Sports Weekly 14 Fridayland athletes make All-City 1st teams 8 tabbed for tennis squad, 4 for baseball, 2 for golf to round out spring season

Five state champions from Heritage Hall, along with two from Deer Creek and a runner-up from McGuinness, highlighted the list of eight Fridayland athletes to make The Oklahoman’s All-City tennis first team.

Emerson Ritenour and Gray Ferguson proved to be one of the best No. 1 doubles team in the state to claim the 5A championship.

Teammate Larsen Van Horn ended his career with a strong showing to win the No. 2 singles state title.

Jasmine Crain and Tokara Henderson rounded out the group from Heritage Hall as the sophomore-freshman duo jumped onto the scene with a No. 1 doubles state crown.

Deer Creek’s Sindhya Atturu and Paige Ludlam captured the 6A No. 1 doubles

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In addition, Heritage Hall’s Michel Bischoff was named Coach of the Year after leading the Chargers to their second straight state championship and 23rd overall title.

Heritage Hall’s McLoud Buergler and Charlie Zeiders joined Crossings Christian’s Ben Vanlandingham on the second team.

Honorable mention selections included: Crossings Christian – Maggie Brown, Riley DeMunbrun, J.P. Dillon, Lauren Hart, Anna Lapere, Greyson Lewis, Kate Lovelace, Chloe Minihan, Summer Shapard, Jackson Strunk, Jack Waggoner; Deer Creek – Ian Chang, Jackson Gwartney, Evan Ivester, Anna

ALL-CITY SELECTIONS

All-City Tennis 1st Team

Sindhya Atturu, Deer Creek

Jasmine Crain, Heritage Hall

Gray Ferguson, Heritage Hall

Tokara Henderson, Heritage Hall

Paige Ludlam, Deer Creek

Emerson Ritenour, Heritage Hall

T.J. Shanahan, McGuinness

Larsen Van Horn, Heritage Hall

All City Baseball 1st Team

Julius Ejike-Charles, Heritage Hall

Austin Lemon, Heritage Hall

Preston Mahen, Crossings Christian

Luke Schimmels, Deer Creek

All City Golf 1st Team

Abbie Justiz, McGuinness

Allie Justiz, McGuinness

Pasqueli, Morgan Pieratt, Evan Rollins, Aiden Stuart, Heavenly Washington, Austin Williams; Harding Charter Prep – Lilly Boevers, Owen Clark, Ian Ward;

Also, Heritage Hall – Rowan Dunham, Owen Fellrath, Ava Nelson, Sofia Tipple, Ainsley Trice; McGuinness – Juli Abbott, Carl Amaya, Rusty Cheaver, Matthew Dell’Osso, Joseph Dickerson, Olivia LaForge, Chelsea Le, Elizabeth Newsbold, Lauren Potter, Oleya Rodgers, Sam Purnell; Mount St. Mary – Andrew Allen, Mackenzie Bass, Maggie Brown, Abby Fudickar, A.J. Gianino, Maria Roquemore.

Baseball

Four Fridayland athletes earned spots in the first team of The Oklahoman’s All-City baseball roster.

Deer Creek’s Luke Schimmels ranked as the only one to make the Big All-City first team as one of the most feared hitters in the state. Schimmels finished with a .491 batting average with 44 runs batted in (RBI), 13 doubles, four triples and 10 home runs.

Two Heritage Hall players, Austin Lemon and Julius EjikeCharles made the Little All-City first team.

Lemon, a skilled switch-hitter, posted a .510 average with 32 RBI, 13 doubles and three home runs.

Ejike-Charles was a game-changer on the mound, as the righthander collected a 6-1 pitching record with a 1.54 earned-run average (ERA) and 88 strikeouts.

Crossings Christian’s Preston Mahen rounded out the quartet and boasted a monster year at the plate, batting .525 with 55 RBI, 10 doubles, five home runs to go along with 38 steals.

Two others made the second team, highlighted by Deer Creek’s Taylor Tomlin and Heritage Hall’s Carson Beam.

Honorable mention selections included: Casady – Conner Richards, Cade Vesta;

Crossings Christian –Silas Ward; Deer Creek – Brady Hamilton, Kamden Phillips; Heritage Hall – Kaeden Woods.

GOLF

A pair of sisters from McGuinness boasted as the only Fridayland athletes on the first team of The Oklahoman’s All-City golf list.

Abbie Justiz made the most of her freshman season after carding a 36-hole total of 151 at Prairie West Golf Club in Weatherford to capture the Class 4A individual state championship.

Older sister Allie Justiz came in just a shot back at 152 for second place as the duo helped the Irish girls to a runner-up finish in the team standings.

Heritage Hall’s Ben Lathrop made the second team, after finishing second in the 4A individual standings and helping the Chargers to a runnerup finish.

Honorable mention selections included:

Crossings Christian Patrick Coulter, Jackson Magness; Deer Creek – Lana Bowen, Cohen Lorenzen, Chelsea Powell; Heritage Hall – Kali Freymiller, Gabrielle Gross, Drew Kenney, Anastasia Knouse, Kyle McLaughlin, Roger Smith; McGuinness – Abby Edwards, Taylor French, Ben Jones, Carson Lee, Ryan McClanahan, Grace McDaniel, Corbin Sanders; PC North – Tiana Frantz, Katie Moore.