Here are some of the players who are expected to sign this week:
BASEBALL
Blake Estep, Jones (Penn St.)
Isaac Hellbusch, Deer Creek (Arkansas)
Taylor Hawkins, Carl Albert (OU)
Ty Hensley, Edmond Santa Fe (Ole Miss)
Chase Stephens, Deer Creek (UCO)
Jordan Watson, Edmond Santa Fe (OSU)

BOYS BASKETBALL
Aaron Anderson, Edmond Santa Fe (Fresno St.)
Blake Blanchard, Deer Creek (Southwestern)
Matt Christiansen, McGuinness (San Francisco)
Joe Edmonds, McGuinness (San Francisco)
James Woodard, Edmond Memorial (Tulsa)
D’Andre Wright, Lawton Eisenhower (Tulsa)

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Kelsey Barnwell, Kansas (Missouri-Kansas City)
Ashley Clark, Midwest City (Tulsa)
Courtney Cowan, Kansas (Northeastern St.)
Ali Decker, Edmond Memorial (Wichita St.)
Toni Smith, Del City (Fresno St.)
Courtney Walker, Edmond Santa Fe (Texas A&M)

GOLF
Taylor Moore, Edmond Memorial (Arkansas)
Abby Thompson, Deer Creek (OCU)

GYMNASTICS
Keara Glover, Putnam North (Auburn)

SOFTBALL
Liz Broyles, Blanchard (Missouri-Kansas City)
Braxton Coil, Edmond North (Missouri St.)
Shalee Cordell, Newcastle (OBU)
Kaylin Hinshaw, Putnam North (Mid-America)
Leslie Miller, Blanchard (OU)
Kady Self, Edmond North (OU)
Caitlin Sill, Tuttle (Tulsa)
Bryana Wade, St. Mary (North Texas)
Brooke Zukerman, Lawton MacArthur (UCO)

TENNIS
Sarah Bowen, Heritage Hall (Hofstra)

VOLLEYBALL
Emily Belz, OCS (Henderson St.)
Sydney Fioretti, Edmond Santa Fe (OBU)
Hannah Holkum, Edmond Santa Fe (North Carolina St.)
Barbara Jackson, Edmond Santa Fe (OCU)

WRESTLING
Matt Manley, Perry (Missouri)

Friday
Field 4
Mustang/Broken Arrow winner vs. Moore/Tulsa Union winner, noon
Owasso/Edmond North winner vs. Jenks/Edmond Santa Fe winner, 4 p.m.

Saturday
Field 1
Championship, 4 p.m.

Class 5A
Field 1
Thursday
Carl Albert vs. Coweta, 11 a.m.
McAlester vs. Deer Creek, 1 p.m.
Tahlequah vs. Shawnee, 3 p.m.
Lawton MacArthur vs. Grove, 5 p.m.

Friday
Carl Albert/Coweta winner vs. Lawton MacArthur/Grove winner, 2 p.m.
McAlester/Deer Creek winner vs. Tahlequah/Shawnee winner, 4 p.m.

Saturday
Championship, 1:30 p.m.

Class 4A
Thursday
Field 4
Blanchard vs. Bethany, 11 a.m.
Oologah vs. Purcell, 1 p.m.
Fort Gibson vs. Tuttle, 3 p.m.
Berryhill vs. Harrah, 5 p.m.

Field 1
Friday
Blanchard/Bethany winner vs. Oologah/Purcell winner, noon
Berryhill/Harrah winner vs. Fort Gibson/Tuttle winner, 2 p.m.

Saturday
Championship, 11 a.m.

Class 2A
Thursday
Field 2
Savanna vs. Cordell, 11 a.m.
Stroud vs. Hobart, 1 p.m.
Drumright vs. Oktaha, 3 p.m.
Colbert vs. Panama, 5 p.m.
Friday
Field 4
Savanna/Cordell winner vs. Drumright/Oktaha winner, noon
Stroud/Hobart winner vs. Colbert/Panama winner, 2 p.m.
Saturday
Field 1
Championship game, 1:30 p.m.

Class A
Field 1
Thursday
Roff vs. Davenport, 11 a.m.
Binger-Oney vs. Fletcher, 1 p.m.
Welch vs. Sterling, 3 p.m.
Cyril vs. Rattan, 5 p.m.
Friday
Roff/Davenport winner vs. Cyril/Rattan winner, 10 a.m.
Binger-Oney/Fletcher winner vs. Welch/Sterling winner, noon
Saturday
Championship game, 4 p.m.

Class B
Thursday
Field 4
Leedey vs. Sentinel, 11 a.m.
Sasakwa vs. Frontier, 1 p.m.
Hammon vs. Caney, 3 p.m.
Fort Cobb-Broxton vs. Red Oak, 5 p.m.
Friday
Field 1
Leedey/Sentinel winner vs. Fort Cobb-Broxton/Red Oak winner, 2 p.m.
Sasakwa/Frontier winner vs. Hammon/Caney winner, 4 p.m.
Saturday
Field 1
Championship game, 11 a.m.

Christin Jantz (Dobbs)

BY RYAN ABER
raber@opubco.com

Former Putnam North softball player and current Heritage Hall softball coach Christin Jantz (formerly Christin Dobbs) is now in the NAIA record book.

Oklahoma Christian received notice this week that Jantz, who played for the Lady Eagles from 2008-10, is being included for her career batting average.

Jantz hit .414 in three seasons at Oklahoma Christian and one at Central Oklahoma. She had 292 hits in 705 at bats.

Jantz was a three-time All-Sooner Athletic Conference selection and in 2010 earned first-team All-America honors.

Class 6A
District 1
Southmoore, Edmond North, Mustang, Norman, Putnam City North, Lawton Eisenhower, Norman North, Putnam City
District 2
Edmond Santa Fe, Yukon, Moore, Westmoore, Midwest City, US Grant, Del City, Lawton
District 3
Tulsa Union, Edmond Memorial, Putnam City West, Stillwater, Enid, Choctaw, Sand Springs, Jenks
District 4
Broken Arrow, Sapulpa, Ponca City, Claremore, Muskogee, Bixby, Bartlesville, Owasso

Class 5A
District 1
El Reno, Carl Albert, Deer Creek, Bishop McGuinness, Guthrie, Shawnee, Northwest Classen, Southeast.
District 2
Chickasha, Duncan, Noble, Altus, Lawton MacArthur, Ardmore, Western Heights, Capitol Hill
District 3
Skiatook, Grove, Pryor, Tahlequah, Tulsa Edison, Tulsa Memorial, Tulsa East Central
District 4
Coweta, McAlester, Collinsville, Durant, Tulsa Washington, Tulsa Kelley, Tulsa Hale.

We’re knee-deep in football playoffs, but here is your schedule for the All-City teams in volleyball, softball and cross country.

Wednesday - Volleyball
Thursday - Big and Little All-City Softball
Friday - Boys and Girls Cross Country

Look for stories, capsules and the complete roster for each sport in The Oklahoman and on NewsOK. UPDATE: This might change. Space is kinda tight for the next couple of days. Just know we’ll try to get these in and fast as we can.

Here ya go:

All-State softball teams

The Oklahoma High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association recently announced the all-state team for 2010. All-state games will be at the University of Oklahoma sometime in June.

Large West
Whitney Robinson, Carl Albert; Maddie Stein, El Reno; Skylar Leathers, Yukon; Macy McKay, Lawton MacArthur; Raegan Sampson, Moore; Kendra Pierce, Westmoore; Brianna Rico, Lawton MacArthur; Jamie Rateliff, Mustang; Tanya Whaley, Duncan; Brianna Nunley, Moore; Lauren Rennsker, Lawton MacArthur; Brooke Hand, Midwest City; Courtni Clark, Mustang; Mariah Riles, Lawton; Kayla Kingsley, Putnam City North; Hannah Coker, Moore; Brittany Hand, Midwest City; Andrea Smith, Norman North. Coach: Jeff Small, Southmoore.

Large East
Madison Thompson, Sand Springs; Erica Sampson, Tahlequah; Brittany Wagnon, Pryor; Rachel Turner, Skiatook; Megan Higgins, Broken Arrow; Brooke Scott, Broken Arrow; Devyn Frazier, Broken Arrow; Callie Parsons, Pryor; Darrian Williams, Sand Springs; Jerelyn Long, Bartlesville; Randi Gilmartin, Collinsville; Sami Garroutte, Claremore; Brandi Schueler, Bartlesville; Jessica Patrick, Tahlequah; Kaylee Allen, Shawnee; Chelsea Stout, Owasso; Allison Eales, McAlester; Brittany Nunley, Pryor. Coach: Matt Davis, Pryor.

Middle West
Kelsey Watson, Cache; Kaytie Spencer, Purcell; Sevie Carel, Tuttle; Megan Webb, Purcell; Bailey Goldsby, Purcell; Peyton Watson, Little Axe; Lacey Williams, Little Axe; Jill Clemence, Washington; Kaylee Brunson, Tuttle; Cheyanne Terry, Little Axe; Taylor Ketchum, Newcastle; Nicole Workman, Tuttle; Brooke Gentry, Lone Grove; Chelsea Reeves, Sulphur; Nicole Brandt, Bridge Creek; Kamra Ball, Washington; Kayley Croke, Elgin; Kassady Foister, Piedmont. Coach: Mike Bread, Little Axe.

Middle East
Bailey Erwin, Sequoyah-Claremore; Taylor Woodall, Meeker; Kaitlyn Riddle, Glenpool; Shelby Culver, Poteau; Trinity Busby, Sequoyah-Tahlequah; Lei Loni Smith, Vian; Hillary Cochran, Kansas; Jayde Drummond, Pawhuska; Shawnda Sweger, Bristow; Paige Eden, Caney Valley; Savanna Humphrey, Bethel; Whitney Hamilton, Oologah; Emily Emberson, Keys (Park Hill); Amy Harrison, Sequoyah-Claremore; Taylor Case, Berryhill; Tori Wilde, Perry; Kristin Dixon, Bristow; Shelby Eden, Caney Valley. Coach: Andrea Vaughan, Oologah.

Small West
Lauren Lambert, Healdton; Morgan Whatley, Apache; Kayla Pendleton, Pioneer-Pleasant Vale; Kadan Brady, Healdton; Emily Nix, Fletcher; Kayla Pahcoddy, Apache; Trinity Radke, Sterling; Taylor Mogg, Binger-Oney; Kelly Sokolosy, Fort Cobb-Broxton; Kristan Rhoades, Sentinel; Micah Thompson, Velma-Alma; Kaitlin Anderson, Velma-Alma; Kaytlin Fletcher, Healdton; Jesse Prince, Binger-Oney; Kimberlyn Pyron, Arapaho; Kylea Wilson, Mooreland; Kenlee Upton, Fort Cobb-Broxton; Julia Mason, Fairview. Coach: Jason Wilson, Binger-Oney.

Small East
Melanie Gladden, Konawa; Whitney Jefferson, Dewar; Kendra Steward, Dale; Joni Foster, Davenport; Felicia Stone, Wyandotte; Nikki Nail, Konawa; Shanna Davidson, Tupelo; Jacey Knight, Commerce; Ashley Gray, Colbert; Jacee Bennett, Colbert; Shelby Enloe, Hominy; Courtney Capps, Konawa; Jodi Edmiston, Haskell; Brentney Rich, Dewar; Heather Lamphear, Barnsdall; Elda Isaacs, Smithville; Chelsi Faulkenberry, Tushka; Markie Burgess, Tonkawa. Coach: Jason Herring, Dewar.

Player of the Year – Kady Self, Edmond North
Newcomer of the Year – Kilee Halbert, Yukon
Coach of the Year – Rick Nordyke, Edmond North

First Team
Edmond North: Abby Taliaferro, Madison Nordyke, Jordan Dixon, Sheridan Bond, Braxton Coil
Yukon: Kylie Lang, Madi Ellis, Skylar Leathers, Jade Hardy
Mustang: Courtni Clark, Jamie Rateliff, Kayla Adams
Edmond Santa Fe: Maddie Martin, Karly Nevez, Breezy McComas, Catherine Rodarm
Putnam North: Kayla Kingsley, Taylor Harris, Dani Nissen
Putnam City: Grace Self, Amanda Stevenson, Tiffany Holt
Putnam West: Ashley Tiger, Allyson Hemby
Choctaw: Elizabeth Sandman, Casie Foust

Second Team
EN: Ashton Smith, Brooke Crutchfield. YHS: Amanda Madden, Whitney Ellis, Caitlyn Halbert. MHS: Kyndra Holasek, Kierra Miles, Shelbi Legg. ESF: Kayley Humann, Siara Price, Sydney Brennan, Carly Cowan. PCN: Alli Whittington, Madison Welch, Amy Reynolds. PCO: Kylee Webb, Amber McCullough, Andrea Walling. CHS: Kylie Morgan, Ashley Hopkins, Sadie Marino. PCW: Haley Hemby, Kaleigh Ferrell.

FIRST TEAM MID-STATE CONFERENCE
Del City = Kayla Rogers, Rachel French
Edmond Memorial = Lindsay Littles, Alexis Bracaglia, Sommer Peterson
Midwest City = Brooke Hand, Brittany Hand, Shianne Hughes
Moore = Brianna Nunley, Hannah Coker, Raegan Sampson, Caiti Hall
Norman = Caitlyn Cosme, Summer Leitka
Norman North = Andrea Smith, Shelby Tiller
Southmoore = Haley Strawn, Chelsi Hill
Westmoore = Kendra Pierce, Taylor Green, Melaney Anderson

HONORABLE MENTION
Edmond Memorial = Rachel Baker, Charli Kroeker
Midwest City = Tiana Jordan, Carly Suellentrop, Ashlee Gesell
Moore = Hannah Lynch, Tianna Gutierrez, Qiana Harrison, Stephanie Couser
Norman = Catherine Lesser, Sami Alberts
Norman North = Jacy Glover, Michaela Smith, Tanner Moody
Southmoore = Hartley Tyler, Jackie Hilterbran, Katelyn Brown
Westmoore = Destinie Lookout

Some weeks are easier than others when it comes to picking the West Metro Player(s) of the Week. This is one of those weeks.

The Yukon Millerettes rolled to the Class 6A state softball championship with an impressive performance.

Whitney Ellis, Madi Ellis and Skylar Leathers all had big RBIs in the title game, but it was a total team effort throughout the weekend to pull of the title. Here’s Robert Przybylo’s story on the finals.

Other contenders

Brandon Taylor, David Glidden and Cole Williams, Mustang: Taylor threw for 338 yards and six TDs, Glidden caught four TD passes and returned a kickoff 84 yards for a score, and Williams came up with two fumble recoveries to set up touchdowns as the Broncos exploded for 59 points in beating Putnam City.

Corben Jones and Derek Deeds, Yukon: Filling in for Terry Jones as he works his way back from an ankle injury, Deeds broke loose for four touchdowns and 91 yards on 17 carries to keep the Yukon offense balanced. Corben Jones was sharp as usual, throwing for 208 yards and completing 19 of 26 passes.

Casey Curtis and Putnam City offensive line: Curtis broke free for his third straight 200-yard rushing performance and his fourth of the year. Behind an offensive line with several seniors, this Pirate run game just keeps churning out big yards.

Jace James and Sam Wolfe Putnam City North: James had his second straight 300-yard passing game and led the offense to a near-comeback victory against Yukon. James threw one TD pass and rushed for another in the fourth quarter. Wolfe rushed for two TDs, including a 64-yarder that sparked the rally. 

Emily Helms and Andy Carroll, Mustang cross country: Helms won the girls race and Carroll the boys race at the Metro Conference meet — a good sign heading into regionals this weekend and state on Oct. 30.

Scott Massey, Yukon cross country: Finished fourth at the Metro Conference meet.

Send West Metro POW nominations to Scott Wright at swright@opubco.com

It could have been a magical weekend for Carl Albert. A football win over Guthrie added with a state softball championship. Could have been.

Instead, the softball team redeemed the weekend. There was no better team in 5A this entire year. And the girls proved it repeatedly and emphatically at the state tournament.

Pryor was up early before CA rolled ‘em. Down 6-0 to Tahlequah, Titans came back to win 12-10. Another win against Tahlequah set up the stage against McAlester and star pitcher Taylor Dewbery.

However, CA was able to touch up Dewbery with three 2-run homers. One by Krista Waggoner and two by Madisyn Long to claim the club’s first championship since 2007 in the 6-4 victory.

Pitcher Whitney Robinson was not great in the circle, but boy was she gutty. She gave us everything she had in the final three days of her high school softball career. She is one of the most complete players in the state and had a great tournament at the plate.

First baseman Molly Davison and Jenni Lane also came up with huge hits. Coach Colin White said once his team got rolling, there was no turning back.

He’s certainly right about that.

Other contenders

James Flanders, Midwest City, Football: With Choctaw stopping the passing attack, Flanders rushed for four touchdowns in the shutout of Choctaw. Read more about Flanders in Tuesday’s paper.

Taylor Hawkins, Carl Albert, Football: It wasn’t the night the Titans were hoping for, but Hawkins threw for a touchdown and rushed for another in the loss to Guthrie.

Greg Johnson and Chazten Gonzales, Del City, Football: Each scored a touchdown though the team came up short against an inspired Lawton club.

This week’s Moore player of the week choice was a tough one. On one hand, there was an athlete accomplishing something she’d never done before. On the other hand, there was an athlete who chose to do something I’d never seen before.

It was tough, but in the end I had to go with Noemi Hernandez of Westmoore.

Hernandez won the individual Mid-State Conference championship while leading the Jaguars to a team title by one point. Westmoore edged Edmond Memorial 47 to 48. It was Westmoore’s fourth-straight conference championship.

Hernandez finished with a time of 11:37, a career-best.

Others in consideration…

Vova Razryvin, Moore football: Razryvin jumped back behind center when starting quarterback Corey Reeves went down with an injury and threw for three touchdowns and 181 yards. He also ran for 82, but Moore still lost to Norman North.

More importantly, when Norman North’s D.J. Hicks was injured and being driven off in an ambulance, it was Razryvin that quickly organized a game-wide prayer at midfield.

“I go church every Sunday and every Wednesday I get a chance to,” Razryvin said. “I saw that hit and it didn’t look good. I just thought, ‘Hey, we can’t do anything but God can.’ And just prayed for him.”

Andrew Long, Southmoore football: In a 56-28 loss to Broken Arrow, Long rushed for three touchdowns and 154 yards against a tough Tigers’ defense. He also caught three passes for 15 yards. Long has been key for the SaberCats as quarterback Kendal Thompson continues to miss games.

Caleb McKee, Westmoore cross country: McKee finished in fourth at the Mid-State Conference meet and led the Jaguars for a third place finish. He ran in a time of 17:05.

Moore softball: Raegan Sampson’s game-winning hit Thursday looked like a sign of good things to come. However, the Lions were bounced by Jenks and finished another great season.

They had the target on their backs all season. They had to deal with Micha Hancock missing time for the Youth Olympics. And Mattie Burleson missing matches because of an OSSAA rule about traveling teams.

But frankly, none of that mattered last weekend in Shawnee and Oklahoma Baptist for the Edmond Memorial volleyball team. The Bulldogs were almost beyond dominant in winning another state championship.

How good were they? They didn’t drop a game in the state tournament. They were never pressed to play beyond 25 points in a game though Santa Fe gave ‘em a good 25-23 game in the final.

It’s one thing to be expected to be the best all season, and it’s totally another to be able to go out there every single night and bring it. And that’s what they did all season.

For Scott Wright’s coverage of the championship, here ya go.

Other contenders

Edmond Santa Fe football: Wolves picked up first win of season with 61-0 win vs. US Grant. A colleague told me Ty Hensley played well. Santa Fe fans, help a Boneman out. Any stats you got from Friday sure would be appreciated.

Troy Davis and Travis Townsend, North, Football: In the first must-win game of the season, each accounted for three touchdowns in the 38-15 victory against Westmoore. Defense also forced six turnovers.

Deer Creek offensive line: Once again, the Antlers were able to spread out the wealth with its rushing attack. Alex Christensen, Joel Blumenthal, Luke Bradshaw and co., another solid outing in win against Western Heights.

North softball: Just ran into a hot hitting team in Jenks. With only one senior that saw significant playing time, this team should be back contending for the state championship last year.

Santa Fe volleyball: Just one of dem years, you know? Alex Hodges and the rest of the girls probably win against the rest of 6A – just not this Memorial squad.

Taler Buck, Deer Creek, Cross Country: Buck dominated at the Suburban Conference meet and then helped the Antlers to an eighth-place finish at the event in Fayetteville.

Alex Shook, Memorial, Cross Country: Shook led the charge for the Bulldogs who placed 15th at the same Fayetteville event.

Meredith Farley, North, Cross Country: Farley placed second at the Metro Conference meet and the Huskies couldn’t be touched in the team race.

Alrighty, day 2 is less than 20 minutes from starting:

- The two-time defending champions are out. Owasso scores one in the eighth for a 3-2 win. It’s a slugfest in Moore-Jenks. Jenks leads 16-10 in the bottom of the sixth.
- And the slugfest is over. Jenks 17, Moore 12.
- And another two-time defending champion bites the dust. Grove eliminates Lawton Mac 4-3. Grove must beat McAlester twice to advance.
- Tahlequah takes out El Reno. Tahlequah has scored 29 runs in three games. Interesting to see if Whitney Robinson or McKenzie Jones gets the start for Carl Albert.
- Yukon’s Kilee Halbert with the call for this one. Owasso up 3-0 early.
- Yukon’s Kilee Halbert has settled down. And the Millerettes scored two runs on a wild pitch. Yukon 5, Owasso 3.
- Jenks is on a roll, battering both Madison Nordyke and Jordan Dixon. 6-0 bot 2nd.
- Yukon run rules Owasso to advance to the championship. Jenks run rules Edmond North to force ‘if’ game.
- Final update before I head to Carl Albert-Guthrie football. Carl Albert 7, Tahlequah 2 – top 5. McAlester 1, Grove 0 – bot 5.

Class 6A
Bracket A
Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Jenks 17, Moore 12
Game 6: Jenks 11, Edmond North 1
Game 7: Jenks 5, Edmond North 3

Bracket B
Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Owasso 3, Broken Arrow 2 (8)
Game 6: Yukon 13, Owasso 3

Saturday
At ASA
Championship: Jenks vs. Yukon, 3 p.m.

Class 5A
Bracket A
Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Tahlequah 9, El Reno 4
Game 6: Carl Albert 9, Tahlequah 3

Bracket B
Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Grove 4, Lawton Mac 3
Game 6: McAlester 1, Grove 0

Saturday
At ASA
Championship: Carl Albert vs. McAlester, 1 p.m.

One week down,  one more to go. Back here at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium to conclude the fall softball season. Updating here and on Twitter:

- Incredible comebacks in 6A. Moore was down 6-2 in bottom of seventh. Raegan Sampson hits game-winning 2-run single to win 7-6 vs. Jenks. Yukon down 4-1 in bottom of eighth. Madi Ellis hits game-winning two-run single to win 5-4. What a way to start.
- Hmm, upset in 5A to start things out. Grove blanks Lawton Mac 4-0. Wouldn’t rule out the Highlanders, of course, but pretty big surprise.
- Yukon rides momentum to victory. Edmond North is unstoppable. Jenks shows great heart in bouncing back. We’re done in 6A for Day 1.
- How quickly a 6-run lead goes away. Carl Albert has erased a 6-0 deficit with 6 runs in the top of the third. Wowzas.

Class 6A
Bracket A
Thursday
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Game 1: Edmond North 12, Bartlesville 0
Game 2: Moore 7, Jenks 6
Game 3: Jenks 10, Bartlesville 2
Game 4: Edmond North 7, Moore 2

Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Jenks vs. Moore, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Edmond North vs. Winner Game 5, 2 p.m.
Game 7: Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6, 6 p.m. (if necessary)

Bracket B
Thursday
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Game 1: Owasso 2, Mustang 0
Game 2: Yukon 5, Broken Arrow 4 (8)
Game 3: Broken Arrow 9, Mustang 2
Game 4: Yukon 6, Owasso 1

Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Broken Arrow vs. Owasso, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Yukon vs. Winner Game 5, 2 p.m.
Game 7: Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6, 6 p.m. (if necessary)

Saturday
At ASA
Championship: Bracket A winner vs. Bracket B winner, 3 p.m.

Class 5A
Bracket A
Thursday
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Game 1: Carl Albert 7, Pryor 2
Game 2: Tahlequah 10, El Reno 4
Game 3: El Reno 4, Pryor 1
Game 4: Carl Albert 12, Tahlequah 10

Friday
At ASA
Game 5: El Reno vs. Tahlequah, Noon
Game 6: Carl Albert vs. Winner Game 5, 4 p.m.
Game 7: Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 (if necessary), 8 p.m.

Bracket B
Thursday
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Game 1: McAlester 5, Coweta 3
Game 2: Grove 4, Lawton MacArthur 0
Game 3: Lawton Mac 9, Coweta 2
Game 4: McAlester 4, Grove 2

Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Lawton Mac vs. Grove, Noon
Game 6: McAlester vs. Winner Game 5, 4 p.m.
Game 7: Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 (if necessary), 8 p.m.

Saturday
At ASA
Championship: Bracket A winner vs. Bracket B winner, 1 p.m.

