Jenks Tribune, Digital Issue 56 - September 4, 2020

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

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Jenks Student A Finalist For Google Doodle Contest Google is excited to announce the talented student from Tulsa, Gwenith Madhan, could soon have her art on the Google homepage for millions to see. Gwenith – a Jenks High School student – is one of Google’s top 5 national finalists in its 12th annual Doodle for Google competition, selected out of 54 state and territory winners. The announcement is on the Google blog today.

Gwenith is the winner in the 8-9th grade category, and a finalist for the grand prize. The contest, which was open to K-12 students across the United States, asked students to design a Google Doodle inspired by the theme “I show kindness by...”.

As National Finalists, the 5 student winners will receive a $5,000 college scholarship, Google hardware for the new school year and some fun Googley swag. Check out their artwork, along with all 54 of the state winners on the website gallery. In the next and final stage of the contest, a judging panel will determine which of our 5 national finalists will be chosen as the national contest winner. The winner’s artwork will be featured on Google’s homepage for 24 hours, they’ll receive a $30,000 scholarship and a $50,000 technology package for their school.

EMPOWER,

They thought it would be great if they could find a Ghanaian word that began with the letter “E” that described their mission or the products they were going to sell. Bullard sat down with one of The Pearl House staff members, Mama Millicent, and asked her if there were any Ghanaian words that began with the letter “E” that could serve as a new name for Kairos 10.

They went through a list together until they came to the word “Esombo”.

It was perfect. Esombo is a word in the Ghanaian language of Twi [pronounced tree] that means valuable, priceless, precious, or unique … a pearl.

Pearl House’s non-profit jewelry company, Esombo, provides unique opportunity for young Ghanaian women

“We want everyone to know that God has created them uniquely … that they are valuable, priceless, and precious,” Bullard said.

EDUCATE, EMPLOY

By Courtney Bullard, special to the Jenks Tribune Esombo. It seems like a funny name until you know the story behind the name and what the word Esombo means.

In July 2019, Jenks resident Courtney Bullard, the Executive Director/CEO and co-founder of The Pearl House, traveled to The Pearl House in Ghana with Lexi Droemer, The Pearl House Development Coordinator and Director of Esombo, and Kathy Hitchcock, The Pearl House Director of Operations in order to find a new name for its newly inherited non-profit jewelry company, Kairos 10.

The ladies knew the new mission of the company would be to empower, educate, and employ young women in Ghana.

Today Esombo, The Pearl House’s non-profit retail company, creates economic opportunity for skilled women in Ghana, so they can provide for their families. Every product purchased from Esombo provides economic opportunity to vulnerable women and helps support education for young women in Ghana.

Esombo’s mission is to empower, educate, and employ young women in Ghana, Africa, to change their families, their communities, and their nation.

Esombo goods are handcrafted by Ghanaian artisans. Their soft goods are made by students at The Pearl House Career Centers where young women learn skills, which they need to support their families. Esombo’s beautiful jewelry is made by Esombo’s beading artisans.

The beads used in Esombo’s jewelry are made of recycled glass with timehonored traditions of Ghanaian bead makers.

The Ghanaian artisans employed by Esombo are very talented and are currently working on new jewelry and soft good designs. Esombo’s products are truly valuable, priceless, precious, and unique.

For Esombo to continue to give their artisans new work and offer their customers new designs, they are retiring the existing line of Kairos 10 jewelry that was inherited when The Pearl House took over the organization.

With this retirement, Esombo is now offering an amazing deal to consumers. They are selling bundles of jewelry worth $300 at an incredible value of only $50. These bundles of jewelry make incredible gifts, can be used for fundraisers, women’s events, or be donated to different women’s shelters that Esombo has partnered with in various states.

To support this great cause, you can order jewelry bundles as well as masks, soft goods, and handcrafted jewelry at www.esombo.org.

“I love when there is purpose behind a product. Every time I wear my Esombo earrings or tie my African fabric hair tie around my head, I know that we are helping to change a nation through Esombo and The Pearl House,” Bullard said.

For more information about Esombo or The Pearl House, visit esombo.org or thepearlhouse.org

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Jenks To Return To At-School Learning Sept. 10 The past three months have been a rollercoaster ride for Jenks Public Schools’ students, faculty, and parents.

In mid-July, the Jenks Public Schools Board of Education adopted a three-option return to learn plan that included an in-school option, an all virtual option or a blended learning option.

Then, in early August, Jenks Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Stacey Butterfield announced at a school board meeting she had decided to start the 2020-2021 school year under a distance learning plan because of the COVID-19 numbers in Tulsa County.

The school year began for Jenks Public Schools Aug. 24 and the past two weeks, Jenks Public Schools’ administrators, faculty, teachers, students and parents have been working tirelessly to make sure their children are getting the best possible education they can receive through a computer screen.

