All-Suburban Conference Boys Basketball
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All-Suburban Conference
Most Valuable Player: Carlbe Ervin, Carl Albert
Defensive Player of the Year: Raymond Little, El Reno
Newcomer of the Year: Cameron Peters, Piedmont
Coach of the Year: Pete Papahronis, Guthrie
First team
Garrett Hermanski, Deer Creek
Conner Haydon, El Reno
Dejoun Sanders, Shawnee
Jacobi Davis, Chickasha
Kai Callins, Guthrie
Second team
Tim Tullis, Western Heights
Cameron Peters, Piedmont
Rashaad Copeland, El Reno
Leland Palmer, Noble
Colin Jennings, Harrah
Third team
Darrain Winston, Carl Albert
Dondre Brookins, Carl Albert
Collin Bricker, Piedmont
Joel Blumenthal, Deer Creek
Dillion Mooreland, Shawnee
All-Defensive Team
Darrain Winston, Carl Albert
Shron Parker, Guthrie
Adrion Williams, Piedmont
Jose Bonilla, El Reno
Anthony Clark, Deer Creek
5A-1 All-District
District 5A-1 All-District
Player of the Year: Luke Davis, Guthrie
Offensive Player of the Year: Dillan Dansby, Carl Albert
Defensive Player of the Year: Landry Chappell, Guthrie
Lineman of the Year: Blake Belcher, Guthrie
First-team
Offense
Quarterback: Raymond Little, El Reno
Running back: Nathan Blakely, Ada
Running back: Darvonte Winston, Carl Albert
Tight End: Kyle Kanady, Deer Creek
Wide receiver: Rashad Copeland, El Reno
Wide receiver: Alex Polston, Carl Albert
Offensive lineman: RayShawn Cato, Carl Albert
Offensive lineman: Cooper Davis, Guthrie
Offensive lineman: Steve Dunham, Carl Albert
Offensive lineman: Matt Eppler, Ada
Offensive lineman: Hayden Seifert, Guthrie
Kicker: Easton Ramsey, Carl Albert
Punter: Sam McCann, Ada
Defense
Defensive lineman: Nolan Boyd, Deer Creek
Defensive lineman: Zack Brown, Guthrie
Defensive lineman: Willis Lusk, Carl Albert
Defensive lineman: Micah Tiger, Ada
Linebacker: John Clark, Guthrie
Linebacker: Kevin Jones, Carl Albert
Linebacker: Jermiah Reed, Carl Albert
Linebacker: John Whitlock, Noble
Defensive back: Tyliq Brazille, Southeast
Defensive back: Taylor Hawkins, Carl Albert
Defensive back: Darion Winston, Carl Albert
Second-team
Offense
Running back: Chase Bowker, Ada
Running back: Tyre LeBlanc, Carl Albert
Tight end: Clint Simek, Guthrie
Wide receiver: Hunter Dinkines, Deer Creek
Wide receiver: Hunter Long, Noble
Offensive lineman: Tristan Clark, Western Heights
Offensive lineman: Malachai Galbrath, Guthrie
Offensive lineman: Grant Oliver, Carl Albert
Offensive lineman: Jacob Stein, El Reno
Offensive lineman: Craig Waters, Western Heights
Kicker: Esau Perez, Guthrie
Punter: Antonio Cueto, Southeast
Defense
Defensive lineman: Darren Colquitt, Carl Albert
Defensive lineman: Clint Edgeman, Deer Creek
Defensive lineman: Michael Holder, Southeast
Defensive lineman: Josh Raper, Western Heights
Linebacker: Austin Ferguson, El Reno
Linebacker: Devonte Henderson, Western Heights
Linebacker: Gumaro Murphy, Southeast
Linebacker: Ian Smith, Deer Creek
Defensive back: Trez Jackson, Carl Albert
Defensive back: Harley Dodd, Deer Creek
Defensive back: Donte Rocco, Western Heights
What Guthrie forfeits mean for Class 5A
BY RYAN ABER
raber@opubco.com
Stunning news came down Thursday night that Guthrie, the No. 1 team in Class 5A, would be forced to forfeit eight of their nine wins. The forfeits would knock the Bluejays out of the playoffs and turn the 5A bracket upside down.
