Add Texas A&M to Turner’s growing list of offers
By Ryan Aber
raber@opubco.com
Millwood cornerback Josh Turner continues to rake in the offers.
Texas A&M became the latest team to extend Turner an offer Wednesday.
Turner now has offers from nine Big 12 schools, including OU, OSU, Texas, Texas Tech, Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas.
His other offers include Auburn, Alabama, Miami, Notre Dame, Tennessee and Wisconsin.
Also, Millwood offensive lineman Davion Pierson recently added Kansas State to his list of offers.
Ohio State is said to be showing strong interest in Pierson.
Guthrie linebacker Kentrell Brothers also recently added to his list of offers.
Brothers, whose offers already included Missouri, Duke and Kansas State, recently added Baylor and Tulsa to his list.
Nowata lineman Austin Beck also recently received an offer from Baylor as well as Arkansas.
Another day, another offer for a Millwood FB player
By Ryan Aber
raber@opubco.com
It seems like every day or two, another college offers one of Millwood’s seniors-to-be.
Today is offensive lineman Davion Pierson’s turn at the table.
Pierson received an offer from Kansas State, adding the Wildcats to Tulsa as Pierson’s Division I offers.
Pierson figures to drawn quite a bit more recruiting interest in the coming months, especially when teams geta good look at Pierson during the spring.
Pierson has slimmed down to just about 300 pounds and is still losing weight, according to the Millwood coaches. If Pierson can keep making progress in that regard, he could wind up being as highly touted of a recruit as teammate Josh Turner, a cornerback who is widely considered the top recruit in the state for next year’s class.
Ohio State and Kansas could be close to offering Pierson and others figure to join in his recruitment shortly.
Pierson is expected to participate in this weekend’s regional powerlifting meet at Cashion.
Millwood’s Patton snags Big 12 offer
By Ryan Aber
raber@opubco.com
Millwood’s Shevin Patton received another Division I offer Monday night, this one from Kansas.
Last month, Patton was offered by Tulsa.
The Jayhawks offered the 5-foot-11, 180-pound Patton as a wide receiver.
Patton had 25 catches for 340 yards and two touchdowns last season. He also had 37 tackles and a sack on defense.
Bama and Tennessee offer Millwood’s Turner
By Ryan Aber
raber@opubco.com
Millwood’s Josh Turner continues to draw more big-time offers.
Turner recently added offers from two more Southeastern Conference schools, with national champion Alabama and Tennessee extending offers to the Falcons’ cornerback.
Turner had 648 yards and six touchdowns receiving and 83 tackles, six interceptions and two sacks defensively as a junior.
He’s now received offers from nearly half of the SEC and also holds offers from eight Big 12 schools, including OU, OSU and Texas.
Ohio State and Florida are among the teams actively recruiting Turner who have yet to extend an offer.
Turner is one of seven Millwood seniors-to-be with Division I offers.
OKC POW: Mike Anderson, NWC
The Oklahoma City Player of the Week this week is Northwest wrestler Mike Anderson. Anderson, a senior, wrestled all of last season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament. The injury hampered him at times throughout the season, including in the state tournament.
After offseason surgery, Anderson has come back to become one of the favorites in Class 5A at 215 pounds.
In last week’s regionals, Anderson pinned Deer Creek’s Alex Christensen at 3:50 to win the region and earn the West’s No. 1 seed.
At the state tournament beginning Friday, Anderson (30-3) will start off his quest for a title against Grove’s Weston Culvey.
Anderson’s brother, Antwan, was a state champion wrestler for Capitol Hill.
Look after the jump for other Oklahoma City players who turned in impressive performances in the last week.
Oklahoma City basketball schedule
By Ryan Aber
raber@opubco.com
With the first round of playoffs out of the way in Classes 4A-2A, it’s time to look ahead at this weekend’s regional action:
CLASS 4A
Boys
Douglass at Byng, 8 p.m. Thursday (Winner plays Cache-Bethany winner at 8 p.m. Saturday in Elgin; Loser plays Lone Grove-Elgin winner at 8 p.m. Friday)
John Marshall at Anadarko, 8 p.m. Thursday (Winner plays Woodward-Elk City winner at 8 p.m. Saturday in Clinton; Loser plays Guymon-Clinton winner at 3 p.m. Friday)
Star Spencer vs. Mannford at Harrah, 8 p.m. Thursday (Winner plays Hilldale-Stilwell winner at Okmulgee at 8 p.m. Saturday; Loser plays Okmulgee-Checotah winner at 8 p.m. Friday)
Girls
Douglass at Byng, 6:30 p.m. Thursday (Winner plays Cache-Elgin winner at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in Elgin; Loser plays Dickson-Little Axe winner at 6:30 p.m. Friday)
John Marshall at Anadarko, 6:30 p.m. Thursday (Winner plays Guymon-Clinton winner at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Clinton; Loser plays Woodward-Elk City winner at 1:30 p.m. Friday)