Distance learning was supposed to stay in place until the COVID-19 numbers dropped to the “Yellow” level for at least two consecutive weeks. Tuesday, the first day of September, Jenks Public Schools sent a note to all parents in the district alerting them that a decision had been made to go back to the original three-option plan Sept. 10.

This means that those students who opted into the atschool learning option will now be able to go back to the classroom Sept. 10.

Those students, who opted into the all-virtual and blended formats will begin that as well on Sept. 10.

“The color-coded COVID Alert System, developed by the Oklahoma State Department of Education in consultation with the Oklahoma State Department of Health, was intended to guide districts through the beginning of the school year.

As the calendar turns to September and cases have trended down in Tulsa County, it is time to pivot to inperson instruction for At-School learning,” the letter read.

The letter also stated that Jenks Public Schools District leaders discussed shifting back to At-School learning once the COVID cases in Tulsa County were at a “Yellow” level for two consecutive weeks and/or learning of other data, guidance and strategies for safer re-entry.

Tulsa County has not reached the “Yellow” level, but cases are substantially lower than when the school district made the decision Aug. 3 to open the year with distance learning.

The letter also stated that it was never the intent of the school district to utilize distance learning indefinitely and that the district is committed to implementing health and safety protocols to mitigate risk factors and work hard to manage positive cases as they arise.

Masks will be required for all employees and all students in grades third through 12th. Students in Pre-K through second grade must wear masks in hallways and common areas. Parents of students in Pre-K through second grade may choose for their student or students to wear a mask at all times.

The letter additionally states that distance learning is still an option moving forward if cases rise within the district and another shutdown in necessary.

Elm Street Widening Project Expected To Be Completed By End Of 2023

By Kyle Salomon Jenks residents made it loud and clear they are ready to see their roads improved in their passing of the Aug. 25 bond issue with more than 71% of the vote. The largest and most expensive of those projects is the widening of south Elm Street to five lanes from 111th Street to 131st Street with walking and biking paths along the sides of the road.

The Elm Street widening will cost $16 million, which is more than 75% of the total bond amount.

Now, the question from many Jenks citizens is when they can expect the project to begin and when it will be completed.

Jenks City Engineer Chris Robinson said he is anticipating the entire project to be completed by the end of 2023.

“Utility relocations are nearly entirely designed,” Robinson said during Tuesday’s Jenks City Council meeting. “The designs for the area around 131st and Elm are being updated since we are widening it to five lanes the entire way. The utility relocation plans are being adjusted.”

There are two owners there, and that will be tedious to make sure we ask for the correct value and negotiate with them. On the right of way acquisition, I am hoping to get those done by March of 2021.”

Robinson said he is anticipating construction on Elm Street to commence in January of 2022.

“Our design engineer believes he can get everything in place and ready to go by June of 2021,” Robinson said. “I am being a little more cautious on it. He is being a little more aggressive with his timetable. Either way, we will push to get this done as soon as possible. I have estimated about 20 months on the time frame for construction, which anticipates a wet winter and spring.”

Robinson stated that he expects the construction documents to show a quicker time on construction, but he added the usual amount of rain delays that typically happen within a year. “We are also designing in the construction plan a phased approach, so there will always be two-way traffic open on Elm Street,” Robinson said.

“This project will not start prior to 111th and Elwood being completed.”

The 111th Street and Elwood Ave. intersection project is schedule to be completed in February of 2021.

Companies, who have different utility and power lines underneath Elm Street have signed agreements to relocate and extend their casings. The plan is for those companies to begin those relocation projects in October or early November if the weather cooperates and to be completely done by the end of the year or early 2021.

“I am being a little cautious with the timing because PSO (Public Service Company of Oklahoma) needs to move two miles of electrical lines and they have a lot of underground lines to relocate,” Robinson said. “I am thinking it will take an entire 12 months from now for them to complete the relocation.”

Robinson said the City of Jenks is currently going through right of way acquisition and they have nearly half of the right of way packets to send out for offers. “We just need to make sure we are offering adequate prices for the square-footage we are asking for the right of way,” Robinson said. “We are still working on the offers for the two largest parcels, which are for the sections south of 131st Street on the west side of Elm Street.

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TAKE A DEEP BREATH, IT ’S GOING TO BE ALRIGHT

By Kyle Salomon You ever have one of those days, weeks, months or even years that you just look up into the sky and wonder how you’re going to make it to the other side of the mountain that faces you?

Or do you sit and bury your head into your hands and ask yourself what you could have done differently to make your life just a little bit easier?

Or maybe you don’t stop at all and you keep on piling more and more on your plate until the plate ends up shattering around you. There is one word that culminates all these different reactions. Can anyone guess what word I am talking about?

Yes, you got it. Stress. Stress can manifest itself in many ways, but regardless of the avenue in which your stress shows its ugly face, it is very real, and it is very damaging. There can be stress in the personal life and there can be stress in the professional life. Having stress in one area of your life is tough enough, but when it starts affecting multiple areas of your life, that’s when things can get very murky.

