Edmond Public Schools Athletics program
aiming to keep students, families safe Expect to wear a mask at all the games this year, as well as practicing social distancing. By Kari Tompkins
Special to The Edmond Way
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While the Edmond School system still plans to launch the 2020 football season on August 28, with Memorial facing Moore, North taking on Deer Creek, and Santa Fe going after Owasso, attendee safety is at the forefront of their goals. Expect to wear a mask at all the games this year, as well as practicing social distancing. The administration hopes that with precautions such as these, the football season can go forward without any hiccups. “(The teams) can officially start practice Aug. 10,” said Mike Nunley, Director of Athletics for the Edmond school system. “That’s when they can get all their guys, all their peeps, back in the swing of things.” Currently, Nunley welcomes all sports fans to come to the high school football games and cheer on their favorite Edmond team. “We are open for fans until further notice. Masks will be required, more than likely, and social distancing encouraged.” Nunley emphasizes that while things are proceeding as normal for now, the coaches and administration is keeping an eye on the status of COVID-19 in Edmond, and things could change, if the situation warrants. “We’re optimistic as anybody that we are going to be able to pull this off.”
For more information on the current status of Edmond football, contact the coaches at any of the high schools, or call the Edmond Public Schools Administration at 405-340-2800.
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No contests.
No extended shows.
No problem. Kari Tompkins
Special to The Edmond Way While nothing this year could be considered normal, Memorial band directors, members and parents look towards next year with hope, joy and excitement. They will not be planning for band contests, but that doesn’t mean the band won’t be preparing to give the best marching show possible. “Most of the invitational contests have canceled,” said band director Jeff Jahnke. “A lot of us had anticipated that the contest thing was going to, if not be canceled altogether, be altered, and so a lot of the schools have shortened their material that they would have used. Really, we are approaching things exactly the same way we would have. We’re just doing a little less material. And we have had to change some procedures.”
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Masks and band are a difficult mix, but the band has a solution that will protect the students as much as possible, and still allow listeners to hear the music. “If they are about to play, they do one of two things. They pull the mask down (under their chins) or they pull them up (to their foreheads),” explained Jahnke. The process is new for everyone, but Jahnke believes with everyone working together, everyone will soon find the masks easier to remember. “The student side is getting used to that routine and we are too.
Sometimes we’ll play, and we start talking, and we think, ‘oh!’ and so we’ve ask a couple of the leadership kids if they realize that we haven’t reminded them to put them back on, they give us a little signal. It’s gotten pretty routine.” The booster club is continuing to the support the band, showing up to each practice with water in coolers, so that the students can refill their personal water jugs in the breaks. The parents who volunteer for the booster club are cautiously optimistic that this band year will provide the students with the same great experience it has in the past. “Mr. Jahnke and the staff have done an amazing job, “said Jennifer Hanks, whose children, senior Hannah and sophomore Hursel, play baritone in the band. “Reassuring our fears, making sure the kids are distancing and maintaining the safety guidelines. That’s reassured me a lot.” Julie Osborn, whose daughter, senior Sadie, plays flute, and son, Simon, plays mellophone, agrees. “I think our staff has done an amazing job preparing everything and planning to make sure this can be as safe as it can.” “Every concern I have had, they have addressed it,” said Hanks. To keep updated with the Edmond Memorial Band, visit https:// www.edmondmemorialband. com.
Edmond North Band
marches on NEW BAND DIRECTOR, NEW SAFETY MEASURES
Kari Tompkins
Special to The Edmond Way In a year full of change, the Edmond North High School Band is seeing more than most. The band is facing the coronavirus with not one, but three new band directors. “This is my first year at Edmond North and actually my first year teaching in the state of Oklahoma,” said Dr. Brad Coker, the new head director of bands for Edmond North High School. “There has been a lot of new (things) and in some ways that’s been really good, because any time a band program has a director change, that can be challenging, especially when it’s a very successful program and directors leave on good terms. Then the students have to figure out how to re-engage with a new person.” Despite not knowing the band students for very long, Coker praised their hard work and dedication. “I think the students are just happy to have something that resembles normal for them,” Coker said. “I have been really pleased by the sounds the students have already been making on their instruments given the fact that
they haven’t played together as a group in four and a half months. That’s been quite remarkable. I think that a sign of a couple of things. One, that those students didn’t just sit and do nothing for the last four and a half months. They have been practicing some. And two, I think it shows that they are committed and they like ‘we are here as a family, and lets do this.’” Masks and social distancing are standards in this year’s band, and with the safety of the masks has come communication difficulties. “I hadn’t realized how much I really communicate with my nose and my cheeks and my teeth,” admitted Coker. “It’s kind of this barrier between us getting to know each other like we would in a normal year.” “When we are outside, we are always masked up unless we are taking a water break, or a mask break, or obviously playing our instruments,” said Coker. “We do even ask if the students are rehearsing, and the directors have to give instruction, we ask that the students bring the mask back up while they are receiving instruction. Any time we are playing outside, we are all facing the same direction, so students aren’t playing toward each other.”