Westmoore’s defense showed on Friday that it is big-time. The Jaguars held Del City to only 6 points, but forced six-straight turnovers to end the game. One of the key forces on that defense is Tyler Newton, who is the Moore Player of the Week.

Newton finished the game with 9 tackles and two recovered fumbles. The second of the two fumbles was also the first touchdown of his career. He also gets the award for being one of the leaders on the defense.

To go along with Newton, Ricky Balogun, Bo Hurst, Cody Cates and Bryan Norris all had double-digit tackles.

Others in consideration:

Andrew Long, Southmoore football: Long rushed for 140 yards and scored three touchdowns in a loss to Norman. What makes this performance standout is that the junior almost led his team to a come-from-behind win. Two of his three touchdowns came in the fourth quarter. He also had one catch for 41 yards.

Zach VanDyke, Westmoore football: VanDyke factored into Westmoore’s victory in two ways. He returned a punt for a touchdown in the first half and intercepted a Del City pass in the second half as the Jaguars took control off the game. He also had 6 tackles out of the secondary.

Noemi Hernandez, Westmoore cross country: Hernandez set a new season-low as she finished fourth at the Edmond Pre-State meet. Hernandez ran in a time of 11:54.27 as Westmoore edge Jenks to win the event by less than two seconds.

Caleb McKee, Westmoore cross country: McKee finished seventh overall at the Edmond Pre-State 5k and posted a 16:43.33. It bettered his previous season-best by nearly 10 seconds.

Moore softball: What a shock (not really). Stephanie Riley’s girls are headed back to the state tournament, and it’s a wide open field

How pumped are you for Carl Albert and Guthrie? I’ll tell ya right now I have a lot planned for every day this week on the blogs and in The Oklahoman.

And it starts with the Mid-Del Player of the Week. This week’s honor is going to QB Taylor Hawkins for the Titans.

He was the starting strong safety for this team when Dillan Dansby was running the show. Of course, Dansby was injured and it’s been Hawkins leading the way.

In the last two games (albeit against teams CA should have taken care of), Hawkins and the passing game have come alive for Gary Rose.

Hawkins threw for four touchdown passes as the Titans put up 30 in the first quarter en route to a 72-0 victory against Southeast.

He’s got a different skill set than Dansby, but he’s no less effective. The Titans rolled up 539 yards of offense in the blowout win. Friday night can’t get here soon enough.

Other contenders

Midwest City defense: No comebacks necessary in this one as the Bomber defense did what it needed to do in blanking Moore 32-0.

Chazten Gonzales, Del City, Football: Gonzales scored the Eagles’ lone touchdown in a disappointing 30-6 loss to Westmoore.

Dwight Dobbins, Carl Albert, Football: Dobbins is making his name on defense, but he caught a pair of touchdowns in the win Thursday.

Carl Albert softball team: Colin White’s girls are ranked No.  1 and are one of the favorites to claim the 5A championship this week.

Shameka Sanders, Del City, Cross Country: Against a good field, Sanders placed second at the pre-state meet at Oklahoma Baptist on Thursday.

Little Axe softball won its first title Saturday night.

This could have gone to any number of the Little Axe girls on the softball team. I remember meeting with coach Mike Bread in August talking about his team. You could tell he was excited, but he didn’t want to seem too overconfident.

Well, turns out he was right. Led by an incredible group of seniors, the Indians won their first state softball championship Saturday night.

The Player of the Week honor could have gone to Bread, for sticking it out with Little Axe the last six years. To Lacey Williams for battling back from two torn ACLs. To Peyton Watson for setting the tone with HRs in the quarters and semis. To Amanda Edmundson for driving in three runs in the championship. To Andee Frazier for being a sophomore who didn’t crack under pressure.

So instead, it goes to the team and its 35-2 record.

Other contenders

Tanner Koons, Tuttle: Wow,what a Friday for Koons. Three passing TDs, three rushing scores, and all were needed in a double overtime win against Blanchard.

Haskell Browning, Luther: In a huge win against Lexington, Browning accounted for three touchdowns to give the Lions the upset victory.

Kentrell Brothers, Guthrie: His time to shine could be this week, but he added another three touchdowns in the rout of Noble.

Here ya go (I’ll be camped out at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium).

Class 6A
Bracket A
Thursday
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Game 1: Edmond North vs. Bartlesville, Noon
Game 2: Moore vs. Jenks, Noon
Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 4 p.m.
Game 4: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 4 p.m.

Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 2 p.m.
Game 7: Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6, 6 p.m. (if necessary)

Bracket B
Thursday
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Game 1: Owasso vs. Mustang, Noon
Game 2: Broken Arrow vs. Yukon, Noon
Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 4 p.m.
Game 4: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 4 p.m.

Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 2 p.m.
Game 7: Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6, 6 p.m. (if necessary)

Saturday
At ASA
Championship: Bracket A winner vs. Bracket B winner, 3 p.m.

Class 5A
Bracket A
Thursday
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Game 1: Carl Albert vs. Pryor, 2 p.m.
Game 2: El Reno vs. Tahlequah, 2 p.m.
Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 6 p.m.
Game 4: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 6 p.m.

Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, Noon
Game 6: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 4, 4 p.m.
Game 7: Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 (if necessary), 8 p.m.

Bracket B
Thursday
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Game 1: McAlester vs. Coweta, 2 p.m.
Game 2: Grove vs. Lawton MacArthur, 2 p.m.
Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 6 p.m.
Game 4: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 6 p.m.

Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, Noon
Game 6: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 4, 4 p.m.
Game 7: Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 (if necessary), 8 p.m.

Saturday
At ASA
Championship: Bracket A winner vs. Bracket B winner, 1 p.m.

There were a lot of heroes in the Mt. St. Mary’s softball team winning its first state softball championship. Morgan McCalmon was phenomenal in the circle. She gave up two runs in three games.

Freshman Sable Hankins came up huge in the championship with a couple of hits and RBIs to lead the Rockets past Washington.

But this team has an unquestioned leader. And the great news for MSM fans is that catcher Bryana Wade will be back for one more season.

Wade was incredible, hitting a home run in the semifinals and the championship. Definitely in the running for Little All-City Player of the Year (no, I haven’t decided that yet).

Other contenders

Sterling Shepard, Heritage Hall, Football: Had more than 330 total yards and scored five touchdowns in a dominating win against Newcastle.

Barry J. Sanders, Heritage Hall, Football: In limited time, rushed for 162 yards and two long touchdown carries in the first half.

Irish offensive line: A statement was made in a rout of Elk City. LaRone Richardson had another big game with the line leading the way to 364 rushing yards.

Mac Katigan, Casady, Football: In a rather surprising loss (to me, anyway), Katigan ran for a score and threw for another against Dallas St. Marks.

Skyler Sikes, OCS, Football: Still operating without Jack Warren, Sikes came up huge with three touchdowns in the win against Perry.

Jake Peace, MSM, Football: Did they break the scoreboard in Lindsay? In a 71-40 loss, Peace scored four touchdowns for the Rockets.

Heritage Hall and CHA volleyball: Both had tremendous seasons. Chargers were ousted in the quarterfinals while CHA was downed by Cache in the championship.

Irish volleyball: Girls are one of the favorites to walk out with the 5A championship this weekend in Shawnee.

Irish cross country: Strong showing by both boys and girls in Edmond. Girls, led by Mary Kate Roy, placed third. Boys, led by Brett Scott, earned the 5A championship.

Ooh this was a tough one. But in the end, his numbers were too good to be overlooked. So Deer Creek’s Alex Christensen gets the Edmond Player of the Week, just edging out the Memorial defense.

In talking with coach Grant Gower, he had no idea Christensen had THAT many carries. Christensen ended up with 38 carries for 246 yards and four touchdowns in a big road win against El Reno.

Gower said El Reno was unable to stop his big QB so he didn’t go away from it. I’ve compared Christensen as a beast before, and well, that might work for this week.

Good bounce back the last two weeks by the Antlers following the loss at Guthrie.

Other contenders

Memorial defense: Aw heck, the whole team in the second half. Playing inspired because of the loss of Cale Olbert, teams turned a 7-7 game at halftime time to a 47-7 win against Choctaw. Jeff Balkenbush and Ry Huff were part of the charge leading the way.

Jesse Mathews, North, Football: Once upon a time he was a contender for the QB job, but Mathews has made a nice transition and had a 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against Putnam City.

Jeremy Moore, Santa Fe, Football: Wolves dropped their sixth consecutive game, but Moore did pick off two passes in the loss to Mustang.

North softball: Here we go. This is what they’ve been waiting for. Rick Nordyke’s girls are ranked No. 1 heading into this week’s state tournament.

Memorial, North, Santa Fe volleyball: Gotta think the Bulldogs are heavy favorites, but Shawnee will be Edmond east this weekend for the 6A volleyball tournament with all three teams.

Alex Shook and Tara Lewis, Memorial, Cross Country: Lewis was second and Shook was fourth at the pre-state run at Mitch Park.

Arya Bahreini and Alex Skinner, Santa Fe, Cross Country: Bahreini was third and Skinner was fifth as Wolves placed fifth at the pre-state run.

Hope you stayed at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium for the Class 4A championship. It was a long day/night but well worth it for those little moments.

And the big ones, too.

All year kinda had a hunch that 4A was going to be won by Tuttle or Little Axe. I was very disappointed the teams had to play in the semifinals because I thought it would have made for a terrific championship.

As it was, it made for great semifinal battle, won by the Indians 3-2.

I asked coach Mike Bread after that game about the emotional toll that contest might take out of the team. He admitted he was a little worried, but he would just let his seven seniors do what they do.

Little Axe coach Mike Bread and his wife, Dina, have stuck it out with the Indians.

And what they did in 2010 was win games. The team finishes the season on a 22-game winning streak and 35-2. And more importantly, closed it out with the first state championship.

Couldn’t ask for a better script if you follow the Indians team. A star (Lacey Williams) who has torn both her ACLs. A coach (Mike Bread) who has had other offers in his six years but hasn’t left. And by his side, his wife, Dina, the entire time.

But down 3-0 to Cache, maybe the dream run was coming to a close. However, Amanda Edmundson hit a two-run homer and we were back in business.

Tied 3-3 heading into the seventh, both teams had the same three hitters up in their order – 9, 1, 2. Cache was able to get runners on first and third with Evie Mithlo up to bat.

Cache fans thought maybe Mithlo had gotten all of Andee Frazier’s pitch, but it fell harmlessly in Cheyanne Terry’s glove and to the bottom of the seventh we went.

Peyton Watson was walked for the third time in the game. Terry added a double and Lacey Williams was intentionally walked.

Bases loaded, one out, Edmundson up. 3-2 count…ball four, and the celebration was on.

Great weekend of softball, excited to see what 5A-6A has in store for us this week. I’ll be camped out at ASA all next weeek, too.

It’s championship Saturday, and you’ve made it to The Big Hou— err, not basketball yet. And you’ve made it to ASA Hall of Fame Stadium for softball.

Keep ya posted as always. I’ll try to add more inning scores for in-progress games as well.

- Walkoff HR by Binger-Oney’s Selika Shives gives Bobcats first state championship.
- HR by Bryana Wade’s sparks four-run third for Mt. St. Mary’s.
- The Mount claims its first championship with an impressive 5-1 victory against Washington. Well-played game.
- Lindsi Glenn comes up huge for Healdton. Trailing 1-0, she hits a two-run double. It’s 2-1 in the bottom of the sixth against Konawa.
- Big heart being shown by Konawa. Tigers have responded with two here in the bottom of the sixth to take a 3-2 lead. And Chelsey Patterson adds an RBI 2B. 4-2 heading to the seventh.
- Konawa does it. 4-2. Second title and first since 2007.
- Dewar and Smithville have both scored runs on errors so far. It’s 1-1 heading into the fourth inning.
- Dewar’s Alesha Hill with an RBI double. 2-1 in the fifth. Dewar takes care of business with 5-1 win.
- All ‘n all, not bad. A 7 p.m. start at 7:41. Little Axe and Cache scoreless in the second.
- And now we’ve got our pitchers’ duel. Andee Frazier and Kelsey Watson dominating the day so far. Little Axe 0, Cache 0 – fourth inning.
- So much for that. A two-run HR by Kelsey Watson spurs a three-run inning. Cache 3, Little Axe 0 – bot 4th.
- And Little Axe responds. Amanda Edmundson blasts a two-run shot to left field. Cache 3, Little Axe 2 – top 5th.
- Aw heck, we haven’t had an extra inning game yet, have we? Little Axe ties it on Sac Fly. 3-3 in 7th.
- Championship-winning walkoff…walk. Amanda Edmundson gives Little Axe the title.  4-3.

Class 4A
Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Cache 3, Newcastle 2
Game 6: Little Axe 3, Tuttle 2

Saturday
At ASA
Championship: Little Axe 4, Cache 3

Class 3A
Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Washington 9, Bethel 6
Game 6: St. Mary 2, Sequoyah-Tahlequah 1

Saturday
At ASA
Championship: St. Mary 5, Washington 1

Class 2A
Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Healdton 3, Apache 0
Game 6: Konawa 2, Colbert 1

Saturday
At ASA
Championship: Konawa 4, Healdton 2

Class A
Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Smithville 2, Davenport 1
Game 6: Dewar 6, Sterling 4

Saturday
At ASA
Championship: Dewar 5, Smithville 1

Class B
Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Binger-Oney 3, Coleman 1
Game 6: Red Oak 3, Frontier 2

Saturday
At ASA
Championship: Binger-Oney 3, Red Oak 2

Same deal as before. Will update as much as I can.

Thoughts and observations
- Shara Curry’s big bomb lifts Washington to a come-from-behind 9-6 win against Bethel. Normally sound, Washington had five errors but overcame it all.
- Wow, what a game between Tuttle and Little Axe. Insane. Wish I had more time to write about it. However, have to head to Heritage Hall for Chargers and Newcastle football.

Class 4A
Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Cache 3, Newcastle 2
Game 6: Little Axe 3, Tuttle 2

Saturday
At ASA
Championship: Cache vs. Little Axe, 7 p.m.

Class 3A
Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Washington 9, Bethel 6
Game 6: St. Mary 2, Sequoyah-Tahlequah 1

Saturday
At ASA
Championship: Washington vs.St. Mary, 1 p.m.

Class 2A
Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Healdton 3, Apache 0
Game 6: Konawa 2, Colbert 1

Saturday
At ASA
Championship: Healdton vs. Konawa, 3 p.m.

Class A
Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Smithville 2, Davenport 1
Game 6: Dewar 6, Sterling 4

Saturday
At ASA
Championship: Smithville vs. Dewar, 5 p.m.

Class B
Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Binger-Oney 3, Coleman 1
Game 6: Red Oak 3, Frontier 2

Saturday
At ASA
Championship: Binger-Oney vs. Red Oak, 11 a.m.

Will try to update as much as possible, either here or on Twitter @BPrzybylo. Ye softball weather gods look in favor on us, it appears.

Thoughts and observations
- No. 1s go down. Bethel takes out Purcell and Newcastle takes out Blanchard.
- Washington’s schedule has it ready for this stage. Warriors played so many tough teams, and it showed in a 6-1 win against Morris.
- It is tough to find a better team than Little Axe. Mike Bread’s girls were among the most impressive teams I’ve seen today, in all aspects of the game.
- And another No. 1 bites the dust. Leedey, No. 1 all season, goes down to Coleman 5-2. Say wha?
- Ringling settled down after a rough start with a change of pitchers, but it was too late. Dewar advances.
- Almost an improbable comeback for Meeker. From 9-1 to 9-6 and bases loaded, but Sequoyah-Tahlequah hangs on. Off to football. Back all day Friday.

Class 4A
Thursday
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Game 1: Newcastle 1, Blanchard 0
Game 3: Cache 5, Oologah 1
Game 2: Little Axe 6, Sequoyah-Claremore 0
Game 4: Tuttle 5, Piedmont 4

Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Newcastle vs. Cache, 2 p.m.
Game 6: Little Axe vs. Tuttle, 4 p.m.

Saturday
At ASA
Championship: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 7 p.m.

Class 3A
Thursday
At ASA
Game 1: Bethel 4, Purcell 0
Game 2: Washington 6, Morris 1
Game 3: Sequoyah-Tahlequah 9, Meeker 6
Game 4: St. Mary 3, Verdigris 0

Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Bethel vs. Washington, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Sequoyah-Tahlequah vs. St. Mary, 2 p.m.

Saturday
At ASA
Championship: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 1 p.m.

Class 2A
Thursday
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Game 1: Apache 5, Dale 4
Game 2: Healdton 12, Haskell 3
Game 3: Konawa 10, Commerce 1
Game 4: Colbert 5, Latta 2

Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Apache vs. Healdton, Noon
Game 6: Konawa vs. Colbert, 4 p.m.

Saturday
At ASA
Championship: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 3 p.m.

Class A
Thursday
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Game 1: Davenport 3, Fort Cobb-Broxton 2
Game 4: Smithville 2, Roff 1
Game 2: Sterling 4, Mooreland 3
Game 3: Dewar 6, Ringling 1

Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Davenport vs. Smithville,  Noon
Game 6: Sterling vs. Dewar, 4 p.m.

Saturday
At ASA
Championship: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 5 p.m.

Class B
Thursday
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Game 1: Binger-Oney 5, Hammon 0
Game 2: Coleman 5, Leedey 2
Game 3: Red Oak 14, Stuart 1
Game 4: Frontier 4, Sentinel 3

Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Binger-Oney vs. Coleman, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Red Oak vs. Frontier, 4 p.m.

Saturday
At ASA
Championship: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 11 a.m.

Well, tried to not do it, but we have our first repeat winner of the year. Just a little too tough to not give Edmond Memorial’s Cale Olbert another honor as the Edmond Player of the Week.

In a game the Bulldogs had to have in district play, Olbert was a beast. He rushed for more than 200 yards and three touchdowns in leading Memorial to a 21-6 win against Moore.

It’s a mental test more than anything else as the Bulldogs are trying to survive without their captain (Kameron Doolittle) at 100 percent.

Olbert doesn’t mind having to carry the load. He’s got some real nice help with that defense, too. The defense hasn’t let this team down yet.

Other contenders

Travis Townsend, North, Football: It was a long night for the Huskies in a loss to Mustang, but Townsend was able to throw for four touchdown passes.

Alex Christensen, Michael Coleman, Shawn McLaws and Brennan Miyake, Deer Creek, Football: All four had two touchdowns for the Antlers in a 69-13 blowout win vs. Southeast.

Trevan Smith, Santa Fe, Football: Smith continues to be a bright spot for the Wolves, who have been shutout three times this season.

Taler Buck, Deer Creek, Cross Country: Add another honor to an incredible season, winning the individual title at Holland Hall against great teams from the Tulsa area.

Tara Lewis and Alex Shook, Memorial, Cross Country: No shock here as Lewis and Shook continued their stellar seasons at Mustang on Thursday.

Meredith Farley, North, Cross Country: Farley was team’s best finisher as Huskies won the team competition at Mustang.

Arya Bahreini, Santa Fe, Cross Country: Bahreini helped the Wolves to a fourth-place finish and placed third individually.

Jordan Dixon, North, Softball: Dixon is one big reason why the Huskies are ranked No. 1 and should punch their ticket to state this week.

Classes 4A-B state softball pairings. I’ll be camped out at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium this weekend, too.

Class 4A
Thursday
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Game 1: Blanchard vs. Newcastle, 11 a.m.
Game 3: Oologah vs. Cache, 5 p.m.
Game 2: Sequoyah-Claremore vs. Little Axe, 3 p.m.
Game 4: Tuttle vs. Piedmont, 7 p.m.

Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 3, 2 p.m.
Game 6: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 4, 2 p.m.

Saturday
At ASA
Championship: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 7 p.m.

Class 3A
Thursday
At ASA
Game 1: Purcell vs. Bethel, 11 a.m.
Game 2: Washington vs. Morris, 1 p.m.
Game 3: Meeker vs. Sequoyah-Tahlequah, 3 p.m.
Game 4: Verdigris vs. St. Mary, 7 p.m.

Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 2 p.m.

Saturday
At ASA
Championship: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 1 p.m.

Class 2A
Thursday
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Game 1: Dale vs. Apache, 11 a.m.
Game 2: Healdton vs. Haskell, 1 p.m.
Game 3: Konawa vs. Commerce, 5 p.m.
Game 4: Latta vs. Colbert, 7 p.m.

Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, Noon
Game 6: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 4 p.m.

Saturday
At ASA
Championship: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 3 p.m.

Class A
Thursday
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Game 1: Davenport vs. Fort Cobb-Broxton, 11 a.m.
Game 4: Roff vs. Smithville, 5 p.m.
Game 2: Mooreland vs. Sterling, 1 p.m.
Game 3: Dewar vs. Ringling, 3 p.m.

Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 4, Noon
Game 6: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3, 4 p.m.

Saturday
At ASA
Championship: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 5 p.m.

Class B
Thursday
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Game 1: Binger-Oney vs. Hammon, 1 p.m.
Game 2: Leedey vs. Coleman, 3 p.m.
Game 3: Stuart vs. Red Oak, 5 p.m.
Game 4: Frontier vs. Sentinel, 7 p.m.

Friday
At ASA
Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 4 p.m.

Saturday
At ASA
Championship: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 11 a.m.

Edmond North coach Rick Nordyke and Carl Albert coach Colin White can breathed a sigh of relief. A late change by the OSSAA had the 5A-6A rankings extended by one week.

The Titans and the Huskies each lost twice last week. However, in the new OKRankings.com poll that came out about 30 minutes ago, nothing to fear. Carl Albert and Edmond North are still No. 1 and will have the top seed in their respective class.

Edmond North lost that thriller to Yukon and arguably could have dropped. However, the Millerettes were unable to capitalize on that, losing three times last weekend.

Stephanie Riley’s Moore squad made a nice jump of its own as the Lions are at No .3, their highest ranking of the season. A win against Midwest City was huge in that jump up.

In 5A, a lot of waves about Coweta ruling one of its own players ineligible, but it had no bearing on the ranking. The rankings are done by the coaches. The player, not ID’d, was ruled ineligible by the school and not by the OSSAA, interestingly enough.

Just about there. Next week is the state tournament for Class B-4A. Whoo hoo. Ye softball weather gods, I’m already asking you for good stuff next week.

The final 6A-5A rankings.

Class 6A: 1. Edmond North; 2. Yukon; 3. Moore; 4. Owasso; 5. Jenks; 6. Broken Arrow; 7. Tulsa Union; 8. Midwest City; 9. Bartlesville; 10. Sand Springs.

Class 5A: 1. Carl Albert; 2. Lawton MacArthur; 3. McAlester; 4. Tahlequah; 5. Grove; 6. Pryor; 7. El Reno; 8. Coweta; 9. Deer Creek; 10. Skiatook.

And for those that don’t remember, here is 4A-B from last week:

Class 4A: 1. Blanchard; 2. Little Axe; 3. Tuttle; 4. Cache; 5. Oologah; 6. Piedmont; 7. Seq-Clare.; 8. Newcastle; 9. Glenpool; 10. Berryhill.

Class 3A: 1. Purcell; 2. St. Mary; 3. Meeker; 4. Morris; 5. Washington; 6. Seq-Tahl.; 7. Verdigris; 8. Kellyville; 9. Bethel; 10. Caney Valley.

Class 2A: 1. Healdton; 2. Colbert; 3. Konawa; 4. Apache; 5. Dale; 6. Commerce; 7. Oktaha; 8. Liberty; 9. Latta; 10. Tushka.

Class A: 1. Dewar; 2. Fort Cobb-Broxton; 3. Roff; 4. Sterling; 5. Velma-Alma; 6. Mooreland; 7. Smithville; 8. Bray-Doyle; 9. Fletcher; 10. Rattan.

Class B: 1. Leedey; 2. Red Oak; 3. Frontier; 4. Hammon; 5. Binger-Oney; 6. Sentinel; 7. Tupelo; 8. Cyril; 9. Moss; 10. Stuart.

The best of the best in the state (and some out of state clubs) for cross country were in Stillwater this weekend for the OSU Cowboy Jamboree.

And while Bishop McGuinness earned the 4A-5A boys title, nobody could touch Deer Creek’s Taler Buck in the individual competition.

Buck won the event by a staggering 18 seconds. And his time would have been good enough to place him fourth in the 6A competition, giving him Edmond Player of the Week honors.

The Antlers have one of the deepest squads in 5A and placed second to the Irish. Blaine Powell was 11th and Kody Ewing took 16th.

Other contenders

Jarion Tudman, North, Football: Welcome to Oklahoma, Tudman. The transfer from Amarillo came alive for 212 yards and 3 TDs in a win against Del City.

Ry Huff, Memorial, Football: Might see even more time this week and showed glimpses of what he can do with a touchdown in a 17-7 loss.

Abby Taliaferro, North, Softball: Taliaferro has been one of the best hitters for Rick Nordyke’s club all season and has done it in the biggest games.

Alex Hodges, Santa Fe, Volleyball: If it wasn’t for Memorial, we’d be talking about Hodges and the Wolves who are ranked No. 2 in 6A.

Taylor Melchert, Deer Creek, Cross Country: The girls placed sixth at the Jamboree with Melchert leading the way earning 36th.

Arya Bahreini, Santa Fe, Cross Country: His stellar season continued in Stillwater, too, placing fourth as the Wolves earned 10th.