The experts will tell you to exercise more or to make sure take personal time to do a fun activity that you enjoy, or make sure to get plenty of sleep.

Yes, those are good things to do and they do help with stress, but here is why a lot of times it is not sound advice. Time. It’s all about time, right? Do you have the time to exercise? Do you have the time to go and do a fun activity that you enjoy? Do you have the time to get a good night of sleep?

Miller Swim School Navigating The Waters Of A Pandemic

By Sarah Clavin “We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.”

– Martin Luther King I believe a celebration is in order, our local paper is up and printing once more! What a victory for small businesses all over our city.

As a small business owner, we, at Miller Swim School, have also experienced the ebb and flow of the global pandemic over these past several months. We are not where we imagined we would be starting our second season, but we are immensely grateful for our friends in Jenks and the communities of south Tulsa to be where we are.

At the end of March, we were blindsided with a sudden, unforeseeable closure, with no clear end in sight. Data, recommendations and regulations changed almost daily, and we were bombarded with information, questions, and uncertainties from others in our industry around the globe.

No, many of us do not, and quite frankly these so-called experts don’t seem to understand that. So, what do we do? How do we deal with the stress in our lives if we don’t have the time to do all the “suggested” things to help combat the problem.

For me, it is simple. First, you have to breathe. You have to understand that everything is going to be alright. You have to understand that whatever problem or issue you are facing that is giving you stress is not the end of the world.

You will find that if you take slow, deep breaths, everything around you will begin to slow down, and you will not have the anxiety that comes with stress. Stress is very much like a living thing. It needs to be fed to survive and the more you feed it the bigger and stronger it is going to get. So, why not cut off its food supply. Slow everything down and breathe.

Once you have calmed yourself down, then it is time to identify the issue that is causing the stress and face it head on. Do not run from it. You have to go after it and push through it because that is the only way it will truly go away.

A problem or issue that brings the enemy of stress into your life is not something that you can just whisk away or put away in the closet and deal with later. You have to attack it and conquer it.

I write all this because I have found myself in a very stressful week, so trust me, I am writing this to myself as much as I am writing this for anyone else.

Hopefully, this advice can help someone in their stressful situation.

If you do find yourself in a time of stress, just remember, you are not alone. Everyone deals with this disease.

Just remember, take a deep breath, it’s going to be alright.

Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy the Jenks Tribune.

Sincerely, Kyle Salomon ksalomon@jenkstribune.com

While no definite end was in sight, we planned and trained and prepared to the best of our ability for the unknown.

We prayed that our business would be sustained, that our employees would be taken care of, and that we would soon have the opportunity to re-open our doors and provide the lifesaving service we had been for the past 60 years.

swimmers, staff and families as healthy as possible. And while it is not always easy or convenient or normal, we have been able to operate virtually COVID free this entire time, and for that we are extremely grateful.

We believe that swimming is one of the best activities for children during this season.

No less than eight weeks after our sudden closure, we were able to gently re-open our doors to the bulk of our staff and many of our loyal customers. We had overnight become pioneers in our industry during the pandemic.

One of the very first swim schools to reopen after the unexpected hit of COVID-19. After hours upon hours of research, zoom calls, conversations with experts and local health regulators, we had a tentative plan for safety reopening, which we implemented on May 18th for our first Summer Session of 2020. We were both hopeful and immensely grateful to be where we were.

The physical and emotional release in the familiar warm water environment is bringing smiles and encouragement to the young swimmers and establishing a level of requiescence to their schedules.

We were also navigating in completely uncharted waters. Over the course of the summer, we could not have been more grateful for the graciousness and flexibility and patience of our staff and patrons. Safety is at the core of our primary business and we truly believe it should be encompassed in everything we do. We have implemented “Herbie’s Health Precautions,” a nonexhaustive list of the safety features and protocols we have added to keep our

At Miller Swim School, we often remind ourselves that drowning knows no season, and this pandemic has been a season all of its own, one in which drownings have drastically increased. The need for swimming lessons and water safety education is at an all time high and we look forward to the opportunity to continue to safely provide these services for our local families.

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Jenks Martial Arts Academy Opens New Location To Expand Program Offerings

Jenks Martial Arts Academy is relocating to a new location to expand its programs and better serve students. The new 6,000 square foot location is at 728 W. Main Street in the Melody Lane Shopping Center. The building, which includes a 2,500 square foot training floor and 750 square foot multipurpose room, officially opened for business on Sept. 1.

“This September is our 13th anniversary, and it’s very exciting to continue serving the South Tulsa community in our new and improved facility,” said Justin Dunham, owner and chief instructor at Jenks Martial Arts Academy. “The larger square footage will allow us to expand our programs to provide day camps and after-school programs to give kids a safe place to learn and have fun.”

An Epic Charter Schools vendor, Jenks Martial Arts Academy offers Taekwon-do classes for students ages 4 and older; Krav Maga classes for teens and adults, Ketsugo Jiu Jitsu classes, corporate and group self-defense classes, Kids’ Night Out events, and birthday parties.

