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Charger Basketball Memorial Chargers Head coach Eric Savage is no stranger to success. At Memorial, he has proven it time and time again. With championships in 2003 and again in 2008, Savage was due to win another and winning one every five years seems to be the trend. This year's Charger team withstood a tough Class 5A battle to take home the gold ball. Led by Demari Edwards and Devin Perez, the Chargers took down defending champion Bishop McGuinness to claim their 3rd title in 10 years. Congratulations to Coach Savage and the Memorial Chargers on a job well done.

Tulsa Memorial Roster Wes Powell Anthony White Demari Edwards Jesse Fate Deshaun Kemp Devin Perez Jalen Smith

Cameron Ratliff R.J. Diggs Nick Treleavan Alec Voskuhl Staab MikQuan Deane Grant Murphy] A.J. Cockrell Jamario McClellan Quintin Grant

Pregame A letter from Brad Heath

12 | Picture This Every month our photographers are out taking photos of games and tournaments for the magazine. We continue our tradition of bringing you some great action, fans, coaches, parents and mascots from Eastern Oklahoma. Take a look, maybe you made it into this month’s Picture This!

20 | Baseball’s Top 50

With the success of the basketball and football Top 100’s we decided to unveil the Top 50 Baseball list in this issue. Players statewide were considered and in a grueling process we were able to narrow the list down to the Top 50 in the state.

26 | Basketball Buzzer Beaters

VYPE and Blunck’s Photography caught all of the action during the two weeks of the state basketball tournaments. Find out what first round upsets and last second buzzer beaters made this years state tournament a memorable one.

Effort Is Everything! This year I’ve been able to attend more state tournament and state championship games then ever before and one thing the winners all have in common regardless of sport is effort. Not that 2nd place doesn’t give effort, quite the contrary. Effort may come in the form of a swimmer finishing 5th who was thought to be 8th at best before the race. Maybe it’s an overachieving basketball team that wasn’t supposed to make the tournament or a wrestler who against the odds became a state champion. Effort will define you as a person, in sport and in life. All of the winter sports are recapped in this issue. Lynn Jacobsen spent hours pouring over stats and talking to coaches to break down this year’s basketball, wrestling and swimming finals.

For the first time we debut our VYPE Top 50 Baseball players. This statewide list consists of the top players in baseball regardless of class. From Leedey to Owasso, Navajo to Glenpool, we’ve got the guys we think are the best at what they do!

As always I encourage everyone to follow us on twitter @VYPEOK. Twitter is a great place to keep up with the VYPE polls, news and information you’re looking for concerning high school sports. If you’re not a fan of VYPE on facebook you should be. It’s a great place to read stories and view photos. Email us at Oklahoma@vype.com with your ideas, complaints and comments and as always support those who support your kids by visiting the advertisers you see in this issue! Thanks and we’ll see you at the game.

Brad Heath VYPE Oklahoma Editorial Director

32 | Wrestling Champions

What a great year for the sport of high school wrestling in Oklahoma. Take a closer look at each class as we crown champions and teams in this recap of all the state tournament action.

43 | Swimming For First A change of venue might have been the talk before the state swim meet, but after the champions and teams were crowned the only conversation involving swimming were about the efforts of the state champions. We have it all in this issue.

Next Issue... Spring sports take center stage as baseball, soccer, tennis, golf, track and slow pitch softball become the main course on VYPE’s plate.

Partner/Three Rivers Director Bill Huddleston VYPE Oklahoma Senior Writer Lynn Jacobsen Oklahoma Sales Director Roscoe Migloire Partner Mark Rodgers Contributing Writers Austin Chadwick, Mark Rodgers, Brad Heath, Steve Marshall, Lynn Jacobsen, Jolel Hahn, Tiffany Rogers Contributing Photographers Brad Heath, Steve Toney, Rip Stell, Bluncks Photography, Curtis Allen, Defining Moment Photography, Josh Clough, Von Castor, John Hasler, Kevin Bishop, Michael Mayberry, Brett Rojo Contact Information Website: www.VYPEOK.com Phone: 918.495.1771 Fax: 918.495.1787 VYPE is published monthly by Trinity Media Group, LLC. Reproductions in whole or in part without permission are prohibited. VYPE is not responsible for the return of unsolicited artwork, photography or manuscripts and will not be responsible for holding fees or similar charges. All digital submissions and correspondences will become property of VYPE.

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Let us know what we’re doing right or what we need to do better. We love to hear from readers. Or if you have an event, a team or an athlete we need to cover, give us the heads-up. Send your comments to Oklahoma@vype.com. —Brad Heath, Editor

Mat Madness I’m sure VYPE will have some wrestling coverage in the next issue, but can you please run a list of every state champion in each class? Even though we live here on the east side I still like to see what other wrestlers have done. Jim N. Broken Arrow, OK

Tsunami Warning Swimming never receives the proper amount of coverage it deserves in the local publications, but over the years VYPE Magazine has done an excellent job of giving the parents something to read and keep. Thank you for taking the time to cover our boys and girls. 8

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Editor’s Note: Thanks for the email Jim. Yes, we will list all of the individual champions, team champions and dual state champions. Check out the wrestling recap in this issue.

Cover Idea I know baseball and soccer are probably your two biggest sports in the spring, but I would like to make a suggestion for a cover and cover story. There are several awesome golfers in the area and a golf cover would be a great way to showcase these individuals and their schools. Please consider doing this. Thank

you.

Hannah W. Owasso, OK

Editor’s Note: Hannah, thanks for the email. We don’t plan our covers in advance so there is always a chance for any sport to make it. Like volleyball during football season or a swim cover during basketball season. We're open to all suggestions!

Football All Year Long

I’m going to catch heat for this, but I think VYPE should have a page devoted to football news that runs in every issue. Here’s why, every month some coach leaves a school or some player transfers. Maybe a kid signs with a college or a team gets new field turf. There is always something to report on. The magazine is great the way it is, but this would put it over the top (movie reference). Thanks! Johnny Football, Everywhere OK

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March 4th, 1970

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Jacksonville University becomes the first college basketball team to average 100-plus points per game for the season. The Dolphins were defeated in the first round of the NCAA tournament by Western Kentucky, 74-72.