Alex Shook, Memorial, Cross Country: Six was the magic number as Shook earned it individually and the team did the same at the Jamboree.

OK, I felt a little pressure Friday night. Went out and said Midwest City was my LOCK of the week over Yukon. And when Scott Wright was keeping me posted Friday, was starting to sweat.

And then Greg Austin took over. In the blink of an eye, a 21-6 deficit became a 48-21 victory. Austin came up huge, throwing for 256 yards and four touchdowns. He also ran for another.

With his performance, the Bombers showed they’re still the team to beat in the OKC area and has earned Austin the Mid-Del Player of the Week.

Other contenders

James Flanders, Midwest City, Football: After being shutdown in the first half, came alive to rush for more than 100 yards and a touchdown.

Greg Johnson, Del City, Football: Nobody played harder on the Eagles squad than Johnson, who did all he could in a 36-21 loss to Edmond North.

Carl Albert offensive line: With all those touchdown runs by the Titans last week, can’t just pick one. This line has absolutely dominated the competition the last three weeks.

Madisyn Long, Carl Albert, Softball: Titans survived another week as the top-rated team and Long had a six-RBI game against Guthrie.

Joshua Metcalf, Carl Albert, Cross Country: Metcalf was the Titans’ best finisher at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater.

Jamie Locke and Matt King, Midwest City, Cross Country: Top finishers for the Bombers at Oklahoma Baptist this weekend.

For the first three innings, the story of the softball game was Edmond North’s Abby Taliaferro. For the last three innings, it was Yukon’s Madi Ellis.

But nothing trumps a crazy, somewhat controversial ending as second-ranked Yukon rallied from a 5-0 hole to beat No. 1 Edmond North 6-5 on Tuesday night in Yukon.

Stay with me here. Ready? The game was tied 5-5 and Yukon had the bases loaded with one out. Edmond North pitcher Jordan Dixon hit Lindsay Buckley with a pitch.

Game over, right? Not so fast. Instead of going to first base, Buckley takes off her helmet and starts walking toward the pitcher’s circle. I thought she was going to charge at Dixon, at first, had no idea what was going on.

Edmond North coach Rick Nordyke said because Buckley took off her helmet and didn’t go to first base, she should have been out (from what I gathered that’s what it appeared to be what North wanted).

The umpires were as confused as I was. They left the field of play for a good 10 minutes to get a ruling. It was ruled Yukon was issued a conduct warning, but the hit-by-pitch still stood. So 15 minutes later, Yukon was allowed to celebrate its victory.

And kinda an improbable win at that. Never thought when it was 5-0 in the bottom of the fourth that the Millerettes were going to come back and win.

Senior ace Amanda Madden was chased out early as the Huskies were timing her stuff well. Braxton Coil started it with an RBI double. Taliaferro added a two-run double of her own in the third inning.

But freshman Kilee Halbert weathered the storm. She gave up a two-run single to Genevie Lopez in the fourth and then retired nine in a row.

Ellis pushed one home in the fourth on an RBI groundout. But she woke the team (and myself, quite frankly) up with a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth. Coach Jennifer Leonard said after the game that the team started to be more patient against Dixon and looked for their pitches to hit.

Dixon battled back in the sixth to set the stage up for the seventh. With one out and a runner on first, Yukon’s Kylie Lang ripped it deep to center for an RBI triple. The throw got away from Coil and Lang tried to score. Dixon had Lang out as she ran to make the tag but dropped the ball. It was a violent collision that I’m still kinda wondering how neither player ended up injured.

A single, double and walk later led up to the Buckley situation.

This was high quality stuff despite the wacky ending. I enjoyed it. Wanted to shoot video with Ellis, but I lost her in all the hoopla of trying to get confirmation of what happened. Sorry, Madi, you’re owed a video next time I’m out there. I shot some short game video stuff and then Yukon celebrating so that should be on NewsOK on Wednesday.

Yukon 6, Edmond North 5
EN*012*200*0 – 5 runs, 9 hits, 1 error
YHS*000*102*3 – 6 runs, 10 hits, 1 error
W – Halbert. L – Dixon.

If you follow my football rankings, you see that I don’t penalize teams that win, and I don’t penalize teams that lose in extremely competitive games against other talented teams.

Having said that, I was a little miffed when looking at the new softball rankings at OKRankings.com and saw Blanchard has knocked off Little Axe for the top spot in 4A.

The Indians haven’t lost in September. They’ve beaten Purcell, Lawton Mac, Colbert and other top teams. That’s not to say the Lions haven’t been great during this span, too. Honestly, Kristin Vesely’s squad had made big statements, including the win against Tuttle.

The other news is Dewar has taken the top spot from Fort Cobb-Broxton in Class A. Dragons are ridin’ the high from winning last year’s slowpitch title.

Rankings always play themselves out anyway so not too much to get worked up about. Just found it interesting in 4A. Other than that, no changes in the top spots (Edmond North, Carl Albert, Purcell, Healdton, and Leedey).

Top 10
Class 6A: 1. Edmond North; 2. Yukon; 3. Broken Arrow; 4. Moore; 5. Owasso; 6. Midwest City; 7. Jenks; 8. Bartlesville; 9. Union; 10. Sand Springs.

Class 5A: 1. Carl Albert; 2. Lawton Mac; 3. McAlester; 4. Tahlequah; 5. Grove; 6. Pryor. 7. Coweta; 8. El Reno; 9. Deer Creek; 10. Skiatook.

Class 4A: 1. Blanchard; 2. Little Axe; 3. Tuttle; 4. Cache; 5. Oologah; 6. Piedmont; 7. Seq-Clare.; 8. Newcastle; 9. Glenpool; 10. Berryhill.

Class 3A: 1. Purcell; 2. St. Mary; 3. Meeker; 4. Morris; 5. Washington; 6. Seq-Tahl.; 7. Verdigris; 8. Kellyville; 9. Bethel; 10. Caney Valley.

Class 2A: 1. Healdton; 2. Colbert; 3. Konawa; 4. Apache; 5. Dale; 6. Commerce; 7. Oktaha; 8. Liberty; 9. Latta; 10. Tushka.

Class A: 1. Dewar; 2. Fort Cobb-Broxton; 3. Roff; 4. Sterling; 5. Velma-Alma; 6. Mooreland; 7. Smithville; 8. Bray-Doyle; 9. Fletcher; 10. Rattan.

Class B: 1. Leedey; 2. Red Oak; 3. Frontier; 4. Hammon; 5. Binger-Oney; 6. Sentinel; 7. Tupelo; 8. Cyril; 9. Moss; 10. Stuart.

Bored on a Tuesday night? Come join me and other softball fanatics for one of the best late-season matchups you’re going to find.

Tuesday night features No. 1 Edmond North at No. 2 Yukon. Really, does anything else need to be said? Both of these teams were expected to be among the best. Neither has disappointed.

Between the two, they have a combined six losses (Yukon 3, EN 3). They’ve both been ranked No. 1 in the class. The Huskies are entering their second week atop the perch.

They both have loads of talented players. Yukon – take your pick. From Amanda Madden to Kylie Lang to Whitney Ellis to Madi Ellis, good luck with that group. North has been paced by the pitching of Madison Nordyke and Jordan Dixon. Hitting, it’s been Abby Taliaferro and Kady Self anchoring everything.

The teams met nearly a month ago (Aug. 24) with North eking out a 1-0 win. I was knee-deep in football preview stuff and didn’t make it out there. That won’t be the case this time.

Is this a rematch of the state championship? Powers like Broken Arrow and Moore will have something to say about that, but this is one heckuva matchup for a Tuesday night. Should be fun.

Had to wait for the new OKRankings to come out at midnight just to confirm it’s No. 1 vs. No. 2. Yep, it is.

I don’t like giving out ‘season’ honors, but Midwest City running back James Flanders has earned that honor through the first three games.

Adding another 170 rushing yards and two touchdowns in a 41-6 victory against the Wolves, Flanders is my Mid-Del Player of the Week.

Flanders has been incredible in the last two weeks, leading the charge in the comeback win against Enid. And sparking the team to the win vs. Santa Fe.

Midwest City has a big test Friday night against fellow undefeated Yukon (Scott Wright will be there).

Other contenders

Kenton Whittington and Darvonta Knight, Carl Albert, Football: One’s got the power (KW), the other has the speed and the moves. Together they’re a big reason why the Titans are 2-1.

Larry Long, Del City, Football: In a tough game for the Eagles, Long caught the only touchdown of the night in a 41-6 loss to Norman.

Brooke Hand, Midwest City, Softball: After a big week at a tournament at OU, the Bombers continued their success with a win against top-ranked Edmond North at the Putnam City Tournament.

This might be the first time a Player of the Week honor is going to someone who didn’t score a touchdown. Yes, it’s true that Edmond Memorial RB Cale Olbert did not punch it in Friday in the win against rival Edmond North.

But you know what? He did just about everything else. With Kameron Doolittle hobbled, Olbert was the workhorse time and time again and has earned the Edmond honor.

Olbert is going to have to play a big role if the Bulldogs are going to continue their hot start. He adds a perfect blend to the offensive game. And we know how good that defense is.

Other contenders

Grant Bohuslavicky, Memorial, Football: Scored a touchdown and made big catches all night in the win against North.

Travis Townsend, North, Football: For three quarters, deadly accurate. Made good decisions all night long against Memorial.

Ty Hensley, Santa Fe, Football: Hensley scored the Wolves’ touchdown in a 41-6 loss at Midwest City.

Michael Coleman, Deer Creek, Football: Defense caused seven turnovers against Tecumseh and Coleman had an INT return for a touchdown.

Maddie Martin, Santa Fe, Softball: Wolves don’t have the numbers they’ve had in the past, but Martin is proving to be a stellar player.

Mattie Burleson, Memorial, Volleyball: You tend to forget how great she is with Micha Hancock also on the team, but Burleson is incredible at the net.

Tara Lewis and Alex Shook, Memorial, Cross Country: Surprise, surprise. Shook was second and Lewis fifth at the Edmond Dog Pack event at Mitch Park.

Hannah Helker and Anna Kimsey, North, Cross Country: In a good battle, Helker and Kimsey helped Huskies to win against Westmoore and rest of field at Edmond Dog Pack run.

Taler Buck and Courtney Maichak, Deer Creek, Cross Country: Girls won the smaller school competition and Buck was fourth in boys event at Edmond Dog Pack run.

Arya Bahreini and Alex Skinner, Santa Fe, Cross Country: Bahreini was third and Skinner seventh at the Edmond Dog Pack run.

The Bombers softball team after winning the tournament last week.

Carl Albert isn’t the only Mid-Del softball team on an incredible roll right now.

It’s tough to not make too big a deal about it, but that’s the job of Midwest City softball coach Amber Gorman.

Facing one tough team after another last weekend, the Bombers proved to be the best of the best. Midwest City defeated five top-10 teams in the process to earn the tournament championship at OU.

“I was actually kind of nervous because of all the good teams we were playing,” Gorman said. “The girls worked extremely hard and beating Yukon did a lot for our confidence.”

Junior Tiana Jordan sparked things with a grand slam against 4A’s No. 2-ranked Blanchard.

The Bombers also defeated Washington (3A No. 3), Deer Creek (5A No. 8), El Reno (5A No. 9) and Yukon (6A No. 2) en route to the championship.

Gorman said it’s been a team effort leading the charge. Senior Brooke Hand is pacing the team with a .609 average.

What I found most impressive was how they were able to not suffer that emotional letdown against Edmond Memorial. Down early, MWC came back and won 12-2.

Midwest City is hoping to make it two tournament championships in a row. The Bombers are one of several top teams participating in the Putnam City Tournament this weekend.

“It doesn’t get any easier,” Gorman said. “But this is what you want. You want to have your team prepared for games like this.”

Midwest City is in the same pool as top-ranked Edmond North, third-ranked Broken Arrow and 12^th-ranked Westmoore.

It happened a week after I thought it would occur, but the softball coaches are ‘finally’ in agreement with yours truly about the top team in 6A and 5A.

Edmond North is now the top dog in 6A while the same can be said for Carl Albert in 5A, replacing Jenks and Lawton MacArthur.

Jenks didn’t fall to No. 2, though. No, the former No. 1 team plummeted down to No. 5. Yukon has crept back into the second slot, followed by Broken Arrow and Moore.

The Huskies defeated rivals Santa Fe and Memorial last week and now play Choctaw in their first game with the target on their back.

In 5A, the Highlanders only dropped to No. 2. I wouldn’t worry about that team. It’s more about what CA has done than what LM hasn’t.

The Titans have been phenomenal the last month despite an extra inning loss to Moore last weekend. CA’s first game at No. 1 is against Piedmont on Tuesday.

Almost had a change in 4A even though Little Axe didn’t lose. And you know what? I almost agree with it. The Indians are at No. 1 by one point ahead of Blanchard.

The Lions have had a real good couple of weeks, including wins against Moore and Jenks. They have a real battle with Tuttle on Tuesday.

The rest of your No. 1-ranked teams remain the same with Purcell (3A), Healdton (2A), Fort Cobb-Broxton (A) and Leedey (B).

Top 10

Class 6A: 1. Edmond North; 2. Yukon; 3. Broken Arrow; 4. Moore; 5. Jenks; 6. Union; 7. Mustang; 8. Midwest City; 9. Sand Springs; 10. Owasso.

Class 5A: 1. Carl Albert; 2. Lawton Mac; 3. McAlester; 4. Tahlequah; 5. Pryor; 6. Grove; 7. Coweta; 8. Deer Creek; 9. El Reno; 10. Skiatook.

Class 4A: 1. Little Axe; 2. Blanchard; 3. Tuttle; 4. Cache; 5. Oologah; 6. Newcastle; 7. Piedmont; 8. Sequoyah-Claremore; 9. Glenpool; 10. Harrah.

Class 3A: 1. Purcell; 2. Mt. St. Mary’s; 3. Washington; 4. Meeker; 5. Morris; 6. Sequoyah-Tahlequah; 7. Verdigris; 8. Bethel; 9. Kellyville; 10. Caney Valley.

Class 2A: 1. Healdton; 2. Colbert; 3. Konawa; 4. Apache; 5. Dale; 6. Commerce; 7. Liberty; 8. Oktaha; 9. Tushka; 10. Latta.

Class A: 1. Fort Cobb-Broxton; 2. Dewar; 3. Roff; 4. Sterling; 5. Mooreland; 6. Velma-Alma; 7. Mooreland; 8. Bray-Doyle; 9. Rattan; 10. Fletcher.

Class B: 1. Leedey; 2. Red Oak; 3. Sentinel; 4. Frontier; 5. Hammon; 6. Binger-Oney; 7. Tupelo; 8. Coleman; 9. Cyril; 10. Moss.

I guess 525 total yards and 5 TDs is worth a Player of the Week honor for Del City's Chazten Gonzales

What a tough, tough choice this week in the Mid-Del sector. And honestly, it became a battle of three Eagles. Del City’s Chazten Gonzales, Greg Johnson and Marquis Walters are all deserving of being named the Mid-Del Player of the Week.

But Johnson and Walters couldn’t have done what they did without Gonzales. And Chazten added more than 100 yards on the ground, too, in accounting for more than 530 total yards and five touchdown passes.

That Eagles attack just couldn’t be stopped Thursday against Norman North. Gonzales looked so calm, so relaxed and so confident. He is so comfortable doing what he’s doing right now, it’s ridiculous.

Del City finally gets to play on its new turf with undefeated Norman coming to town.

Other contenders

Greg Johnson and Marquis Walters, Del City, Football: Both had more than 100 yards receiving and two touchdowns and are dynamic playmakers.

James Flanders, Midwest City, Football: After being down 17-0, spurred by Flanders and an INT return by Trevon Lewis, the Bombers came back and won 34-27.

Dillan Dansby, Carl Albert, Football: With one more week under his belt, Dansby started to show what he can do. He scored twice as Titans won an impressive 34-6 game at Ardmore.

Shameka Sanders and Brian Wilke, Del City, Cross Country: Sanders was second and Wilke was third at the Deer Creek event this weekend.

Molly Davison, Carl Albert, Softball: The Titans finally lost a game but are still an incredible 22-2. Davison leads the team in doubles (11) and is tied in RBIs (28).

Know any more nominations? Send ‘em this way.

His numbers may not be up to Player of the Weeks standards, but the feat Southmoore’s Tre Edwards pulled off earns him the spot. The sophomore quarterback filled in for Oklahoma-commit and senior quarterback Kendal Thompson midway through the third quarter and went on a 98-yard drive in the fourth quarter to give the SaberCats a permanent lead.

Thompson led the SaberCats back against Westmoore and finished the game with 91 rushing yards and 108 passing yards. He ran for two touchdowns and three for a third in the 49-27 victory.

Others in consideration:

Tyler Thompson, Westmoore, Football: Thompson performed at a top level against one of the Jaguars’ toughest opponents of the season. In the Southwest Showdown, Thompson threw for 125 yards and rushed for 117 yards and one touchdown. He threw for two touchdowns.

Noemi Hernandez, Westmoore, Cross Country: Finished second at the OK Runner Classic in Norman with a time of 12:43. She led the Jaguars to a second consecutive first-place finish.

Brianna Nunley, Moore, Softball: The Lions are roaring again under Stephanie Riley. Nunley is leading the charge in the circle.

Volleyball fanatics are probably saying ‘it’s about time.’ And hey, you’re probably right. But now that I’ve had the opportunity to watch Micha Hancock of Memorial play the game, I get it.

Like I said last week, I was amazed by her skills. The Tuesday wins in the Edmond Triangular would have been enough for her to earn the Edmond Player of the Week.

However, when you add in the fact the Bulldogs swept the field at the 2nd annual Heather Harkness Invitational over the weekend, that clinches it.

Memorial is easily the best team in 6A and would only get a legit argument from Bishop Kelley in terms of being the best in the state. Should be a fun rest of the season for the girls.

Other contenders

Kameron Doolittle, Memorial, Football: Only added two rushing scores and two passing touchdowns to his long list of accomplishments in a win vs. Stillwater.

Phillip Sumpter, Santa Fe, Football: Get ready to see this name a lot. He did everything but score in proving to be the future at RB for the Wolves.

DonQuay Hammons, North, Football: A 99-yard touchdown reception will get you here every time. Says he ready for the Edlam battle with Memorial.

Alex Christensen, Deer Creek, Football: Tough loss for the Antlers at Shawnee, but Christensen was able to find the end zone twice.

Alex Hodges, Santa Fe, Volleyball: The best player on the second-ranked Wolves team impressed me with her abilities and leadership.

Santa Fe softball: Biggest winner of the week with the OSSAA eliminating the game limit rule, allowing the Wolves to have a JV team for the rest of the year.

Taler Buck, Deer Creek, Cross Country: Won the boys competition at Deer Creek this weekend as Antlers had the top five runners.

Arya Bahreini and Shannon Ray, Santa Fe, Cross Country: The top finishers for boys and girls at the OK Runner Classic event in Norman.

P.J. Osburn and Hannah Helker, North, Cross Country: The top finishers for boys and girls at the OK Runner Classic event in Norman.

Tara Lewis, Memorial, Cross Country: Placed fourth at the OK Runner Classic event in Norman.

Have more nominations? Send ‘em this way.

High school softball and baseball coaches can rejoice. The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association Board of Directors heard the reasoning for why the game limit rule needed to be addressed, and it was.

The Board unanimously approved a motion to eliminate individual game restrictions for this school year only for fall baseball, fastpitch softball, spring baseball and slowpitch softball at Wednesday’s meeting. The action went into effect immediately.

The rule had been players were allowed to play 22 regular season games. Not included in that were the three tournaments and postseason play. However, if a player participated in a varsity and junior varsity game in the same day, that was two of the 22 games.

“In my 19 years here I’ve never had so many phone calls and e-mails from administrators and coaches regarding this rule as I have this year,” OSSAA executive secretary Ed Sheakley said.

Teams are still restricted to 22 regular season games. But varsity and JV squads can each have 22 games. Therefore, schools without enough kids to field separate teams can have players participate in both games.

Sheakley said the rule change is for this year only. Administrators and committees will take a look at the issue later this year to see how to structure the rule in the future.

The 22-game limit rule has been in effect for a long time, Sheakley said.

“It used to be about the exploitation of kids,” Sheakley said. “You would have kids playing both JV and varsity when the team had enough kids for separate teams.

“In this instance, that’s not the case. We’re having issues in participation and this is about giving the kids the opportunity to play.”

Schools were adjusting to the rule in a couple of ways. One thing was reducing the number of scheduled varsity and junior varsity games. Other schools, such as Edmond Santa Fe and Tulsa Public Schools, have canceled several JV games.

The news in softball rankings is, well, there is no news. Seriously thought there might be some moves at the top of Class 6A and 5A but nope.

Thought Edmond North might take over Jenks and thought Carl Albert was going to supplant Lawton Mac.

Not saying it’s wrong that neither of the moves happened, just thought they would.

However, there is news in the softball world. The game limit rule will be addressed at Wednesday’s OSSAA Board of Directors meeting.

This rule has been around for a long time where players are only allowed 22 games (not including tournaments and postseason play). Normally, that hasn’t been a problem. But a lot of schools have had to make cuts and other things like that.

I don’t know if anything will change, but it should lead for a good discussion. On the agenda, it says it will be discussion and possible action. I’ll keep ya posted Wednesday morning.

Top 10
Class 6A: 1. Jenks; 2. Edmond North; 3. Yukon; 4. Broken Arrow; 5. Moore; 6. Sand Springs; 7. Mustang; 8. Union; 9. Owasso; 10. Bartlesville.

Class 5A: 1. Lawton Mac; 2. Carl Albert; 3. McAlester; 4. Pryor; 5. Tahlequah; 6. Grove; 7. Coweta; 8. Deer Creek; 9. Skiatook; 10. El Reno.

Class 4A: 1. Little Axe; 2. Blanchard; 3. Tuttle; 4. Cache; 5. Oologah; 6. Piedmont; 7. Newcastle; 8. Glenpool; 9. Seq.Clare.; 10. Harrah.

Class 3A: 1. Purcell; 2. Mt. St. Mary’s; 3. (tie) Bethel, Washington; 5. Morris; 6. Seq.Tahl; 7. Verdigris; 8. Meeker; 9. Kellyville; 10. Caney Valley.

Class 2A: 1. Healdton; 2. Colbert; 3. Konawa; 4. Apache; 5. Dale; 6. Liberty; 7. Commerce; 8. Oktaha; 9. Tushka; 10. Latta.

Class A: 1. Fort Cobb-Broxton; 2. Dewar; 3. Roff; 4. Sterling; 5. Velma-Alma; 6. Mooreland; 7. Smithville; 8. Bray-Doyle; 9. Rattan; 10. Minco.

Class B: 1. Leedey; 2. Red Oak; 3. Sentinel; 4. Binger-Oney; 5. Frontier; 6. Tupelo; 7. Hammon; 8. Cyril; 9. Moss; 10. Hammon.

With a weekend full of big runners, there was one that stood out the most. Westmoore Noemi Hernandez finished second at the 3.2-kilometer race at Edmond Santa Fe with a 12:24.00 and led the Jaguars to a first-place finish. Westmoore beat Edmond North by 21 points in the first recorded meet of the season.

Behind Hernandez, Westmoore picked up 5 of the top-15 spots against an extremely tough field. The race featured Edmond North, Edmond Santa Fe and Edmond Memorial. Hernandez is the Moore Player of the Week.

Westmoore runs again on Friday in the OK Runner Classic in Norman.

Others in consideration:

Cody Feuerborn, Westmoore, Football: Feuerborn carried the Jaguars to a 21-14 victory in the Moore War and scored all three touchdowns.

Andrew Long, Southmoore, Football: With the SaberCats trailing by 13 through the first quarter, Long turned 28 first-quarter yards in a game total of 324 and three touchdowns. Behind touchdown runs of 75 and 80 yards, Long brought Southmoore back for a 40-19 victory.

Caleb McKee, Westmoore, Cross Country: As Westmoore finished in second place as a team, McKee’s 16:54.00 was good enough for a individual fifth-place finish.

Raegan Sampson, Moore, Softball: The Lions remain one of the top teams in the state and Sampson is a big reason why. She’s hitting .486 with 15 RBIs.

There were some good Mid-Del football performances in Week 1, but I know we’re going to see better. And right now, the Carl Albert softball team is on a huge roll.

Since losing the second game of the season against perennial power Moore, the Titans have rallied off 16 consecutive victories.

And might, just might be No. 1 in 5A when the new poll comes out Tuesday. Leading the charge is senior pitcher Whitney Robinson.

In three games last week, Robinson earned two victories and came on in relief in the other. But it’s not just in the circle where she is shining. Robinson is also the team’s best hitter with a .594 average and leads the teams in runs scored with 31. Robinson has earned the Mid-Del Player of the Week.

Other contenders

Chazten Gonzales, Del City, Football: Plagued by four turnovers, Gonzales did show signs of why he is one of the best dual-threat quarterbacks in the state. He threw a TD in the 35-13 loss to Midwest City.

Trevon Lewis, James Flanders and Greg Austin, Midwest City, Football: Hard to pick between the three so all get nominated. Lewis dominated on defense while Flanders and Austin each accounted for two touchdowns.

Taylor Hawkins, Carl Albert, Football: Still rounding into football shape, Hawkins had the Titans sole touchdown in a tough 12-10 loss to Booker T.

