John Helsley’s Bio
John Helsley grew up in Del City, reading all the newspapers and sports magazines he could get his hands on. And Saturday afternoons, when the Major League Game of the Week was on, he’d keep a scorecard for the game. So the sports appeal was was deep-rooted at an early age.
Mrs. Jackson, an English/Journalism teacher at Del City High, plucked him for the school paper, The Eagle Beacon, and John was hooked. While he detoured through a brief accounting career, John returned to college (Central Oklahoma) for a second degree and a second career that has seen him cover everything from the preps to the pros at The Oklahoman.
John lives in Edmond with his wife Roberta and two daughters, Sarah and Jillian, who are keeping the family tradition of cheering for the baseball team with the birds on the bat.
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The bracket for the baseball tourn. is setup wrong….OSU is number 4 and should be on the side with #2 A&M. The way its setup now makes the games after WEd, void, incorrect pairings. Is this going to be fixed? Why was it done this way, oh let me guess..showing favorite to ou again? Now only to complain about the time of our games but this pairing error makes the tourn. outcome questionable. I wish OSU would pull out if this isn’t fixed. The tourn. is a joke now.