Coach Speak- December 2021 Bixby Spartan Football will be respected as the very best program in Oklahoma at developing student athletes.
Dear Spartans, We hope this letter finds everyone healthy and preparing for some much-needed time with family! What an amazing year 2021 turned out to be for our Bixby Spartan Football program! If you are reading this, you probably know that this year’s team won its fourth consecutive state championship, went 13-0 on the season, and set a new state record with 49 consecutive wins. To say the least, we had an excellent group of young men and women all pulling on the same end of the rope. We would like to thank everyone who has had a hand in the great run of success that we have had in this program. There are so many moving parts that make up a successful football program. We have some of the best parents, coaches, and administrators in the state. I often say that winning is not easy, and we never know what little thing we do right or wrong will win or lose us a football game. So, to everyone who believes in Spartan Football, please keep doing the little things you are doing to help make our program great. This year’s Crucible (leadership council) chose the value Grit as our 5th core value. The callback for Grit is “outwork to outlast.” This year’s group wanted that to be its calling card -- and I can say that our 2021 group demonstrated Grit all Summer and throughout the season. Last week our players ordered championship rings. Our Seniors have chosen an excellent, sharp-looking design that displays all seven of our state championship trophies. Once again, the best quarterback club in See December Update pg. 2
Coaches in the Classroom We did it again! We have had another Bixby Spartan Football coach become Teacher of the Year at his site. Offensive Coordinator Tyler Schneider was voted Teacher of the Year at our Brassfield Learning Center! Coach Schneider teaches math and history and has been a faculty member in Bixby for eleven years. We are proud of Coach Schneider for not only being a great coach, but being a great teacher as well!
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Oklahoma will subsidize the cost of the rings so that each player will only be responsible for $100 of their ring’s total. If any family is unable to do that, please just contact Coach Montgomery. Our QBC truly goes above and beyond to provide the best playing experience in Oklahoma for our players, managers, and trainers. These last two weeks of the semester are extremely busy. We want to give our players some time to enjoy the season, but we are also working to move the program forward. Our Seniors have completed their anonymous exit evaluations of our program. All of the coaches are conducting exit interviews with our underclassmen, and Coach Myers has everyone starting a new off-season phase in strength and conditioning class. One of the most important things that we do during this time of year is to determine what second (or third) sport our players are transitioning to, and determine the best way to stay engaged with each athlete. The best way for us to do this is to make sure that each athlete continues their training with Coach Myers. Our year-round strength and conditioning is the single most important thing we do in our program, and it is fun watching this culture permeate many other sports at Bixby! I would be remiss if I did not mention a few of the records our team shattered in 2021. Most notably, we were able to take down Wagoner’s long-standing streak of consecutive wins. With our victory over Deer Creek, we set a new state record for 11-man football winning 49 games in a row. We had the highest scoring offense in Bixby history scoring an average of 61 points per game, and a defense that gave up only an average of 8 points per game. Along with our team records, Braylin Presley set the all-time rushing record at Bixby with a career total of 4,978 rushing yards! Needless to say, this season was a culmination of a tremendous amount of work on the part of so many people involved with our program. Finally, we want to thank everyone in our community for their unwavering support this season. The last two seasons have brought many challenges that we were able to overcome. Having a football season in the middle of a pandemic was extremely difficult, but through those challenges, our program grew stronger. Plowing forward, keeping a great attitude, and being able to adjust on the run are just a few of the things that make Bixby special. On behalf of our entire coaching staff, I hope everyone has a restful and enjoyable holiday with loved ones. It’s a great day to be a Spartan! Sincerely, Coach Montgomery
Myers’ Monthly Minute Strength and conditioning is a science. You create a hypothesis based on observations and research, you test your hypothesis with a training cycle, you analyze the data, then you find conclusions that can help evaluate the effectiveness of your program. One way to increase the effectiveness of this process is the use of technology. Technology has become an integral part of strength and conditioning programs all the way from professional sports, to most recently, high school athletics. Recently, we have added two major pieces of technology at Bixby. These pieces will help evaluate, improve, and motivate our athletes. We have recently purchased a GPS system from TITAN Sports and a barbell velocity tracker from VMAX PRO. (Picture Below) The GPS system will be used to evaluate player load, speed, and total running distance during practice and games. This system will allow us to do a multitude of things. First, it will enable coaches to get feedback on how tough/easy practice was that day. This will give us objective data that will enable coaches to push athletes when they need to be pushed and pull back on workloads when needed. This will aid in keeping our athletes healthy and in optimal playing shape. The second benefit of the system is getting objective data to create offseason training programs based on practices and games. Many times, athletes will workout all Summer only to feel out of shape during the first practice or game of the year. Having the exact data will allow us to reverse engineer a program that will correlate to the running volume and speeds associated with our practices and the games. The velocity tracker will be used to track the bar speed of barbell movements such as the clean, squat, bench, deadlift, etc. All sports come down to one overarching principle: force. Whoever produces the most force is typically the fastest and strongest on the field or court. The equation for force is Mass x Acceleration. In the weightroom, the first part of the equation (mass) is easy to enhance. Simple strategies such as adding more weight on the bar from week to week can help increase the force production of an athlete by increasing the total mass lifted. The second part, acceleration, gets trickier. One way to do this in the weightroom is to increase bar speed. The method in which to do this is to take a weight and try to lift that weight faster each week. This sounds great in theory, but if you have no evaluation tools, then this can be hard for athletes and to measure objectively. With the velocity tracker, this becomes very easy to do and adds an objective measurement to increase acceleration of the bar and drive home intent with the athletes.