Baseball great Ted Williams is offered $500,000 U.S. dollars to play in the Mexican League, but refuses. In 1942 Williams won his first American League Triple Crown. His mother, May Venzer Williams was of Mexican decent and his father Samuel Williams was a photographer.

The Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League move their team to St. Louis on this day. The Chicago Cardinals were founded by painter/ builder Chris Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien in 1898 and wore used uniforms from the University of Chicago.

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March 18th, 1985

March 23rd, 1912 March 26th, 1979

March 30th, 1990

MLB Commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays after the two had been banned from associating with major league baseball due to their employment with Atlantic City casinos.

The Dixie Cup is invented by Lawrence Luellen. He first became interested in the paper cup in 1907, but started producing the paper cups in Boston, Massachusetts. Why is this important to sports? Think about it.

Golfing great Jack Nicklaus makes his debut in the Seniors Golf Tour now known as the Champions Tour. By April of 1996 he had won 10 of the tour’s tournaments. The Ohio native has 115 professional golf wins, 73 of those on the PGA Tour.

Michigan State beats the Indiana State Sycamores, 75-64 to win the 41st NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Magic Johnson outscores Larry Bird, 24-19 to snap Indiana State’s 33game winning streak.

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Small School 1st Team Allonzo Trier – NOAH Dedric Cherry – Rogers Thomas Bacon – Kiefer Blake Mills – Seq. Claremore Colin Beveal – Berryhill

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Honorable Mention Brian Speaks – Edison Mitch Soloman – Bixby Matt Craig – Bishop Kelley Ashton Palmer – Sand Springs Jeffrey Mead - Union

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Large School 1st Team Juwan Parker – T. Washington Da Vaunta Thomas – Nathan Hale Delvon Lucas – Central Jaylen Lowe – Owasso Zach Norris – Coweta

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Large School 1st Team Jessica Washington – Jenks Christina Devers – Bixby I’mani Davis – Union Faith Ihim – Memorial Shelbie Kirby – Collinsville

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2nd TEAM Toree Thompson – Broken Arrow Stevi Parker – Bixby Bria Pitts – East Central Madi Schulz – Bishop Kelley Taylor Koelsch – Owasso

2nd TEAM Shelby Brown – Lincoln Christian Ashley Williams – Berryhill Asharel Adkins – Glenpool Hannah Robinson – Kellyville Kendra David – Caney Valley

Honorable Mention Ariel Williams – East Central Mikayla Shulanberger – Skiatook Morgan Pennington – Sand Springs Emily Dennis – Jenks Dru Clark – Owasso

Honorable Mention Starr Simmons – Dewar Tracer Burgess – Mannford Kelsey Arnold – Holland Hall Jaime Rahilly – Cascia Hall Taylor Todd – Kellyville

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All-VYPE SWIMMING Boys Large School Chase Davis – Union Colton Posey – Union Asa Thomas – Union Paden Scribner – Jenks Hunter Cordell – Jenks Caleb Janssen – Broken Arrow

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Mark Carter East Central High School Mark Carter is a senior at East Central High School where he is a captain on the wrestling team. Mark finished the 2012-13 season going 44-0 and winning a state title at 126 pounds. Mark is a four-time state finalist and ends his career with a record of 109-8. Mark participates in the Community Teens in Action and has been a member of the Safe Team for the last three years. Mark is also a volunteer coach with the Pin King wrestling club.

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Kaylan Mayberry is a senior at Booker T. Washington High School where she’s a starting guard for the Lady Hornets basketball team. Mayberry helped lead the Lady Hornets to a state championship this year and was named Tournament MVP after averaging 15 points per game. Mayberry and her teammates defeated Bixby in the finals for their first title since 2009.

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Breonna Barker is a sophomore at Broken Arrow High School and recently became the state champion in the 50 free (23.64) and the 100 free (50.90, just a second from a state record). Breonna works very hard to be the best in the pool and works even harder in the classroom. Her father Chris Barker went to ORU and majored in Business Marketing. In his spare time he enjoys spending time with his family and their chickens. Chris is also the swim team’s booster club President. Head coach Tracy Neuendorf has spent 20 seasons coaching at Broken Arrow, but this was her first as swim coach. Can she out swim Chris or will he follow his daughter’s wake and bring home the gold? Breonna Barker Find out in this edition of Triple Play! Broken Arrow Swimming

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Her mother

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Rashaun Woods The former Millwood and Oklahoma State great is back in Oklahoma City doing what he loves. By Austin Chadwick

Rashaun Woods, the most prolific receiver in Oklahoma State’s history, helped start the tradition of exceptional receivers at Millwood High School. Now Woods has been back coaching middle school and high school for the last fw years and has been doing a nice job in helping the development of young men.

“Millwood has a long tradition of being able to produce D-1 caliber athletes,” said Woods. Speaking of this year’s talent at Millwood, Woods said, “We have some good ones this year.” Keeping it in the family, Woods and brother D’Juan lit up the scoreboard for Millwood from

‘97-’03. Tremain Swindall, older brother of Brandon Swindall (now at Utah State), was also in the line of greats with Tennessee Volunteer Gerald Jones and Cameron Sanders.

Woods was a Super Prep All-American in high school, amassing 1,125 yards and 11 TDs as a senior. Woods averaged almost 20 yards per catch and compiled seven INTs while going both ways.

At Oklahoma State Woods dominated, breaking every receiving record Oklahoma State has for a single-season and a career. His 49 TD receptions for a career still stands as well as his 4,414

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Woods was the hero in 2002 when he caught three TDs in the Bedlam contest in Stillwater.

career yards and 216 catches. Woods set an NCAA record that still stands today by catching seven TDs in one game against SMU in 2003 Woods was on a team that twice defeated the Oklahoma Sooners and

Woods was drafted by San Francisco and also played for Denver and San Diego before ending his professional career in the CFL. Now Woods is back at Millwood and excited about the crop of receivers that the Falcons possess. With brothers D’Juan and Donovan who both went on to have successful years at

Oklahoma State, the Woods family is a mainstay in Millwood and Oklahoma high school football history. Though Rashaun was not a state champion in high school, he helped lay the groundwork for his brothers to help the Falcons to three titles from 2000-2002.

