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(NewsDakota.com) The Oakes High School Football team has been chosen by the coaches in Class A Region I as the pre-season favorite going into the 2014 campaign which starts next Friday evening.

In the 2014 edition of the statewide publication Pigskin Preview, Oakes is in the top spot, followed by Carrington, Linton-HMB, Hillsboro-Central Valley, Milnor-North Sargent, Northern Cass, Kidder County and Ellendale-Edgeley-Kulm.

The top four teams in the region at the end of the season will earn playoff berths. Oakes has been in the post season in two of the first three seasons under the direction of Greg Dobitz.