Coker pointed out that students should feel free to do what they need to do to feel safe. “We’ve been very clear, we know that everybody, children through adults are at different levels of comfort with this situation, and we’ve told students if at any point anything makes you feel very uncomfortable to the point of having great anxiety about it, just let us know, and if you decide that you need to be at home during this time, we respect that.”
and the seniors and so many of the memories and the things they hold so near and dear with band are the things around the day of the competition, not necessarily just ‘oh, how did we place?’ but, ‘man, I remember the bus ride going to here,’ ‘I remember when we got to have a snack over here and when the boosters fed us this.’ They’re going to be missing those things,” Coker said. Coker wanted to remind parents that he is available for all safety concerns they might have, and that keeping the students safe is his number one priority. “Just stay in open communication, and if at any point you have a concern, make sure that you voice that in the proper forum. Go to whoever is the director of the given program, and just have open, honest and kind dialogue so that we can all take care of our kids together. For more information: www.enhsband.com.
Band contests are another victim of the coronavirus. “Our kids were disappointed when they found out it was going to be a noncompetition season, but we’ve brought in the student leaders a couple of times
Head Coach:
Luke Orvis
Head Coach: Luke Orvis
Assiatant HC - DC: Scott MacDonald Co-OC: Clay Sizemore Co-OC: Matt Cutaia Assistant Coaches: Connor Myers, Mkwai Williams, Corbin Frank, Chris Malone, Brock Harris, and Sam Rolle. Head AthleticTrainer: Jarrett Austin Athletic Director: Kyle Roberts
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2020 Edmond Memorial Football
Stay safe to play; play to win MEMORIAL HAS SAFETY IN MIND WHEN IT COMES TO FOOTBALL Kari Tompkins
Special to The Edmond Way
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The Bulldogs started high school football in Edmond, and while the team has had its ups and downs throughout the years, they won’t let coronavirus be what keeps them from playing.
very seriously, both for practice and the games. “I think there’s a healthy concern on everybody about just letting the games happen,” said Orvis. “But if this thing has taught me anything, it’s day by day. Every day is a new day and we’re going to wake up each day and figure out what the guidelines are for that day and go do our best.” Safety for the football team as of this writing includes masks when not on the field and cleanser sprayed on everyone’s hands by the coaching staff, as well as taking temperatures of the team. “We will definitely be taking the temperatures of our team (at games),” said Orvis. “ And there is a good chance the other districts will be doing the same thing. They will take their guys’ temperature and screen them as they come in.
With coronavirus, the schools new schedules are even affecting the football team. “We would normally have all the kids here together in one place,” said head coach Luke Orvis, “(We are) having to split, with different start times.” Parents, friends and family can be reassured that the coaches and the players are taking the virus In addition to all the precautions on the field, visitors to the stadium will find operations different than they were last season. “Concessions, we’re doing all bottled beverages and prepackaged food. Nothing that we handle. (Attendees will have to wear) masks inside the stadium,” Orvis explained. “But it’s all right. As long as we get to play the games. If they told us we couldn’t sell concessions, but we could still play the games, I’d be all right with that, too.”
Encouraging others on in hard times Memorial Pom works to uplift fans during Covid
Kari Tompkins
Special to The Edmond Way
Pom is, by its very nature, a close contact sport. But like other close contact sports and activities in the Edmond School system, Edmond Memorial’s Pom squad is taking every opportunity to stay safe and root on the Bulldogs at the same time. “We do hand sanitizer,” said Terri Ogle, Varsity Pom Coach. “We do check in, in the hall when they arrive. We do checkin thermometers, ask the Covid questions. (Clean) the hands. They come in, put their stuff away. They’ve individual waters, Can’t use the water fountains. We have ice chests full of new water they can get.”