“We are also thrilled to offer Day Camps for students ages 4 and older while area schools are conducting classes virtually,” explained Dunham.

“JMAA will provide a safe place for kids to complete their schoolwork with high speed Wi-Fi internet, games and activities, and supportive adult supervision.”

South Harvard Road Project Nears Completion

The Harvard Avenue Road Project (Between 131st and 141st) is almost complete. Crews have finished the overlay and now adding the finishing touches to this area. Harvard Avenue has seen an uptick in traffic over the past several years due to new residential development and access to 151st Street. This project makes this road a smoother and safer access point to travel in and out of South Jenks for residents and visitors. Photos/Courtesy

Jenks Chamber Hosts Women In Business Luncheon Angie Rains, of the Jenks Chamber of Commerce, put on the Women’s In Business Luncheon Aug. 27. State Representative Sheila Dills, Tulsa County Commissioner Karen Keith, and Jenks Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Stacey Butterfield spoke to a packed house on the different experiences they have gone through in their journeys to where they are now. Photos/Kyle Salomon

New Comprehensive Plan Set For Jenks

By Kyle Salomon

Tuesday, at the Jenks City Council meeting, a new comprehensive plan was presented and approved. The Horizon Jenks Plan is a new comprehensive plan to help the city of Jenks move forward into the future. The process to develop this new comprehensive plan began in May of 2019. The City of Jenks hired consulting firm Houseal Lavigne Associates to help throughout the process of the plan development.

Houseal Lavigne and the City of Jenks partnered to put on numerous workshops since May of 2019 where citizens of Jenks could come and voice what they want to see happen in their city to help create a vision for Jenks for the next 20 years.

On top of the workshops, there were other community outreach opportunities, such as an elected and appointed official roundtable discussion, staff workshops, business workshops, key person interviews, focus groups, a meeting with the Advisory Committee, as well as online questionnaires. There were hundreds of participants, who offered their ideas, discussed their concerns, and relayed their vision for the future of the community.

The Horizon Jenks comprehensive plan addresses the following: -Land use and development -Commercial areas -Transportation and mobility -Parks, open space, and environmental features -Agricultural and cultural facilities -Housing and neighborhoods -Economic development framework -Community facilities and utilities -Implementation strategies

Going into the creation of the new comprehensive plan, the City of Jenks wanted all of stakeholders in Jenks to have an input and be involved, such as residents, businesses, and workers. A Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee (CAC) made up of citizens was created early in the process. The CAC was given documents in advance of the public and they provided guidance and comments for the consultant and staff.

According to city officials, the Horizon Jenks comprehensive plan will serve as a guide for future development within the City of Jenks.

Oklahoma Statutes Citationized; Title 11. Cities and Towns; Chapter 1 - Oklahoma Municipal Code; Article; Article XLIIIBuildings and Zoning; Section 43-103 - Purpose of Regulations – Comprehensive Plan Municipal regulations as to buildings, structures and land shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and be designed to accomplish any of the following objectives: 1. To lessen congestion in the streets 2. To secure safety from fire, panic, and other dangers 3. To promote health and the general welfare, including the peace and quality of life of the district 4. To provide adequate light and air 5. To prevent the overcrowding of land 6. To promote historical preservation 7. To avoid undue concentration of population; or 8. To facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements. The regulations shall be made with reasonable consideration, among other things, as to the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the municipality. The governing body shall provide the manner, which regulations, restrictions and district boundaries shall be determined, established, and enforced, and amended, supplemented, or changed.

Jenks Police Department Incident Reports Aug. 17 Through Aug. 23

LARCENY; 10700 BLOCK S ELGIN AVE; An unknown lady driving a White Dodge Ram pick-up truck pulled up to the mailbox at 10723 S Elgin Ave and opened up the mailbox and removing multiple items from inside and then driving off.

LARCENY; 11200 BLOCK S NANDINA AVE; USPS notification of packages being delivered. Packages were not found to be delivered.

LARCENY;100 BLOCK FOX RUN CIRCLE; The unknown suspect(s) entered the victim’s bedroom and stole a silver marquise diamond ring located in a purse on top of her bedroom dresser.

IDENTITY THEFT; 2400 W E ST; Unknown individual applied for medical supplies using the victim’s personal, and Medicare, information.

LARCENY-AUTO AIRCRAFT OR OTHER MOTOR VEH; 700 E E ST; Possible known suspect took possession of the victim's car keys, and then unlawfully took possession of the victim's vehicle.

SHOPLIFTING; 510 S ELM ST; Suspect entered the business and used deception to steal merchandise from the business depriving the business of the items and monetary value.

LARCENY FROM THE HOUSE; Unknown suspect(s) took bikes out of the back yard of the victims apartment depriving them of their use.