Woods has always wanted to coach and now he is back home doing what he loves. “Coaching is something that I always knew I would do,” Woods said. “I was either going to play or coach and if playing didn’t work out or I was done with my career, I was set on coaching.”

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First it was the VYPE Top 100 in baske Zach Jackson – Pitcher/LF, Berryhill Chiefs SR. 6-4 200, Nickname: “Pup” Signed with the University of Arkansas Jackson is a force from the mound using his overpowering arm to mow down batters. Will take his talents to the UofA next year.

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Andrew Rosa – Shortstop, Owasso Rams SR. 6-2 185 “Andy-Ro” Signed with Oklahoma State University Following in the footsteps of other great shortstops from Owasso, Rosa is one of the top prospects in the state and is headed to Oklahoma State University. VYPEOK.COM VYPEOK.COM

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Kyle Stephens – RHP, Edmond North Huskies SR. 6-4 200 “K-Steve” Signed with Oklahoma This state champion is a dominant pitcher and has a bright future ahead. Stephens is what many recruiters call a “sure thing.”

Tre’ Edwards – Shortstop, Southmoore Sabercats SR. 5-10 173 “Showtime” Signed with the University of Arkansas Edwards comes from good genes. He’s had a memorable high school career and will do the same in college. F E BMR AU RA CR HY 2 0 1 3

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Connor Drake – Metro Christian Ryan Helsley – Sequoyah Tahlequah Hunter Harrison – Hilldale Logan Downing – Shortstop/CF, Vinita Hornets SR. 5-9 145 “Bo” Recruited by the University of Arkansas-Ft. Smith and RSU A fast centerfielder who can play short, Downing not only brings speed to the field, but can he can hit as well.

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Tristan Cavalli – Shortstop, Bixby Spartans JR. 6-1 200 “T-Cav” Recruited by Arkansas, ORU and Seminole State Probably the smartest player on the field, Cavalli is a next-level shortstop with another year to develop.

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VYPE Top 50 List - Cont'd Blake Battenfield – Verdigris Trey Cobb – Broken Arrow Nick Roark – Broken Arrow Cody Ziegler – Broken Arrow Thomas Hatch – Jenks Grant Maxey – Jenks Bryce Carter – Cascia Hall Kelby Hern – Cascia Hall Jon Littell – Stillwater

Caleb Eldridge – 1B/OF/P, Deer Creek Antlers JR. 6-3 210 Committed to Oklahoma State University A multi-position player, Eldridge has caught the attention of scouts both in college and in the pro’s.

Bryce Davenport – Jay John Hassell – Bishop Kelley Ty Gunter – Coweta Austin O’Brien – Owasso Jacob Teague – Claremore Isaac Hollihan – Claremore James Teague – Bartlesville Tyler Bowden – Muskogee Kyler Stout – Union Jordan Harris – Union Clayton Stoup – Navajo

Garrett Fisher – OF, Tuttle Tigers SR. 5-11 180 Signed with Stephen F. Austin Fisher has a natural swing that college coaches are always impressed with. Look for the senior to have a great season.

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Edmond Memorial Class 6A Champs

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The Oklahoma state basketball tournament was one to remember. We had upsets, buzzer-beaters, shocking events, and dramatic endings. This was one of the best basketball post-seasons ever. This year’s boys state championships were highlighted by upset victories in five classes. Second-ranked 6A Edmond Memorial, 5A Tulsa Memorial, 4A Douglass each defeated the topranked team in their respective classes to win state titles while in Classes 3A and 2A, the top-ranked teams did not reach the championship game. On the girls side, the story was much the same as sixth-ranked Booker T. Washington knocked off No. 1 Edmond Santa Fe in the semifinals then held off Bixby for the school’s first 6A title and third overall in the last six years. Second-ranked Edmond Deer Creek (5A) and Fort Gibson (4A) also picked up championships. Sulphur and Northeast Academy completed perfect seasons while capturing the 3A and 2A titles, respectively. 36

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CLASS 6A

BOYS Last second plays highlighted Edmond Memorial’s state championship season, including the team’s 49-48 win over Midwest City in the title game. But the story behind the team’s second title in three years was the Bulldogs’ ability to overcome much adversity this season. All five of Shane Cowherd’s starters dealt with injuries this season, including Tyler Holcomb, who played the state tournament on a broken foot. Jordan Woodward, who scored the game-winning shot on a tip-in for his only basket of the championship game, also battled through a nagging hamstring he re-injured in the semifinals against Owasso. “Obviously great success happens with great players and a great staff,” Cowherd said. “I have great players

to coach and absolutely the best staff. One of the neat things about this title was the number of players who flooded the locker room after the game. They have invested themselves into this program for life. “We were the cardiac kids all year. If

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Torey Noel led Midwest City (27-2) with 20 points. The Bulldogs (26-2) opened the tournament with a 55-52 win over Broken Arrow then edged Owasso 53-50 in double overtime to advance to the title game for the third consecutive year.

Aaron Young we had lost, no one would have felt sorry for us. We weren’t going to make any excuses. Tyler put his own personal pain on hold to be a part of this.” Woodard, who missed the gamewinning shot in the title game against Union last year, gutted out his own pain with an ailing hamstring.

“Sam (Kreutzer) had a bad groin injury from football, Shaquille (Morris) had a stress fracture and Aaron (Young) had two shoulder separations,” Cowherd said. “So this was a miraculous ending for a team that went through a lot of adversity.” Against the Bombers, VYPE Top 100 players Woodard and Morris combined for 27 points, including a double-double from Morris, a Wichita State signee, who had 20 points and 12 rebounds. Woodard, an OU signee, had seven points. Holcomb finished with 11.