REMINDERS, ‘WATER, LUNCH, MASK! WORDS YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD SAY.”
The state competition for pom, run by OSDTDA, was up in the air as of this writing. “We’re not an OSSAA sport,” explained Ogle. “Cheer is an OSSAA sport, so because we do so much with them, we try to go by the rules that they go by. So we don’t do jewelry, we do all the rules that they do, for the most part.
In true pom fashion, the squad has used the need for masks as a bonding exercise. “My parents have been so, so supportive of
the changes, said Ogle. “I have one parent who owns a boutique, and I had called her — this was months ago — and said ‘What if you order, on the off chance we might need them, would you order us some masks, that we could personalize.’ So she ordered them, and she donated them, which was so nice of her to do, and I have another mom, who’s real crafty, and I said, ‘I don’t want them trading them, can you figure out a way to put their names on them,’ so
she figures out a way.’” Ogle is very appreciative of the mothers’ hard work and is amused how she thought they might be used once or twice, but now they are used daily. “Every night when I send them reminders, ‘Water, lunch, mask! Words you never thought you would say.” For more information about the OSDTDA, visit https://www. osdtda.net/. To keep up with the Edmond Memorial Pom Squad and their events, visit https:// www.memorialspirit.com/
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In Pom, the masks are more than a minor inconvenience. They make it difficult for the squad to do what in previous years have been common tasks. “Our competition is in December. We haven’t heard if “(The masks) create a visual it’s on or not. We did just hear issue, too, said Terri Ogle, that OSSAA pushed cheer’s Varsity Pom Coach. “They can’t competition back to the date see to dance.” that our competition is, which is a little disappointing. Cheer’s competition is usually in “EVERY September, October, and ours is NIGHT WHEN in December, so we can support I SEND THEM each other.”
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By Jake Holley
Riney said his team is poised to do much better in 2020. “(Our expectations are) pretty high,” Riney said. “We’ve got a lot of kids in here that work hard, and we got a couple kids from (Edmond) North that came in, because didn’t have a lot of running backs because we were pretty senior heavy, and at offensive line. But, they’re pretty high for me, especially since everybody here’s really good, and I like everybody here and we’re all kind of a family.” Riney is a 6’3 senior with the body of a prototype quarterback. He became the starter halfway through the Buldogs’ loss to Edmond Santa Fe in 2019, four games into the season. Since then, he has been the man under center for Edmond Memorial. He threw for 889 yards, six touchdowns and three interceptions in seven games last season and is looking to improve his abilities in his final season as a Bulldog. “For one, we’re quite young,” Riney said. “Really, just getting the young guys in and getting them varsity time, because last Friday was a lot of first games for a lot of our younger guys.”
said. “On the scoreboard, it’ll say different, but I actually didn’t really get pressured that much, it was nice. We’re just really young, so it’s just everybody kind getting reps and getting out there and getting to play at the 6A level.” COVID-19 has hanged how teams prepared for the season. Depending on the area a school is in and whether or not COVID-19 cases are prevalent there, practices could be limited or cancelled. “Back in March, we had to go to virtual meetings,” Riney said. “You talk to your coaches virtually because you couldn’t come t the building or anything. We couldn’t even come here until June, and then we could do socially distant workouts and they were only like an hour long because that’s as much as the district gave us.” Riney made sure to get as much practice time in as he could despite the restrictions. He even got his wide receivers to come and work out separately from the team on occasion to build chemistry.
One of the big question marks for the Bulldogs going into this season was the offensive line. Riney was happy with their play in their first game of the season against Moore – a 33-13 loss at home. Riney said they weren’t the reason for the loss.
“We social distanced, but we’d work out and I’d throw routes to them with the receivers I had this year,” Riney said. “That was the nice thing about it, because I got a lot more personal time with my receivers.” Overall, Riney said the biggest improvement the Bulldogs have made since last year is the togetherness they have developed with each other. Riney said this year’s team is closer than ever before.
“On my whole offensive line, I had one guy that played a varsity game last year, so everybody there was their first time, and they actually did pretty well,” Riney
“This year, we’re a lot more family bonded,” Riney said. “Everyone has each other’s backs, and I like it a lot. I think it’s a lot better this year.”