LARCENY FROM THE HOUSE; 11200 S LOCUST CIR; The victim alleges that the suspect entered his residence, took an apple laptop belonging to the company the victim works for without permission, and the suspect left the residence with the laptop in her possession.

BURGLARY FROM AUTO; 300 S RIVERFRONT DR; Unknown suspect(s) unlawfully entered the victim's vehicle and retrieved items.

BURGLARY FROM AUTO; 11800 S WILLOW ST; Unknown Suspect made entry to the victim's vehicle and took possession of items belonging to the victim and his employer, without permission, depriving the victims of their belongings.

BURGLARY FROM AUTO; 400 N RIVERWALK TER; The suspect stole items from the victim's truck bed located in the Riverwalk parking lot. The victim was not present during the incident.

Football Student Section Goes Patriotic The Superfan-led Jenks High School student section will be doing a different theme every week during the 2020 football season. Last week, the theme was “USA�, so students dressed up in patriotic outfits to watch the Trojans take on Springdale Har-Ber. Photo/Kyle Salomon

Church Directory Beaver Street Baptist Church 102 W. Beaver Street Crossroads Church 2525 W. Main Street Dove Ministry 2833 W. Main Street

Life Church Jenks 890 W. 81st Street Newspring Family Church 2907 W. 108th Place South River Oaks Christian Church 300 N. Elm Street

First Baptist Church 11701 S. Elm Street

St. James Presbyterian Church 11970 S. Elm Street

First Christian Church 308 E. Main Street

The Church at Jenks 2101 W. 118th Street

First Jenks United Methodist Church 415 E. Main Street

The Connecting Co. 1737 W. 81st Street

Jenks Bethel Baptist Church 11808 S. Elm Street Jenks Bible Church 708 W. Main St Jenks Church 1015 W. Main Street Kirk Crossing 11420 S. James Avenue

Food Truck Festival Brings Crowd To Downtown Jenks The Jenks America Food Truck Festival attracted hundreds to downtown Jenks Saturday. Several food truck and other vendors set up shop on Main Street. The festival also included a car show and performances at the Commons.

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Rhiannon is a dog lover and grew up walking her bird dog while wearing roller skates. When she was 10, she even wanted to open a dog wash.

Rhiannon and her husband Shawn live in Glenpool and have a Pit Bull, Bear, a Terrier mix, Halo and Pepper the Cat. She likes Hip-Hop music, cakes, cookies, and especially her Mustang.

Rhiannon is a cancer survivor and knows a thing or two about the priorities of life. Each year she goes to Chicago to walk with her family in the Cancer Survivors Celebration Walk and 5K. There is no one at the shop that is as courageous as she is, and we admire her immensely.

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Jenks Pom Makes Adjustments To Annual Fashion Show

Jenks Pom is set to put on their 22nd Annual Fashion Show.

This year the theme is “The City that Never Sleeps”. This event will be held on two separate days to abide by social distancing guidelines and masks will be required.

Fashion shows will be held on Sept. 14 and Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. at the Jenks High School Performing Arts Center.

The latest styles and trends from local businesses will be walked down the runway by our very own Jenks Seniors.

These students are involved in all aspects of the Jenks community such as academics, sports, clubs, and so much more.

Not only will the students be in the show but the very fashionable administrators and teachers from Jenks High School will make their debut on the catwalk.

The Jenks Pom squads have worked hard throughout this pandemic to keep their skill levels up. Our varsity, junior varsity and junior high squads attended an out of the ordinary “at home” UDA camp in July and have qualified for the National Competition at ESPN in Orlando.

To show their appreciation the varsity, junior varsity, junior high, and middle school squads will perform their routines for the audience.

The seniors this year are Maddie Borchers, Emily Condon, Peyton Lee, Ashley Lewellen, Thiry Saleh, Leah Snowbarger, Hattie Stephens, and Sydney Wallis.

There will be several different ticketing options available on www.Tix.com starting Sept. 3. This year, tickets will be sold online only, meaning we will not have tickets available at the door in order to follow social distancing guidelines.

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Lady Trojans Bring Home Broken Arrow Invitational Title

By Kyle Salomon In sports, there is always that point early in a season, where a team finds out what it is capable of that year. For the Jenks volleyball team, that point came this past weekend in the Broken Arrow Invitational.

The Lady Trojans (11-1) went 5-1 and captured the tournament championship.

On the first day of the tournament last Friday, Jenks won all three of its matches beating Norman North, Broken Arrow and Edmond Memorial.

Jenks won the first set 25-15 and the second 25-10. The Lady Trojans had 25 kills, eight serving aces, 14 blocks, 22 digs and 49 assists. Adison Morgan had seven kills, Figueroa had four serving aces and 14 assists, Perdue Savanna LaBiche, Maren Johnson and Noelle Prideaux each had 1 block and Salyer had nine digs.

In its only loss of the tournament, Jenks lost to Washington 0-2. The Lady Trojans dropped the first set 15-25 and the second 23-25.