GIRLS Kaylan Mayberry hit five 3-pointers en route to a game-high 22 points to lead Booker T. Washington to a 5246 victory over No. 2 Bixby and win its first state title since 2009 and first in Class 6A. Mayberry, the younger sister of TU senior guard Taleya Mayberry and daughter of former NBA player Lee Mayberry, finished with 51 points in three games. But Mayberry was just one piece of the puzzle for head coach Annette Kennedy, who won her 300th game as head coach of the Lady Hornets. Our bench played a vital role in the championship run, Kennedy said.

“I think it made us hard to scout,” said Kennedy. “We brought it when we needed it. We improved all year long. The confidence we had in each other built up our teamwork. There were so many good plays that involved multiple players.” Washington (27-2) ended the season on a 15-game win streak, including a 72-70 over No. 1 Edmond Santa Fe in the semifinals, assuring Class 6A of an all-East

Booker T. Washington 6A State Champs

Top Tournament Scorers Boys 6A-2A Stephen Clark, Douglass, 30.7 Seth Youngblood, Roland, 27.3 Jaylen Lowe, Owasso, 25 Chris Crawford, Victory Chr.,, 24.5 Shake Milton, Owasso, 19.5 Shaquille Morris, Edmond Mem, 19.3 Terry Davis, Centennial, 17.5 Joey Sylvester, Chickasha, 17 Devin Perez, Tulsa Memorial, 16 Brooks Robertson, Roland 16 Jake Collins, Latta, 15.7 Torey Noel, Midwest City, 15.3 Austin Guinn, Okemah, 14.7 David Love, McGuinness, 14 Ashford Golden, Millwood, 13.7 Trent Storts, Latta, 13.7 Mike Mays, Millwood, 13.3 Stoney Newton, Okemah, 13 Oscar Rivera, Haworth, 12.7 Jason Couch, Chouteau, 12 Glenn Banks, Douglass, 11.7 Junior Griffin, Haworth, 11 Demari Edwards, Tulsa Mem, 10 Jordan Woodard, Edmond Mem, 9.7 Will Lienhard, McGuinness, 7.7

Top Tournament Scorers Girls 6A-2A Tamara Lee, Edmond Santa Fe, 26.5 Jaden Hobbs, Alva, 23.7 Gioya Carter, Carl Albert, 21.5 Brooke Palmer, Fort Gibson, 20.7 Breck Clark, Dale, 20.5 Ashley Hughes, Sulphur, 19.7 Teanna Reid, Millwood, 19 Bailey Taylor, Shawnee 17.7 Christina Devers, Bixby, 16.7 Lakota Beatty, Anadarko, 15.5 Lanesia Williams, Northeast, 15.3 Kaylan Mayberry, T. Washington, 15 Kaely Bond, Mount St. Mary, 15 Jordan Gorham, Perkins-Tryon, 15 Ashley Gibson, Deer Creek, 14.3 Dakota Vann, Deer Creek, 14.3 Bayli Blanchard, Deer Creek, 13.7 MaKenzie Ellis, T. Washington, 12.3 McKenzie Stanford, Perkins, 12.3 T'ona Edwards, Northeast, 12 Allie Glover, Fort Gibson, 11.7 Tierani Richardson, Sulphur, 11.7 Stevi Parker, Bixby, 11 Aimee Rischard, Mount St. Mary, 10.3 Lora Riley, Alva, 7 MARCH 2013

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6A-2A Results 6A Boys

Quarterfinals Thursday at ORU Mabee Center Midwest City 62, B.T. Washington 54 Owasso 82, Putnam West 58 Edmond Memorial 55, Broken Arrow 52 Putnam City 54, Union 51 Semifinals Friday at ORU Mabee Center Edmond Memorial 53, Owasso 50, 2OT Midwest City 57, Putnam City 50

Final Saturday at ORU Mabee Center Edmond Memorial 49, Midwest City 48

6A GIRLS

Quarterfinals Thursday at Skiatook Bixby 41, Edmond Memorial 28 Union 44, Norman North 40 B.T. Washington 59, Southmoore 48 Edmond Santa Fe 77, Broken Arrow 60

Semifinals Friday at Mabee Center Bixby 52, Union 46 B.T. Washington 72, Edmond Santa Fe 70 Final Saturday at ORU Mabee Center B.T. Washington 52, Bixby 46

5A BOYS

Quarterfinals Thursday at Sapulpa Memorial 72, Carl Albert 46 OKC McGuinness 51, Edison 46 Lawton Mac 55, Noble 44 Chickasha 52, OKC Southeast 50

Semifinals Friday at Mabee Center Memorial 51, Lawton Mac 43 OKC McGuinness 50, Chickasha 40

Christina Devers final.

Kennedy cited the play of seniors Rachel Block, Mikayla Alexander, Tori Cooks, Sandy Samilton and Danielle Carr and of course, Mayberry, as catalysts for the state tournament run.

“They do the little things that don’t show up in the stat sheet,” Kennedy said. “Rachel was taking charges, playing solid defense. Tori was our energizer bunny all year. She never stops moving whether she’s on the bench or the court. She brought spark and fire to us. Mikayla accepted her role on defense, coming up with a big steal in the championship game. “Sandy was a big rebounder for us and scored the go-ahead basket over Bixby. Dani is a good shooter. We were down seven against Santa Fe when she came off the bench and hit a big 3-pointer. And Kaylan just kind of took over late in the year. It will be hard to replace those six seniors.”

Sammy Samilton Stevi Parker and Christina Devers led Bixby (21-8) with 13 and 10 points apiece. Devers finished the tournament with 50, including 31 in the Lady Spartans win over Union. Parker, who has signed with the University of Tulsa, notched 33 points in three games.

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BOYS Devin Perez and Demari Edwards scored 18 and 15 points each to lead second-ranked Memorial past No. 1 Bishop McGuinness 59-42 and capture the Class 5A state championship at the Mabee Center.

