CLASS 6A GIRLS VIRTUAL
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STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Twitter Poll Starts CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY @ NOON
Will be open for 4 hours...
TIME TO VOTE!!!
#1
NORMAN vs
#2
DEER CREEK
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2023 OSSAA
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Class 2A Football State Semifinals
Undefeated KIEFER scores with 12 seconds left in the game to go up 29-28 after kicking the extra point but on the ensuing kickoff, MILLWOOD's Jaiden Nickens takes it TO THE HOUSE 70 yards with no time left on the clock and
Lifting prayers up to the Cashion community and family in the tragic loss of former Cashion
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Brexton Green in an accident this weekend. Great athlete and even greater person.
Great moment in DALE vs WISTER game in today's 2023 Quarterfinal game
WISTER Junior Braeden Gerdes gets his name in the State Tournament scorebook with the 3 at the buzzer!
WISTER's only other tourney appearance, 1942
Here's the call by JD Northcutt on
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After Michael Jordan did not make his high school varsity team his sophomore year, he came home and cried. Momma Jordan didn't call the coach and complain or transfer to a different school... She told him "You gotta work harder." And that's exactly what he did.
#TheLastDance
Anybody remember these 2
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?
BLAKE GRIFFIN and his head coach (and dad) TOMMY won 4 State Championships from 2004-2007 at OCS, winning 104 games along the way
Coach Griffin also had championships at CLASSEN (1975 & 1980) and JOHN MARSHALL (1999 & 2000) for a total of 8
Had to share this from a fan...
"But the greatest moment for me wasn’t any of those, it was this one, by this Weatherford team!!
#11
(Jackson Smith) a Freshman was open and he took his shot! The Douglass team guarded the three best players hard in those last 5 seconds and he
Sad news. Bill Self Sr, father of Kansas head coach Bill Self Jr, former
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coach, school administrator and OSSAA Executive Director (1991-96) has passed. Self coached a Girls State Championship in 1966 with Morris (see article below). He was 82.
Interesting stat from the CLASS 4A BOYS STATE TOURNEY...
Kingfisher ALLOWED 109 total points in their 3 games (38, 32, 39). That is the least amount of points allowed in ANY state tournament by not only a CLASS 4A team but 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A and 6A. EVER.
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HERITAGE HALL
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Trey Alexander drops 17 on
#3
seed Baylor as Creighton moves on to the
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Sweet 16 with a 85-76 win. Alexander also had 8 boards and 5 assists. He is the Blue Jay's 2nd leading scorer this year at 13.5ppg
Hey
#OKPreps
. Need to lift up thoughts and prayers for OSSAA basketball official Terry Brannon. He is going through very strong chemo treatments and struggling physically but staying strong faithfully. 🙏
Our thoughts and prayers are with Tishomingo High School for the tragic loss of six students today. Praying for the families, friends and entire community.
Good bye old friend. It has been a great ride with 66
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games over 9 days. They say we get one more year. Let's go out with a bang next year. See you soon...
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fun fact for you...
KINGFISHER Boys finished 28-1, with their only L coming to Class 5A El Reno by 2 pts
It is their 4th title in the past 5 State Tournaments
YET, no player on this team, including the 5 starters had ever started a high school game before this season.
Call to my daughter this AM on my way back from
#TheBigHouseOKC
Me: "Guess what I'm doing right now?"
Malia: "What?"
Me: "Driving back to the office with 6 GOLD & SILVER BALLS in my pickup"
Malia: "Dad do you realize how many dreams you have in the back of your truck right now?"
5-year
#Raiders
running back & MCLAIN
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Josh Jacobs was at The Big House cheering on the Titans tonight. This is not Jacobs' 1st trip to State Fair Arena. Jacobs led MCLAIN to the title game in 2015 losing to Tulsa Central. Jacobs dropped 18 that night
@iAM_JoshJacobs
TUSHKA Tigers are your 2022 CLASS A Boys
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State Champions with a ##-## win over GARBER.
It is TUSHKA's 2nd Boys Basketball State Championship (1948).
It is the 1st time an unranked Boys team has won a State Championship.
Oklahoma Class 3A
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Boys Basketball State Championship Game at State Fair Arena
CROSSINGS CHRISTIAN and BEGGS Standing "UNITED AS ONE" during the National Anthem before their Championship battle
I don't think I have ever seen this @ State Fair Arena. WELL DONE young men
How cool is it that this kid from Harrah Oklahoma is starting for the North Carolina Tar Heels in the Final Four against Duke? What a game we are about to see!
