Norman girls team hard to categorize
I had an interesting thought while talking with Norman girls basketball coach Matilda Mossman the other day. We were talking about the best teams in Class 6A and in doing so, it made me realize that Norman can’t be put in a group.
For starters, the conversation about the best `girls teams in 6A starts and ends with Midwest City. I said. “There’s Midwest City and there’s everybody else.”
But then, in reeling off a handful of schools in the next tier of teams, I realized Norman wasn’t easy to categorize. The Tiger aren’t as talented as Midwest City (no one else is, for that matter), but with three starters (point guard Kamra King, shooting guard Chelsea Key and forward Jeannie Ramon) back from last year’s state semifinal team that took MWC into overtime before falling, they’re above most of the rest of the field.
Now, there are two other teams and a wildcard that I might put on the same tier as Norman. Tulsa Union and Edmond North both are coming off a state-tourney season, have several starters back and each has a star player (Elizabeth Donohoe for EN, Carrington Fox for Union). The wildcard is Edmond Santa Fe, and that’s just because the Wolves have maybe the most exciting player in 6A in sophomore Courtney Walker. A talent like Walker can make a team better than its parts.
So, I see a three-level separation of teams. 1. MWC; 2. Norman,
Edmond North, Tulsa Union and maybe Edmond Santa Fe. 3. Del City, Lawton, Edmond Memorial, Norman North, Owasso and Putnam City North.
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