Perez, a senior top baseball prospect who returned to the hardwood after sitting out basketball a year ago to concentrate on his baseball career, led all scorers with 48 points in three games. “Seems like the bigger games the bigger he played,” Memorial coach Eric Savage said of Perez. “His

Final Saturday at ORU Mabee Center Memorial 59, OKC McGuinness 42

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Quarterfinals Thursday at Catoosa East Central 54, Del City 50 Edmond Deer Creek 42, Collinsville 40 38

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Tulsa Memorial 5A State Champs

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Shawnee 59, Memorial 35 Carl Albert 44, Tahlequah 37

Semifinals Friday at Mabee Center Edmond Deer Creek 48, East Central 43 Shawnee 50, Carl Albert 46, OT

Deer Creek 5A State Champs leadership on and off the court, even if he wasn’t leading us in scoring, his intangibles, work ethic, attitude, he provided the leadership. “It took him a little bit to shake off the rust. He didn’t decide to play until after school had started. He stayed close with the guys last year. He was a freshman on our team when we lost in the championship game in 2010.” Edwards finished with a threeday total of 30 points followed by Mike’Quan Deane with 26 points.

David Love and Stephen Amalong scored 13 points apiece for the Fighting Irish in the championship game.

In this the 50th anniversary of Memorial High School, the Chargers (23-5) won their third title under Savage and fifth overall. “In previous seasons you could point to a certain style but this year’s group I didn’t know which one would be our leading scorer from game to game,” Savage said. “It was a total team contribution. It worked for us, that’s how we were able to get it done. Every essence of the word team symbolized this team.”

Deer Creek past No. 1 Shawnee 5944.

With the win, the Lady Antlers (272) avenged a regular season loss to the Lady Wolves, 65-51.

“Sometimes, you say there are good losses and that was definitely one for us,” Deer Creek coach Totsy Manning told The Oklahoman after the game. “They showed us our weaknesses. From that point on, the kids focused on sticking with the game plan and doing what they needed to do to get to where Shawnee had been.” Deer Creek’s trio combined for 43 of the team’s 48 points in the fivepoint victory over East Central in the semifinals and 31 points in the team’s 42-40 win over Collinsville.

Bailey Taylor had 19 points in the title game for Shawnee and finished the tournament with 53 points. Teammate Micaela Yu added 12 in

4A BOYS

Quarterfinals Thursday at Choctaw McLain 40, Anadarko 38 OKC Douglass 79, Muldrow 56 Victory Christian 64, Harrah 45 Roland 66, Webster 54

Semifinals Friday at State Fair Arena OKC Roland 63, McLain 52 OKC Douglass 79, Victory Christian 70 Final Saturday at State Fair Arena OKC OKC Douglass 82, Roland 80

4A Girls

Quarterfinals Thursday at SNU, Bethany Cushing 41, Harrah 36 Fort Gibson 59, Weatherford 46 Anadarko 51, Vinita 45 OKC St. Mary 51, Byng 37 Semifinals Friday at SNU, Bethany OKC St. Mary 51, Anadarko 39 Fort Gibson 52, Cushing 35

Final Saturday at State Fair Arena OKC Fort Gibson 58, OKC St. Mary 43

3A BOYS

Quarterfinals Thursday at Yukon Tah. Sequoyah 73, Sperry 65 Okemah 68, Crooked Oak 51 OKC Millwood 38, Hugo 37 OKC Centennial 61, Verdigris 48

Memorial finished 23-5 on the season.

GIRLS Ashley Gibson, Bayli Blanchard and Dakota Vann combined to go 20of-22 from the free throw line and finished with 21, 16 and 14 points to lead second-ranked Edmond

Final Saturday at ORU Mabee Center Edmond Deer Creek 59, Shawnee 44

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Final Saturday at State Fair Arena, OKC OKC Millwood 59, Okemah 53, 3OT

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Quarterfinals Thursday at State Fair Arena, OKC OKC Millwood 54, Verdigris 47 Perkins-Tryon 57, Hugo 47 Sulphur 65, Lindsay 46 Adair 61, Tah. Sequoyah 39

Semifinals Friday at State Fair Arena, OKC Perkins-Tryon 63, OKC Millwood 42 Sulphur 59, Adair 46 Final Saturday at State Fair Arena, OKC Sulphur 42, Perkins-Tryon 34

2A BOYS

Quarterfinals Thursday at Okla. City Univ. Latta 58, Talihina 43 Chouteau 53, Ketchum 52 Thomas 43, Merritt 37 Haworth 47, Konawa 44 Semifinals Friday at Okla. City Univ. Latta 65, Chouteau 41 Haworth 59, Thomas 50

Final Saturday at State Fair Arena, OKC Latta 58, Haworth 41

2A Girls

Quarterfinals Thursday at Westmoore Fairview 44, Thomas 43 Dale 34, Tonkawa 32 OKC Northeast 53, Preston 34 Alva 53, Colbert 45

Ashley Gibson the championship game to finish with 38 overall.

eight players because every night one guy will be in foul trouble, another fighting nagging injuries, etc.

Equally impressive was the offensive exploits of Roland’s Seth Youngblood, who poured in 41 points for the Rangers. Each was on fire from beyond the 3-point line, draining nine treys.

The Trojans went undefeated inside Oklahoma, losing all three games at a tournament in New Orleans. The team was automatic when scoring 80 or more points in a game, which happened on 15 occasions.

CLASS 4A

BOYS In what may become an instant classic, second-ranked Douglass got 51 points from Oklahoma State signee Stevie Clark to edge top-ranked Roland 82-80 and win its fourth consecutive state championship.

“It was definitely a classic,” said head coach Anthony Andrews, whose team finished 27-3. “Stevie played hurt the whole tournament. To win a state championship, you have to have

Final Saturday at State Fair Arena, OKC OKC Northeast 53, Alva 36

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“We lose six seniors but we will actually be bigger and more athletic next year. It will be hard to replace 48 points a game (Clark and DeAngelo Smith) but we can do that collectively. They were 70 percent of our offense this year.”