EDMOND MEMORIAL
VARSITY VARSITY FOOTBALL FOOTBALL SCHEDULE SCHEDULE
HIGH SCHOOL
Aug 20
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Deer Creek
Home @ EMHS
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Carson Riney isn’t happy with 1-9. That was the Bulldogs’ record in 2019, as they recorded only one win – a 35-0 shutout of Enid on October 25.
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2020 ROSTER 1 EYTHAN GRAHAM WR 1 Brett Newman QB 2 Lebron Jones WR 2 Denino Lane WR 3 Garan Smith RB 4 Wood Ingram RB 5 Clayton Bernard QB 5 Ethan Brady QB 6 Hayden Flaherty WR 6 Sedrick Frazier WR 7 Ethan Barnes QB 8 Carson Horton QB 9 Jeffery Moore WR 10 Bodie Klepper QB 10 Cale Buie QB 11 Diego Hassell WR 12 Xander Steele WR 13 Tate Haller WR 14 Brody McNeil WR 15 Jonathan Hunt WR 16 Campbell Ambrose K/P 17 Ethan Betchan H 18 TJ Strong WR 19 Josh Ashton WR 20 Kai Simpson WR 21 Cole Green WR 22 Mason Hill WR 23 Kaleb Davis WR 23 Jaxon Lister H 24 Jabrion Plunket WR 25 Kasey Mangrum H 25 Gavin Hogue K/P 26 Erion Ramsey WR 27 Marquis Lopez RB 27 Alex Bennett H 28 Zack Russell RB 28 Jonathan Sauer WR 29 Ben Palmer H 30 Ben Walker RB 31 Israel Apodaca WR 31 Stephen Valois H 32 Derrick McIntosh RB 33 Garret Martin WR 33 Jack McNeese H 34 Blake Greenhoward WR 34 Eli Mecke H 35 Kaden Watts RB 35 Ethan Cutts WR 36 Malachi Williamson H 37 Jaidyn Norris WR 38 Bryce Brigan WR 39 Christian Johnson WR 40 Will Blankenship H 41 Isaias Cardoza RB 42 Cameron Gaffney RB 43 Santiago Sodari RB 44 Jarrett Whitefield RB 45 Hayden Davis RB 46 Kaden Miller RB 47 Austin Wishard H 48 Avery Stone H 49 Chase Roberson H 50 JP Louie OL 51 Kannon Froese OL 53 Evan Smith OL 54 John Tero OL 55 Joseph Thorne OL 57 Donovan Ervin OL 58 Michael Reeves OL 59 Carson Randell OL 60 Brian Wilcots OL 62 Barrett Howard OL 63 Josh Misialek OL 64 Gabriel Caudillo OL 65 Mason Hughes OL 66 Teagen Leblanc OL 67 Kai Marron OL 70 Davin Stamatis OL 72 Austin Blair OL 73 Brayden Meanor OL 74 Arttemus Jones OL 75 Logan Salazar OL 76 Sam Valiant OL 78 Trevor Meanor OL 79 Etido Mbosowo OL 80 Landon Lippert H 81 Will Orr H 83 O’Merion Stevenson RB 84 Hayden Lane WR 85 Joseph Dutton WR 85 Jonathan Hatton H 87 Ben Samson WR 88 Mathew Ice WR 89 Brad Mooreland WR 90 Logan Becker H 91 Andrew English OL 94 Caleb Dutton OL
Edmond North Huskies
“The wins and losses will take care of themselves” Facing a new year
with COVID lurking
ason has begun. se ll ba ot fo w ne e th , st la ng lo At Kari Tompkins Special to The Edmond Way Even with the dangers that all the high school football teams are facing, Edmond North’s Athletic Director Tom Snider remains cautiously optimistic that the team will make it through the season without any issues. “Our goal right now is to have a season, for these kids to get to play.” Snider said. “They’re high school kids, and high school football is something that’s very
special.” Safety is on the forefront of everyone’s mind from the moment practice began. “For the summer, we’ve just been conditioning, and so as the kids come in, we take their temperature, and (they stay) six feet apart,” Snider said. “And when they’re working out, it’s the same type thing. We haven’t had any issues, knock on wood. Everybody brings their own water bottles, which they have been doing all summer, and we’re looking at ways to refill them safely.”