Guthrie will appeal the OSSAA’s decision but, barring a reversal by the Board of Directors next week, here are the ramifications:
El Reno and Noble would be alive in the playoff race, with El Reno holding the upper hand. An Indians win over Western Heights would put them in the postseason. Noble’s playoff scenario is very slim. They’d need a win over 8-1 Carl Albert and a loss by El Reno to 1-8 Western Heights to advance.
But although El Reno’s season figures to be extended by a week, the real beneficiaries figure to be the loser of Friday’s Deer Creek-Ada game. That team was slated to go on the road to face District 5A-2 champions Lawton MacArthur, who enter Friday’s game at Northwest undefeated. Instead, the winner of that game will host Ardmore while the loser will go on the road to a Duncan team that stands 6-3 entering the season finale. That sets up a much better draw for the loser.
Carl Albert will go from having to play Pryor on the road in the second round as the No. 2 seed (assuming both teams win their playoff openers) to a likely second-round matchup with Tulsa East Central. That game, though, would be played at Carl Albert. It also puts the Titans on the opposite side of the bracket from Lawton MacArthur.
This is the second time in three years that the 5A playoffs have been thrown into turmoil shortly before the postseason began. In 2009, Tulsa Washington had to forfeit two games initially and then had a third added shortly thereafter. The forfeits left the Hornets out of the playoffs. Tulsa Washington won the Class 5A title in 2008 and again in 2010.
Jimmy Wood has big game in Noble win
Noble picked up its second win of the season Friday over Southeast, and junior running back Jimmy Wood had a huge individual performance for the Bears.
Wood ran the ball 26 times for 286 yards and four touchdowns in Noble’s 66-27 win.
For the season, Wood has 863 yards and six scores.
The Bears (2-5) face another stiff District 5A-1 test Thursday at Deer Creek (6-1).
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Deer Creek Baseball Classic schedule
Deer Creek Classic
Wednesday
El Reno vs. Westmoore, 10 a.m.
Deer Creek vs. Norman North, 1 p.m. (No. 1 vs. No. 4)
Edmond North vs. Guthrie, 4 p.m.
Deer Creek vs. Noble, 7 p.m.
Thursday
Edmond North vs. El Reno, 10 a.m.
Westmoore vs. Guthrie, 1 p.m.
Noble vs. Norman North, 4 p.m.
Deer Creek vs. Miami, 7 p.m.
Friday
Miami vs. Noble, 10 a.m.
Miami vs. Norman North, 1 p.m.
El Reno vs. Guthrie, 4 p.m.
Edmond North vs. Westmoore, 7 p.m.
Saturday
Times and teams to be decided later based on all teams participating.
Crazy to think Deer Creek and Norman North will play each other. I’ll be there for that one as it’s No. 1 in 5A vs. No. 4 in 6A. Should be fun.