Jenks had 21 kills, two serving aces, one block, 33 digs and 39 assists.

Perdue had six kills, Montes had two serving aces and eight assists, Brynn Roberts had one block and Figueroa, Montes, Cienna Onivia and Salyer each had five digs.

In their last match of the day Friday, the Lady Trojans defeated Edmond Memorial 2-1. Jenks won the first set 25-17, lost the second 23-25 and won the third 25-22.

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The following day on Saturday, the Lady Trojans went 2-1. They lost to Washington to open the day but responded by beating Owasso and then Regent Prep in the tournament finals. Jenks beat Regent Prep 2-1. The Lady Trojans won the first set 25-13, lost the second set 10-25 and then took the third and deciding set in exciting fashion 26-24.

Jenks had 27 kills in the match, 10 serving aces, five blocks, 37 digs and 65 assists.

Mikiah Perdue had eight kills and four blocks, Honda Figueroa had 3 serving aces and 17 assists, and Sophie Bufogle and Megan Salyer each had seven digs.

In the match before the championship bout against Owasso, the Lady Trojans defeated the Lady Rams 2-0.

Jenks Aims To Turn Tide Against Bixby

year as a sophomore and really showed against Union how good he really is. Defensively for us, he is going to be the key, is finding a way to slow him down and contain him. They move him around a lot to get him in open space.” Bixby quarterback Mason Williams threw for 171 yards and two touchdowns.

“Their quarterback is back from last year. He does a great job of just buying some extra time in the pocket,” Riggs said. “They have a number of offensive weapons.”

Jack Puckett was the highlight defensive player for the Spartans.

He had nine tackles and three sacks against Union. “Defensively, they have always been a defense that likes to attack,” Riggs said.

“They like to force you into bad plays and bad decisions and get you behind the chains.

Offensively, it is going to be vitally important that we are very sound, we know and execute our assignments and we get those second and short and third and short downs instead of second and long and third and long situations.”

By Kyle Salomon If you are associated with Jenks football, the 2019 version of the Jenks-Bixby match up was one to forget. The Spartans handed Jenks their worst loss since the early 1990’s with a 57-7 drubbing at Allan Trimble Stadium. The Trojans went on to make a 6A-1 state championship game run and Bixby went on to go undefeated and capture another 6A-II state title.

At 7 p.m. Friday at Spartan Stadium in Bixby, Jenks will be looking for revenge. “They lost a number of really good football players from last year’s team, but they haven’t dropped off much because of it,” Jenks football coach Keith Riggs said.

The Trojans (1-0) are coming off a 31-15 win last Friday at home against Springdale Har-Ber in their first game of the 2020 season, while the Spartans (1-0) come into the game after throttling Union 34-0.

Bixby is coached by Loren Montgomery, who was an assistant under former legendary Jenks coach Allan Trimble for many years. The Spartans ran 61 plays against the Redskins and totaled 18 first downs. Braylin Presley was the start of the night with 271 all-purpose yards, including 185 on the ground and 67 receiving.

“Braylin Pres ley is an outstanding football player,” Riggs said. “He was last

The Trojans ran 41 plays against Springdale Har-Ber and had 15 first downs. Quarterback Stephen Kittleman threw for 202 yards and two touchdowns. Grant Lohr rushed for 100 yards and Jayden Patrick had 61 yards receiving. Tyson Ward led in tackles with 13 and had interception, which he took back for a touchdown.

Last year, Bixby jumped on Jenks early and kept the foot on the pedal. The Trojans will look to make sure that doesn’t happen again. “Certainly, a good start always helps, no matter who you are playing, and we don’t want to get off to the same start as last year,” Riggs said. “We are little older and a little wiser this year, so if things don’t go our way right at first, I think our kids have the experience now that they won’t panic. The experience level of our team and the seniors we have on our team that went through that last year will help this year. Whether it is the first quarter or another quarter, we will face some adversity against a good Bixby team. We will be a little better prepared for it this year than we were last year.”

Riggs said the focus will be on playing well this year and not worrying about what happened a year ago. “Our kids want to prove that last year just wasn’t indicative of Jenks Trojan football,” Riggs said. “I think it is key to not let them get to hyped up. We still need to work on us and focus on us in the process. We will not spend a lot of time talking about getting them back for last year or revenge from last year.”

Girls Cross Country Dominates Owasso Relays

By Kyle Salomon

The defending 6A state champions are continuing their dominance in the early part of the 2020 season.

The Jenks cross country teams competed in the 2020 Owasso Relays Aug. 27 at Mohawk Park in Tulsa and the Jenks girls A team finished first out of 34 teams.

The A squad had a combined time of 38:51.96 with an average mile time of 6:28 and an average speed of 9.3 mph. Jenks girls B team took third place with a combined time of 40:36.09, an average mile time of 6:46 and an average speed of 8.9 mph. The C team placed 14th with a combined time of 46:39.91, an average mile time of 7:46 and an average speed of 7.7 mph.