E d m o n d N o r t h H i g h Sc h o o l Varsity Football Schedule 2020 - 2021
One change this year is how the locker room is handled. It is no longer a place where the athletes can hang out and socialize. “When they’re finished (practicing), they don’t get to hang around,” Snider said. “The locker room isn’t open for them. They have to leave the minute practice is over. They come in, get screened, do their workout, then they leave.” As of this writing, game locker room activity was still being discussed by Edmond coaches. “(During games) we’ll probably limit how many go in the locker room at a time,” Snider said. “Used to, the locker room was a nice hangout place, but that won’t be happening now.”
Updated: 1/30/20
DATE
DAY
OPPONENT
SITE
TIME
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JV6:00 / V7:00
Scrimmages Aug 20 or 21 Th or Fri
PC North Varsity
Aug 28 Sep 4 Sep 11 Sep 25 Oct 2 Oct 9 Oct 15 Oct 23 Oct 30 Nov 6
Fri Fri Fri Fri Fri Fri Th Fri Fri Fri
Deer Creek Edmond Memorial Edmond Santa Fe Putnam City Original Moore Owasso Mustang Southmoore Norman North Union
Away @ DC Home @ NHS Away @ SF Away @ PCO Home @ NHS Away @ Owasso Home @ NHS Home @ NHS Away @ NN Home @ NHS
7:00 7:00 7:00 7:00 7:00 7:30 7:00 7:00 7:00 7:00
Home games played @ North HS Stadium Home scrimmages played @ North HS Stadium Athletic Coordinator: Tom Snider North: Coaches: Head Tanner Roof North: Asst. Baron Potter, Dale Brown, Brock VanCleave, Bryce Powers This schedule has been approved for the above changes in red !!!
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As of now, friends and family are welcome to attend the North football games, but Snider cautions that seating might be limited. “We’re still deciding on how it’s going to work,” Snider said. “Right now, we hope that family can come and watch if nothing else, but we’re hoping more than that. We’re a little behind, but I think probably every school in the state is in the same boat. We think it’s doable, it’s just going to be a whole lot different.”
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Ethan Barnes
Edmond North Quarterback By Jake Holley Edmond North has had a tricky beginning to the football season in 2020. Each of its first two games were canceled. By the time many teams were heading into their third game of the season, the Huskies had yet to take the field. That experience could have paid dividends for a team that went 1-9 last season. Instead, the Huskies played their first game of the season on September 11th – a 42-35 loss on the road against Edmond Santa Fe. Their quarterback is junior Ethan Barnes, a first-year starter. In his brief time on the field a sophomore, Barnes threw five completions on 10 attempts for 43 yards and one touchdown – not bad for a sophomore backup. “Last season we were really hard-working, we just had little things that added up against us all season,” Barnes said. “That resulted in our record.”
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The Huskies expect to improve upon that record this year. With a team that is one year older and another year wiser, they have a chance to make good strides toward a winning season. “We have high expectations,” Barnes said. “We’ve put in a lot of work in a short amount of time. I don’t think there’s really any low expectations for anybody on this team. Everybody has high expectations.”
One of the biggest thing Barnes hopes will change between 2019 and 2020 is how the offense looks on the field. “I’d say there’s a big difference from last year,” Barnes said. “We’re way more explosive, we can do pretty much everything, we can run, we can throw. There’s not a lot that we can’t do, we’ve just got to put all the pieces together and make it happen. Barnes said one of the team’s main priorities, besides improving its play on the field, is to avoid having any more games canceled. The team is following social distancing guidelines and trying to stay as safe as possible. “Obviously, having games canceled sucks,” Barnes said. “But, with the whole COVID-19 thing, we’re just trying to keep our social distancing so we can play the whole season.” Edmond North was practicing as usual as early as July, but that changed recently when the team recorded its first and only case of COVID-19. That player and 21 others were quarantined for two weeks. “We’ve really been taking care of social distancing, sanitizing and wearing our face masks when you don’t have your helmet on or anything like that,” Barnes said. “We’ve really been on it and trying to get a full season so we can get a full run. I mean, it sucks, but we’re trying to make the most out of it and doing all that we can.” The Huskies lost all of their practice time after school was canceled at the end of Spring Break. They were unable to practice again until this August, which is when the player tested positive for COVID-19. “We’ve had practices catching them back up, early morning stuff,” Barnes said. “We’ve been back in the swing of things, back in shape.”
