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Raiders finished 80–59 (2nd) in the regular season, 6.5 games behind the McAlester Rockets. In the playoffs, Pauls Valley defeated the Chickasha Chiefs 3 games to 1 in the semi-finals. In the Finals, the McAlester Rockets and
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