Reagan Roof was moments away from calling a timeout.

At the very last second, he talked himself out of it.

Little did he know at the time that he nearly negated one of - if not THE - longest plays in Kingfisher High School football history.

After Roof decided to let the play happen, he watched his son River Roof drop a dime into the running hands of Collin Farrar.

The pass went over the Plainview cornerback as well as the safety help. After Farrar caught it, their efforts to tackle him were for naught and the junior receiver raced for what turned out to be a 98-yard touchdown.

It put an exclamation point on a game the Jackets dominated in the second half and turned into a 36-7 victory on the road.

“I was pretty frustrated at the time and when we were calling the play, I just said ‘let’s give it a shot and just let it fly,’” said Roof.

Kingfisher was facing a 2nd-and-26 on the play after multiple penalties in yet another penalty-riddled game for the Jackets.

“Before the snap, I saw they were floating a safety over to help,” Roof continued. “I just about called a timeout so we could get out of the play, but decided against it at the last second. We were basically out of options at that point, so I just decided to let it play out.”

What happened was the most explosive of three second-half touchdowns as the Jackets outscored their hosts 22-0 in the final two quarters.

Now they’re 6-0 overall and 3-0 in District 3A-1 with yet another massive test coming to town this Thursday.

KHS will host Marlow in what could determine which team gets to host a playoff game in the first round.

Plainview was a game that could derail Kingfisher from achieving that goal.

“They’ll be the best team we’ve played so far,” said Roof of the Indians.

They featured a back in Jett Frankum who had over 1,100 yards (224 per game) through five games.

He managed just 43 yards on 15 attempts against the Jackets.

All told, the Indians were held to 153 yards and six first downs in what was another stellar defensive performance by the Jackets.

“It always starts up front - on both sides of the ball,” Roof said. “Those groups have been consistent. We’ve been the more physical team every week.”

Among those up front were Eduardo De La Torre and Camden Weinmeister.

The ends were two of four Jackets to record eight tackles. Both also had two tackles for a loss.

Inside, Donovan Dunn delivered four tackles.

Elsewhere, linebackers Brody Boeckman and Drew Snider also had eight tackles.

Boeckman’s included five solo stops and two for a loss.

All of them by KHS had a level of physicality to them.

“Physicality is still the name of the game and that’s why we’re 6-0 right now,” Roof said.

The offense has been good, too.

The Jackets managed 427 total yards although Plainview threw a different defense at them than what had been shown on film.

“What they did was pretty smart and we had to find a way to adjust our run game,” Roof said.

The Jackets took the lead on their second drive of the game.

A 74-yard drive saw Brett Calamateo pass to Carter Stephenson for 11 yards on a 3rd-and-7.

Moments later, the two hooked up again for a 12yard score.

That set up a couple areas of concern for KHS.

The ensuing kickoff saw Plainview’s Jaden Smith return it 57 yards to give his team great field position at the Jacket 20.

It was the latest in a series of big kickoff returns by opponents in recent weeks.

“We have to do a better job of emphasizing that in practice and we’re going to do that this week,” Roof said of that issue. “It’s going to get better.”

The other issue for the Jackets has been penalties.

They were flagged 13 times for 84 yards in this contest, including a roughing- the-passer penalty that extended Plainview’s drive after the long kickoff return.

The Indians capitalized and tied the game on a 10yard pass from Brooks Neal to Dominique Coursey.

That happened with 10:00 to play in the first half.

The two teams traded long possessions before the Jackets got the ball at their own 42 with 1:15 to play in the half.

The younger Roof made his first appearance of the game and moved Kingfisher down the field with passes of 28 yards to Stephenson and 22 to Calamateo.

Eventually, on 3rd-andgoal, Calamateo ran in a 4-yard touchdown with just one second left on the clock.

The defense remained smothering in the second half while the offense fumbled away its first possession.

From the second possession on - which started with 3:41 to go in the quarter - it was all Jackets.

Roof found Farrar for a 32-yard gain on a 4th-and-5 play and that set up a 5-yard touchdown run by Boeckman.

The Jackets went for two and Roof hit Weinmeister for the conversion and a 22-7 edge.

Calamateo picked off Neal on the Indians’ next possession, but it had Kingfisher pinned deep at its own 6.

After a couple of the aforementioned penalties, the Jackets were backed up to their own 2.

That led to the bomb from Roof to Farrar.

“It was a really nice pass,” said Roof the coach. “He put it right over the two defenders and Collin made a nice catch and did the rest.”

Roof then handled the kickoff duties and punched a short kick that Plainview couldn’t recover.

Instead, it was Jayzen Surveyor jumping on it for KHS.

The Jackets methodically drove 41 yards over the next 4:31 and pushed it to a 29-point lead on Snider’s 2-yard TD run.

Snider finished with 67 yards on 16 attempts.

Calamateo had 54 on his 11 carries, but also had to battle through some cramping issues in the second half.

The junior was 7 of 8 for 61 yards through the air.

Roof provided the extra passing spark by going 5 of 7 for 181 yards.

Farrar’s two catches amounted to 130 yards.

Stephenson had five snags for 59 yards.

Roof said afterward the team still needs to clean up its penalty issues.

“As aggressive as we are up front, it’s (holding) going to happen,” he said. “What I don’t want is the lazy holding call. I can handle the aggressive calls. The lazy ones infuriate me.

“But we do have to eliminate the mental penalties and mistakes.”

The Jackets now hit a three-game stretch that will decide their playoff fate.

It starts with the Outlaws, who are 5-1 overall and 2-1 in the district.

Their lone loss was to Mount St. Mary after blowing a big lead against the Rockets.

MSM is the only other 3-0 team in the district.

“I talked about physicality earlier,” Roof said. “This will be our biggest physical test so far. When I watch film on them, it’s a lot like watching us.

“They’re physical and they play hard.”

Beyond the Outlaws lies a trip to Purcell, which gave the Jackets all they wanted there a year ago, and then a Week 9 home date with the Rockets.

There are a lot of other factors involved before the end of the season, but Roof said he’s full aware of the importance of this week’s game.

“The winner isn’t guaranteed to get a home playoff game,” he said. “But the winner sure puts itself in position for that.”