Star Spencer at Harrah, 6:30 p.m. Thursday (Winner plays Okmulgee-Stilwell winner at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in Okmulgee; loser plays Hilldale-Checotah winner at 6:30 p.m. Friday)
CLASS 3A
Boys
Centennial at Bethel, 8 p.m. Thursday (Winner plays Perry-OCS winner at 8 p.m. Saturday; Loser plays Chandler-Stroud winner at 3 p.m. Friday)
Millwood vs. Marlow at Lindsay, 8 p.m. Thursday (Winner plays Purcell-Bridge Creek winner at 8 p.m. Saturday at Purcell; Loser plays Riverside-Sulphur winner 3 p.m. Friday)
Northeast at Kingfisher, 8 p.m. Thursday (Winner plays St. Mary-Prague winner at 8 p.m. Saturday; Loser plays Jones-Meeker winner at 8 p.m. Friday)
Girls
Centennial vs. SeeWorth Academy, 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Bethel (Winner plays Perry-Stroud loser at 6:30 p.m. Friday; Loser is eliminated)
Millwood vs. Marlow at Lindsay, 6:30 p.m. Thursday (Winner plays Riverside-Sulphur winner at 6:30 p.m. Friday; Loser plays Purcell-Bridge Creek winner at 1:30 p.m. Friday)
Northeast at Kingfisher, 6:30 p.m. Thursday (Winner plays St. Mart-Prague winner at 6:30 p.m. Saturday; Loser plays Jones-Meeker winner at 6:30 p.m. Friday)
Also this weekend, playoffs in Class 6A and 5A begin. Here’s a look at the city schools involved in those classes:
CLASS 5A
Boys
Capitol Hill vs. Duncan at Western Heights, 6:30 p.m. Friday (Winner plays Durant-Western Heights winner at 7 p.m. Saturday)
Northwest vs. Southeast at Guthrie, 6:30 p.m. Friday (Winner plays Guthrie-Noble winner at 7 p.m. Saturday)
Girls
Capitol Hill at Carl Albert, 8 p.m. Thursday (Winner plays Northwest-Lawton MacArthur winner at 1:30 p.m. Saturday)
Northwest vs. Lawton MacArthur at Carl Albert, 6:30 p.m. Thursday (Winner plays Carl Albert-Capitol Hill winner at 1:30 p.m. Saturday)
Southeast vs. Durant at Deer Creek, 6:30 p.m. Thursday (Winner plays Deer Cree-Noble winner at 1:30 p.m. Saturday)
OKC Player of the Week: Marquis Buxton-Hill, Douglass
By Ryan Aber
raber@opubco.com
The Oklahoma City player of the week is Douglass’ Marquis Buxton-Hill.
Hill scored 22 and pulled down 12 rebounds in the Class 4A No. 1 Trojans’ 84-73 win over Star Spencer on Saturday night.
After the win, Buxton-Hill said he believed the Trojans were the best team in the state regardless of class and it’s hard not to agree with him right now.
The Trojans will enter the playoffs undefeated and Buxton-Hill is a huge reason why.
Falcons vs. Cancer fundraiser tonight
By Ryan Aber
raber@opubco.com
Millwood will host a Falcons vs. Cancer fundraiser tonight with proceeds going to the family of a Millwood student whose mother has been diagnosed with cancer.
The girls game against John Marshall starts at 6 p.m. with a presentation at halftime of the boys game.
Not only will the door proceeds go for the cause but workers and the referees will donate their usual pay as well.
Millwood’s Turner gets another big offer
By Ryan Aber
raber@opubco.com
Millwood’s Josh Turner might be the No. 1 recruit in the state for the class of 2011.
The offers he keeps pulling in certainly aren’t doing anything to dispel that.
Turner picked up another big offer Thursday when Texas extended an offer to the junior.
The Texas offer gives Turner at least 20 from Division I teams. Washington also extended an offer Thursday.
Turner’s other notable offers include all three state Division I teams, Notre Dame, Nebraska, Stanford, UCLA, Texas Tech, Wisconsin, Arizona, Arkansas, Auburn, Miami, Michigan, Missouri and Ole Miss.
Turner plays both wide receiver and in the secondary for the Falcons but figures to be a cornerback in college. He could wind up as the top-ranked corner in the class of 2011.
Last season, Turner had 648 yards and six touchdowns receiving. On defense, he had 83 tackles, 6 interceptions and 2 sacks.
Turner’s news wasn’t the only development with the Falcons’ football team Thursday.
Another cornerback, Michael Cole, received his first Division I offer, from Tulsa.
Cole had 41 tackles and two interceptions last year.
Cole becomes the seventh Falcon junior to receive a Division I offer. He joins Turner, Emilio Gatewood, Shevin Patton, Davion Pierson, Kevonte Richardson and Brandon Swindall as Millwood players holding Division I offers.
PCN’s Mitchell granted hardship
By Ryan Aber
raber@opubco.com
Putnam City North junior JohVonna Mitchell was granted a hardship waiver after an appeal to the board of directors.
Mitchell played for Millwood last year, helping the Falcons to the Class 3A championship as a sophomore before transferring to Putnam North.
When the board made their vote, 7-5, to approve Mitchell’s appeal, Mitchell dropped her head in relief.
“It means a lot just to play varsity,” Mitchell said. “I’m glad that day’s finally come.”
Mitchell could make a big difference for the Class 6A No. 15 Panthers.
Mitchell will get her first chance Friday when the Panthers play at rival Putnam City.
“I’ve been practicing everyday and can’t wait,” Mitchell said. “That’s my family and it’s going to be great getting a chance to play with them.”