The E team finished 17th with a combined time of 47:43.29, an average mile time of 7:57 and an average speed of 7.5 mph. The F team took 20th with a combined time of 48:30.17, an average mile time of 8:05 and an average speed of 7.4 mph.

The D squad placed 25th with a combined time of 50:52.73, an average mile time of 8:28 and an average speed of 7.1 mph. The G team finished 28th with a combined time of 52:17.37, an average mile time of 8:42 and an average speed of 6.9 mph. The H team took 33rd with a combined time of 57:20.30, an average mile time of 9:33 and an average speed of 6.3 mph.

On the boys’ side of the course, Jenks A placed fourth out of 42 teams with a combined time of 33:46.69, an average mile time of 5:37 and an average speed of 10.7 mph.

The B team finished 17th with a combined time of 37:59.06, an average mile time of 6:19 and an average speed of 9.5 mph. The C team took 39th with a combined time of 47:08.08, an average mile time of 7:51 and an average speed of 7.6 mph.

Next up for the cross country teams will be 9 a.m. Aug. 12 at the Broken Arrow Invitational.

JENKS HIGH SCHOOL 2020 FALL SPORTS SCHEDULES

CROSS COUNTRY

SOFTBALL

Sept. 12, 9 a.m., Broken Arrow Invitational, at Broken Arrow Oneta Ridge Middle School Sept. 19, 11 a.m., Missouri Southern Stampede, at Missouri Southern University Sept. 26, noon, 6A PreState, at Edmond Santa Fe High School Oct. 1, 3:30 p.m., Owasso Rams Invitational, at Mohawk Park Oct. 8, 3:30 p.m., Frontier Valley Conference, TBD Oct. 24, noon, 6A Regional, TBD Oct. 31, noon, 6A State Championships, at Edmond Santa Fe High School

Sept. 7, 6 p.m. at Ponca City Sept. 8, 5:30 p.m., vs. Sapulpa Sept. 11, TBA, Bixby Tournament, at Bentley Park Sept. 12, TBA, Bixby Tournament, at Bentley Park Sept. 14, 5 p.m., at Kellyville Sept. 15, 5 p.m., at Sapulpa Sept. 22, 6 p.m., at Shawnee Sept. 24, 5:30 p.m. vs. Sand Springs Sept. 25, TBA, Tahlequah Tournament, at Northeastern State University Sept. 26, TBA, Tahlequah Tournament, at Northeastern State University Sept. 28, 5 p.m., at Owasso Sept. 29, 5:30 p.m., vs. Union Oct. 3, TBA, Edmond Tournament, Oklahoma Christian University

FOOTBALL NonDistrict September 4 – At Bixby 7 p.m. Spartan Stadium September 11 – Union 7:35 p.m. Chapman Stadium (University of Tulsa) September 18 – Bye Week District September 25 – At Enid 7 p.m. Dr. Bruce Selby Stadium October 2 – Broken Arrow 7:30 p.m. Allan Trimble Stadium October 8 – At Norman 7 p.m. Harve Collins Stadium October 15 – Edmond Santa Fe 7:30 p.m. Allan Trimble Stadium October 23 – Yukon 7:30 p.m. Allan Trimble Stadium (Homecoming and Senior Night) October 30 – At Edmond Memorial 7 p.m. Edmond Memorial Stadium November 5 – At Westmoore 7 p.m. Moore Schools Stadium Playoffs November 13 – Quarterfinals TBA November 20 – Semifinals TBA December 4,5 – 6A1 State Championship TBA

VOLLEYBALL Sept. 11, 8:30 a.m., Heather Harkness Invitational, at Edmond Santa Fe High School Sept. 12, 8:30 a.m., Heather Harkness Invitational, at Edmond Santa Fe High School Sept. 15, 6:30 p.m., vs. Bixby Sept. 22, 6:30 p.m., at Sand Springs Sept. 24, 6:30 p.m., vs. Lincoln Christian Sept. 25, 8:30 a.m., Jenks Invitational Sept. 26, 8:30 a.m., Jenks Invitational Sept. 29, 6:30 p.m., at Broken Arrow Oct. 1, 4:30 p.m., at Edmond Memorial Oct. 1, 6:30 p.m., Norman North, at Edmond Memorial Oct. 6, 6:30 p.m., vs. Booker T. Washington Oct. 8, 6:30 p.m., vs. Sapulpa Oct. 13, TBD, Regional, TBD Oct. 19, TBD, State Championships, TBD Oct. 20, TBD, State Championships, TBD

Six Turnovers Propel Jenks To Win Over Springdale Har-Ber

By Kyle Salomon Jenks used six turnovers to engineer a season-opening victory Friday against Springdale Har-Ber 31-15 at Allan Trimble Stadium. The Trojans intercepted five Wildcat passes and recovered one fumble. Defensive backs Cade Stacy and Joey Havir had two interceptions apiece and linebacker Tyson Ward had one, but Ward’s interception went for a touchdown in the third quarter that put Jenks on top 31-7. The one fumble recovery was by linebacker Kaiden Vannoy.