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Santa Fe inches past difficulties to ensure
football win
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Kari Tompkins
overall with 8 wins and 3 losses. While the team hopes Special to The Edmond Way to build on that record for On August 10, during the first this season, just getting on the official football practice for field to prove themselves is the Edmond Santa Fe football considered a win. team, the coaches noticed a problem. In the evening “If something happens, and heat, the thermometer the we get postponed or have to coaches where using to take hit pause, then we adapt and temperatures was registering overcome at that time, because hotter than the actual ultimately the kids’ safety is temperatures of the students. the number one concern for During the summer morning everybody.” practices, they had begun play in the morning when the day’s For the team, things are changing day to day, but heat wasn’t a factor. White believes the season For Coach Kyle White, the can come together smoothly head coach of the Santa Fe as long as communication is Huskies football team, the maintained. “The parents and problem was just another kids have done an exceptional challenge to get Santa Fe back job communicating and the coaches have done a great job,” on the field. said White. “We have great “We’ll take precautions families, great kids.” throughout practice and throughout the games. We For more information about want the kids to be as safe as Santa Fe football, and for a they can be,” said White. Last schedule of games, visit https:// year saw many successes with www.gosf wolvesathletics. the team, ending the season com/.
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Scott Phieffer
By Jake Holley
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Scoff Phieffer’s expectation for the year is to “Play 13.” “Coach White’s been pounding that for a few years now, and I want to make it a priority this year,” Pfieffer said.
The season so far has been unorthodox. Edmond teams have been taking precautions to limit the spread of COVID-19, social distancing and wearing masks whenever possible. Pfieffer said that even with stricter safety measures, it’s business as usual for the Wolves.
“It hasn’t really affected (how we prepare) at all,” Pfieffer said. “We just have to wear these face masks and “Play 13” refers to the 13th and final stand six feet apart, but it really hasn’t game an Oklahoma high school affected us too much. Once we get on football team can play – the state the field, it’s just great football for us.” championship game. The motto is ingrained into the team’s identity – Each Santa Fe payer has a cloth mask it’s even on the back of each player’s tied up tight on the front of their face uniform pants. masks while practicing or playing in game. Football is a contact sport, Edmond Santa Fe went 8-2 last year after all, but that is one of the few in 6A football before losing 41-28 measures that they can take to be safe to Moore in the first round of the during play. playoffs. The Wolves lost their Players don’t use the locker room two regular season games by a to socialize anymore, citing social combined 13 points, putting up distancing as the reason. fights in tough games during their above-average season. “The general feel is just to spread out with facemasks and all that,” Pfieffer Now, the goal is to make it deeper said. “Just get in and get out, don’t into the playoffs and to hopefully hang around and don’t socialize until fight for a state championship. we get outside and get out of the locker room.” “We had a really good regular season, but then once the playoffs came, Pfieffer emphasized how important it we kind of struggled a little bit,” is for fans to still show up to games, Phieffer said. “So, we’re trying to get even with safety restrictions in place. over that hump of getting past the He said it’s important to have them first round.” there for support and that his team feeds off of their energy. Phieffer, a junior, is in his first season “It’s pretty important because we as the Wolves’ starting quarterback. thrive on that energy,” Pfieffer said. He entered the season with four “The crowd gives us a really good aim completions on six total attempts in to play.” his varsity high school career. The Wolves started their season with Overall, expectations for the season a 48-21 loss at Owasso before their are good. Pfieffer is happy with his game against Edmond North was squad and is ready to take the season canceled the week after. on. Pfieffer said “I thought it was really good experience playing “I’m really confident,” Pfieffer said. “I against Owasso, the defending state think we have a team now that can champions,” Pfieffer said. “I thought get it done, although we had a rusty it was really good experience for me first game. We’ll back it up in the next and the other players.” upcoming games.”