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#FinalFour
22 UNDEFEATED in OKLAHOMA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
ARDMORE
BERRYHILL
BROKEN ARROW
BUFFALO
CARL ALBERT
CASHION
COLLINSVILLE
DAVENPORT
GRAHAM-DUSTIN
HOOKER
MILLWOOD
POTEAU
REGENT PREP
REJOICE CHRISTIAN
RINGLING
SHATTUCK
SNYDER
SPERRY
STILLWATER
SW COVENANT
TUTTLE
WAURIKA
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Total Wins by
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BOYS Basketball teams over the past 10 season
TOP 40
259-34 : FORT COBB-BROXTON (A)
248-28 : KINGFISHER (4A)
235-64 : GLENCOE (A)
235-61 : DALE (2A)
232-39 : MEMORIAL (5A)
231-65 : LEEDEY (B)
227-61 : DUKE (B)
225-63 : CALUMET (B)
223-56 : CARL ALBERT (5A)
Millwood GIRLS coach Arnelia Spears came out of retirement this year to coach another year. She said she is now "officially" retiring. Coach Spears led Millwood to 23 state appearances & 3 championships. And 783 career wins,
#8
ALL-TIME
#100YearsOKHSBK
by
@drpepper
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Great picture of WISTER Junior Braeden Gerdes after hitting a 3-pointer at the buzzer with some help from his teammates and the Pirates from DALE. A great example of 10 on the floor working together for one mission!
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(thanks Rick Hester for this great shot)
Praying for the KIEFER community. After the Lady Trojans punched their
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ticket to the Fast Pitch State Tournament, they tragically lost a teammate who passed away after a car accident after the game.
Some say Christmas is "The Most Wonderful Time of Year"...
I say the next 2 weekends are!
There are 32
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teams with one goal... To win their final game on Saturday HERE at
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CLASS A and B State Tournament starts Thursday! Be there!
2021 CONNIE MACK WORLD SERIES
Champions : ENID MAJORS
MVP : Ian Daugherty
Big Stick Award : Ian Daugherty
Batting Champ : William Edmunson
ALL-TOURNEY TEAM
William Edmunson
Ian Daugherty (KINGFISHER)
Carson Benge (YUKON)
Ty Hammack (DEER CREEK)
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HISTORY MADE!
Story of the tournament!
First State Tourney official Kamron Ballard called the 1:30 game at State Fair on Thursday and got a call from his wife that she was in labor. Left for the hospital, had their son Easton, returned to call the 9pm game because his wife insisted.
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Here's the
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numbers of HAMMON's Ryan Minor
Three trips to the State Championship game, 2 titles (1992, 1990)
2,877 career points (
#15
ALL-TIME)
Basketball 1992
30.5 PPG, 10.7 RBPG, 69% FG, 46% 3FG, 169 steals
Baseball 1992
0.607 Batting Avg, 1.088 SLG% and 0.74 ERA
On this day in 1993, OKC Millwood
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Joe Carter became only the 2nd player in MLB history to win a World Series with a home run in the bottom of the 9th of a deciding game. Carter was born in 1960 in Oklahoma City and was a 5-time All Star.
Watch the video and enjoy...
Walked up to Fergie Jenkins today & he had a bat in his hand...
Me : "How many home runs did you hit in your career?"
Fergie : "13"
Me: "Off who?"
Fergie : "1st one, Don Sutton."
Me: "Wow!"
Fergie : "2nd one, Tom Seaver!"
Me: "I am not worthy to be standing here right now..."
If you are tuning in to tonight's
@NFL
Wild Card game between the Cardinals and Rams, the officials crew will be led by former
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and current Jenks boy's basketball coach Clay Martin.
Definitely not
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Semifinal Friday official Harland Burgess' first time on the State Fair Arena floor. Harland has called many games here but his greatest claim to fame happened in 1997 when he led Chandler to the state title leading the Lions with 16 and "the steal"
2024 OSSAA
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Class 4A-2A State Championship Saturday
I haven't seen it this packed at State Fair Arena since VERDIGRIS vs SEQUOYAH TAHLEQUAH 2008!
2nd session it getting to be STANDING ROOM ONLY
OKLAHOMA CLASS 3A BOYS BASKETBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Celebration!