“The turnovers are huge,” Jenks football coach Keith Riggs said. “Coach (Adam) Gaylor (defensive coordinator) told them before the game in our meeting that he wanted three turnovers and we were able to get a bunch more than that.

Anytime you can win the turnover battle by that kind of margin is huge.”

Jenks (1-0) jumped out to an early lead on Springdale Har-Ber (0-1) behind a 37-yard field from Max Paskvan to cap the opening possession and a 98-yard touchdown drive capped by a 22-yard screen pass from quarterback Stephen Kittleman to running back Grant Lohr to make it 10-0 Trojans after one quarter. Jenks went up 17-0 after Kittleman found receiver Ty Walls for a 42-yard touchdown connection, but the Wildcats roared back with an 80-yard scoring drive of their own to cut the lead to 17-7 before the end of the first half.

The Trojan defense forced a punt from Har-Ber to open the third quarter and on the first play from scrimmage for Jenks in the second half, Lohr scampered around the left side for a 47-yard touchdown to extend the lead to 24-7.

Following Ward’s pick six to end the third quarter, the Arkansas team went on another 80-yard scoring drive and a successful two-point conversion attempt to make the score 31-15.

Jenks and Springdale traded scoreless possessions before the Trojans were able to get the ball back and run the clock out to secure the 16-point win. The Trojans ran 41 plays on the night for 419 yards with 217 coming on the ground and 202 coming through the air. Har-Ber ran 75 plays for 382 yards with 196 coming through the air and 186 on the ground.

“We had a bunch of good plays defensively up front and we had some busts where they got some big runs on us,” Riggs said. “We’ll watch those and make some corrections, but I think in the long run, we are going to have a really good defensive line.”

Jenks won the turnover battle, as the Trojans only committed two in the game on interceptions by Kittleman.

The Trojans finished with 15 first downs and converted 4 of 7 on third down. The Wildcats totaled 23 first downs and were 6 of 15 on third down. Kittleman finished the night with 202 yards passing and two touchdowns with two interceptions on 11 of 20 completions.

Lohr had 100 yards and a touchdown on eight carries.

Griffin Forbes rushed for 82 yards on three carries. Brock Smith had eight carries for 35 yards and Jalyn Standford carried the ball twice for no yards. Jayden Patrick finished the game with 61 yards receiving on three catches. Waylon Adams had two receptions for 43 yards. Walls totaled 42 yards receiving on one catch with one touchdown. Glenver Jones finished with 24 yards on two receptions. Lohr had one reception for 22 yards and a touchdown. Forbes had six yards on one catch and Will Mulready had four yards on one reception.

Ward led the Trojans in tackles with seven. Havir had 6.5 on the night. Chase Jackson finished with six in the game.

Vannoy had five. Standford and Montre Samuels Parker each had 4.5. Ethan Bilgrien had four. Lohr, Cooper Crissup and A.J. Brown each had three. Jones finished with two.

Stacy had 1.5 and Coleman Thurber, Mulready, Forbes, Trey Burger and Gustavo Patino-Uribe each had one.

“We showed a lot of fight tonight,” Riggs said. “It was not going to be perfect our first time out when it really counts against a very good football team. I think Har-Ber is going to win a lot of football games this year. I was proud of our kids. They kept fighting. One thing they have learned to do over the past two years is deal with adversity. I thought they dealt with it today and were able to respond and ultimately get the win.”

Next up for Jenks is a road trip next Friday to Bixby. The Spartans are 1-0 after beating Union 34-0 Friday to open their season.

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The Lady Trojans had 29 kills, nine serving aces, five blocks, 45 digs and 72 assists.

Perdue had eight kills and tree blocks, Montes had three serving aces, Salyer had 16 digs and Onivia had 15 assists.

It is second match on Friday, Jenks beat tournament host Broken Arrow 2-1. The Lady Trojans won the first set 27-25, lost the second 17-25 and won the third 25-15.

Jenks had 35 kills, six serving aces, five blocks, 51 digs and 69 assists. Perdue had nine kills, Bufogle and Figueroa each had two serving aces, Perdue and Prideaux each had three blocks, Salyer had 13 digs and Figueroa had 15 assists.

In their first match of the tournament on Friday, the Lady Trojans defeated Norman North 2-0. Jenks won the first set 25-21 and the second 25-19.

The Lady Trojans had 26 kills, five serving aces, two blocks, 33 digs and 50 assists.

Perdue had nine kills and two blocks, Roberts, and Montes each had two serving aces, Montes and Salyer each had nine digs and Montes had 18 assists.

Jenks hosted Muskogee Tuesday and the Lady Trojans made quick work of the Lady Roughers 3-0. Jenks won the first set 25-1, the second 25-6 and the third 25-11.

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