Andrew Thompson and Jessica Green, Carl Albert, Cross Country: Thompson led the Titans to a seventh-place finish at the Edmond Santa Fe meet by placing 13th. Green paved the way to a 10th-place result for the girls.

Anyone else deserve recognition? Let me know.

When healthy, he’s one of the most passionate players you’re going to find in the state. The key is going to be staying on the field for Heritage Hall’s Sterling Shepard.

He showed what he can do when he is on the field in a 35-16 win against Casady. Pick a way to score and Shepard did it. He had three touchdowns – one receiving, one rushing and one INT return. He has earned the Private Schools Player of the Week.

The Chargers made a big statement against their rival, catapulting to No. 3 in the Class 3A rankings. It doesn’t slow down as Heritage welcomes Clinton to Pop Murray Field on Friday.

Other contenders

Brandon Nguyen, McGuinness, Football: Defense dominated the day in a 9-7 win against Douglass and Nguyen made several key plays.

Graham Bennett, Casady, Football: A sensational defensive performance in a loss. Had many tackles, a sack and ran down Barry J. Sanders in the open field.

Barry J. Sanders, Heritage, Football: Didn’t play most of the second half but still ended up with almost 300 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns.

Jake Peace, Mt. St. Mary’s, Football: In a 30-28 losing effort against Crooked Oak, Peace was incredible with three receiving touchdowns.

Jack Warren and Logan Magill, OCS, Football: The two accounted for both touchdowns in a tough 19-17 loss to Metro Christian. Magill also had 14 tackles.

Caleb McGehee, CHA, Football: In a 33-0 win against Maysville, McGehee led the charge with three rushing touchdowns.

Bryana Wade, MSM, Softball: Wade is playing a huge role in why the Mount is ranked No. 3 in Class 3A and has a big showdown with Little Axe this week.

Jack Bickford, Casady, Cross Country: Was Cyclones best runner at Edmond Santa Fe meet and Casady placed 10th.

McGuinness volleyball: Irish picked up a big win against rival Heritage Hall last Tuesday.

Anyone else deserve recognition? Let me know.

Going to keep this one kinda short because you can read much more on Colten Sander in Tuesday’s paper. However, Sander deserves special mention for being the Edmond Player of the Week.

Sander was sensational in a win against Piedmont, rushing for 231 yards and three scores. Wildcats hung in there early, but Sander and the rest of the team carried the day in the second half.

Sander was banged up all last season with a concussion and foot injuries but appears to be back on the right track now.

Other contenders

Kameron Doolittle, Memorial, Football: There wasn’t much scoring in a 14-0 win against Santa Fe, but Doolittle provided a big spark with a 65-yard TD run.

Troy Davis, North, Football: Showed great versatility catching and running the ball and scored a touchdown in a 40-19 loss to Southmoore.

Ty Hensley, Santa Fe, Football: Hensley is the future for the Wolves, which should be incredibly bright. However, Week 1 was not kind to ESF.

Alex Christensen, Deer Creek, Football: Caught a couple of passes from Joel Blumenthal and also rushed for two touchdowns.

Madison Nordyke, North, Softball: The Huskies are on a roll right now, and Nordyke is a big reason why. She pitched beautifully in an Edlam win against Memorial.

Micha Hancock, Memorial, Volleyball: Back after claiming silver at the Youth Olympics, Hancock and the rest of the girls pulled out a fun five-game battle with Bishop Kelley.

Alex Shook and Tara Lewis, Memorial, Cross Country: Shook won the 5K run at Santa Fe and helped lead the Bulldogs to a team title. Lewis placed third.

Arya Bahreini, Santa Fe, Cross Country: Bahreini placed second as the Wolves finished fourth.

Hannah Helker, North, Cross Country: Helker led the Huskies’ charge with a fourth-place finish. The team placed second.

Have any more? Send ‘em this way.

The last two weeks couldn’t have been better for Carl Albert. Paced by impressive performances in the Carl Albert and Shawnee Tournaments, the Titans have jumped to No. 2 in 5A.

Colin White’s club got a chance to see where it stands in 5A with a battle against then-No. 2 ranked McAlester last weekend.

Behind the pitching of McKenzie Jones, the Titans won 7-3 and are in the midst of a 15-game winning streak.

It’s been the combination of Jones and Whitney Robinson in the circle as Jones is 7-1 this year while Robinson is 8-0.

Robinson is also tied with Molly Davison for the team lead in RBIs with 24.

Had a feeling this might be a really good season for the Titans. Last year’s team was so junior-filled, but it was good to get that state experience again.

Titans are going to be able to breathe here shortly. After a Thursday home date with Deer Creek, White’s squad won’t play again until Tuesday against El Reno.

A rough week for some of last week’s No. 1-ranked softball teams in the state, particularly with the Millerettes of Yukon.

Road losses at Edmond North and Mustang have dropped Jennifer Leonard’s club from No. 1 to No. 3 this week with Jenks earning the No. 1 ranking. Not a big deal in the long run for Yukon as we all know it’s a marathon and not a sprint, but the Trojans were playing some good softball until back-to-back losses.

Also making a big move is Edmond North as Rick Nordyke’s girls go from No. 4 to No. 2 based on the Yukon win and a strong showing at the Hall of Fame Tournament.

The Huskies showed Monday they can win a slug fest, too, as North went to Mustang to pull out a 20-11 victory.

In Class 5A, here come the Titans. Colin White’s girls are on fire right now and have earned the No. 2 ranking as Lawton MacArthur remains No. 1.

The Titans have beaten formidable foes such as Little Axe, Newcastle, Piedmont and Mt. St. Mary’s in the last two weeks.

Speaking of the Indians, Mike Bread’s girls are ranked No. 1 for the first time ever. And the votes couldn’t be closer as Little Axe edged out Blanchard by two points in today’s poll.

Tuttle, last week’s No. 1, dropped two spots to No. 3.

Led by Peyton Watson and Lacey Williams, this appears to be THE year for Little Axe. The team has seven returning starters from a club that reached state last year.

After losing to Cache 1-0 on Friday at the Hall of Fame event, the Indians have responded with three straight wins. And at 16-2, the girls finally get a little rest with only three games this week heading into a mega-showdown with 3A No. 1-ranked Purcell next week.

No change in the No. 1s from 3A down.

Top 10

Class 6A: 1. Jenks; 2. Edmond North; 3. Yukon; 4. Broken Arrow; 5. Mustang; 6. Moore; 7. Owasso; 8. Union; 9. Sand Springs; 10. Westmoore.

Class 5A: 1. Lawton MacArthur; 2. Carl Albert; 3. McAlester; 4. Tahlequah; 5. Pryor; 6. Coweta; 7. Deer Creek; 8. Grove; 9. Skiatook; 10. Shawnee.

Class 4A: 1. Little Axe; 2. Blanchard; 3. Tuttle; 4. Cache; 5. Piedmont; 6. Glenpool; 7. Sequoyah-Claremore; 8. Newcastle; 9. Oologah; 10. Harrah.

Class 3A: 1. Purcell; 2. Bethel; 3. Mt. St. Mary’s; 4. Washington ; 5. Morris; 6. Sequoyah-Tahlequah; 7. Caney Valley; 8. Verdigris; 9. Kellyville; 10. Meeker.

Class 2A: 1. Healdton; 2. Konawa; 3. Colbert; 4. Apache; 5. Dale; 6. Liberty; 7. Commerce; 8. Oktaha; 9. Tushka; 10. Latta.

Class A: 1. Fort Cobb-Broxton; 2. Dewar; 3. Sterling; 4. Mooreland; 5. Roff; 6. Velma-Alma; 7. Smithville; 8. Bray-Doyle; 9. Rattan; 10. Minco.

Class B: 1. Leedey; 2. Red Oak; 3. Tupelo; 4. Sentinel; 5. Frontier; 6. Binger-Oney; 7. Coleman; 8. Hammon; 9. Maud; 10. Cyril.

Got softball news? Shoot it this way.

Been waiting for this day for a while. The softball rankings came out on OKRankings.com this morning, and no surprise at all that Yukon is ranked No. 1 in Class 6A.

I have a hard time believing the Millerettes won’t be No. 1 or No. 2 the entire season. Too dang deep and too dang good. Jenks is a surprise at No. 2, though, especially ahead of perennial power Broken Arrow.

Edmond North and Mustang round out the top five in 6A.

6A Top 10: 1. Yukon; 2. Jenks; 3. Broken Arrow; 4. Edmond North; 5. Mustang; 6. Moore; 7. Owasso; 8. Tulsa Union; 9. Sand Springs; 10. Bartlesville.

In 5A, what a shock (not at all) to see Lawton MacArthur and McAlester duking it out for the top spot. Colin White’s Titans are also back in the picture, ranked No. 3.

Lawton Mac has given up 12 runs in 10 games, yea, guess that’s a pretty good recipe for success.

5A top 10: 1. Lawton Mac; 2. McAlester; 3. Carl Albert; 4. Coweta; 5. Pryor; 6. Tahlequah; 7. Deer Creek; 8. El Reno; 9. (tie) Grove, Shawnee.

Look at 4A’s top four teams. Tuttle, Little Axe, Blanchard and Piedmont. Wow, that is a murderers’ row right there. The Tigers were nipped by Newcastle, ranked No. 6 and Glenpool is 14-0 at No. 5.

This class is scary. Tuttle hosts Washington today in what should be an intriguing battle.

4A top 10: 1. Tuttle; 2. Little Axe; 3. Blanchard; 4. Piedmont; 5. Glenpool; 6. Newcastle; 7. Cache; 8. Tecumseh; 9. Oologah; 10. Sequoyah-Claremore.

Again, no shock at all that Jamie Roberts’ Purcell team is No. 1 in Class 3A. This is kinda their final stand as a lot of those freakish sophomores are now seniors. Mt. St. Mary’s is No. 5 and not a team I’ve really had my eye on besides Bryana Wade.

And Washington went from the top of 2A to being in the pack of 3A. I don’t think Bryan Howard’s Warriors will have any issues, though.

3A top 10: Purcell; 2. Morris; 3. Bethel; 4. Caney Valley; 5. Mt. St. Mary’s; 6. Sequoyah-Tahlequah; 7. Washington; 8. Verdigris; 9. Meeker; 10. Kellyville.

2A top 10: 1. Healdton; 2. Konawa; 3. Colbert; 4. Apache; 5. Dale; 6. Liberty; 7. Tushka; 8. Commerce; 9. Oktaha; 10. Latta.

Class A top 10: 1. Fort Cobb-Broxton; 2. Dewar; 3. Sterling; 4. Mooreland; 5. Velma-Alma; 6. Roff; 7. Smithville; 8. Rattan; 9. Bray-Doyle; 10. Minco.

Class B top 10: 1. Leedey; 2. Red Oak; 3. Tupelo; 4. Sentinel; 5. Binger-Oney; 6. Frontier; 7. Hammon; 8. Coleman; 9. Maud; 10. Cyril.

Tuesday is shaping up to be a pretty big day. On one hand, it’s the start of two-a-day football practices. But it’s pretty big elsewhere as the softball season gets officially underway.

Got ya covered with a softball guide in Tuesday’s paper, but here are some more thoughts I have going into this season:

- I don’t know how a team can beat Yukon this year. The loss of Dani Fox was killer last year, but the Millerettes return so many top stars.

Don’t believe me? You could easily argue that Amanda Madden, Kylie Lang, Madi Ellis and Caitlyn Halbert are four of the best players in the state. Madden and Lang are seniors and Madden was already good enough to make my first team All-City last year. Ellis and Mustang’s Kierra Miles might be the two best sophomores.

- Will this be a year of redemption for Purcell? Dragons were so close but got nipped in the championship. Still absolutely loaded with talent like Kayla Wyatt (my Little All-City Player of the Year), Bailey Goldsby, Logan Huey, etc. Nobody is going to be feeling sorry for coach Jamie Roberts anytime soon.

- Are Moore and Broken Arrow still the queens of the circle? I admit I don’t know much about BA but based on what they always do on a yearly basis, gotta think these two teams will be among the eight in October at ASA.

- Tuttle and Blanchard should be a great battle. Lions took out the Tigers in the championship last year. Leslie Miller and Liz Broyles (among others) return for Blanchard. Tuttle still has Caitlin Sill and if healthy, Nicole Workman is incredible. Amazingly, Miller and Sill are just juniors.

- Edmond North is so young, but I don’t think that’s going to matter. With girls like Kady Self and Jordan Dixon leading the charge, Huskies should be knocking on the door again.

- Caught up with Washington coach Bryan Howard at the coaches clinic. He is excited (rightfully so) about this year. Now that he’s in his second year, he’s a whole lot more comfortable. And if you had a pitcher like Lacey Paulk or a senior star like Jill Clemence, you’d want to get out there, too.

- Little Axe will intriguing to watch in all sports. How will the school respond after the devastating tornado in May? Indians got a couple of stars in senior Peyton Watson, a great leadoff hitter, and slugger Lacey Williams.

- And it will be good to see Chelsea Jones back pitching for El Reno. Family issues had her at Putnam City North last season, but she has returned to the Indians.

Got softball news and notes? Send ‘em this way.

All year on the west side of the state, it felt like a battle between Mustang and Yukon as the top softball team. One big reason for the Broncos’ was the emergence of senior pitcher Ashley Paxton.

Hmm, maybe emergence is the wrong word as she had been consistent as a junior but took her game (and with it, the team) to another level.

Paxton has been named the Gatorade Player of the Year for Oklahoma high school softball and is the first softball player from Mustang to earn the honor.

Paxton was 21-1 with an minuscule 0.74 ERA in helping Mustang to the Class 6A championship game. She only walked 21 batters and also drove in 32 runs at the plate.

“When she’s in the circle, her level of intensity, the talent that she brings and her competitiveness elevates the players,” said Mustang Head Coach Tim Wade. “It’s like when Mariano Rivera goes to the mound. Any time she goes to the circle, the team says, ‘We’re winning. It’s over.’ She wanted the ball. Ashley brought a high level of confidence, and the confidence in all the girls was elevated.”

She will be a member of the Large West all-state team Saturday in Norman and has signed to play with Oklahoma Christian.

McAlester softball star Taylor Dewbery is one of 42 girls in 13 states trying out for the 2010-11 USA Softball Junior Women’s National Team this week in Chula Vista, Calif.

The three-day event begins Thursday and runs through Saturday. The 17-player team will be selected June 15.

Dewbery, who will be a junior this season, has been a dominant pitcher for the Buffaloes the last two seasons. She helped McAlester advance to the Class 5A championship last year.

If selected to the team, Dewbery will play in the Pan-Am Championships in Colombia in August.

Here is the full list of girls who will be vying for the spots:

Marisa Bast (Orange, Calif./So Cal Explosion 18-Under Gold)
Bianka Bell (Brandon, Fla./Florida Tampa Mustangs Bell)
Nancy Bowling (Simi Valley, Calif./Orange County Batbusters 18-Under Gold)
Ally Carda (Elk Grove, Calif./California Lady Magic)
Lauren Chamberlain (Trabuco Canyon, Calif./California Worth Firecrackers 18-Under Gold)
Erica Cipolloni (Philadelphia, Pa./New Jersey Breakers)
Cheyenne Cordes (Fairfield, Calif./California Lady Magic)
Cheyenne Coyle (West Hills, Calif./ Orange County Batbusters 18-Under Gold)
Jessica Damico (Gray Summit, Mo./St. Louis Chaos)
Shelby Davis (Goddard, Kan./Kansas Mustangs)
Hailey Decker (Keizer, Ore./Oregon Northwest Bullets Gold)
D’anna Marie Devine (Morrisvile, Pa./Newtown Rock Gold)
Taylor Dewbery (McAlester, Okla./Oklahoma Diamond Girls)
Taylor Edwards (Murrieta, Calif./California Corona Angels)
Dallas Escobedo (Glendale, Ariz./Arizona Hotshots Gold)
Amber Freeman (Lakewood, Calif./Corona Angels 18-Under Gold-Tyson)
Erin Gabriel (Poland, Ohio/Valley Extreme Blue)
Chelsea Goodacre (Temecula, Calif./California Fury)
Lauren Haeger (Peoria, Ariz./ Arizona Hotshots Gold)
Meghan Harman (Trabuco Canyon, Calif./California Raiders)
Andrea Hawkins (Bay City, Texas/Texas Impact 18-Under Gold)
Kaitlin Inglesby (Portland, Ore./Oregon Northwest Blaze)
Breana Kostreba (Aptos, Calif./California Sorcerer 18-Under Gold-Phil)
Kylee Lahners (Laguna Hills, Calif./ California Worth Firecrackers 18-Under Gold)
Samantha Lenahan (Lawrenceville, Ga./Georgia Elite 18-Under Gold)
Destinee Martinez (Corona, Calif./ Corona Angels 18-Under Gold-Tyson)
Alexis “Mo” Mercado (Temecula, Calif./So Cal Athletics 18-Under Gold)
Shelby Pendley (Albuquerque, N.M./New Mexico Sundancers)
Jessica Plaza (Huntington Beach, Calif./California Cruisers)
Sierra Rodriguez (Chandler, Ariz./Killer Bees 18-Under Gold)
Sierra Romero (Murrieta, Calif./Orange County Batbusters 18-Under Gold)
Kourtney Salvarola (Arnold, Md./Wagners)
Madison Shipman (Valencia, Calif./So Cal Choppers)
Delaney Lyn Spaulding (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Orange County Batbusters 16-Under– Meyers)
Mckenzie St. Clair (Highland, Utah/Salt Lake Flames)
Kelsey Stewart (Arkansas City, Kan./Wichita Mustangs)
Cheyanne Tarango (Anaheim Hills, Calif./ California Worth Firecrackers 18-Under Gold)
Darian Noa Tautalafua (Carson, Calif./ Orange County Batbusters 16-Under– Meyers)
Nyree White (Eugene, Ore./ California Worth Firecrackers 18-Under Gold)
Hallie Wilson (North Tustin, Calif./ California Worth Firecrackers 18-Under Gold)
Chelsea Zgrabik (Nokomis, Fla./Florida Tropic Wave-Morgan)
Courtney Ziese (Canyon Country, Calif./California Choppers)

9:03 – Supporters of Edmond North softball coach Rick Nordyke had to be thrilled when the Edmond School Board came back a little after 7:30.

Always feel the shorter the deliberation, the more conviction in the verdict. And for Nordyke, he can take a deep breath and try to move on from this.

Nordyke was unanimously approved by a 5-0 vote by the board to stay the head softball coach for the Huskies.

“It was a 5-0 vote, and we feel it is the correct decision,” board vice president Charles Woodham said. “We’re happy to have him (Nordyke) back at North, and we’re glad it’s over.”

Woodham added that he feels sorry for any teacher, coach, administrative member when things reach this level, and the board just wants to move forward.

Former and current players rejoiced to the news, including sophomore Kady Self, who gave a heart-felt speech in support of Nordyke during the meeting.

Still trying to get in touch with Nordyke. For the full story, read Tuesday’s Oklahoman.

8:18 – Nordyke will remain the head softball coach for Edmond North by a 5-0 vote.

7:03 – We’ve been in executive session for about 35 minutes or so now, waiting to see what the Edmond School Board decides on the complaints against softball coach Rick Nordyke.

Just like last week, 10 people spoke in the public participation part of the meeting. This one was a little more even as Mark Messner and Jeff Fitch both spoke.

Messner’s daughters, Kadie and Taylor, and Jeff’s daughter, Kelsie, have been at the center of the controversy as the Fitch and Messner family both filed the complaint against Nordyke.

It’s still a pretty full room here at Edmond as we await the decision.

Some of the tidbits:

- Jordan Dixon, a freshman pitcher, said some of this stems from a pitching decision this season. Dixon and Kadie alternated in the circle. A game against Putnam West was Dixon’s turn, but Messner was given the ball instead.

Dixon pitched the game against Memorial the following day and not too long after, Messner had quit the team.

- Mark Messner reiterated that it’s not about playing time but “about righting a wrong that’s gone on too long.”

- Jeff Fitch said the only reason playing time is even brought up is because that is a retaliatory tactic used when someone upsets Nordyke. He also said he noticed a change in the demeanor of his daughter this season.

- Cheryl Bond, who has known Nordyke, asked this (something some have e-mailed me about): One of the players in question started all the time for a team that was 12-24 two years ago. But there were no allegations of bullying or harassment. But now that she’s not playing and younger girls have taken her spot, now it’s bullying?

For more background on the case, here ya go.

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Much more when the board comes out…whenever that is. I’m hoping (praying) it’s before 10.

EDMOND — Former players and coaches voiced their support for Edmond North softball coach Rick Nordyke on Monday night at the Edmond School Board meeting.

There have been 10 complaints alleging mistreatment and bullying of baseball and softball players in the last year with Nordyke as coach.

No action was taken by the board, and a special meeting will be at 6 p.m. next Monday to review the complaints against the longtime coach.

Nordyke was Edmond North’s first baseball coach. He resigned last spring but has stayed on as the head softball coach.

Supporters of Nordyke wore T-shirts saying, “Team Nordyke” on one side and “Value the Truth” on the other and included several current players as well as former colleagues.

“I’ve known Rick Nordyke for 40 years. I’ve had three kids play under Nordyke, and it’s been an honor for me to have them play for this man,” said Oklahoma City University baseball coach Denney Crabaugh.

Representing the parents that filed the complaints was attorney David Kearney on Monday.

“This is not about playing time,” Kearney said. “This is not related to that at all. This is about abusive behavior and creating a negative atmosphere.

“This is 10 different parents complaining about how the coach treats their kids in such a fashion that kids quit the team.”

Nordyke said he is cooperating with the investigation but declined to comment further.

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It was a tense scene at the meeting Monday. From the looks of a lot of the audience, they were disappointed about having to wait another week.

Ten people spoke on the matter. Nine of them were in support of Nordyke while Kearney was representing the parents who filed the complaints.

There were former coaches, baseball players dating back to 1995 and softball players speaking in support of Nordyke.

Once this matter was settled, the board meeting almost became totally empty after being standing-room only for that first part.

Much more on this in the week ahead, and I’ll be at the meeting Monday night.

