Wrapping up 5A…
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
Now we’re getting to the big boys. 5A and 6A just have a different feeling about them. It’s tough to explain.
Boys champion: Guthrie, 47-45 vs. Thomas Edison
Girls champion: Booker T., 42-40 vs. Carl Albert
Did not see the girls game live, but I watched it Sunday on Fox Sports Oklahoma (how’s that for a shameless plug?). I gushed about Taleya Mayberry after her outing in last year’s championship vs. Coweta.
A year later and nothing’s changed. She’s a fighter. She makes some plays where you go “yep, she’ll be playing somewhere in college.”
That final sequence was crazy, made me wish I was there live. Mayberry goes for the steal, which leads to Booker T. needing to play help defense.
That leaves Desiree Bradley open in the corner for the championship-winning three. It’s off, Kylie Mayes of CA gets the rebound, put back doesn’t go, and that’s it.
Credit goes to the Titans for pushing Booker T. like no other team and huge kudos go to Booker T. for displaying the heart of a champion. BTW had hardly been tested all season but showed when it was, it could deliver with its second straight title.
The boys was quite a shock with Edison upsetting Booker T. in the semifinals. I didn’t think anyone could stop that three-guard offense of the Hornets.
So then you start thinking Edison is a team of destiny. Steven Hamilton hits the game-winner vs. Carl Albert. Clyde Hill hits the game-winner vs. Booker T. And head coach Michael Parish has some of the coolest reactions of any coach I can remember.
I could watch a whole game and just watch is reactions and emotions. In fact, I have sometimes spent more time watching his reactions.
But Guthrie has Donte’ Foster and Keaton Callins. And since I didn’t see the final, that’s about all I can really say.
Bluejays also showed some heart, coming back for an eight-point deficit in the third quarter. Almost as if the BTW girls and Guthrie boys had mirror image games of each other as each won their second championship in a row.
All that’s left is 6A.
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