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District 5A-1 awards…
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
2010 District 5A-1 All-District Team
Player of the Year—Kentrell Brothers – Guthrie
Offensive Player of the Year—Alex Christensen – Deer Creek
Defensive Player of the Year—Quincy Johnson – Carl Albert
Lineman of the Year—Kyle Croak – Carl Albert
Coach of the Year—Rafe Watkins – Guthrie
Offense
First Team Second Team
QB-Kenneth Mayfield – W Hts QB-Ridge Gargasz – ER
RB-Kenton Whittington – Carl Albert RB-Derrik Kelly – Guthrie
RB-Devonte Moore – ER RB-Anthony Frazier – SE
WR-Dwight Dobbins – Carl Albert WR-Christian Johnson-Ada
WR-Deonte McCully – Guthrie WR-Gage Anderson-Noble
TE-Austen Roselius-Carl Albert TE-Payton Patton-Ada
OL-Colin Walker-Carl Albert OL-Pat Elliott-Carl Albert
OL-Bryce Sullivan-Guthrie OL-Andrew Scribner-Ada
C-Anthony Frazier-Carl Albert C-Braden Young-ER
OL-Ross Stracke-Deer Creek OL-Jacob Cardenas-Noble
OL-Caleb Clary-Ada OL-Paul Kim-Deer Creek
Defense
First Team Second Team
DL-Randy Armstrong-Ada DL-Shawn Hudson-SE
DL-Feliz Scott-Guthrie DL-Ryan Vick-Ada
DL-Brent Bozarth-ER DL-Tanner Dyer-Ada
DL-Cale Russell-Ada DL-Ryan Thomas-Noble
LB-Isaiah Byrd-Deer Creek LB-Trey Jones-Noble
LB-Tavin Deloney-SE LB-Evan Elder-Deer Creek
DB-Marcus Ware-Guthrie DB-Nick Anderson-Ada DB-A.J.Wilson-Carl Albert DBEric Mahoney-Deer Creek
DB-Ronald Lucas-Ada DB-Nelson Williams-SE
DB-Jay Gogue-SE DB-Diontee Albert-Ada
DB-Michael Coleman-Deer Creek DB-Dylan Abner-ER
DB-Travis Brown-
K-Shawn McLaws-Deer Creek
P-Brady Bowers-Ada
Noble vs. Carl Albert Capsule…
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
Noble (2-7) at Carl Albert (7-2)
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday
Where: Jim Harris Field, CA
Noble
Why the Bears can win: It’s been a rough year for the Bears, but there will be a lot of kids coming back. They got some valuable experience this season.
Carl Albert (L- BTWashington; W – Ardmore; W- Duncan; W- Western Heights; W – El Reno; W – Southeast; L – Guthrie; W – Ada; W – Deer Creek)
Why the Titans can win: Because the line play on both sides of the ball has been incredible all year. The variety of RBs is nice, but it only works when you have those beasts to be running behind.
The pick: Carl Albert 59, Noble 9. Taylor Hawkins, Kenton Whittington, Darvonta Knight. One after another, should be a good night for the running game.
Boneman’s Titans prediction record: 8-1.
Deer Creek vs. Noble Capsule…
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
Deer Creek (5-2) at Noble (1-5)
When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday
Where: Noble HS
Deer Creek (W – Piedmont; L- Shawnee; W – Tecumseh; L – Guthrie; W – Southeast; W – El Reno; W – WHeights)
Why the Antlers can win: Because the last three weeks have been just what this team and the doctor ordered. The running game has been phenomenal and the defense has been the unsung heroes in the three-game winning streak.
Quote:
We can’t look ahead. It’s not Carl Albert week. This is Noble week, and this is who we’re concentrating on.” – coach Grant Gower
Noble
Why the Bears can win: Because Noble is coming off not only its first win of the year but easily its best performance of the season in a win against Southeast. The Bears are young, but their confidence should be high.
Key matchup: Deer Creek passing game vs. Noble defense. I’ma beat you into the ground with it. The Antlers need to get a good passing game going heading into showdowns with CA and Ada. Alex Christensen threw a TD pass to Hunter Dinkines last week, which is a start. Gotta have balance to win the close ones.
The pick: Deer Creek 52, Noble 13. Don’t know how much the passing game will be used by the Antlers, but this won’t be a trap game and DC will take care of its business.
Boneman’s Deer Creek prediction record: 7-0.
Deer Creek’s Alex Christensen still a beast, Choctaw’s Aaron Fournier shines…
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
Well, we looked at the first four teams from the Top of the World Classic scrimmage at Norman’s Harve Collins Field. We were only halfway home.
Here is a recap featuring Deer Creek, McLoud, Noble and Choctaw.
Scrimmage No. 3: Deer Creek 21, McLoud 7
Deer Creek: Where in the world did sophomore Brennan Miyake come from? He caught my eye last week against Putnam West, and he was dynamite again tonight, scoring the team’s first touchdown.
With Miyake and Colten Sander, whew, good stuff in the backfield for Grant Gower’s club.
Will never get used to seen Alex Christensen at quarterback. I’m sorry, guys that weigh nearly 250 pounds just shouldn’t be there. However, he gets the job done. And did what he does best – run over people in the open field.