FOOTBALL
Henry Alexander, Ardmore (SEOSU)
Jake Alexander, Jenks (Tulsa)
Jamaal Allen, Lawton (SNU)
Joe Alston, Berryhill (NSU)
Daryn Alves, Durant (NSU)
Gerard Anderson, Tulsa Central (NEO)
Matthew Anderson, Sand Springs (Pittsburg State)
Joe Aska, Edmond North (Garden City)
Brad Avery, Madill (SWOSU)
David Balenseifen, Mustang/NEO (SNU)
Tyler Barnes, Enid (SNU)
Calvin Barnett, Tulsa Washington (Arkansas)
Josh Barrett, Wayne (SNU)
Skylar Bartlett, Ringling (SNU)
Jason Bear, Stillwater (SNU)
Eric Bennett, Tulsa Washington (Arkansas)
Que’Shaun Bennett, Enid (NWOSU)
Matt Berrey, Purcell/NEO (ECU)
Ken Berry, John Marshall (ECU)
Ethan Biddy, Tuttle (Air Force)
Michael Billingsley, Southeast/NEO (Nichols State)
Qumain Black, Ada (NEO)
Kenyad Blair, Northeast/NEO (Nichols State)
Kenneth Blake, Davis (ECU)
Mason Blake, Lindsay (NWOSU)
Rhett Blundell, Kingfisher (NWOSU)
Brenton Bogar, Muskogee (Tulsa/NEO)
Hunter Bohannan, Yukon (Southwestern, Kan.)
Zach Boren, Southmoore (NEO)
Austin Brasher, Edmond North (BYU)*
Julian Brockington, Del City (NEO)
D’Juan Brooks, Edmond Memorial (NEO)
Brenden Brown, Norman North (ECU)
LaBron Brown, Southmoore (NEO)
Jon Bullock, Broken Arrow (UCO)
Jeremy Burton, Muskogee (La.-Monroe)
Justin Butterfield, Bartlesville (NSU)
Troy Buffington, Southmoore (SNU)
Tate Byers, Tulsa Kelley (Washington, St. Louis)
Colton Byford, Edmond North (UCO)
Irvin Caldwell, Star Spencer (NEO)
Chris Campbell, Enid (NWOSU)
Nick Canavan, Norman North (Missouri State)
Michael Cane, Okmulgee (ECU)
Chance Carey, McAlester (ECU)
Londre Carson, Muskogee (NEO)
Luke Chalfant, Hinton (SWOSU)
Mark Chestnut, Miami/NEO/OSU (Pittsburg State)
Keldin Choate, Shawnee (ECU)
Chris Clark, Moore (NWOSU)
Arthola Clarke, John Marshall (NWOSU)
Colton Cline, Norman North (Sam Houston State)
Alex Cochran, Broken Arrow (SWOSU)
Demarco Cobbs, Tulsa Central (Texas)
Aaron Colvin, Owasso (OU)
Tuswani Copeland, Lawton MacArthur (Baylor)
Jacoby Crowley, Lawton Eisenhower (SEOSU)
Nathan Crownover, Del City/NEO (SNU)
Dakota Crumbie, Tulsa Washington (ECU)
Clayton Cunningham, Ringwood (NWOSU)
Roper Cunningham, Waynoka (NWOSU)
Steven Daniels, Tulsa East Central (UCO)
Robert Dansby, Tulsa Memorial (McPherson)
Nolan Davenport, Seminole (Southwestern, Kan.)
Dakota Davis, Broken Arrow (SWOSU)
Dalton Davis, Tulsa Union (SNU)
Niko Davis, Millwood (NEO)
Ryan Day, Tulsa Union (SNU)
Johnny Deaton, Sand Springs (OSU)
Gregory DeLozier, Seq. Claremore (Pittsburg State)
Terrance Dixon, Sand Springs (NSU)
Colton Dost, Tulsa Union (Western Kentucky)
Joe Dowdell, Tulsa Kelley (Dartmouth)
Brandon Downing, Edmond North (Washburn)
Alex Dowty, Mustang (Washburn)
Dalton Duckett, Tulsa Union (NSU)
Stephen Eastham, Dewey (NEO)
Bryce Ebbs, Vinita (NEO)
Cole Eddy, Midwest City (UCO)
Jordan Edwards, Washington (NEO)
Brandon Elmore, Blanchard/Coffeyville (SWOSU)
Josh Engert, Nowata (NEO)
B.J. Evans, Tulsa Union (Garden City)
Ryan Feller, Altus (SWOSU)
Darryl Fields, Madill (SMU)
Aaron Fisher, Tulsa Central (Ga. Southern)
Drew Fischer, Timberlake (NWOSU)
Blake Fogle, Caney Valley (NWOSU)
Kevin Forbes, Douglass (Langston)
Adam Ford, Broken Arrow (NEO)
Teontez Fortune, Douglass (Langston)
Donnie Fuston, Enid (NEO)
Ruben Gaines, Muskogee (UCO)
Eric Gardner, Lone Grove (ECU)
Jake Garrett, Tuttle (SNU)
Courtney Gaston, Fort Gibson (Arkansas)
Blake Gatewood, Edmond North (UCO)
Kimes Gilbert, Southmoore (SWOSU)
Jaimon Gilstrap, Tulsa East Central (NSU)
Zakk Gipson, Pryor (NWOSU)
Cord Gothard, Velma-Alma (SWOSU)
Gimo Grace, Tulsa East Central (Emporia State)
Bob Graham, Jenks (Iowa State)
Cale Grauer, Lincoln Christian (Mo. Western)
Delans Griffin, Clinton (Texas Tech)
Logan Grinstead, Sulphur (UCO)
Colby Hager, Sayre (NWOSU)
Justin Harmon-Brewer, Edmond Santa Fe (SNU)
Rowdy Harper, Broken Arrow (Houston)
Demantre Harris, Del City (Garden City)
Devante Harris, Duncan (SEOSU)
Halston Harris, Marlow (SEOSU)
Michael Harris, Edmond Santa Fe (Washburn)
Austin Haywood, Southmoore (OU)
Haden Hedges, Pioneer (SNU)
Alec Henry, Tulsa Union (Tulsa)
Trayvon Henry, Millwood (Butler County)
Aries Herrion, Tulsa Washington (Pittsburg State)
Rylan Hess, Metro Christian (Colo. School of Mines)
Steven Hopper, Broken Arrow (Vian)
Brett Horn, Waynoka (NWOSU)
J.J. Hugine, Del City (New Mexico)
Caleb Hulva, Enid (SNU)
Chris Hummingbird, Seq. Tahlequah (NEO)
Dalton Hunter, Maysville (ECU)
Derrick Hurst, Millwood (NWOSU)
Taylor Inman, Seq. Claremore (SWOSU)
Bronson Irwin, Mustang (OU)
Royal Isokariari, Tulsa Memorial (McPherson)
Rico Ivy, Douglass (Langston)
Miles Jackson, John Marshall (ECU)
Aaron James, Douglass (UCO)
Ethan James, Gore (NSU)
Franky Jamison, Star Spencer (NEO)
Antonio Jenkins, Putnam North (NEO)
Dewitt Jennings, Bixby (Tulsa)
Kenny Johnson, Weatherford (SWOSU)
Jace Johnson, Bethel/ECU (SWOSU)
Tyler Johnson, Berryhill (NEO)
Willie Johnson, Tulsa Memorial (NEO)
Dominque Jones, Midwest City (Baylor)
Emmitt Jones, Star Spencer (NEO)
Gus Jones, Wagoner/OU (NSU)
Brendon Jordan, John Marshall (NEO)
Jordan Karriman, Grove/NEO (La.-Monroe)
Jacob Keller, Tulsa Union (La.-Monroe)
Jake Kelley, Beggs (Peru State)
Brandon Keplinger, Watonga (NWOSU)
Kyle Keplinger, Watonga (NWOSU)
Johnny Ketterman, Timberlake (NEO)
Drake Keys, Skiatook (SWOSU)
Chris King, Jenks (UCO)
Cecil Kirkendoll, Clinton (SWOSU)
Jarrett Lake, Jenks (Arkansas)
Alex Land, Edmond Santa Fe (Weber State)
Ricky Lawyer, Edmond North (NEO)
Justin Lepley, Seq. Tahlequah (NEO)
Chris Littlehead, Seq. Tahlequah (OSU)
David Lore, Jenks (Air Force)
Matt Luetjen, Hennessey (Army)
Randy Mack, Edmond Santa Fe (Washburn)
Tyler Mackey, Afton (NEO)
Dalton Mahoney, Alva (NWOSU)
Mike Major, Tulsa Kelley (Princeton)
George Mallett, Southmoore (SNU)
Beau Marsaln, Metro Christian (NEO)
Dominique Massengil, Lawton (ECU)
Mason Mathews, Yukon (Mid-America Nazarene)
Ty Matthews, Choctaw (SNU)
Chris McAlister, Del City (Central Arkansas)
Ryan McCaul, Moore/NEO (La.-Monroe)
Shawn McIntosh, Lawton MacArthur (SNU)
Nelson Medeiros, Edmond Memorial (Fort Hays State)
Ryan Merrill, Cordell (NWOSU)
Clifton Miller, Atoka (SEOSU)
Lucas Miller, Capitol Hill (NEO)
Brian Mills, Edmond Santa Fe (Princeton)
Corey Mitchell, Douglass (Weber State)
Deonte Morris, Tulsa Union (Tulsa/NEO)
Cory Mosely, Midwest City (Hutchinson)
Cole Mount, Deer Creek (Washburn)
Mason Myers, Southmoore (Colorado State)
Cody Nall, Ardmore (ECU)
Josh Napper, Lawton Eisenhower (SEOSU)
Carlos Nazario, Lawton (ECU)
Nic Nealy, Douglass (Grambling State)
Marco Nelson, Glenpool (Tulsa)
Chase Neuman, Dewey (SWOSU)
Jordan Newby, Southmoore (SNU)
Tanner Newby, Enid (NEO)
Justin Nole, Washington (SNU)
Alex Oden, Victory Christian (NEO)
Terence Olds, Star Spencer (NEO)
Cade Oller, Billings (NWOSU)
Tyler Ott, Jenks (Harvard)
Johnny Pack, Seminole (Southwestern, Kan.)
Dustin Parks, Waukomis (NWOSU)
Chris Patterson, McAlester (NEO)
Chris Peoples, Vian (SEOSU)
Richard Peoples, Norman North (ECU)
Gordon Perry, Weatherford (SWOSU)
Brandon Piercy, Muskogee (NEO)
Tre Porter, Carl Albert (Texas Tech)
Zac Powell, Garber (NWOSU)
Scott Powers, Sperry/NEO (Emporia State)
Ronnie Price, Broken Arrow (NEO)
Cody Pritchard, Stroud (NWOSU)
Sonny Puletasi, Lawton (Wyoming)
Chris Ramey, Wagoner (Arkansas Tech)
Sean Reed, Shawnee (ECU)
James Renfrow, Broken Arrow (NSU)
Joel Reser, Del City (NEO)
Sean Rigney, Shawnee (ECU)
James Roberson, Tulsa Union (Tulsa)
Thomas Roberson, Tulsa Union (Tulsa)
Kevin Roberts, Madill (SWOSU)
Brady Robinson, Broken Arrow (NEO)
Howard Roebuck, Tulsa Washington (Prairie View A&M)
Carl Salazar, Broken Arrow (Air Force)
Ian Sanders, CHA (SNU)
Kale Sawatzky, Weatherford (OU)*
Austin Schultz, Chisholm (SNU)
Taylor Schuyler, Bixby (Central Arkansas)
Tye Scott, Salina (NEO)
Derek Serowski, Southmoore (UCO)
Burgess Shaw, Sand Springs (ECU)
Tyler Shaw, Edmond Santa Fe (ECU)
Lamares Shields, Del City (ECU)
Denton Simek, Prague (Arkansas)
Ethan Simpson, Claremore (Pittsburg State)
D.J. Sims, Edmond Santa Fe (ECU)
Richard Sims, Edmond North (Dordt)
Kyler Skinner, Weatherford (SWOSU)
Ryan Smith, Muskogee (NEO)
Travis Smith, Durant (NEO)
Tyler Smith, Sand Springs (Pittsburg State)
Xavier Smith, Edmond North (Missouri)
Luke Snider, Tulsa Union (Tulsa)
Anthony Sparks, Stillwater (NEO)
Trent Spurgeon, Owasso (Arizona)
James Stephens, Broken Arrow (UCO)
Matt Stevenson, Edmond Memorial (Baker)
P.J. Stimson, Pryor (NWOSU)
Tyler Stitt, Mustang (NWOSU)
Ray Stovall, Tulsa Washington (La.-Monroe)
Jake Streck, Kremlin-Hillsdale (NWOSU)
Ricky Streck, Kremlin-Hillsdale (NWOSU)
Casey Strate, Dewey (NEO)
Clint Strate, Dewey (NEO)
Ryan Stringer, Clinton (SWOSU)
Caleb Sullivan, Seminole (Deer Creek)
Garrett Sullivan, Deer Creek (UCO)
Jon Swanfeld, Tulsa Union (SNU)
Nyko Symonds, Southmoore (OU)*
Kwame Tate, Elgin (UCO)
Dylan Taylor, Vian (NSU)
Matthew Tingle, Putnam North (NEO)
Robert Thomas, Sulphur/Cowley County (ECU)
Andre Thompson, Douglass (Langston)
Mike Thompson, Bartlesville (Pittsburg State)
Taylor Thurman, Seq. Claremore (Haskell)
Reuben Tiller, Ardmore (ECU)
Corey Todd, Hilldale (NWOSU)
Kobey Trower, Hominy (NEO)
Zach Trujillo, Deer Creek (Kansas State)**
Hayden Vencl, Garber (NWOSU)
Eddie Venters, Muskogee (NEO)
Markell Walker, Carl Albert (ECU)
Dillion Wallace, Tulsa East Central (NEO)
Patrick Wallace, Tulsa Central (NEO)
Nick Walters, Edmond Memorial/NEO (Arkansas)*
Davis Walton, Tulsa Kelley (NEO)
Raphael Watts, Capitol Hill (NEO)
Cole Way, Tulsa Union (Tulsa)
Clifford Weatherford, Muskogee (NEO)
Dane Weippert, Guymon (Panhandle State)
Stanley West, Westmoore (SNU)
Scott Whitaker, Norman North (Drake)
Norris White, Douglass (Weber State)
Jameel Whitney, McGuinness (ECU)
Ryland Widener, Southmoore (Northern Colorado)
Blair Williams, Beggs (NEO)
Kyle Williams, Broken Bow (SEOSU)
James Williams, John Marshall (NEO)
Terry Williamson, Broken Arrow (UCO)
Julian Wilson, Southmoore (OU)
Roman Wilson, Lincoln Christian (Princeton)
Ray Wolber, Tulsa Kelley (Drake)
Josiah Woodard, Stillwater (SEOSU)
Jordan Woods, Kingfisher (NWOSU)
Jeff Wright, Star Spencer (Langston)
Clayton Yancy, Seminole (Southwestern, Kan.)
Collin Yeary, Norman North (NEO)

BASEBALL
Wade Ambrose, Tulsa Union (Northeast Texas CC)
Tyler Carter, Ada (NOC-Enid)
Caden Cleveland, Christian Heritage (Morehead State)
Braden Cook, Chickasha (Connors State)
Cale Coshow, Deer Creek (OU)
Casey Coyle, Putnam North (OU)
John Davenport, Jay (NOC)
Luis DeJesus, Collinsville (EOSC)
Cale Elam, Oktaha (Wichita State)
Brad Fisher, Jenks (ORU)
Jonathan Furlong, Bixby (Neosho)
Nick Goza, Collinsville (EOSC)
Jonathan Gray, Chandler (OU)
Josh Halbert, Choctaw (Wichita State)
Landon Hallam, Edmond Memorial (Seminole)
J.R. Head, Midwest City (NOC-Enid)
Mason Justice, Holland Hall (Kansas State)
Shane Kinnear, Tulsa Union (Harding)
Jordan Lopez, Edmond Santa Fe (Texas Tech)
Joe McGee, Tulsa Washington (Connors State)
Jose Olizagosti, Collinsville (Seminole)
Mitch Osburn, Broken Arrow (Seminole)
Dillon Overton, Weatherford (OU)
J.T. Realmuto, Carl Albert (OSU)
Jacob Rice, Tulsa Union (Arkansas)
Dillon Robinson, Broken Arrow (Fort Scott)
Brandon Ruiz, Yukon (NOC)
Garrett Schaede, Owasso (Neosho)
Taylor Schneeberger, Broken Arrow (Connors State)
Cayle Shambaugh, Jay (OU)
Andrew Smith, Tulsa NOAH (Coffeyville)
Tyler Smith, Kelleyville (NOC)
Logan Taylor, Jenks (Texas Tech)
Billy Waltrip, Fort Gibson (New Mexico State)
Ryan Wilson, Owasso (Seminole)
Kyle Wood, Owasso (Fort Scott)

BOYS BASKETBALL
Will Baysinger, Owasso (MIT)
Cameron Downing, Tulsa Memorial (Buffalo)
Amric Fields, Putnam West (TCU)

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Ashlie Baker, Tulsa East Central (Fort Scott)
Jimi Blagowsky, Edmond Santa Fe (Air Force)
Desiree Bradley, Carl Albert (USC)
Brenna Burnett, Dale (Palm Beach Atlantic)
Y’Cedria Devers, Bixby (Pittsburg State)
Lindsey Hammer, Seq. Tahlequah (Mercer)
Meagan Henson, CHA (TCU)
Whitney Hocutt, Claremore (NOC)
Aianne Hunter, Putnam North (Dartmouth)
Ebonie Jackson, Tulsa East Central (Friends)
Richa Jackson, Midwest City (Duke)
Kortni Kendrick, Kansas (John Brown)
Christian Key, Victory Christian (ORU)
Kalie Lucas, Harrah (Missouri Southern)
Sophia Mahmoodjanloo, Edmond Santa Fe (State Fair College)
Mylie Mayes, Carl Albert (UCO)
Jessica McCarville, Sulphur (Southwestern, Kan.)
Ashlee Pitts, Tulsa East Central (SW Baptist)
Cara Pugh, McGuinness (OCU)
Lacy Reinke, Lawton (Cameron)
Hannah Ritter, Jay (Fort Hays State)
Kendra Suttles, Lawton (OSU)
Morgan Toben, Owasso (New Mexico)
Talor Ward, Beggs (Okla. Christian)
Kala White, Claremore (Labette)

EQUESTRIAN
Kelly Bovaird, Tulsa Kelley (Kansas State)

FIELD HOCKEY
Amanda Adwon, Holland Hall (Michigan)
Maggie Brady, Holland Hall (Brown)
Lauren Hauge, Holland Hall (Michigan)
Natalie Hood, Holland Hall (St. Louis)

GOLF
Lindsey Bensch, Broken Arrow home school (UCO)
Tressa Brumley, Chouteau (UCO)
Ian Davis, Deer Creek (OSU)
Macy Douglas, Broken Arrow (SNU)
Talor Gooch, Carl Albert (OSU)
Brad Hager, Bartlesville (NSU)
Matt Helms, Edmond Santa Fe (Wichita State)
Lauren Michael, Jenks (Drury)
Taylor Neidy, Clinton (UCO)
Cody Reed, Edmond Santa Fe (NSU)
Jade Staggs, Westmoore (OSU)
Shelby Stavely, Sallisaw/Harding (NSU)
Zach Tucker, Putnam North (NSU)

GYMNASTICS
Brittany Harris, Tulsa Union (Oregon State)

ROWING
Courtaney Miller, Jenks (SMU)

SOCCER
Jennifer Abernathy, Tulsa Union (ORU)
Ashley Bechtold, Putnam North (Missouri Southern)
Bobby Behrens, Sand Springs (John Brown)
Ashlynn Betts, Jenks (William Penn)
Leah Bickers, Victory Christian (ORU)
Rochelle Bohuslavicky, Edmond Memorial (Troy)
Bailey Boulware, Mustang (OU)
Whitney Brannon, Victory Christian (ORU)
Matt Bray, Putnam North (Missouri State)
Devon Bullard, Sand Springs (Rogers State)
Corbin Campbell, Deer Creek (OBU)
Sara Chalmers, Tulsa Kelley (Abilene Christian)
Sherri Collins, Edmond North (UCO)
Madison Cook, Tulsa Union (SWOSU)
Kyle Craft, Tulsa Kelley (Notre Dame)
Natalie Crosslin, Bixby (SWOSU)
Jessica Dale, Wagoner (Neosho)
Sam Diacon, Tulsa Washington (Missouri S&T)
Sam Duininck, Summit Chr. (Liberty)
Krista Dyess, Broken Arrow (NSU)
Kelsey Godfrey, Tulsa Union (SNU)
Tyler Groh, Putnam North (Missouri State)
Austin Gross, Jenks (Memphis)
Ashley Haines, Jenks (NSU)
Drew Hall, Edmond Santa Fe (OCU)
Mary Kate Halsmer, Jenks (ORU)
Jordan Harris, Claremore (UMKC)
Hayley Harryman, Edmond North (OSU)
Garron Hayes, Tulsa Union (Rogers State)
Hailey Haynes, Seq. Claremore (Central Arkansas)
Madi Hillis, Edmond Memorial (Kansas)
Bradi Hinch, Jenks (Tulsa)
Tyrell Jackson, Tulsa Union (Rogers State)
Morgan Jones, Jenks (Mid. Tenn. St.)
Kristen Kelley, Tulsa Kelley (OSU)
Kelsey Killion, Broken Arrow (Tulsa)
Preston Langholz, Tulsa Washington (Stanford)
Logan Lax, Putnam North (OBU)
Loren LeForce, Coweta (Rogers State)
Lindsey Lofton, Skiatook (NSU)
Omar Mata, Tulsa Union (Tulsa)
Sally Matthews, Owasso (NSU)
Shelby Martin, Tulsa Union (Tulsa)
Meghan McMahon, Putnam North (OCU)
Tori Peters, Tulsa Union (Tulsa)
Amy Petrikin, Tulsa Kelley (OU)
Caitlin Phillips, Claremore (UCO)
Jessy Phillips, Bartlesville (NSU)
Kristin Pollard, Broken Arrow (Central Arkansas)
Brandon Reed, Owasso (Drury)
Stephanie Romera, Tulsa Kelley (Lipscomb)
Aubrey Roth, Tulsa Union (SWOSU)
Camille Sanders, Edmond North (OU)
Ryan Sanders, Broken Arrow (OCU)
Brianna Shamblin, Miami (Rogers State)
Jessica Sisney, Broken Arrow (Rogers State)
Dillon Stallings, Putnam North (OBU)
Alex Starrett, Tulsa Kelley (Arkansas)
Andrew Stone, Cascia Hall (St. Edward’s)
Jeremy Swift, Bixby (Rogers State)
Jenna Taylor, Bartlesville (Harding)
Alex Tiem, Broken Arrow (Rogers State)
Addie Tipton, Metro Christian (USAO)
Claire Walker, Tulsa Washington (Penn)
Carley Yates, Edmond North (OU)
Miranda Zoller, Jenks (Tulsa)

SOFTBALL
Kacey Acker, Guthrie (SNU)
Jessica Barnes, Pawhuska (Pittsburg State)
Shelby Blanton, Newcastle (Tulsa)
Kristin Blasingame, Carl Albert (Rogers State)
Page Boling, Hilldale (Connors State)
Sierra Bronkey, Edmond Santa Fe (Arkansas)
LaDarra Brown, Muskogee (Carl Albert)
Tiffany Brown, Catoosa (Pittsburg State)
Julie Brunk, Mustang (SNU)
Bailee Cartwright, Moss (Northwestern St., La.)
Tara Chatkehoodle, Tulsa Rogers (Haskell)
Jordan Clark, Muskogee (Carl Albert)
Kylee Cole, Collinsville (NEO)
Lacie Cook, Collinsville (Labette)
Aimee Creger, Mustang (Tulsa)
Morgan Deerinwater, Savanna (Carl Albert)
Kaiti Dutton, Tulsa Union (Tennessee-Chattanooga)
Hannah Edmiston, Coweta (Independence)
Allison Edwards, Duncan (Oklahoma Wesleyan)
Katie Ellington, Tulsa Kelley (NOC)
Lindy Fluman, Cleveland (NEO)
Shelby Foreman, S. Coffeyville (Coffeyville)
Dani Fox, Yukon (Washburn)
Devon Frazier, Little Axe (St. Gregory’s)
Sydney Garcia, Moore (OCU)
Shaylee Griffin, McAlester (OCU)
Sutton Halferty, Harrah (St. Gregory’s)
Meagan Hardy Fry, Checotah (Haskell)
Ashley Harper, Drumright (Carl Albert)
Haley Henshaw, Catoosa (Tulsa)
Javen Henson, Red Oak (OU)
Paige Hightower, Chickasha (Washburn)
Whitney Hocutt, Claremore (NOC)
Jordan Jones, Skiatook (Connors State)
Hannah Justus, Catoosa (UCO)
Candace Kellar, Coweta (Rogers State)
Jamie King, Tulsa Union (NEO)
Miranda Kiser, Tulsa Union (NEO)
Kayce Long, Moss (Carl Albert)
Beth Manship, Harrah (Southeastern)
Mya Mahsetky, Little Axe (NOC)
Mary Kate McKay, Madill (Angelo State)
Alex Milligan, Moore (Cameron)
Taylor Mills, Fort Gibson (Austin Peay State)
Holly Mock, Drumright (Carl Albert)
Candace Monigold, Broken Arrow (NEO)
Shelby Morose, Seq. Claremore (Concordia)
Ashlee Nation, Tulsa Union (William Jewell)
Jeneva Nelson, Frontier (Lipscomb)
Shylar Nichols, Carl Albert (USAO)
Caitlin O’Hagan, Midwest City (St. Gregory’s)
Sam Oxford, Adair (Fort Scott)
Katie Parsons, Pryor (NWOSU)
Ashley Paxton, Mustang (Okla. Christian)
Sarah Peoples, Piedmont (Okla. Christian)
Allyson Pogue, Claremoer (NEO)
Lauren Poole, Putnam North (Seminole State)
Natalie Powers, Holland Hall (Tennessee-Chattanooga)
Hillary Price, Moss (Carl Albert)
Sarah Raunikar, Coweta/Connors State (Central Baptist)
Shelbi Redfearn, Stillwater (Baylor)
Madison Reed, Muskogee (Missouri Southern)
Megan Robison, Catoosa (NEO)
Morgan Rockwell, Coweta (Rogers State)
Kylee Rounsaville, Mustang (OCU)
Meghan Russell, Bristow (Farleigh Dickinson)
Kenna Self, Madill (OBU)
Carly Skinner, Verden (UCO)
Megan Sullivan, Broken Arrow (NEO)
Cheyenne Thomas, Coweta (Labette)
Jessica Turner, Broken Arrow (Santa Clara)
Lauren Tyndall, Edmond Memorial (Northwestern, Ill.)
Tara Underhill, Henryetta (Central Arkansas)
Shelbie Wagnon, Beggs (NEO)
Brianna Walker, Rogers (Haskell)
Emily Wares, Morris (Connors State)
Hillary Weatherford, Carl Albert (Washburn)
Shelby Wheeler, Westmoore (St. Gregory’s)
Kala White, Claremore (Labette)
Hannah Wilkinson, Coweta (Rogers State)
Briana Williams, Midwest City (Western Illinois)

SWIMMING
Dakota Wheeler, Westmoore (South Dakota)

TENNIS
Brandon Champagne, Jenks (OSU)
Logon Collins, Tulsa Union (Marquette)
Ashley Coleman, Owasso (Seminole State)
Emily Conrad, McGuinness (Abilene Christian)
Casey Distaso, Edmond North (Georgetown)
Cale Hammond, Tulsa Kelley (Duke)
Mia Lancaster, McGuinness (OU)
Evan McElwain, Tulsa Washington (Cornell)
Whitney Ritchie, McGuinness (OU)
John Harry Warden, Tulsa Union (OU)
Danielle Whitehorn, Tahlequah (OU)

TRACK AND FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY
Beau Brown, Edmond Santa Fe (Bethany)
Dewayne Golbek, Claremore (Arkansas)
Jenna Griffin, Pawhuska (Southwestern, Kan.)
Rozlyn Hamilton, Idabel (Okla. Christian)
Brock Hime, Woodland (Cowley County)
Hillarie Kessler, Deer Creek (WOSC)
Michelle Marcha, Altus (Okla. Christian)
Ryan Minkley, Ardmore (Tulsa)
Erin Patterson, Tulsa Union (ORU)
Rachel Roberts, Guthrie (Harding)
Darren Ross, Edmond Memorial (Okla. Christian)
Michael Spencer, Edmond Memorial (Okla. Christian)
Emma Steele, Holland Hall (Dartmouth)
Antonio Taylor, Northwest (Okla. Christian)
James Turner, Plainview (Okla. Christian)

VOLLEYBALL
Ashley Acklin, Carl Albert (Radford)
Tyler Cockrell, Tulsa Washington (Gardner-Webb)
Jordan Cook, Broken Arrow (NOC)
Sarah Groesbeck, Jenks (SNU)
Tate Hardaker, Edmond Santa Fe (UCO)
Julie Labarthe, Heritage Hall (Quinnipiac)
Sallie McLaurin, Carl Albert (OU)
Laura Taylor, Tulsa Union (ORU)
Alyssa Wilson, Clinton (Northern Colorado)

WRESTLING
Christian Bailey, Davis (OCU)
Ronnie Balfour, Tulsa Union (OU)
Justin DeAngelis, Jenks (OU)
Greg Delk, Skiatook (OCU)
Quincy Mondaine, Muskogee (OU)
Dax Perrier, Pawhuska (OU)
Jared Porter, Carl Albert (Central Michigan)
Dustin Reed, Choctaw (OU)
*Will walk on
**Graduated last year, currently enrolled at Kansas State

The award, selected by the Oklahoma Coaches Association, is given to five baseball and five softball players and is based on athletic and scholastic achievement.