In the title game, the lead see-sawed back and forth with Roland taking a 28-26 first-quarter lead. Douglass regained control at intermission 4441 before being deadlocked at 64 after three periods. The game really heated up for the two stars in the fourth stanza as the pair combined for 29 of the team’s combined 34 points.

Clark’s three-day tournament total was 92 points, the most of any player in the tournament this year. The four-time state champion finished his state tournament career with nearly 300 points. Clark finished with 3,321 career points.

Semifinals Friday at State Fair Arena, OKC OKC Northeast 51, Fairview 35 Alva 57, Dale 47

Seth Youngblood

Youngblood followed Clark with 82 points in the tournament. GIRLS After losing in the title game a year ago, Fort Gibson reclaimed the 4A

Douglass Class 4A State Champs crown – and its second in three years – with a 58-43 win over St. Mary’s. And they did it with old-fashioned defense. The Lady Tigers held VYPE Top 100 players Charlotte Roof (Weatherford) and Che’Ron Lewis (Cushing) to seven and two points, respectively, to reach the finals for the third straight year.

Factor in that Fort Gibson held St. Mary’s Kaely Bond – who had 43 points in the Rockets first two games – to two points as well and its easy to see how defense played a role in the title run. “We held the top three scorers from each team to a total of 11 points,” Fort Gibson coach Jerry Walker said. Meanwhile, Brooke Palmer recorded a double-double with 21 points and 13 rebounds while teammates Allie Glover added 12 points and VYPE Top 100 guard Savannah Gray chipped in eight points and 10 rebounds in the championship game.

Allie Glover

Palmer led the Lady Tigers in scoring all three games, finishing with 64 points.

Walker pointed to the team’s ability to refocus following an Area Tournament loss to Byng as the difference.

“We had been kind of spoiled in that the previous eight years we won the Friday night (winner’s bracket) game of Area,” Walker said. “I’ve grown up a coach’s kid and when you lose there’s a lot of tears shed. After we lost, we went back to the gym, had pizza and talked about Saturday’s game. We did not talk about the Byng game again.

Kaely Bond

“It took all our efforts the next game. We had to overcome not only the loss but losing for the first time. We played our best basketball of the season at state because we were wounded animals.”

St. Mary’s had 10 3-pointers in the game, six in the opening half to take the lead at intermission. Aimee Richard led the Rockets with 18 points while

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Michael Mays teammate Jordan Hagood finished with 10 points and seven rebounds. Walker praised assistant coaches Denise Gray and Chuck London for their work with the team.

CLASS 3A

BOYS OKC Millwood’s state title might come under the heading of it’s better to be lucky than good. But then, the Falcons made their own luck following a lastsecond field goal from a Hugo player in the Falcon basket in the quarterfinals.

From there, Millwood used a doubleovertime 59-57 win against top-ranked Centennial to reach the 3A title game where they needed triple overtime to dispatch Okemah 59-53. The title was the 15th in the Falcons’ storied history, but undoubtedly the most unique.

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Millwood Class 3A Champs “Sometimes you get a little lucky, we call it a blessing,” said Millwood coach Varryl Franklin, whose team finished 26-4. “Sometimes when that happens, things just work out. We shot free throws really well and our defense was there all three nights. “The kids understood. They played with a sense of urgency. My assistant coaches, David Hamilton and Flip Batson, did a great job of preparation.”

Against Okemah, Mike Mays (19), Ashford Golden (17) and Chris Crook (10) combined for 46 points. But it was Cameron Batson’s three free throws in the second overtime to give the Falcons a chance at victory.

In the third extra stanza, Golden drained four free throws, which allowed the Falcons to pull away for the victory.

GIRLS Sulphur emerged in a battle of unbeaten teams, posting a 42-34 victory over Perkins-Tryon to clinch the school’s first girls state title. Ashley Hughes scored a game-high 15 points to complete the perfect season for the Lady Bulldogs (30-0).

“This was our goal from Day One, to be state champions,” Hughes told The Oklahoman. “To be 30-0 is just icing on the cake.” After reaching the semis a year ago, Sulphur’s only goal was to win state, head coach Toby Todd said.

Hughes led all state tournament scorers with 59 points. Tierani Richardson and Bailee Eldred chipped in 37 and 34, respectively in the tournament. Perkins-Tryon Jordan Gorham scored 13 of her team-high 45 tournament

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Sapulpa High School How long have you been involved in FCA? I have been in FCA for four years. Who influenced you to join? My dad influenced me to join because he was involved in FCA in High school and college.

How has FCA made an impact in your life on the field and off the field? It has impacted my life in many ways! I am able to tell others just how The Lord has blessed me in sports as well as academics and being involved in church missions. How has your beliefs helped you as an athlete? My beliefs have helped me be as successful as I am by praising God for everything He has done! I know that without Him, nothing is possible. I am a runner and before every race I recite this verse in my head over and over; the verse comes from 1 Corinthians 9:24 - â&#x20AC;&#x153;Did you not know that in a race all the runners run but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.

What is your favorite bible verse and why? My favorite verse is Isaiah 40:31! It talks about how we can renew our strength in The Lord and run on wings like eagles. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s such a powerful verse and it is definitely my favorite.

How have you used your beliefs or your association in FCA to help others or spread the word? It has helped in so many ways! I am so truly grateful for everything The Lord has blessed me with! I always give everything my best and let God do the rest.

Latta Class 2A Champs points in the finals.

CLASS 2A

BOYS Jake Collins and Brady Johnson scored 47 and 42 points respectively over three days, making sure Latta’s first trip to the championship would result in victory. Collins contributed 10 points and nine rebounds and Johnson added seven points and seven rebounds. Senior Trent Storts hit a game-high 18 points and Kade Hayes chipped in 15. For veteran coach Donnie Husband, this was also his first state title in 30 years of coaching.

Following the victory, Husband told the Tulsa World, “Oh my gosh. I’ve been doing this for 30 years and seen a lot of friends win this. I’m proud of our kids.” The Panthers opened the tournament with a 58-43 victory over Talihina, led by 21 points from Johnson, 14 from

Storts and 12 from Collins.