Quarterback Joel Blumenthal was a little antsy, overthrowing a couple of deep balls. But he finished strong with a final play rushing touchdown that showed though the sophomore is tiny, he’s got a lot of fight in him.
Gower refused to name a starter, simply saying the team has five offensive packages so it depends on the package for who is the QB.
Linebacker Michael Coleman sat out because of a concussion. He should be cleared to play early next week for Friday’s showdown with Piedmont.
McLoud: Redskins did a lot better than I thought and maybe even better than coach Eric Cardin thought. Cardin loves his team of the future as he is extremely high on his sophomore class.
The heart of this team is without question wide receiver Travis Carroll. He does everything for this club, including scoring the team’s only touchdown.
Cardin admits Carroll is the team’s biggest playmaker, but he’s been pleasantly surprised with how the youth of his team is growing up. It was obvious the team just kinda got worn down against a solid 5A team, but the Redskins were in this one, for sure.
Scrimmage No. 4: Choctaw 16, Noble 0
Choctaw: Liked a lot of what I saw from senior running back Aaron Fournier on both sides of the ball really. Made a couple of nice runs and deflected a few passes. Real strong night for him.
Defensive end Hunter Davis commanded a lot of attention from the opposing sides tonight and didn’t get a chance to really do what he can do. Not too worried about that.
Quarterback Tanner Hessman had his moments as did running back Corey Bennett.
Noble: The Bears had some success in the early portions of things, but it’s tough to go up against a 6A team after sitting around for a good two hours like that.
Senior running back Dylan King caught my eye the most. Thought he had a banner night, making plays, making people miss, etc.
Senior Tyler Teague was a busy man all night, too, playing fullback and linebacker and still looking fresh when the clock ran out.
Great stuff from a unique scrimmage with the opportunity to see some teams I normally don’t.
Friday: Mt. St. Mary’s at Christian Heritage.
Top of the World Challenge storylines…
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
It’s not quite opening night. OK, it’s not really even close to opening night, but all the scrimmages Thursday are going to bring the intensity.
And while fellow chums Scott Wright will be at the Pigskin Preview at Mustang and Ryan Aber will help us out for one night with Carl Albert and Midwest City, I’ma be livin’ it up at the Top of the World Challenge at Norman.
This not only has a little bit for everybody, but it gives me a chance to see some teams that I’m not really going to get the opportunity to see.
Teams: Norman, Stillwater, Choctaw, Shawnee, Noble, Deer Creek, McAlester and McLoud.
- I cannot wait to watch McAlester’s Tony Kiefer. I’ve heard so much about him and he put up some crazy-good numbers last year.
The Buffs will definitely be in the hunt for the 5A title, very intrigued to see Bryan Pratt’s team and learn just what it is that makes Kifer, only a junior, one of the top all-around talents.
- Stillwater’s Jerame Littell has come a long way since being a starter as a freshman. Now a junior and a three-year starter, interested to see where his confidence level is.
- Pumped to get a chance to see Norman’s Donovan Roberts. Between Roberts and Norman North’s Emilio Gatewood, it’s going to be one heckuva battle for who is the best RB in Norman?
- At Deer Creek, I’m wondering if coach Grant Gower is going to get closer to finalizing things at quarterback with Alex Christensen and Joel Blumenthal. My gut tells me no official decision will be made for at least a couple of games with both getting good play.
- Choctaw and Shawnee both have some top recruits in Tulsa commit Hunter Davis for the Yellowjackets and Brayle Brown for the Wolves. But who else do the teams have? Wanna see what Shawnee’s Jeremy Barrientos can do now that he’s the starter at running back.
- And with the format of the night, definitely be watching to see if anybody from Noble or McLoud stands out. Expect both teams to be much better than what they were last year.
- Teams will take to the field at 4, varsity won’t start until about 6:30 or so. And now I’ll have to cross off Harve Collins Field on my list of places I haven’t been. Amazing that I’ve never been to Norman, but it’s true. Looking forward to what Greg Nation and the boys have worked up.