KINGSTON downs MILLWOOD 60-30 for their 1st EVER BOYS BASKETBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP (2nd over all in school history : 1980 Football)
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powered by
@DrPepper
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Shout out to this young man
@treygreen_21
(Kingfisher). Had a collision early in finals loss to Heritage Hall. Went to the locker room, came back, played with a broken nose and 2 chipped teeth. Led his team with 22 points (8/9 FG & 4/4 FT)
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#heart
@KINGFISHERHIGH
2023 CLASS 2A
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Football State Championship Game
82 yard Pick-6 from MILLWOOD's Jaden Nickens puts the Falcons into a 12-7 lead over WASHINGTON after another failed 2-point conversion.
Call by Mark Rodgers and Mike Whaley via
@NFHSNetwork
@jaden_nickens
Well Big House, it's been another great 2 weeks. We saw the normal great
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Basketball you offer along with the cheers and tears that come along with it. Not sure how many more years we have together but hopefully there will be another. Good bye old friend see you soon.
Let's talk DOUGLASS Boys
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Basketball
Won the CLASS 4A State Championship, the school's 11th
In my opinion, the greatest
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BOYS Basketball achievement EVER is not only DOUGLASS (2010-2014) with the only 5-peat ever but also adding 2016 & 2017 for 7 championships
TUTTLE Senior
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Madi Surber is playing in the State Tourney with the top ranked Tigers.
Surber is searching for her 10th state championship. Here's her resume.
2: 300M & 100M Hurdles
2: Softball
1: 400M Dash
1: Cross Country
1: Basketball
Surber will be running for OSU
Brady Manek
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from Harrah Oklahoma will play for the 2022 National Championship on Monday when North Carolina meets Kansas, who is coached by Edmond
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Bill Self Jr, who was Oklahoma Player of the Year in 1981.
Had a great 9-day run at State Fair Arena with this guy the past couple of weeks Hunter Sheppard aka
@thecooldude52
!
Thank you for providing great pics for me this week and all the incredible
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content on players you provide.
You are hardest working guy for High School
SEILING girls make OKLAHOMA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL HISTORY by downing Hydro-Eakly 76-41 for their 4th consecutive STATE TITLE, the first ever in 101 years of Girls Tourneys. The team joined their CLASS ACT cheering section for the team picture.
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Got these great pics and
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story from Lance Towers on the DALE Boys...
A decade ago, Denton, Easton, Dayton, Deken and Levi started playing basketball together with the notion they were preparing for the future. They could hardly wait for 5th grade when they could wear
Never thought I would never say this out loud but considering what this guy, David Glover, has been through lately with surgeries and health, I am glad to get to look over and see this face every day at work again...
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Shout out to BOISE CITY
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who traveled almost 7 hours for their 1st round game against THACKERVILLE and WON 60-12! It is there 1st Oklahoma High School Football Playoff game win since 1982!
The BLANCHARD LIONS are your 2023 OSSAA
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Class 4A Football State Champions with a 19-14 victory over WAGONER.
This is BLANCHARD's 3rd Football GOLD BALL (2012, 1979)
Here's the final play...
NORTH TEXAS will take on WISCONSIN in the Final 4 of the NIT on Tuesday night in Las Vegas.
The
@MeanGreenMBB
have two
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going for the NIT Championship. Tylor Perry from SPIRO and Matthew Stone from KINGFISHER
In case you didn't know...
All 28
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games for next weeks 2021 CLASS A & B OSSAA Basketball State Tournaments will be played at State Fair Arena (AKA: "The Big House") for the 1st time EVER.
Starting Tuesday March 2 thru Saturday March 6
THOUGHTS?
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Met this 81 year old young man today, Jerry Naylor from Plainview.
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cross country and girls track coach. Naylor has won 39 (YES 39!) State Championships! Cross Country Girls (18), Boys (4) and Girls Track (17). His HS coach Bob McLain inspired him to become a coach.
So it's almost
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Basketball playoff time, I call it "The most wonderful time of the year!".
QUESTION : What traditions do you have every year that involves the State Tournament at The Big House?
2023 OSSAA
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Class 6A-I Football State Championship Game
BIXBY strikes again! Clay Peters to Kordell Gouldsby for a 44-yard TD. The Spartans up 14-0 with 2:44 left in the 1st
Todd Lisenbee
@ToddOnSports
and Phil Nichols on the call
@NFHSNetwork
Radio announcing tonight for SILO is the veteran Kevin Farr and 4th grader Asher Ludrick. Asher apparently has quite a following. You can currently buy one of the 80 T-shirts made with his catch phrase "BANGARANG" which is his call when the Rebels drop a three
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HOWE LADY LIONS win the CLASS 2A GIRLS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP with a 59-55 win over DALE. Jalei Oglesby scores 31 in the win. Jalei finishes the tournament with 106 points, 1 shy of Jaden Hobbs' record of 107 but she finally gets to kiss the GOLD BALL.