The other baseball winners are Norman’s Nick Fowble, Weatherford’s Dillon Overton, Tulsa Union’s Jacob Rice and Jay’s Cayle Shambaugh.

The softball winners are Edmond Santa Fe’s Sierra Bronkey, Moore’s Sydney Garcia, Lawton MacArthur’s Amanda McClelland, Mustang’s Ashley Paxton and Broken Arrow’s Jessica Turner.

The baseball coach honoree is Latta’s Eddie Collins and the softball coach winner is Broken Arrow’ Randall King.

Your Big All-City Player of the Year, Edmond Santa Fe's Sierra Bronkey.

Every year brings about a different challenge when it comes to All-City teams. Sometimes it’s what separates the first from the second team. Sometimes it’s the player of the year.

Regardless, it’s never easy and something I will always, always stress out about. This year was no different when it came to the Big and Little All-City softball teams.

My biggest challenge: LAC Player of the Year. If you read Wednesday’s paper, you know I went with Purcell sophomore pitcher Kayla Wyatt.

Her body of work is incredible. She threw 186 innings, allowing a mere 13 earned runs. She struck out 276 with just 36 walks. Oh yeah, and she was 28-3.

Your Little All-City Player of the Year, Kayla Wyatt of Purcell.

And in this corner, we have Blanchard sophomore stud Leslie Miller. She did a lot of everything in helping the Lions to the 4A championship.

She hit .446 with 33 RBIs and 27 runs scored. She struck out 202 batters and was 12-5.

What to do, what to do? I don’t believe in co-players of the year, so I threw that out the window.

I looked at it as if there was a State Tournament MVP that goes to Miller. But encompassing the entire season, Wyatt gets the edge.

Said one anonymous coach: “You can’t go wrong with either choice, but I’m glad I don’t have to make this type of decision (laughs).”

Purcell was 20-1 against top 20 teams this year and beat so many of the top teams in 4A-6A. Wyatt had to bring it EVERY single game. And she did.

I won’t harp too much on the loss to Caney Valley in the state championship because anyone who watched that game knows it wasn’t because of Wyatt that the Dragons didn’t hoist the trophy.

Basically, she earned it throughout the season and never did anything to lose it.

The fun part (or agonizing situation for me) is that both are sophomores and might be duking it out the next two years for the honor. Miller had a phenomenal season. Repeat, phenomenal. And I have no doubt she’s going to be in the conversation the next two years. Congrats to both girls.

For Big All-City, I will fight you to the death on the naming of Sierra Bronkey from Edmond Santa Fe. Well, that’s a little strong, but there isn’t anything anybody could tell me to sway me from this selection.

Mustang and Yukon had phenomenal teams, but Bronkey really set herself apart from the rest of the field.

No coach disagreed with my assessment, which makes me believe I got this one right.

For the first-team selections for BAC, go here. For LAC, go here.

For the full list of everyone who made the team or was mentioned for BAC, go here. For LAC, go here.

Thanks to all the coaches for their input and cooperation. I’ll see ya in the spring for the slow-pitch season.

In the past, the All-City teams have run all in a week in late December. Decided to change it up a bit this year. Starting Wednesday, your All-City teams for softball, volleyball and cross country will be running.

It’s been a busy time for us whether it’s been football playoff stuff or getting ready for the winter sports season or honoring our fall heroes.

Here is the schedule:

Wednesday: Big and Little All-City Softball. My BAC Player of the Year was a slam dunk, but the LAC, boy, that was a tough one. I stand by my pick, but it was close with two extremely talented candidates. Much more in a blog Wednesday.
Thursday: All-City Volleyball by Scott Wright.
Friday: All-City Cross Country by Justin Harper.

So while you’re enjoying your turkey and recuperating Friday from all the food, dig in to your All-City teams all this week.

Westmoore’s Kendra Pierce and Michelle Keppel were chosen for the first team as well. Southmoore also placed a pair of players on the first team in Chelsi Hill and Maria Hilterbran.

Norman North fastpitch softball players Alexis Richardson, Tara Travis and Andrea Smith each were named as well. Norman put a pair of players on the first team as Amy Vanderburg and Breanna Cosme each were honored.

Moore softball standouts Sydney Garcia, Brianna Nunley, Alex Milligan and Tara Martini all were selected to the fastpitch Mid-State Conference first team.

Westmoore’s Kendra Pierce and Michelle Keppel were chosen for the first team as well. Southmoore also placed a pair of players on the first team in Chelsi Hill and Maria Hilterbran.

As was the case at Deer Creek, severe audio issues at Santa Fe. The camera I have isn’t exactly the best at blocking out noise, and I’m not about to tell kids to quiet down when they’re celebrating.

Did manage to salvage something with softball star Sierra Bronkey. A four-year starter, Bronkey seemed to only get better and better with each season.

Bronkey helped lead the Wolves to the state tournament though they were eventually eliminated by Broken Arrow (champion).

Bronkey has signed with Arkansas to continue her softball career.

I’m a softie at heart, so signing day is one of my favorite days of the sports year. It’s right up there with All-City and All-State days where the kids are allowed to relax and have fun.

I totally forgot about Signing Day until Sunday. With all the football playoff stuff, just plum forgot. But I definitely made the rounds today.

Started off the day at Heritage Hall at just past 10 a.m. and the signing of Julie Labarthe to Quinnipiac for tennis. As a HUGE tennis fan, I wasn’t going to miss this. Nice crowd, love to see the support of the students for some of the ‘minor’ sports. You can’t call tennis minor to me, but I understand not everyone’s cup of tea is a five-set, four-hour epic.

Went into the office and put that video in and blogged about it. Then it was off to Deer Creek for a trio of signings with Corbin Campbell (OBU, soccer), Ian Davis (OSU, golf) and Cale Coshow (OU, baseball). It was scheduled for 1:30.

Who made those posters of the kids? Those were beyond cool. Again, I have no artistic ability at all, so I marvel at stuff like that.

Each gave a brief speech before making it official. While there, Van Shea Iven joined the party and told me about the Edmond Santa Fe signing ceremony at 2:30. Hmm, why not?

We weren’t sure we were going to make it. The Antlers ceremony was nice and had a chance to talk with both Davis and Coshow.

Funny how each had OU and OSU in their final choices. Davis chose the Cowboys while Coshow will be a Sooner.

Also weird that each will have a roommate from a local high school. Davis will be with Carl Albert’s Talor Gooch while Coshow’s roommate will be Casey Coyle of Putnam North.

So after more video at Deer Creek, it was off to Santa Fe where the Wolves were honoring six kids.

Two stood out to me just because I’ve talked with them before and covered them with Sierra Bronkey (Arkansas, softball) and Jordan Lopez (Texas Tech, baseball).

Also honored were golfers Matt Helms (Wichita State) and Cody Reed (Northeastern State), volleyballer Tate Hardaker (UCO) and basketball player Jimi Blagowsky (Air Force).

This was probably the coolest environment of the three as the girls basketball players were going nuts for Jimi.

Shot short videos with Bronkey and Lopez, so those should be up on NewsOK later this week.

I’ve never shot more video in one day. Not all of it was good (some audio issues), but I’m interested to see how it all turned out.

Like Ryan posted, if you know of any other signings that we don’t have, send ‘em our way. Thanks a bunch.

Here are the ones I have so far:
BASEBALL
Cale Coshow, Deer Creek (OU)
Casey Coyle, Putnam North (OU)
Cale Elam, Oktaha (Wichita State)
Brad Fisher, Jenks (Oral Roberts)
Josh Halbert, Choctaw (Wichita State)
Mason Justice, Holland Hall (Kansas State)
Jordan Lopez, Edmond Santa Fe (Texas Tech)
J.T. Realmuto, Carl Albert (OSU)
Jacob Rice, Tulsa Union (Arkansas)

BOYS BASKETBALL
Cameron Downing, Tulsa Memorial (Buffalo)
Amric Fields, Putnam West (TCU)

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Jimi Blagowsky, Edmond Santa Fe (Air Force)
Brenna Burnett, Dale (Palm Beach Atlantic)
Meagan Henson, CHA (TCU)
Kalie Lucas, Harrah (Missouri Southern)
Ashlee Pitts, Tulsa East Central (SW Baptist)
Cara Pugh, McGuinness (OCU)

GOLF
Tressa Brumley, Chouteau (UCO)
Ian Davis, Deer Creek (OSU)
Talor Gooch, Carl Albert (OSU)
Matt Helms, Edmond Santa Fe (Wichita State)
Lauren Michael, Jenks (Drury)
Cody Reed, Edmond Santa Fe (NSU)

SOCCER
Corbin Campbell, Deer Creek (OBU)

SOFTBALL
Shelby Blanton, Newcastle (Tulsa)
Sierra Bronkey, Edmond Santa Fe (Arkansas)
Tiffany Brown, Catoosa (Pittsburg State)
Bailee Cartwright, Moss (Northwestern State, La.)
Dani Fox, Yukon (Washburn)
Shaylee Griffin, McAlester (OCU)
Haley Henshaw, Catoosa (Tulsa)
Javen Henson, Red Oak (OU)
Hannah Justice, Catoosa (UCO)
Beth Manship, Harrah (Southeastern)
Mary Kate McKay, Madill (Angelo State)
Lauren Poole, Putnam North (Seminole State)
Natalie Powers, Holland Hall (Tenn.-Chatt.)
Shelbi Redfearn, Stillwater (Baylor)
Kylee Rounsaville, Mustang (OCU)
Kenna Self, Madill (OBU)
Lauren Tyndall, Edmond Memorial (Northwestern, Ill.)
Hillary Weatherford, Carl Albert (Washburn)
Briana Williams, Midwest City (OCU)

TENNIS
Logon Collins, Tulsa Union (Marquette)

VOLLEYBALL
Ashley Acklin, Carl Albert (Radford)
Tate Hardaker, Edmond Santa Fe (UCO)
Julie Labarthe, Heritage Hall (Quinnipiac)
Sallie McLaurin, Carl Albert (OU)
Alyssa Wilson, Clinton (Northern Colorado)

WRESTLING
Ronnie Balfour, Tulsa Union (OU)
Justin DeAngelis, Jenks (OU)
Greg Delk, Skiatook (OCU)
Quincy Mondaine, Muskogee (OU)
Jared Porter, Carl Albert (Central Michigan)
Dustin Reed, Choctaw (OU)

Here’s a few I’ve come up with. Let me know, either through a comment here or an e-mail (raber@opubco.com), if you have any others.

I’m sure there are plenty more I’ve missed but here are a few:

- Morrison and Shattuck’s 90-game winning streaks in football
- Tulsa Union’s and Jenks’ stranglehold on the 6A football title
-Asher and Owasso baseball dominance
-McGuinness girls cross country
-Bethel girls basketball state tournament streak
-Bartlesville boys swimming
-El Reno wrestling
-McGuinness girls tennis
-Cascia Hall boys tennis

FOOTBALL

Kendal Thompson, Southmoore

The junior quarterback had just three incompletions in 19 pass attempts and accounted for five touchdowns in the SaberCats’ 46-28 win at Lawton.

Thompson threw for 217 yards and two TDs, with no interceptions, and ran for three scores.

Others:

Austin Haywood, Southmoore

The tight end caught a pair of touchdown passes against Lawton, one from nine yards out and another from 13, and provided his usual superb defensive play. For the game he had four catches for 65 yards.

Andrew Long, Southmoore

Long backed up a career-high 173 yards against Edmond Santa Fe with 143 yards on 29 carries. The sophomore ran for  a 13-yard touchdown and a two-point conversion. He also had seven receptions for 89 yards.

Sam York, Southmoore

The SaberCats’ kicker booted a 24-yard field goal and five extra points in the win over Lawton.

Ryland Widener, Southmoore

The senior defensive tackle helped Southmoore stuff Lawton’s run game, holding the Wolverines to just 54 yards on 31 carries.

Brandon Eddins, Moore

Eddins came in for starting quarterback Vova Razryvin and threw his first touchdown pass of the season in a loss to Mustang.

Grant Linstead, Moore

Scored the Lions’ lone touchdown in a 42-6 loss to Mustang on a 10-yard reception.

Justin Tran, Westmoore

The Jaguars kicker accounted for the teams only points in a 26-3 loss at Edmond Memorial. Tran booted a 36-yard field goal in the second quarter.

SOFTBALL

Hannah Coker, Moore

Coker had a two-run triple in Moore’s victory against Tulsa Union at the state tournament.
Alex Milligan, Moore

Milligan, the best power hitter on the team, had a two-run double in a loss to Mustang at the state tournament.

CROSS COUNTRY

Taylor Painter, Westmoore

The senior standout placed second at the Mid-State Conference meet with a time of 12:11 and led the Jags to the team championship.

Others:

Lauren Robinson, Westmoore

Placed fourth at the conference meet in  12:33.

Noemi Hernandez, Westmoore

Placed fifth at Mid-State meet in 12:39.

Ashley Sparks, Southmoore

Team’s only top-10 finisher at Mid-State Conference meet. Placed seventh in 12:58.

Lauren Parenica, Moore

Team’s top placer at conference meet, placing 12^th.

Toby Bothwell, Westmoore

Even while having  an off race for him and a slower time than usual, Bothwell, the top-ranked boys runner in Class 6A, still placed third at the conference meet.

Josh Ramirez, Moore

Team’s highest placer at conference meet, 10^th.

It’s asking a lot for a sophomore to carry the ball 29 times against a defense as physical as Santa Fe, but Holman handled the load. He ran hard and ran well, particularly in the second half, finishing with 129 yards for his first career 100-yard game.

The start of the season was rough for Holman, sitting out much of August camp and the first three games of the year with a pretty bad ankle injury. But in four games, he’s got 377 rushing yards and four touchdowns.

He says he’s still not quite back to full speed, but he was fast enough Thursday night. He’ll be asked to give a few more performances like that down the stretch, especially while Sam Wolfe waits on that broken collarbone to heal. He could still be out another week or two, at least.

Other contenders

Caleb Lee, QB, Putnam City: With the help of a newly established ground game, Lee is finally settling in to run the offense the way PC wants to. That allows him to use all of his skills. When things are going well, he’s accurate and efficient, with the ability to throw deep, too. He was 20 of 28 for 184 yards and three TDs in the 36-33 double-OT loss to Norman.

Brandon Taylor, QB, Mustang: The 6-foot-2, 200-pound sophomore completed 15 of 21 passes for 192 yards and four touchdowns in his first career start.

Yukon defense: If you look back at three of the Millers’ four losses, the defensive performance has ranked somewhere between solid and great, and Thursday night’s 10-7 overtime loss at Enid was no exception. The defense played well enough for Yukon to win. The Millers limited one of the state’s most productive running backs in Jonathan Burton, holding the Plainsmen to a team total of 39 rushing yards on 34 carries.

POWs in other sports

Softball

Ashley Paxton, P, Mustang: It was a hard choice this week, what with Mustang’s Courtni Clark coming through with her first home run of the season on the biggest stage, and Yukon pitcher Amanda Madden carrying the Millerettes within a game of the state finals following the mid-season loss of star pitcher Dani Fox. But ultimately, it was Paxton who propelled Mustang to a runner-up finish with her dominant pitching.

Cross Country

Alissa Jones and Alex Aria, Mustang: Jones finished sixth in the girls competition at the Metro Athletic Conference meet and Aria was fifth in the boys’ run. Both were the top finishers from the West Metro, each helping their teams to third-place finishes.

Going into the Bishop McGuinness and Douglass game, it wasn’t going to be that hard to figure out who was going to win. If the Irish stopped the Trojans running game, it was going to be a W for Kenny Young’s club.

And there’s no doubt Douglass put up some yards, but for the most part, McGuinness held it in check in a 14-7 win.

Biggest reason? Senior linebacker Jameel Whitney. Whitney has been a stud all season but never more than Friday night. He had 21 tackles, yep, 21 in an outstanding performance in a game the Irish needed for any hopes of another district crown. His rushing touchdown also proved to be the game-winner.

Think the biggest misconception for McGuinness is that it is not a tough, physical team. While the Irish can finesse you, make no mistake that there is some hitting going on with this club.

A huge win after a couple of tough, one-point losses earlier in the season.

Other contenders

- Barry Sanders Jr., RB, Heritage Hall: Sanders had another four-touchdown performance in a 41-0 win at Fairview. He also had two scores called back because of penalties.

- Camden Tharp, QB, McGuinness: Numbers don’t stand out, but a huge win for the sophomore in such a pivotal district encounter.

- Jack Warren, QB, OCS: The Saints are on a collision course with Cashion this week and are 6-1 after Warren threw for three touchdowns in a 37-8 win vs. Minco.

- Austin Katigan, WR, Casady: Caught the Cyclones only touchdown of the game in a 28-7 loss at Houston St. Johns.

- Ian Sanders, K, CHA: Would love to see this kid kick once. Made a couple of field goals in a 22-15 victory against Crescent.

Other winners

- Bryana Wade, Mt. St. Mary’s, Softball: Wade had an RBI double in the Rockets’ 2-1 loss to Purcell at the state tournament.

- Cassie Iser, McGuinness, Volleyball: Was named to the All-Tournament team and helped lead Irish to 5A state finals but lost to the incredible Bishop Kelley team.

- Frank Frantz, McGuinness, Cross Country: In the loaded field at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival in Fayetteville, Ark., Frantz placed 30th and was fourth among Oklahoma runners.

Saturday night in Sapulpa seems like it was one special scene for the Edmond Memorial volleyball squad.

After the huge disappointment from last year, the Bulldogs club was squarely focused on this year.

And led by arguably the best player in the state, junior Micha Hancock, Memorial was able to outlast Tulsa Union in a five-game slugfest to take back the Class 6A championship.

Hancock is one of the hardest hitters and saved her best stuff for when it mattered most.

Though Hancock is getting the Edmond Player of the Week, all of Edgar Miraku’s girls deserve the recognition.

Memorial and Union both went through the quarterfinals and semifinals without losing a game.

But the final was a classic back-and-forth affair with Memorial coming out on top 25-12, 18-25, 19-25, 25-20 and 18-16. Junior Caitlin Scott landed the winning kill.

It is Memorial’s third championship in five years.

For more, fellow chum Scott Wright had this to say in Sunday’s paper.

Other contenders

- Kameron Doolittle, RB, Memorial: There’s that man again. Doolittle rushed for 109 yards and threw two touchdowns in a 26-3 win against Westmoore.

- Brian Mills, RB, Santa Fe: And there’s that man again. Mills has been phenomenal in every way possible despite a 1-6 record. He rushed for 127 yards and a score in a 17-14 loss to Putnam North.

- Tyler Price, RB, Deer Creek: Six turnovers killed Grant Gower’s club, but Price was able to score the lone touchdown on a direct snap in a 30-7 loss to El Reno.

- Joe Aska Jr., RB, North: Aska was bottled up most of the night but scored two times in a 42-13 loss at Midwest City.

Other winners

- Sierra Bronkey, Santa Fe, Softball: Guts to the nth degree for the senior, who laid everything on the line to try to put the Wolves in the hunt for a title.

- Abby Taliaferro, North, Softball: Hit a two-run home run vs. Santa Fe but wasn’t enough for the young Huskies at the state tournament.

-  Taler Buck, Deer Creek, Cross Country: Was the top Oklahoma finisher at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival in Fayetteville, Ark.

- Tara Lewis, Memorial, Cross Country: Second-highest Oklahoma finisher at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival in Fayetteville, Ark.

Or as I like to call it “how bad did I do?”

I don’t remember all of my calls, but I know I missed a bunch. I’m hoping I got two of the state softball champions right. In my defense, there were a few real unexpected winners this year.

Very interesting that not one No. 1 team won the title. Says a lot about the depth in each class and maybe some about the pressure of being No. 1 the whole season.

Teams like Mustang (6A), Catoosa (4A), Purcell (3A), Washington (2A), Fletcher (A) and Moss (B) had the targets on their back nearly the whole way.

6A: I said Yukon and after Yukon lit up Broken Arrow the first time, felt very confident about that. That inspiration of playing for Dani Fox was too good of a story to not happen. But B.A. has been there so many times before and never looked rattled. I’m not sure if Mustang was rattled in the championship, but it looked like it. That wasn’t the team that was scoring at least 7 runs in every postseason game. And Megan Sullivan of Broken Arrow is the best player I didn’t get a chance to see until this weekend. Actual winner: Broken Arrow.

5A: Well, I got the final right. Then again, anyone who knows anything about this class could have gotten the final of McAlester and Lawton MacArthur. The Highlanders just looked so smooth at there, and you know I love those black jerseys. I don’t know if that’s the most McAlester star pitcher Taylor Dewbery has been hit, but it’s gotta be up there. Impressive performance by Lawton Mac in the finals. Word on the street is Lawton Mac stud Amanda McClelland might be heading to West Point. Actual winner: Lawton Mac.

4A: Was bankin’ on a Tuttle three-peat here, no doubt about it. Jerry Bates’ teams always find a way to win the nail-biters. But defense betrayed the Tigers and Blanchard took advantage. Big kudos to the Lions, who will have a bevy of returning starters. Said coach Brent Mitchell: “We plan on being in this exact same spot next year.” Actual winner: Blanchard.

3A: This was the shoo-in…at least I thought. No way Purcell was going to lose. But give all the credit in the world to Caney Valley for continuing to fight. Kayla Wyatt was as dominant as one could be in the first five innings before CV got things going. Purcell only has one senior, so the Dragons will be back. And if they can keep it together mentally, that championship is bound to come. Actual winner: Caney Valley.

2A: Once Washington was out in the first game of the day, all bets were off in this class. Then Ringling was out. And it was just a free-for-all. Because of the schedule, I didn’t get to see Maci-Brooke Lambert’s 25-strikeout performance for Healdton in the championship against Drumright. You know I would have raved about that one. Actual winner: Healdton.

A: Oh my, I got one. One. Put my trust in Fort Cobb-Broxton senior Adalynn Klugh, and she delivered. After FCB won the slowpitch crown last year, you could sense this team no longer felt snake-bitten. Hey, and I even picked ‘em beating Fletcher. Actual winner: FCB.

B: Sasakwa is now 6-0 in the state tournament and is now back-to-back champions. I said if Red Oak could get by Sasakwa that it would win. Well, RO couldn’t get by the Vikings. I’m not saying it’s true, but here’s my thought on Sasakwa’s season: It’s like a defending NBA champion. That next season, they’re cruising along. Maybe losing games they shouldn’t. But when the playoffs (state tournament) starts, bam, they’re able to turn it up a notch. Actual winner: Sasakwa.

That will do it from softball. Got some tough choices to make for All-City teams, but that’s why I get paid the big bucks.

5:29 – Sorry, had to get to writing. And now I’m tired, so here are your quick champs.

Class B: Sasakwa 5, Roff 4
Class A: Fort Cobb-Broxton 1, Fletcher 0
Class 2A: Healdton 2, Drumright 1 (13)
Class 3A: Caney Valley 4, Purcell 2
Class 4A: Blanchard 3, Tuttle 1
Class 5A: Lawton Mac 3, McAlester 0
Class 6A: Broken Arrow 1, Mustang 0

No No. 1 teams won a title and four of them loss in a championship. Wow.

2:08 – And Broken Arrow gets one home on an error by Mustang’s Ashley Paxton. B.A. 1, Mustang 0 – Top of the 5th.

1:39 – Trying to get caught up. Sasakwa wins its second straight title in a 5-4 win against Roff. Wynter Wind hits a two-run homer for the Vikings.

Caney Valley in a mild upset takes out No. 1-ranked Purcell by a 4-2 count. The upset was the way the Trojans did it, scoring two runs in the sixth and seventh.

And here in 6A, it’s Mustang and Broken Arrow scoreless in the bottom of 3rd.