Against Chouteau, the trio of Collins, Johnson and Hayes combined for 50 points in the tam’s 65-41 victory. Husband reflected on the championship 48 hours later.

“We had our last meeting (Monday) and it’s the first time I haven’t had to console anyone,” said Husband, whose team finished 29-3. “It’s just different. It’s such a blessing, especially for Jake and Trent, our seniors. We had three different leading scorers three different days. It’s a memory no one can ever take away from them. I hope it isn’t the best thing they ever do, but it sure is a special, special accomplishment. GIRLS LaNesia Williams, T’ona Edwards and Jaelyn Coleman combined for 41 points as top-ranked Northeast Academy (300) completed the perfect season with

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Trent Storts a convincing 53-36 victory over No. 4 Alva. The trio finished with a three-day tournament total of 46, 36 and 21 points respectively.

Alva’s Jayden Hobbs was the tournament’s high scorer with 71 points, but was held to 12 in the title game.

Northeast coach Londaryl Perry changed to matchup man defense, hold the Lady Bugs to 15 second-half points.

Meanwhile, the Vikings went to a zone offense and the “floor opened up”, Perry told The Oklahoman. “We basically made them pick their poison,” he said.

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I Was At The Game in 1938 : Vinia Hobbs Not only was Vinia Hobbs Poe at the 1938 state finals game, she was a starting player in the game; a game that forever put her and her team in the record books as the first team to win 3 straight state championship titles. In fact, she actually started on the 1936, 1937, and 1938 Byng State Championship teams. This record was not equaled in Oklahoma girl’s basketball until 1987. After switching over to 5 on 5 game play, and reorganizing the methods for classification, several teams have achieved “three peats”. However, Vinia was there from the beginning of her team setting another record that has yet to be matched. This record is for the longest consecutive win streak in Oklahoma high school basketball history. When asked how it felt to be a part of making history, Mrs. Poe simply and humbly said, “It was fun.” She said they were all very excited about the 3rd championship, but laughingly said, “We just wanted to get the next one!” Vinia scored 10 points in the title game, which she said was slightly lower than her average of 15 points per game. 15 points doesn’t sound like that much, until you realize that in her playing days, there was no 3 point line. So, Vinia worked for her points 2 at a time, with the occasional free throw added to her game total. During the 1938 season, Hobbs scored an amazing 518 points and was named All State. Poe contributes the success of the Byng team, who was as well known for their beauty as for their basketball ability, to their love of the game. This Byng team, affectionately referred to by sports writers of the day as “the Queens of the Court,” had no “queen bees” on the team, according to Hobbs. “When we won, we celebrated as a team. There were no stars! We were all stars together.” She went on to say, “The girls

really liked each other, worked well together, According to Poe, it is. and wanted to be a successful team“. Poe explained, “I watch games on television and see the coaches yell and berate their players Hobbs had the privilege of playing for Oklaho- over every mistake, and I wonder how anyone ma coaching icon, Bertha Frank Teague, who could really play their best, being afraid of bewas the first woman coach inducted into the ing picked apart for every little mistake.” Naismith National Basketball Hall of Fame in During this interview, Vinia repeatedly referred 1985, as well as into at least 6 other basketball to those years as “fun times.” She said, “We Hall of Fames. Teague had a winning percentenjoyed each other, and enjoyed playing the age of .907 over her 43 year coaching career, game. Coach Teague stressed cooperation and with 1,136 victories and only 116 defeats. teamwork. When you’re friends, that part As Mrs. Poe would attest to, Coach Teague comes pretty easy. Our love for the game is established discipline and respect in her players why we didn’t mind working hard at it, and and fought hard to change the way girls played Coach Teague’s way of correcting, while simulbasketball. Upon seeing all of Coach Teague’s taneously encouraging, allowed us to play, accolades, you might think that she must have without fear of failure. “ been extremely tough on the girls to get them to When asked about her personal accomplishachieve what no other team had before them. ments, Mrs. Poe was hesitant. Throughout this But this is when Vinia becomes passionately interview, her responses were laced with grace, clear, wanting to set the record straight. humility, and a splash of humor. She said she “Coach Teague was never tough on us!” Vinia was proud that after starting for 3 years, as agwent on to say, “She had us practice long hours, gressively as her team played, she never fouled sometimes repeatedly working on the same skill out of a game. She was also very proud to be 1 over and over until we had it perfected. But she of 3 Byng players to go on to play professional never yelled, never berated or got mad at us. basketball with the All American Redheads, She was strict, but always nice.” traveling the country, and playing primarily Bertha Teague started out as a first grade teach- against men. Among her accomplishments that er who had never played basketball before she she failed to mention, were receiving the Jim was named the high school girls’ basketball Thorpe Award and being chosen a member of coach for Byng in 1928. Perhaps, because of the Daily Oklahoman All Decade Team. Vinia her experience with 1st graders, she showed patience and encouragement to her high school players, as well. Vinia recalls, “Coach Teague often told us to, ‘Stay calm, don’t get frustrated, and do things right.’ The whole team knew that whatever Mrs. Teague said about how to act, play, or anything else concerning the team was ‘gospel’ and you did it. For instance, she told the team not to eat ‘that candy’ or drink ‘that pop’ because it wasn’t good for us. She just told us what to do, and we did it. “ Could

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So, how many games did the Byng Lady Pirates win in a row after winning their 90th in 1938? Go to www.IWasAtTheGame.com to find out.

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A new champion was crowned in Class 6A while three repeat champions were crowned in Classes 5A, 4A and 3A. Tuttle won its fifth straight in Class 4A, Collinsville captured its third consecutive while Perry won for the fourth time in the last five years in 2A and for the 39th time overall. CLASS 6A

Junior triplets Lance, Joel and Andrew Dixon and teammate Derek White all won their individual weight classes – 182, 195 and 220 and 170 pounds – as Edmond North unseated the East’s clasp on the state’s largest classification, winning the Class 6A State Tournament with 125.5 points. The Huskies title was the first for the West in the state’s largest classification since 2007-08 when Midwest City won back-to-back titles in Class 5A. The Dixon triplets alone accounted for 68 of the Huskies points. “We had a 34-point lead after the first day and I felt pretty confident,” Edmond North coach Andy Schneider said. “I was still a little worried because we knew Broken Arrow had a

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chance.