2019 6A-Div II - D2 All-District PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS Defensive Line Landon Hendricks SS
Offensive Line Casey Badley PC
Iron Man
Purple Heart
Special Teams
Defensive Player
Corey Gordon PCW
Hunter Hess M
Jackson Marsh BTW
DeSean Brown CH
Kaden Wright Bx
Offensive Player Ty Pennington SS
MVP
Coach
Braylin Presley Bx
Loren Montgomery Bx
Jack Puckett Bx
ALL-DISTRICT BY POSITION Quarterbacks
Running Backs
Ty Pennington SS
Blake Jones SS
Christian Burke-Bx
Braylin Presley-Bx Zach Blankenship -Bx Ethan Washington -BTW
Tight Ends Ryan Showmaker SS Ryan Anderson BTW Brett HaneyPC
Wide Receivers
Offensive Linemen
Defensive Linemen
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Defensive Backs
Special Teams
Keaton Campbell SS
Matthew Shelton SS
Gabe Brown SS
Brooks Dudley SS
Lamere'on Curry CH
Skyler Onebear M
Jaxson Burchett
Aaron McAffrey CH
Landon Hendricks SS
Ethan Rone CH
Bolton Hawkins CH
Jake ProxBx
Isaiah Givens M
Alton Robinson CH
Matt Smith CH
CJ Smith CH
Keondre Johns M
Connor Nolan- Bx
Preston Solomon-Bx
Chip Butler CH
Alex Davidson CH
Connor Stacy- Bx
Brendon Lydon BA
Jackson Marsh BTW
Gage Keaton BA
James Moore M
DeSean Brown CH Devin Whitfield M
Jack Puckett- Bx Beau Bertelli- Bx Soloman Thompson BTW Kills Crow PC Sylis Edwards PCW
Logan Vaclaw BA Jordan Drew - BTW Gentry Williams BTW Jaden King BTW Devin ZimmerSchi ed - PC Elijah James - PCW Tyson DewberryPC Corey Gordon PCW
Linebacker s
Defensive Backs
Special Teams Drew Datel- Bx
Ridge Brewington BA Levi DunsmoreBx
Miles Hill- Bx
Cody PaschallBx
Brayden Darrell- Bx
Ian Lonsdale- Bx
Brady NeasbyBx
Josh StephensBx
Ky Roller- Bx
Ramsey Austin BTW
Nate Collins PC
Cayson BadleyPC Jaydon Saylor PCW
Grant Barnes PCW
HONORABLE MENTION BY POSITION Quarterbacks
Running Backs
Camden McCrary-Bx
Aiden Hill- Bx
Tight Ends
Wide Receivers
Offensive Linemen
Vin Dyer- Bx
Cole Conley- Bx
Brady Gresham-Bx
Kaden Wright-Bx
Cody Conley- Bx
Caleb Rogers- Bx
Rodrigo Romero-Bx David Rocha- Bx Xzander Herrera- Bx
Karsten RiceBx
Defensive Linemen
3.5-4.0 (1ST TEAM) Jakeb Snyder
Christian Burke
Cooper Quimby
Trey Pawley
Brady Neasby
Brody Duffel
Logan Franke
Preston Solomon
Camden McCrary
Jack Puckett
Jake Prox
Ian Lonsdale
Nathan England
Mack Cairl
Tyson Williams
Rodrigo Romero
Carter Breneman
Ethan Fillman
Jacoby Reagan
Drew Datel
Connor Nolan
Christian Kaiser
Garrett Vaughn
Jackson Sommer
Lucas Tenison
Jacob Lail
Colton Kaiser
Justin Kirk
Clay Peters
Connor Stacy
Walker Smith
Brenden Burns
Chase Wilson
Mason Eberle
Cale Fugate
Vin Dyer
Beau Bertelli
Carmelo Bernal
Brandon Hobbs