10:34 – Broken Arrow will defend its crown. The Tigers get to the championship the long way and will play Mustang in a few short hours for the 6A title. B.A. 5, Yukon 0.

10:28 – B.A. tacks on one more, and it’s now 5-0 going into the top of the seventh.

10:20 – Yukon down to final three outs. Broken Arrow still up 4-0, bot 6th.

10:03 – Broken Arrow was pecking away until it finally broke through. Ashley Ellman had a two-run single in a four-run fourth and the Tigers are up 4-0 going into the top of the fifth against Yukon. Can the Millerettes bounce back?

9:32 – Yukon had bases loaded with one out, but B.A.’s Jessica Turner gets out of it. We’re scoreless in the bottom of the third.

9:10 – Took care of some housekeeping duties this morning and now back at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium for the conclusion of the state softball tournaments.

Here in the top of the second inning of the ‘if’ game, and it’s scoreless between Yukon and Broken Arrow. Be updating all day today here and on Twitter @BPrzybylo.

I also heard something about an OU-Texas game here in a couple of hours, but I thought all the buzz was about all seven state championships being played in one day. Hmm, guess I was wrong.

9:41 – Wow, not even 10 when this night ends. Ye softball gods look in favor as the one field that was crazy behind everyone (the Purcell, Tuttle) field, didn’t have a sixth game.

There will be an ‘if’ game in Class 6A as Broken Arrow came back to beat Yukon 10-5 to force the rubber match between the two squads at 9 a.m. Saturday.

If it’s B.A., I like the Tigers to ride that wave and beat Mustang. If it’s Yukon, all bets are off on one of the better rivalries in the state. Fatigue will play absolutely no role in that one.

Well, we’ve almost made it. One more day. Back Saturday.

9:25 – We are coming down the home stretch. Freshman Annie Combs lifts Tuttle to a 1-0 victory against Sequoyah-Claremore. McAlester, down 1-0 in the seventh, scores two to advance to the 5A final vs. Lawton Mac.

We’re down to one more game with Broken Arrow and Yukon. Night hasn’t been as long as previously thought, and definitely had our fair share of memorable moments.

7:45 – It’s all starting to come together here at ASA. It’ll be Healdton vs. Konawa in the 2A final. Mustang and Lawton Mac, wow, they’re good. Mustang 8-1 over Bartlesville. Lawton Mac 2-0 over Coweta. No ‘if’ games necessary when it comes to those teams.

6:05 – And it’ll be Fort Cobb-Broxton against Fletcher in the A final. FCB is a 2-1 winner against Davenport. Colinsville 2, Duncan 0.

5:27 – Blanchard is moving on to the Class 4A finals with a 4-2 victory over Cinderella Hilldale. We’re a good hour behind when it comes to that field, so it’ll be a while.

In 6A, Broken Arrow scored one in the first and the seventh and Jessica Turner did the rest in a 2-0 win to send Santa Fe home. The Wolves looked a little spent today. B.A. will play Yukon to try to stay alive.

4:32 – Couple of more scores to pass along as Coweta takes out El Reno with a 7-1 score while No. 1-ranked Fletcher in Class A eliminates last year’s champ, Depew, 3-1.

3:20 – A big-time effort by Jacey Punches has the upstart Bartlesville club playing Mustang again. Bartlesville eliminates Moore, 2-0. Moore just pick the wrong time to play its worst defense of the season.

2:48 – Just wanted to give some props to Lawton Mac’s Brooke Zukerman. She is the one that hit the walkoff HR to beat Coweta. Caney Valley blanked Bethel 3-0, so our 3A final is set: No. 1 Purcell vs. No. 2 Caney Valley at 11 a.m. Saturday.

2:19 – And defending champion Sasakwa takes out Red Oak, 8-5. We now have the B final: Roff vs. Sasakwa at 11 a.m. Saturday.

2:03 – Couple of more winners for ya. Yukon 6, Broken Arrow 3. B.A. can still come back tonight to force an ‘if’ game. McAlester 2, Collinsville 1. Collinsville also can come back to force an if game.

12:49 – Wow, what a first group of games. Lawton Mac wins on a walkoff HR in the 11th vs. Coweta, 1-0. Mustang scores six in the sixth to come back and beat Moore, 7-3. Roff scores 4 in the eighth to win 4-0. And Purcell scored two in the 10th to win 2-1 against Sequoyah-Tahlequah. I mean, take a breath.

Coweta and Moore will both have chances to play their way back into the hunt.

8:51 a.m. -If the OSSAA can have one giant session with all seven classes for softball, then the Boneman can have one giant blog to encompass everything.

I don’t know if I’m looking forward to this day the most or dreading it the worst. All I know is I’m a little more awake than I thought I’d be right now but probably won’t be saying that come, oh, 11 or midnight tonight.

Either way, same deal as always. I’ll try to update here as well as on Twitter @BPrzybylo.

Sit back, strap in and enjoy the ride.

Before I head out, here ya go. Back Friday.

High School State Softball
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium

Class 6A
Bracket A
Thursday
Game 1: Mustang 8, Bartlesville 3
Game 2: Moore 4, Tulsa Union 3
Game 3: Bartlesville 2, Tulsa Union 1
Friday
Game 4: Mustang vs. Moore, 10 a.m.
Game 5: Bartlesville vs. Game 4 loser, 2 p.m.
Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 6 p.m.
Saturday
Game 7: Game 6 winner vs. Game 6 loser (if necessary), 9 a.m.
Bracket B
Thursday
Game 1: Yukon 1, Edmond North 0
Game 2: Broken Arrow 1, Edmond Santa Fe 0 (11)
Game 3: Edmond Santa Fe 3, Edmond North 2
Friday
Game 4: Yukon vs. Broken Arrow, Noon
Game 5: Edmond Santa Fe vs. Game 4 loser, 4 p.m.
Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 8 p.m.
Saturday
Game 7: Game 6 winner vs. Game 6 loser (if necessary), 9 a.m.
Finals
Bracket A winner vs. Bracket B winner, 1 p.m.

Class 5A
Bracket A
Thursday
Game 1: Coweta 2, El Reno 0
Game 2: Lawton MacArthur 2, Skiatook 0
Game 3: El Reno 2, Skiatook 0
Friday
Game 4: Coweta vs. Lawton MacArthur, 10 a.m.
Game 5: El Reno vs. Game 4 loser, 2 p.m.
Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 6 p.m.
Saturday
Game 7: Game 6 winner vs. Game 6 loser (if necessary), 9 a.m.
Bracket B
Thursday
Game 1: Collinsville 5, Carl Albert 1
Game 2: McAlester 2, Duncan 0
Game 3: Duncan 4, Carl Albert 1
Friday
Game 4: Collinsville vs. McAlester, Noon
Game 5: Duncan vs. Game 4 loser, 4 p.m.
Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 8 p.m.

Saturday
Game 7: Game 6 winner vs. Game 6 loser (if necessary), 9 a.m.
Finals
Bracket A winner vs. Bracket B winner, 3 p.m.

9:42 – What a good one between Edlam rivals North and Santa Fe. Maddie Martin’s two-run single propelled ESF to a 3-2 victory against North.

Abby Taliaferro had a two-run HR for North off of Martin. Sierra Bronkey came in relief to pick up the win.

I’ll say it now: Think Bronkey might the best and most valuable player in the state. Just throwing it out there. It’s amazing what she was able to do after throwing 11 innings the previous game.

Things got a little testy b/w the rivals when Bronkey hit one batter and nearly hit another (ruled it hit the bat). But cooler heads prevailed.

That wraps up Day 1 of 6A, 5A softball. Back Friday for Day 2 of B-6A, should be the longest day I’ve had in a long, long while.

7:51 – And our first team is eliminated as Carl Albert drops a 4-1 decision to Duncan. Colin White’s club is young and will see three seniors depart. It just wasn’t their day today. Duncan lives on to fight another day.

7:27 – Lawton Mac 2, Skiatook 0. Moore 4, Tulsa Union 3. The Moore game was a fun one and look for a story on the Lions in Friday’s paper. That team has been going under the radar all season but surprise, surprise, Moore is still around when it matters most. Moore will play Mustang at 10 a.m. Friday

4:43 – A bang-bang play at the plate goes to Broken Arrow and the Tigers win 1-0 against Santa Fe in 11 innings. Megan Sullivan got the hit. The throw to the plate look like it beat Sam Reiss, but the tag (maybe) wasn’t applied.

Tough to see from my vantage point, but Santa Fe’s Sierra Bronkey and coach Rhonda Lawson were none too pleased with the call. Another good one here at ASA.

Lawton Mac is up 2-0 on Skiatook in other action.

4:30 – Wow, what an effort by Broken Arrow’s Devyn Frazier to keep this epic battle scoreless with the Tigers and Edmond Santa Fe. Santa Fe’s Maddie Martin crushed one that bounced off the top of the wall and was caught by Frazier to hold Martin to a double. The next batter struck out. It’s now the bottom of the 11th. McAlester and Taylor Dewberry took care of Duncan, 2-0.

1:58 – Moving right along here as Mustang is a victor against Bartlesville, 8-3, and Coweta was able to best El Reno, 2-0. Kylee Rounsaville had a HR for the Broncos. Mustang was in ‘simply taking care of business’ mode. The top two seeds advance in 6A with the top two in 5A getting ready to start.

12:13 – Collinsville scores four runs on back-to-back errors to beat Carl Albert 5-1 while Yukon gets an RBI ground out from freshman Morgan Wilcox to beat Edmond North 1-0. Nice pace so far.

9:12 – It’s colder than it’s been this week, but it’s not wet. I guess you can’t have it all, huh? As I did Monday, keep it here all day long for blog updates from everything that is happening in the 6A and 5A softball realm.

Also, in case I’m at the other field, look for Twitter updates @BPrzybylo.

As of right now, I’m the lone sap in the press box (wanted to get MY spot). I’ve stopped trying to figure out the weather. It’s dark and cold is my expert analysis.

Thought I could go one day without typing new brackets. Ha. Two of the fields at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium will not be able to be played on Thursday, so the schedule has changed.

The biggie is any ‘if’ games will now be played Saturday morning at 9 a.m., meaning you might have to win two games Saturday to win the state championship.

Here is the new, updated, revised, hopefully final bracket.

High School State Softball
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Class 6A
Bracket A
Thursday
Game 1: Mustang vs. Bartlesville, Noon
Game 2: Moore vs. Tulsa Union, 4 p.m.
Game 3: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 8 p.m.
Friday
Game 4: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 10 a.m.
Game 5: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser, 2 p.m.
Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 6 p.m.
Saturday
Game 7: Game 6 winner vs. Game 6 loser (if necessary), 9 a.m.
Bracket B
Thursday
Game 1: Edmond North vs. Yukon, 10 a.m.
Game 2: Broken Arrow v. Edmond Santa Fe, 2 p.m.
Game 3: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 6 p.m.
Friday
Game 4: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, Noon
Game 5: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser, 4 p.m.
Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 8 p.m.
Saturday
Game 7: Game 6 winner vs. Game 6 loser (if necessary), 9 a.m.
Finals
Bracket A winner vs. Bracket B winner, 1 p.m.

Class 5A
Bracket A
Thursday
Game 1: El Reno vs. Coweta, Noon
Game 2: Lawton MacArthur vs. Skiatook, 4 p.m.
Game 3: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 8 p.m.
Friday
Game 4: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 10 a.m.
Game 5: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser, 2 p.m.
Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 6 p.m.
Saturday
Game 7: Game 6 winner vs. Game 6 loser (if necessary), 9 a.m.
Bracket B
Thursday
Game 1: Collinsville vs. Carl Albert, 10 a.m.
Game 2: McAlester vs. Duncan, 2 p.m.
Game 3: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 6 p.m.
Friday
Game 4: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, Noon
Game 5: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser, 4 p.m.
Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 8 p.m.
Saturday
Game 7: Game 6 winner vs. Game 6 loser (if necessary), 9 a.m.
Finals
Bracket A winner vs. Bracket B winner, 3 p.m.

So hopefully we can conclude the softball season this weekend. If we do, I think it’s going to be an interesting dynamic to have all seven classes at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium for two days.

It’s a softball lover’s dream, and a recruiter’s dream. Just camp out there and watch who you want.

Looked at 4A-B last week, so let’s return the favor with a brief look at 5A and 6A. And here are the pairings from yesterday’s blog entry.

Class 6A
Defending champion: Broken Arrow
Outlook: All signs point to a Mustang and Yukon championship, which would be a ridiculous atmosphere for the two rival schools.

The Millerettes haven’t missed a beat since losing senior P Dani Fox for the season. But will they here?

Mustang is loaded, and coach Tim Wade has done a phenomenal job this season. I’m thinking Kayla Ratliff might play big role in something.

But if one of the two are knocked off, I could see any number of teams making a splash and ruining the party.

Broken Arrow and Moore with their tradition might be able to will themselves to the top spot. Not much has been talked about on the two schools because of how much each lost from last year. But surprise, surprise, here they are.

Edmond North is incredibly young, so maybe  they don’t feel the pressure and play a loose weekend. Look for a story on freshman P Jordan Dixon in Thursday’s paper.

The wild card is Edmond Santa Fe and Sierra Bronkey. She might just put the Wolves on her back and just carry ‘em home. She’s waited for this moment.

Prediction: Yeah, since I’ve done so well in this area (oy). My gut says Yukon is pulling it out this year.

Class 5A
Defending champion: Lawton MacArthur
Outlook: It’s possible when I write this preview again next year, the defending champion line is not going to be changing.

I’ve looked at the bracket and played it over in my head, and I just don’t see how this is not a Lawton Mac vs. McAlester championship.

McAlester sophomore pitcher Taylor Dewberry might be the best in the state. I just don’t see how a team will touch her up.

For Oklahoma City area teams, El Reno was a surprise (in my opinion) to be here for the third year in a row. Junior Maddie Stein is leading the way with her bat.

And Colin White and the Carl Albert Titans are back after a year away from it all. Whitney Robinson and Molly Davidson do a little bit of everything for that club.

Prediction: I like McAlester on a hunch.

Once again, kudos to the rankings. These almost worked out exactly like they were supposed to.

Class 6A: Mustang (1); Yukon (2); Broken Arrow (3); Moore (4); Union (5); Santa Fe (6); North (9); Bartlesville (10).

Class 5A: McAlester (1); Lawton Mac (2); Coweta (3); Collinsvile (4); Carl Albert (5); El Reno (7); Skiatook (8); Duncan (9).

Back Thursday for bloggin’, tweetin’ and all that other good stuff.

THURSDAY

Football: Mustang (4-2) at Moore (0-6), 7:30 p.m.

Softball: Class 6A state tournament at Hall of Fame Stadium: Moore vs. Tulsa Union, 12 p.m. (Field 3)

Moore win: Moore vs. Mustang-Bartlesville winner, 4 p.m. (Field 2)

Moore loss: Moore vs. Mustang-Bartlesville loser, 4 p.m. (Field 3)

FRIDAY  

Softball: Class 6A state tournament at Hall of Fame Stadium. Game and opponents dependent on Thursday’s results.

Winners bracket game: 2 p.m. (Field 4)

Losers bracket game: 10 a.m. (Field 4)

If-necessary game: 6 p.m. (Field 4)

SATURDAY  

Softball: Class 6A state tournament at Hall of Fame Stadium. Game and opponent dependent on Friday’s results.

State championship game: 1 p.m. (Field 1)

NOTE
Cross Country: Next meet, Oct. 24 at Norman’s Irving Middle School, Class 6A Regionals

Normally, I’m not too hard on the whole ‘if necessary’ game. But this year, with ALL seven softball classes going on Friday and Saturday, kinda hoping the ‘if’ game isn’t necessary.

Class 5A and 6A officially finished up regional play Monday. So here ya go with the bracket. Look for a 5A & 6A preview blog Wednesday.

High School State Softball
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Class 6A
Bracket A
Thursday
Game 1: Mustang vs. Bartlesville, Noon
Game 2: Moore vs. Tulsa Union, Noon
Game 3: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 4 p.m.
Game 4: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 4 p.m.
Friday
Game 5: Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 2 p.m.
Game 7: Game 6 winner vs. Game 6 loser (if necessary), 6 p.m.
Bracket B
Thursday
Game 1: Broken Arrow vs. Edmond Santa Fe, Noon
Game 2: Edmond North vs. Yukon, Noon
Game 3: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 4 p.m.
Game 4: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 4 p.m.
Friday
Game 5: Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 2 p.m.
Game 7: Game 6 winner vs. Game 6 loser (if necessary), 6 p.m.
Saturday
Finals
Bracket A winner vs. Bracket B winner, 1 p.m.

Class 5A
Bracket A
Thursday
Game 1: Lawton MacArthur vs. Skiatook, 2 p.m.
Game 2: El Reno vs. Coweta, 2 p.m.
Game 3: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 6 p.m.
Game 4: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 6 p.m.
Friday
Game 5: Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, Noon
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 4 p.m.
Game 7: Game 6 winner vs. Game 6 loser (if necessary), 8 p.m.
Bracket B
Thursday
Game 1: McAlester vs. Duncan, 2 p.m.
Game 2: Collinsville vs. Carl Albert, 2 p.m.
Game 3: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 6 p.m.
Game 4: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 6 p.m.
Friday
Game 5: Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, Noon
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 4 p.m.
Game 7: Game 6 winner vs. Game 6 loser (if necessary), 8 p.m.
Saturday
Finals
Bracket A winner vs. Bracket B winner, 3 p.m.

Yep, sure enough, all seven classes to contested Friday and Saturday. Should be fun, if not incredibly long. Here is your updated bracket for Class 4A-B.

High School State Softball
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Class 4A
Monday
Quarterfinals
Game 1: Blanchard 1, Little Axe 0 (10)
Game 2: Hilldale 2, Catoosa 1
Game 3: Tuttle 5, Fort Gibson 1 (13)
Game 4: Sequoyah-Claremore 4, Piedmont 2
Friday
Semifinals
Game 5: Blanchard vs. Hilldale, 2 p.m.
Game 6: Tuttle vs. Sequoyah-Claremore, 6 p.m.
Saturday
Finals
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 1 p.m.

Class 3A
Monday
Quarterfinals
Game 1: Purcell 2, St. Mary 1
Game 2: Sequoyah-Tahlequah 8, Henryetta 1
Game 3: Bethel 8, Morris 1
Game 4: Caney Valley 11, Chandler 0
Friday
Semifinals
Game 5: Purcell vs. Sequoyah-Tahlequah, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Bethel vs. Caney Valley, Noon
Saturday
Finals
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 11 a.m.

Class 2A
Monday
Quarterfinals
Game 1: Drumright 2, Washington 1
Game 2: Healdton 7, Mangum 1
Game 3: Colbert 1, Apache 0
Game 4: Konawa 2, Ringling 1
Friday
Semifinals
Game 5: Healdton vs. Konawa, 4 p.m.
Game 6: Drumright vs. Colbert, 6 p.m.
Saturday
Finals
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 1 p.m.

Class A
Monday
Quarterfinals
Game 1: Davenport 1, Sterling 0
Game 2: Fort Cobb-Broxton 4, Dewar 2
Game 3: Depew 3, Keota 2
Game 4: Fletcher  3, Soper 2
Friday
Semifinals
Game 5: Depew vs. Fletcher, 2 p.m.
Game 6: Davenport vs. Fort Cobb-Broxton, 4 p.m.
Saturday
Finals
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 1 p.m.

Class B
Monday
Quarterfinals
Game 1: Roff 4, Chattanooga 1
Game 2: Moss 4, Sentinel 0
Game 3: Sasakwa 3, Leedey 0
Game 4: Red Oak 4, Frontier 1
Friday
Semifinals
Game 5: Roff vs. Moss, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Sasakwa vs. Red Oak, Noon
Saturday
Finals
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 11 a.m.

OK, so I’m an idiot and just assumed games were going to be played. I get up to ASA, and I’m like the only car there.

Sad.

The softball gods still do not look in favor on us, and we have been postponed, my friends.

Word on the street is that it might be a Friday/Saturday deal with all seven classes.

I’ll keep ya posted.

Baseball has also been postponed, for those wondering about that. And to get ya caught to speed on all the goodies from Monday, here was my post about the near 14 hour day.

Football

Andrew Long, Southmoore
The sophomore running back ran for 174 yards and two touchdowns, leading the SaberCats to a 28-12 victory over Edmond Santa Fe. Long’s performance was particularly vital to the team’s success beause Southmoore only passed for 16 yards in a downpour.

Cody Feuerborn, Westmoore
The running back piled up 166 yards and two touchdowns on just eight carries in the Jags’ victory over Putnam City West.

Jonathan Rhodes, Westmoore
Splitting carries with Feuerborn, Rhodes ran for 151 yards on 18 totes.

Brian Self, Westmoore
The senior noseguard and fullback averaged 10 yards a carry and scored Westmoore’s first three touchdowns against PC West.

Zach VanDyke, Westmoore
Recorded an interception that led to a touchdown against the Patriots.

Nyko Symonds, Southmoore
Recovered a teammates’ fumble to maintain possession on a key drive and had an interception on defense.

Austin Haywood, Southmoore
Returned a fumble 74 yards for a touchdown and scored a 16-yard touchdown on Southmoore’s only completed pass of the game.

Vova Razryvin, Moore
Quarterback scored the Lions’ only touchdown in a loss to Putnam City North.

Softball

Brianna Nunley, Moore
Was strong in the circle as Moore walloped Lawton Ike and Edmond Memorial twice by a combined score of 30-0 to win the regional crown and advance to state. Nunley has an ERA of 0.76 in 24 starts for the season.

Others:

Michelle Keppel, Westmoore
Pitched the Jaguars to a 3-1 victory over Norman North in a Class 6A regional tournament game. Then came back to beat the T-Wolves again 2-1, allowing just three hits.

Kendra Pierce, Westmoore
Had a double in the Jags’ regional win over North.

Shelby Wheeler, Westmoore
Had a double in the Jags’ regional win over North.

Volleyball

Madison Dobbs, Westmoore
Dobbs recorded a match-high 17 kills and also had 18 digs in the Jaguars’ loss to Lawton in the Class 6A regional tournament.

Rebecca Wood, Moore
Moore had a team-high three assists and 10 attack attempts in the Lions’ loss to Owasso.

Football

Jon Johnson, Norman North
Aside from being in on numerous tackles, the linebacker intercepted a pass and returned it to the 3-yard line in the T-Wolves’ loss to Mustang. The interception return led to a touchdown on the next play. Late in the game, Johnson got in some time with the offense and caught a 21-yard touchdown pass.

Others:

Scott Whitaker, Norman North
The receiver caught a 59-yard touchdown pass in his return to the field after missing a game because he dislocated his kneecap.

Chad Anderson, Norman
The senior quarterback connected on 9 of 14 passes in the Tigers’ loss to Edmond Memorial.

Cross country

Danielle Riley, Norman North
The junior placed first in the Southwestern Christian University Invitational. Her winning time in the 3,200 meter run was 13:26.

Others:

Dustin Barrier, Norman North
Barrier placed third at the Southwest Christian meet, running the 5K course in 17:32.

Kyle Wardwell, Norman North
Wardwell placed fourth in the Southwest Christian meet, running the 5K course in 17:35.

Note: Norman High did not compete in a cross country meet last week as the Edmond Pre-State meet was canceled.

Volleyball
Lexie Matthews, Norman North
Matthews led Norman North to a victory over Norman in the regular-season finale. The sophomore recorded 14 kills and four blocks.

Others:

Grace Valliere, Norman
Had a match-best eight blocks against Norman North.

Tori Thomas, Norman North
Had 12 digs for the T-Wolves against Norman.

Softball

Kayla Putnam, Norman North
Putnam pitched the T-Wolves to an 11-0 victory over US Grant at the Class 6A regional tournament.

Football

Daniel Farrow, RB/LB, Mustang: Farrow burned most of his energy before the opening kickoff in his Bronco debut Oct. 3 because he was so jacked up to get on the field for a real game, but he had plenty in the tank Friday night. The 6-foot, 190-pound senior went for five touchdowns and 152 yards — nearly double what the Norman North defense had been allowing per game.

Farrow adds a different dimension to a Mustang offense that already has shown it can move the ball through the air, and has plenty of weapons in that realm, with guys like David Glidden and Braden Wiseley. Farrow hits the hole hard and drags tacklers with him when he runs.

He also has an interesting story, which I’ll be telling you about in the next couple weeks.

Softball

Julie Brunk, Mustang: Brunk did a little of everything for the Lady Broncos in their regional, tossing four innings of one-hit ball with 11 strikeouts in one of the three victories and did some work at the plate as well, including a two-run triple, in the other games. Mustang had a pair of run-rule victories and a 9-2 win over Westmoore in the regional final.

Volleyball

Tori Cox, Putnam City: One of the top middle players in the state, Cox and PC fell to Stillwater in a hard-fought battle at Stillwater in the regional final.

Cross Country

Steven Cradduck, PC West: The senior clocked in at 19:50 at the Southwestern Christian University Invitational last week, guiding the Patriots to a sixth-place team finish.

– Scott Wright, swright@opubco.com

11:25 – Why not one more dramatic moment? Junior Amy Harrison hits a walkoff 3-run HR to give Sequoyah Claremore a 4-2 win against Piedmont. Remington Park turned off its lights before we did.