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NORTH TEXAS downs UAB 68-61 for the 2023 NIT Championship. SPIRO
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Tylor Perry drops 20 and takes home the MVP trophy for the
@MeanGreenMBB
first ever NIT title.
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Class 4A-2A Basketball State Championship Saturday
Calling the CLASS 3A Boys State Championship game is Harold Fox. Harold is in his 40th year of officiating and this is his 30th year to call at the State Tournament.
You will also see Fox's name on the
2023 CLASS 2A
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Football State Championship Game
WASHINGTON downs MILLWOOD 41-24
Postgame interview with WASHINGTON head coach Brad Beller. Beller's 4th consecutive year in the finals, 2nd title. 30 game winning streak & 68-4 in past 5 seasons
Phil Nichols
@NFHSNetwork
SILO vs ALVA in
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Fast Pitch today, Game
#3
, winner goes to State! BUT THERE'S MORE TO THE STORY...
ALVA's charter activity bus broke down just after super regional games yesterday. SILO not only transported the team to their motel but SILO coach Mike Lawless' son Jacob,
2023
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Boys Basketball Coach of the Year? Not going to make that call BUT here are the TOP 25 W-L records for the past 2 seasons (and TITLES)
61-2 Jeff Edmonson (DALE - 2A) (2 TITLES)
56-8 Jeff Weedn (GLENCOE - A) (1 TITLE)
53-8 Scott Hines (FT. COBB-BROXTON - A) (1
Watched a lot of
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this weekend. One young man that really stood out to me was MILLWOOD Senior William Mays. Saw all 3 of their games & Mays was always the glue that kept things together for the Falcons. Always taking a deep breath and keeping things calm for his team
Your 2022 Boys Tournament of Champions winners are the Class 2A Pirates from DALE led by Dayton Forsythe w/ 34 points & 10 boards as they down
#2
Class 5A Memorial 59-52. The Pirates are the smallest class team to win the Tourney since Smithville (A) won it in 1985
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Let's talk 2022-23 DALE BOYS
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- Tournament of Champions Title
- Back-2-Back CLASS 2A State Champions
- 32-0 record (only the 44th Boys team to go undefeated since 1918)
- Current 39 game winning streak
Did I miss anything?
(thanks Kaitlin St Cyr for the pic)
Former Kingfisher
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Jace Sternberger
@packers
with his 1st NFL catch vs Seahawks and a few words for Jadeveon Clowney, who gets the 15-yard personal foul.
@_Jstern
Varnum's Savannah Deatherage with the game winning steal and layup for the Lady Whippets 39-36 Class B State Championship. Varnum's 2nd girls championship (2009).
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Legendary
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head coach Doug Schumpert is in the house at Kingfisher tonight. Coach Schumpert currently stands at the top of the ACTIVE ALL-TIME Boys Basketball coaching wins list with 780 & is
#4
ALL-TIME behind only Boney Matthews, Henry Roland & Ray West. Looking for 781
During the 1st half of the DOUGLASS - WEATHERFORD game Shane Wagner, sitting next to me says, "
#11
has his shorts on backwards". I caught him going into the locker room, told him and he tells me, "I know".
After the game, I had to ask Davon Scott-Jones the story. He told me
BIG SHOUT OUT to FORT COBB-BROXTON boys basketball head coach Scott Hines for notching career win
#700
in last week's Caddo Tourney final
Hines joins an elite list of only 9
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Boys Coaches to win 700+ career games and he has brought home 7 state titles along the way
Dear
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Coach,
If your team is not victorious, please don't just turn and walk off the court without at least acknowledging the winning team and their coaches. Lead your team by example in 100+ point wins AND in loss.
Signed, Common Sense
CONGRATS to the TYRONE BOBCATS who are your 2020
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CLASS C FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONS with a 41-20 win over previously undefeated TIMBERLAKE. 2nd football State Championships for the Bobcats (1960), which was previously their only championship in ANY sport for their school.
2023 CLASS 2A
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Football State Championship Game
WASHINGTON's Nate Roberts with a 61-yard TD that is waived off by a holding penalty
WASHINGTON up 21-18 over MILLWOOD headed to the 4th quarter
Call by Mark Rodgers and Mike Whaley via
@NFHSNetwork
@nateroberts2025