Santa Fe Cheerleaders
Santa Fe Varsity Pom
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Santa Fe 2020
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1 JAYAWN WILSON JR DB 1 BERGIN KYSAR FR QB 2 TALYN SHETTRON JR WR DB 2 ROLAND GARRETT SO WR 3 LAMONTE PULLIAM JR WR 3 OMARI BACY JR DB 4 GAVIN DUVERGER SR DB 5 JEREMIAH TIBBS SR WR 5 GEO SPENCER SO DB 6 TYREE REED SR DB 6 ELIJAH AUSTIN JR DB 7 ETHAN HYCHE SR RB LB 8 BYRON BUNDAGE SO LB 9 JAMES BURNETT SR LB 9 JOHNATHAN PAVON SO LB 10 DAMERIUS WILEY JR WR 11 TABRY SHETTRON JR
11 ARMANI HINDS SR DB 75 12 MORGAN LANE SO QB 13 14 TILLMAN REDWINE SO WR 15 ETHAN NICHOLS JR LB 16 SCOTT PFIEFFER JR QB 17 RYAN TICE SO DB 18 COLLIN OLIVER SR W LB 18 ASHTON KELCH SO LB 19 DYLAN RODGERS JR LB 19 MICAH HOOKS SO QB 20 GABE JOHNSON JR DB 21 TYLER LEWIS JR DB 21 CADEN STEWARD SO WR 22 KAHAMANI JAMES JR WR DB 23 ANGELO RANKIN SR WR DB 24 ELTRAMANE NEAL JR WR 25 JAYDEN NEFF JR DB 26 DEVON HUDSON SO WR 27 BLAKE MONTGOMERY SR LB 28 MICAH SNODDY SR RB 29 JORDAN MEDFORD SO DB 30 NICK GEE SR DB 94 ELLIOTT DAWSON SO DL 31 KEON MCKINNEY JR WR 32 CADE NELSON SO DB 33 KARMELO FLOWERS SO
34 BRYSAN REDWINE JR WR 34 ISAIAH FIELDS SO DB 35 SHAWN ALLEN SR WR 36 KADEN NEFF SO DL 36 MEKHI DEANS SR DB 37 CADEN PETERS SR LB 37 ROHMAN DOLEZAL SO DB 38 TAYVEN AMOUS SO LB 39 DUSTIN TUEPELL SR RB 40 CHRIS FITZPATRICK SO LB 41 TREY AMOUS SR W 42 CALE JOHNSON JR W LB 43 JADEN PLOEGER SR LB 44 ROBERT SCHULZE SR DL 44 ALEX PATTERSON SO LB 45 IZAIAH SALAS JR DL 46 DAMON HARVEY JR DL 47 QUINTON MONTGOMERY JR 48 DANIEL ROMERO JR DL 49 JORGE MACHUCA SR DB 49 JAYLEN KARIUKI SO LB 50 BRAYLEN SMITH SO LB 51 NEHEMIAH HARRIS SR DL 51 SEAN SANFORD SO DL 52 ISRAEL DAVIS JR DL 53 JOEY BANKS JR OL 54 ELLIOTT JETHROW JR LB 55 BRENDAN GARRETT SO OL 55 BRIAN MANKILLER SO LB 56 DAMON HARVEY JR DL 57 DOMINIQUE JASPER SO OL 57 QUINTRAILL ARMSTRONG JR 58 BRYCEN DIAZ SO DL 59 EFRAM NJOROGE SR OL
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97 ZANE BIRTS JR DL 99 CEDRIC CHRISTON JR DL
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60 GREGORY BLAKE SO OL 61 ZACHARY MCKELVY JR OL 62 GREG HENSON SO OL 63 ZENO WARRIOR SR DL 64 MYLES CAMPBELL SO DL 65 CONRAD GUY JR OL 66 MATT BARTON SR DL 67 JAELEN TUCKER JR DL 68 CALEB LAWSON SR DL 68 IVAN HYCHE SO OL 70 WILL ELLIS SO OL 71 BEN SLATON SO OL 72 CHRIS NORTHERN SO OL 73 TY LORENZ SO DL 74 COLLIN MCQUEEN SR DL 75 JONATHAN ASHFORD SO OL 76 COREY SPURGEON SR OL 77 RYAN DENNY SR OL 78 CAMERON NIA SO OL 81 AUDREL BURGE SR W 82 OMAR RICHMOND SO WR 82 CONNER LANOUE SO WR 83 ADRIAN GRENADOS JR W 83 MATT JONES SR WR 85 BEN WILLIAMS SO WR 86 PEYTON BRIGGS JR WR 87 STEVEN JIMENEZ JR WR 88 XAVIER ALLEN SO WR 89 MCBRIAN MIYE SR WR 90 LUKE STEVENS SR K K 92 KASHAUN JARVIS SO DL 93 ETHAN DAY SO W 94 JORDAN ROBERSON SO W 96 LUCAS CLIFTON JR K K
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