Whew, back Tuesday (weather permitting).

10:16 – Piedmont 2, Sequoyah-Claremore 0, top of the 5th. Piedmont is visiting team.

9:34 – Here are your updated brackets. It’s going to be a while for Piedmont and Sequoyah-Claremore.

High School State Softball
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Class 4A
Monday
Quarterfinals
Game 1: Blanchard 1, Little Axe 0 (10)
Game 2: Hilldale 2, Catoosa 1
Game 3: Tuttle 5, Fort Gibson 1 (13)
Game 4: Sequoyah-Claremore 4, Piedmont 2
Tuesday
Semifinals
Game 5: Blanchard vs. Hilldale, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Tuttle vs. Sequoyah-Claremore, Noon

Finals
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 4 p.m.

Class 3A
Monday
Quarterfinals
Game 1: Purcell 2, St. Mary 1
Game 2: Sequoyah-Tahlequah 8, Henryetta 1
Game 3: Bethel 8, Morris 1
Game 4: Caney Valley 11, Chandler 0
Tuesday
Semifinals
Game 5: Purcell vs. Sequoyah-Tahlequah, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Bethel vs. Caney Valley, Noon
Finals
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 4 p.m.

Class 2A
Monday
Quarterfinals
Game 1: Drumright 2, Washington 1
Game 2: Healdton 7, Mangum 1
Game 3: Colbert 1, Apache 0
Game 4: Konawa 2, Ringling 1
Tuesday
Semifinals
Game 5: Drumright vs. Colbert, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Healdton vs. Konawa, Noon
Finals
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 2 p.m.

Class A
Monday
Quarterfinals
Game 1: Davenport 1, Sterling 0
Game 2: Fort Cobb-Broxton 4, Dewar 2
Game 3: Depew 3, Keota 2
Game 4: Fletcher  3, Soper 2
Tuesday
Semifinals
Game 5: Davenport vs. Fort Cobb-Broxton, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Depew vs. Fletcher, Noon
Finals
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 4 p.m.

Class B
Monday
Quarterfinals
Game 1: Roff 4, Chattanooga 1
Game 2: Moss 4, Sentinel 0
Game 3: Sasakwa 3, Leedey 0
Game 4: Red Oak 4, Frontier 1
Tuesday
Semifinals
Game 5: Roff vs. Moss, 2 p.m.
Game 6: Sasakwa vs. Red Oak, 2 p.m.
Finals
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 4 p.m.

9:32 – Caney Valley 11, Chandler 0.

9:05 – Still got a couple of games left with Caney Valley up 5-0 on Chandler and Piedmont and Sequoyah-Claremore just starting. Yes, a 5:45 p.m. game that is JUST starting.

It’s been a fun and eventful day. Defending champions Ringling and Washington were knocked out, both are in 2A this year.

No. 1-ranked Catoosa lost in 4A while No. 2 Tuttle was taken the distance against Fort Gibson.

I walked by FG pitcher Taylor Mills, who couldn’t stop crying. She pitched one heckuva game. I hope she appreciates it. It hurts now, but that was something special in her battle with Tuttle’s Caitlin Sill. Mills had 16 Ks while Sill had 13.

Tuttle coach Jerry Bates praised Sill for her composure in the epic encounter. Tuttle is in search of its third straight championship.

Defending champs Depew and Sasakwa both advanced.

Once the Caney Valley/Chandler game is over, I will post the updated pairings. So stick around. Starting to get some feeling in my fingers again. It got so much colder as that game kept going.

8:45 – Moss 4, Sentinel 0 for those wondering. Just watched an epic battle between Tuttle and Fort Gibson with Tuttle winning 5-1 in 13 innings. I’m pretty cold, too, right now.

5:15 – Almost have all the 4 p.m. games started. Almost. Some additional scores: Defending champion Sasakwa 3, Leedey 0; Sequoyah-Tahlequah beat Henryetta; Colbert 1, Apache 0.

3:48 – Scores as of 3:48 p.m.
Davenport 1, Sterling 0; Fort Cobb-Broxton 4, Dewar 2; Roff 4, Chattanooga 1, Drumright 2, Washington 1; Healdton 7, Mangum 1; Purcell 2, Mt. St. Mary’s 1; Blanchard 1, Little Axe 0 (10); Hilldale 2, Catoosa 1.

3:28 – Kinda taking a gander at the Hilldale box. The Hornets scored two runs on one hit in the sixth inning. Paige Boling scored by wild pitch and then Jordan Stinson scored on a perplexing fielder’s choice.

Could have went to first base for the third out but instead threw it home, and she was safe.

3:19 – Another hour, another HUGE upset. Unranked Hilldale has taken out No. 1-ranked Catoosa in 4A, 2-1. Catoosa had one loss the whole season. Hilldale was seeded fourth in its regional. To be unranked by OKRankings means that it wasn’t in the top 20.

Unreal. Maybe it’s just Hilldale’s time. The Hornets play Blanchard on Tuesday in the semifinals.

2:27 – All caught up. Look for a Blanchard story in Tuesday’s paper. That was one heckuva game to start things off.

We also have another final as Fort Cobb-Broxton beat Dewar, 4-2. FCB and Davenport will play in the Class A semis Tuesday morning (weather permitting).

1:23 – Wow, what a start to the games. Blanchard beats Little Axe, 1-0, on a walkoff HR by Ashley Trent. No. 1 Washington goes down to Drumright, 2-1; Purcell escapes Mt. St. Mary’s, 2-1; And Davenport takes out Sterling, 1-0.

9:57 – Ye softball gods are not looking down on us with favor this week. After a relatively dry Saturday and Sunday, the rain has come back. Well, I should say the mist has come back today at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium as we look to finally start the Class 4A-B state softball tournaments.

But that’s alright as I’m already camped out here, and I’ve been assured everything will run on schedule. Not sure you can make that type of guarantee, but I like it.

Hope to check back here often today with updates. But if not, definitely look for a ‘day 1 roundup’ when I get home.

All things being equal, the fields don’t look too bad. If nothing else, follow me on Twitter @BPrzybylo for updates as well.

The Class 4A-B state softball tournaments have been postponed once again because of the weather, and the tournaments will run Monday and Tuesday.

All first round games will be played Monday, and the semifinals and finals will be contested Tuesday.

The tournament was originally supposed to run from Thursday through Saturday but has been changed several times because of the rain in the last 24 hours.

We’ve gone from Thursday-Saturday to Friday and Saturday to Saturday and Monday to now Monday and Tuesday.

Whew.

Here are the new brackets.

High School State Softball
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Class 4A
Monday
Quarterfinals
Game 1: Blanchard vs. Little Axe, 11 a.m.
Game 2: Catoosa vs. Hilldale, 12:45 p.m.
Game 3: Fort Gibson vs. Tuttle, 4 p.m.
Game 4: Sequoyah-Claremore vs. Piedmont, 5:45 p.m.
Tuesday
Semifinals
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 Winner, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, Noon
Finals
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 4 p.m.

Class 3A
Monday
Quarterfinals
Game 1: Purcell vs. St. Mary, 11 a.m.
Game 2: Henryetta vs. Sequoyah-Tahlequah, 2:15 p.m.
Game 3: Morris vs. Bethel, 4 p.m.
Game 4: Chandler vs. Caney Valley, 5:45 p.m.
Tuesday
Semifinals
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, Noon
Finals
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 4 p.m.

Class 2A
Monday
Quarterfinals
Game 1: Washington vs. Drumright, 11 a.m.
Game 2: Healdton vs. Mangum, 12:45 p.m.
Game 3: Colbert vs. Apache, 2:15 p.m.
Game 4: Konawa vs. Ringling, 5:45 p.m.
Tuesday
Semifinals
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 3 winner, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Game 2 winner vs. Game 4 winner, Noon
Finals
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 2 p.m.

Class A
Monday
Quarterfinals
Game 1: Sterling vs. Davenport, 11 a.m.
Game 2: Fort Cobb-Broxton vs. Dewar, 12:45 p.m.
Game 3: Depew vs. Keota, 4 p.m.
Game 4: Fletcher vs. Soper, 5:45 p.m.
Tuesday
Semifinals
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, Noon
Finals
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 4 p.m.

Class B
Monday
Quarterfinals
Game 1: Chattanooga vs. Roff, 12:45 p.m.
Game 2: Moss vs. Sentinel, 2:15 p.m.
Game 3: Leedey vs. Sasakwa, 2:15 p.m.
Game 4: Frontier vs. Red Oak, 4 p.m.
Tuesday
Semifinals
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 2 p.m.
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 2 p.m.
Finals
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 4 p.m.

THURSDAY
Softball: Class 6A Regional tournament at Mustang
Volleyball: at Class 6A Regional tournament at Owasso

FRIDAY
Football: at Mustang, 7:30 p.m.
Cross Country: at Pre-State Meet at Mitch Park in Edmond, 3 p.m.
Volleyball: (TBD) at Class 6A Regional tournament at Owasso

TUESDAY
Cross Country: at Mid-State Conference meet at Irving Middle School, 4 p.m.

THURSDAY
Softball: (TBD) Class 6A State Tournament at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Football: Del City at Norman North, 7:30 p.m.

THURSDAY
Softball: Class 6A Regional tournament at Yukon
Volleyball: at Class 6A Regional tournament at Edmond Memorial

FRIDAY
Football: Edmond Memorial at Norman, 7:30 p.m.
Cross Country: at Pre-State Meet at Mitch Park in Edmond, 3 p.m.
Volleyball: (TBD) at Class 6A Regional tournament at Edmond Memorial

TUESDAY
Cross Country: at Mid-State Conference meet  at Irving Middle School, 4 p.m.

THURSDAY
Softball: (TBD) Class 6A State Tournament at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Football: at Putnam City, 7:30 p.m.

THURSDAY
Football: Edmond Santa Fe at Southmoore, 7:30 p.m.
Softball: Class 6A Regional tournament at Edmond Santa Fe
Volleyball: at Class 6A Regional tournament at Stillwater

FRIDAY
Cross Country: at Pre-State Meet at Mitch Park in Edmond, 3 p.m.
Volleyball: (TBD) at Class 6A Regional tournament at Stillwater

TUESDAY
Cross Country: at conference meet in Norman (Irving Middle School), 4 p.m.

THURSDAY
Football: at Lawton, 7:30 p.m.
Softball: (TBD) Class 6A State Tournament at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium

THURSDAY
Softball: Class 6A Regional tournament at Mustang
Volleyball: at Class 6A Regional tournament at Edmond Santa Fe

FRIDAY
Football: Putnam City West at Westmoore, 7:30 p.m.
Cross Country: at Pre-State Meet at Mitch Park in Edmond, 3 p.m.
Volleyball: (TBD) at Class 6A Regional tournament at Edmond Santa Fe

TUESDAY
Cross Country: at Mid-State Conference meet in Norman (Irving Middle School), 4 p.m.

THURSDAY
Softball: (TBD) Class 6A State Tournament at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium

THURSDAY
Softball: Class 6A Regional tournament at Moore
Cross Country: at Oklahoma Baptist, 4 p.m.
Volleyball: at Class 6A Regional tournament in Owasso

FRIDAY
Football: at Putnam City North, 7:30 p.m.
Volleyball: (TBD) at Class 6A Regional tournament in Owasso

TUESDAY
Cross Country: at Mid-State Conference meet in Norman (Irving Middle School), 4 p.m.

THURSDAY
Football: Mustang at Moore, 7:30 p.m.
Softball: Class 6A State Tournament at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium

As a freshman, Edmond North softballer Kady Self set all kinds of school records. As a sophomore, hmm, hasn’t dropped one bit.

But this year the pitching has come back for the surprising Huskies as we enter regional play this week.

Here’s a short Q&A with the Edmond North slugger.

What do you do to get away from sports?

Self: I like to read when I have free time, but I’m busy a lot.

What was your “welcome to Varsity” sports moment?

Self: The first home game, and they called our names on the speaker. That’s when I knew it was real.

What is your hidden talent?

Self: I like to hunt.

What has been the biggest life-changing event for you so far?

Self: When my best friend in kindergarten asked me to play softball with her and our other friend. I’ve been playing ever since.

What are some of the things on your Bucket List?

Self: I would like to take a tour of Europe, go on a Safari trip in Africa, bungee jump off a suspension bridge and go to the White House.

UPDATE: And another change. All first-round and semifinal games will be Saturday. All finals will be Monday.

Here is your updated bracket:

High School State Softball
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Class 4A
Saturday
Quarterfinals
Game 1: Blanchard vs. Little Axe, 9 a.m.
Game 2: Catoosa vs. Hilldale, 10:45 a.m.
Game 3: Sequoyah-Claremore vs. Piedmont, 12:15 p.m.
Game 4: Fort Gibson vs. Tuttle, 3:45 p.m.
Semifinals
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 Winner, 7:15 p.m.
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 9 p.m.
Monday
Finals
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 5 p.m.

Class 3A
Saturday
Quarterfinals
Game 1: Purcell vs. St. Mary, 9 a.m.
Game 2: Henryetta vs. Sequoyah-Tahlequah, 12:15 p.m.
Game 3: Morris vs. Bethel, 2 p.m.
Game 4: Chandler vs. Caney Valley, 3:45 p.m.
Semifinals
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 5:30 p.m.
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 7:15 p.m.
Monday
Finals
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 5 p.m.

Class 2A
Saturday
Quarterfinals
Game 1: Washington vs. Drumright, 9 a.m.
Game 2: Colbert vs. Apache, 10:45 a.m.
Game 3: Healdton vs. Mangum, 2 p.m.
Game 4: Konawa vs. Ringling, 3:45 p.m.
Semifinals
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 5:30 p.m.
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 7:15 p.m.
Monday
Finals
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 5 p.m.

Class A
Saturday
Quarterfinals
Game 1: Sterling vs. Davenport, 9 a.m.
Game 2: Fort Cobb-Broxton vs. Dewar, 12:15 p.m.
Game 3: Depew vs. Keota, 2 p.m.
Game 4: Fletcher vs. Soper, 3:45 p.m.
Semifinals
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 7:15 p.m.
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 9 p.m.
Finals
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 5 p.m.

Class B
Saturday
Quarterfinals
Game 1: Moss vs. Sentinel, 10:45 a.m.
Game 2: Chattanooga vs. Roff, 10:45 a.m.
Game 3: Frontier vs. Red Oak, 12:15 p.m.
Game 4: Leedey vs. Sasakwa, 2 p.m.
Semifinals
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 5:30 p.m.
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 5:30 p.m.
Monday
Finals
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 3 p.m.

UPDATE: Softball has been postponed Thursday. All first-round games will be played Friday, with the semis and finals all running Saturday.

Hopefully.

Here’s a link to where you can find all the new brackets.

Sit back and get comfortable as Boneman is here to give you your state softball preview. Of course, the weather might play a role in things. We’ll find out later, I guess.

Here you go with a class-by-class look.

High School State Softball
Class 4A
Thursday
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Quarterfinals
Game 1: Blanchard vs. Little Axe, Noon
Game 2: Catoosa vs. Hilldale, 1:45 p.m.
Game 3: Sequoyah-Claremore vs. Piedmont, 3:15
Game 4: Fort Gibson vs. Tuttle, 6:45

Friday
Semifinals
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, Noon
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 2 p.m.

Saturday
Finals
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 7 p.m.

Boneman’s Breakdown: Last year’s championship (FG vs. Tuttle) is only good enough to be a first-round game this year. I’ve said all season how excited I am to see this one play out, and I love the Blanchard/Little Axe showdown to kick things off. I’ve been waiting for Tuttle to show how good it is. Well, if it’s not now, then when will it be? My dark horse is going to be Piedmont, but I like Tuttle to win its third title in a row.

Class 3A
Thursday
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Quarterfinals
Game 1: Purcell vs. St. Mary, Noon
Game 2: Henryetta vs. Sequoyah-Tahlequah, 1:45 p.m.
Game 3: Chandler vs. Caney Valley, 3:15
Game 4: Morris vs. Bethel, 5

Friday
Semifinals
Game 5: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, Noon
Game 6: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 2 p.m.

Saturday
Finals
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 1 p.m.

Boneman’s Breakdown: Purcell has dominated the class all season but has to face an upstart Mt. St. Mary’s team to kick things off. But I’m always worried about the Sequoyah-Tahlequah team. Dating back to the days of Angel Goodrich, they’re not really softball players as much as they are incredible athletes that figure out how to play the game. Give Bethel an outside chance, but thinking this is going to Jamie Roberts and Purcell.

Class 2A
Thursday
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Quarterfinals
Game 1: Washington vs. Drumright, Noon
Game 2: Colbert vs. Apache, 1:45 p.m.
Game 3: Healdton vs. Mangum, 5
Game 4: Konawa vs. Ringling, 6:45

Friday
Semifinals
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 4 p.m.

Saturday
Finals
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 3 p.m.

Boneman’s Breakdown: I see the potential for an upset here, but I don’t know if I have the guts to call it. Gut feeling is telling me Ringling is going to pull it off this year. Hate to bet against Washington, and the Warriors have been so good against 2A and lower teams. Healdton could make a run, too. I’ll trust Bryan Howard in his first season and say Washington comes out on top.

Class A
Thursday
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Quarterfinals
Game 1: Fort Cobb-Broxton vs. Dewar, Noon
Game 2: Depew vs. Keota, 1:45 p.m.
Game 3: Sterling vs. Davenport, 3:15
Game 4: Fletcher vs. Soper, 5

Friday
Semifinals
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 3 winner, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Game 2 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 4 p.m.

Saturday
Finals
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 5 p.m.

Boneman’s Breakdown: I’ve learned to not bet against the Klugh family, whether it was Autumn or now Addie. Fort Cobb is always in it as long as there is Klugh around. Fletcher has been dominant all season while Davenport is another team where the schedule has them ready. I’ma go with FCB over Fletcher in the championship.

Class B
Thursday
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Quarterfinals
Game 1: Frontier vs. Red Oak, 3:15 p.m.
Game 2: Leedey vs. Sasakwa, 5
Game 3: Moss vs. Sentinel, 6:45
Game 4: Chattanooga vs. Roff, 6:45

Friday
Semifinals
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, Noon
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 2 p.m.

Saturday
Finals
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 11 a.m.

Boneman’s Breakdown: Moss has been No. 1 all season in the class, but something tells me Javen Henson and Red Oak want one more title. Red Oak could meet Sasakwa in the semifinals, and I remember how Vikings pitcher Marissa Shaffer absolutely shut ‘em down last year in the championship. Assuming Red Oak can get be Sasakwa, see it beating Moss in the championship.

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Besides Hilldale (NR) and Sentinel (No. 12), the rankings pretty much went the way the final rankings were. All that means is that we should have some fun, close and exciting games this weekend.

I’ll be camped out at ASA all weekend with thoughts, analysis and all that other good stuff. Hopefully the weather will cooperate.

Check out Thursday’s paper for a look at Little Axe and pitcher Devon Frazier as well as a Players to Watch list.

Football

Nyko Symonds, WR, Southmoore

Senior wideout had a huge game against Putnam City North, grabbing six passes for 254 yards and three touchdowns. Symonds’ TD receptions were all big gains, covering 84, 62 and 44 yards.

Others:

Airies Browning, WR, Moore

Caught five passes for 27 yards in loss to Norman North.

Brandon Eddins, RB, Moore

Didn’t get many carries, but averaged almost 10 yards per rush for Lions against the T-Wolves.

Kendal Thompson, QB, Southmoore

Completed 22 of 29 passes for 377 yards and three touchdowns in loss to PC North.

Kevin Rodriguez, DL, Westmoore

Recorded 14 tackles in loss to Midwest City.

Josh Morgan, DB, Westmoore

Had 13 stops in shutout loss to the Bombers.

Cross country

Toby Bothwell, Westmoore

Was the top placer among Oklahoma runners at the Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater. Ran the 5K course in 16:02 to place third overall.

Others:

Taylor Painter, Westmoore

Placed 11^th overall at the Cowboy Jamboree and was fifth among in-state runners. Ran the two-mile course in 11:47, her top time of the season.

Softball

Arica Reeves, C, Westmoore

Accounted for both of the Jaguars’ runs in a 3-2 loss to Norman North.

Volleyball

Lacie Hansen, Westmoore

Jaguars’ setter guided Westmoore to perhaps its best outing of the season in a victory over Southmoore.

Others:

Jordan Cook, Southmoore

Senior led SaberCats to wins over Chickasha and Choctaw with dominating net play.

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Football

Richard Peoples, RB, Norman North

Peoples ran for 169 yards on 22 carries ion the Timberwolves’ 33-0 win over Moore.

Others:

Brad Valentino, QB, Norman North

Passed for 244 yards and two touchdowns, including an 80-yard strike to Daniel Davis.

Jaime Myers, WR/DB, Norman

Had a 27-yard touchdown run and a 34-yard touchdown reception in the Tigers’ loss to Edmond North.

Chad Anderson, QB, Norman

Threw three touchdown passes against Edmond North, giving the senior five in the last two games.

Jamar Harrison, KR, Norman North

Returned the opening kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown against Moore, marking the second time he has started a game with a return for a TD this season.

Chris Riley, DB, Norman North

Returned an interception 36 yards for a touchdown against Moore.

Cross country

Megan Johnson, Norman

Ran a season-best two-mile time of 11:33 at the Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater. Johnson placed fifth overall and was second among Oklahoma competitors.

Others:

Tanner Satterthwaite, Norman

Posted the best 5K time of his career with a 16:39 at the Cowboy Jamboree, placing 13^th overall.

Softball

Morgan Wardlow, P, Norman North

Wardlow got the win in the circle in two big games last week, leading the T-Wolves past rival Norman 5-2 and annual power Westmoore 3-2.

Others:

Tera Travis, C, Norman North

Had a two-run home run in victory over Norman.

Ally Richardson, Norman North

Hit a home run in T-Wolves’ 5-2 Crosstown Clash win.

Jacy Glover, Norman North

Had North’s only extra-base hit, a double, in win over Westmoore.

Heather Huey, Norman

Third baseman was Tigers’ top defensive player in loss to Norman North.

Volleyball

Brittyn Howard, Norman North

In a win over Midwest City and a loss to McGuinness, Howard combined for 58 assists, 30 digs and four aces.

Others:

Lydia Rice, Norman North

Had a combined 16 kills against MWC and McGuinness.

Lexie Matthews, Norman North

Led North with seven kills and nine blocks against McGuinness.

Carmen King, Norman North

Had 11 digs and 10 kills in victory over Midwest City.

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Football

Zac McKay, LB, Mustang: Maybe the Broncos would have gone on to win anyway had Edmond Santa Fe forced a second overtime. But maybe not. Or maybe Mustang would have only won by three, or by just a point, in a second overtime. In District 6A-1, every win is extremely valuable, and district points will be crucial, too. So it’s almost guaranteed that the game-ending tackle McKay made on Santa Fe’s Brian Mills will have a major impact six weeks from now. Had the play come in Week 9 with playoff spots hanging in the balance, we’d be talking about it as possibly one of the most impactful plays of the year.

Softball

Amanda Madden, P, Yukon: In her first week as the No. 1 starter following the season-ending injury to Dani Fox, Madden announced her presence with authority. Madden tossed a no-hitter in a 5-0 win over Edmond Memorial, striking out 12 along the way.

Volleyball

Kayla Swan, Putnam City: Swan has anchored the Lady Pirates through a rough stretch in the schedule that had them facing several of the state’s top teams. Now they’re back on the winning track, with seven straight wins to close the regular season. PC will learn its regional tournament future on Thursday afternoon.

Cross Country

Emily Helms, Mustang: Only a freshman, Helms finished second at an event hosted by Mustang at Wild Horse Park last week. Her time of 11:59 was just four seconds off the pace set by Norman’s Megan Johnson. As a team, the Mustang girls finished second behind Edmond North.

– Scott Wright, swright@opubco.com

THURSDAY
Softball: Westmoore at Norman North,, 6 p.m.

Volleyball: McGuinness at Norman North, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY
Football: at Moore, 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY

Volleyball: at Edmond Memorial, 10:30 a.m.

Cross country: at Marlow, 9 a.m.

MONDAY
Softball: at Southmoore, 5:30 p.m.

Volleyball: Putnam City North at Norman North, 6 p.m.

TUESDAY
Volleyball: Norman at Norman North, 6 p.m.

THURSDAY
Softball: Edmond Memorial at Norman, 6:30 p.m.
Volleyball: Shawnee at Norman, 6 p.m.

FRIDAY
Football: at Edmond North, 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY
Cross country: at Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, 9 a.m.

TUESDAY
Volleyball: Norman at Norman North, 6 p.m.

THURSDAY
Softball: Del City at Southmoore, 6:30 p.m.

FRIDAY
Football: Putnam City North at Southmoore, 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY
Cross country: at Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, 9 a.m.

MONDAY
Volleyball: Choctaw at Southmoore, 6 p.m.
TUESDAY
Volleyball: at Edmond Memorial, 6 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

Softball: at Midwest City, 4 p.m.

THURSDAY

Softball: at Norman North, 6 p.m
Volleyball: Noble at Westmoore, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY

Football: at Midwest City, 7:30 p.m.

Softball: Edmond Memorial at Westmoore, 6 p.m.

SATURDAY

Cross country: at Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, 9 a.m.

MONDAY

Volleyball: at Shawnee, 7 p.m.