to react but she sure did. so cool. congratulations and happy birthday to her. yep. to react but she sure did. so cool. congratulations and happy birthday to her. yep.