Joey Toma
Connor Kirby
Karsten Rice
Gavin Steele
Levi Dunsmore
Josh Stephens
Levi Hoffman
Sam McCormick
Caleb Rogers
Cody Crull
Austin Hewett
Evan McClure
Noah Shaw
Brady Gresham
Zach Blankenship
Hank Puckett
Cody Paschall
Peyton Hawkins
Garrett Hoskins
Braylin Presley
Kaden Wright
Jersey Robb
Gib Husen
Cody Conley
Cole Conley
Jaxon Stevens
Luke Hasz
JD Martin
David Rocha
Cole Stubblefield
Michael Villareal
Michael Incremona
Brayden Darrell
Dylan Hasz
Aidan Hill
Chase Kirby
Dez Traylor
Brock Shepler
Jailon Watson
Cade Lewis
Miles Hill
Will Baker
Kason Hatley
Alfonso Villasenor
Caden Crisp
3.0- 3.49(HONORABLE MENTION)
Weekly Coaches Show Week 0 Vs. Mansfield
Week 1 Vs. Jenks
Week 3 Vs. Stillwater
Week 4 Vs. Bartlesville
Player of the Week: Connor Kirby Practice Players: Miles Hill, Garett Hoskins Youth Team: 4th Grade Blue
Player of the Week: Jack Puckett Practice Players: Preston Solomon, Aidan Hill Youth Team: 7th Grade Red
Player of the Week: Cale Fugate Practice Players: Aidan Hill, Karsten Rice Youth Team: 4th Grade White
Player of the Week: Brady Neasby Practice Players: Sam McCormick, Garrett Vaughn Youth Team: 3rd Grade Red
Week 6 Vs. Choctaw
Week 7 Vs. Sand Springs
Week 8 Vs. Muskogee
Player of the Week: Jersey Robb Practice Players: Mike Incremona, Justin Kirk Youth Team: 2nd Grade Blue
Player of the Week: Cody Paschall Practice Players: Walker Smith, Connor Stacy Youth Team: 1st Grade Blue
Player of the Week: Dylan Hasz Practice Players: Sam McCormick, Karsten Rice Youth Team: 1st Grade Red
Week 5 Vs. Putnam City West Player of the Week: Miles Hill Practice Players: Logan Franke, Brady Gresham Youth Team: 5th Grade White
Week 9 Vs. Ponca City
Week 10 Vs. BTW
Player of the Week: Connor Stacy Practice Players: Cale Fugate, Dylan Hasz Youth Team: 4th Grade Red
Player of the Week: Beau Bertelli Practice Players: Jakeb Snyder, Carter Breneman Youth Team: 4th Grade Red
Romero Rodrigo Shaw Noah Snyder Jakeb Solomon Preston Stacy Connor Stephens Josh Tenison Lucas Traylor Dez Vaughn Hudson Villarreal Michael Wilkerson, Dylan Williams Jack Williams Tyson Wilson Chase Wright Kaden
Moore Cooper Neasby Brady Nolan Connor Paschall Cody Presley Braylin Prox Jake Puckett Hank Puckett Jack Rampey Karsen Ritter Garrett Robb Jersey Roberts Nick Rogalski William Rogers Caleb Roller Ky
2021 Club 225 Hill Aidan Hill Miles Hobbs Brandon Hoskins Garrett Hurt Caden Incremona, Michael Kaiser Christian Kirby Connor Kirk Justin Lail Jacob Leu Barrick Lonsdale Ian McCormick Sam McCrary Camden Montgomery Aaron
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