“It’s been a stepping stone process. First we were the No. 1 team in the West but we wanted to be the best in the state. It’s a big deal because East teams have dominated 6A the last few years.”

worker,” Tigers coach Shawn Jones said. “Carlos is a program kid. He had a phenomenal season. He only lost once against in-state competition. He’s a kid who only weighs about 230 and wrestled heavyweight. He’s very athletic and a good wrestler.

Broken Arrow, which was going for its fourth straight title, finished second with 98.5 points.. The Tigers crowned a pair of champions in junior Tanner Bailey (145) and senior Carlos Taylor (285). Defending 106-pound champion Markus Simmons dropped a 7-5 overtime decision to Yukon’s Boo Lewallen at 120 pounds. “Tanner took third as a freshman, second as a sophomore and won a title this year. He’s a fantastic kid, hard

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182: Lance Dixon (Edmond North) md. Derek Slversten (Moore) 11-3. 195: Joel Dixon (Edmond North) p. Chance Wenglewski (Union) 1:35. 220: Andrew Dixon (Edmond North) dec. John Finn (Westmoore) 1-0. 285: Carlos Taylor (Broken Arrow) dec. Carlos Freeman (Midwest City) 6-3.

Carlos Taylor Broken Arrow “Markus had one of the two greatest matches in the tournament. Both those guys are sophomores. We look for great things from Markus the next two years.” Team Standings: 1, Edmond North 125.5. 2, Broken Arrow 98.5. 3, Sand Springs 50. 4, Norman North 49. 5, Stillwater 46.5. 6, Bixby 46. 7, Westmoore 40. 8, Muskogee 39.5. 9, Union 36. 10, Sapulpa 33. 11, Yukon 30. 12, Moore 29. 13, Owasso 28. 14, Southmoore 26. 15, Bartlesville 21.5. 16, Putnam City 20.5. 17, Ponca City 19. 18, (tie) Midwest City, Lawton and Jenks, 18. 21, Choctaw 14. 22, Putnam City North 12. 23, Enid 2. 24 (tie) Norman and Edmond Santa Fe 1. 26, Mustang 0.

Championship Finals 106: Dalton Duffield (Westmoore) dec. Jordan Prince (Edmond North) 4-2. 113: Kaid Brock (Stillwater) dec. Jacob Fontanez (Owasso) 3-1. 120: Boo Lewallen (Yukon) dec. Markus Simmons (Broken Arrow) 7-5 OT. 126: Luke Wolfenberger (Union) dec. Hayden Hanson (Norman North) 5-4. 132: Keegan Moore (Putnam City) dec. Joe Smith (Stillwater) 13-12. 138: Shea Conley (Sapulpa) dec. Anthony Mica (Bixby) 9-5. 145: Tanner Bailey (Broken Arrow) p. Blake Bassham (Norman North) 3:54. 152: Michael Hamilton (Bartlesville) dec. Jacobe Smith (Muskogee) 4-3. 160: Levi Berry (Norman North) md. Brannon Hunt (Ponca City) 14-5. 170: Derek White (Edmond North) dec. Nathan Marek (Southmoore) 6-4.

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Top-ranked Collinsville crowned five individual champions to win its third consecutive state title. Senior Dylan Helms (145) and juniors Will Stelzlen (132) and Gary Wayne Harding (138) also all won titles for the third consecutive year. Christian Moody (106) started the victory streak with a 7-1 decision over Lawton Mac’s Briar Adams at 106 pounds. Davion Jefferies followed with a third-period pin of Skiatook’s Ricky Kriege at 113 pounds. Stelzlen picked up a 3-1 decision over Lawton Mac’s Adrian Gaines followed by Harding’s 5-0 win over Lawton Mac’s Brok Williams. Helms picked up the Cardinals’ final individual championship with a 2-1 decision over Guthrie’s Bryan Dutton.

(132) and Williams (138) finished second in their weight classes.

Deer Creek’s Cole Pacheco gave the Antlers their only state champion at 170lbs. Pacheco defeated Abkemeier of Collinsville, 4-1.

Team Standings: 1, Collinsville 174. 2, Lawton Mac 122.5. 3, Altus 77.5. 4, Deer Creek 62. 5, Del City 52. 6, Chickasha 45. 7, Guthrie 41. 8, Duncan 37. 9, McAlester 35. 10, Tahlequah 32. 11, Coweta 23. 12, East Central 22. 13, Piedmont 20. 14, Skiatook 17. 15, (tie) Western Heights and Bishop Kelley 12. 17, Claremore 10. 18, Pryor 9. 19, Ardmore 7. 20, (tie) Noble and OKC Southeast 4. 22, Grove 3. 23, (tie)

“We lose three seniors, but we had nine finalists and of those, we only lose two,” Collinsville coach Wes Harding said. “We’ve got some young kids waiting.” So, what’s the secret to the Cardinals success?

“You just take it one season at a time,” said coach Harding. “And that first season we might have gotten a little lucky. We were really young that year. But things happen for a reason. The last two years we’ve been very solid. This year I knew would be our best season because of our seniors (Helm, Zach Abkemeier and Jake Barton).”

Lawton Mac finished second again this year, led by state champion Garrett Shaw at 220 pounds. The Highlanders finished with 122.5 points. Shaw decisioned Guthrie’s Conner Howard 8-3. Adams (106), Gaines

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Mason (220) and Nathan Jackson (285). Sallisaw and Cascia Hall each crowned a pair of champions to finish third and fourth, respectively.

Bryan Dutton Guthrie Carl Albert, Ada and Shawnee 2. 26, El Reno 1. 27 (tie) OKC McGuinness, OKC Northwest and Durant 0.

Championship Finals 106: Christian Moody (Collinsville) dec. Briar Adams (Lawton Mac) 7-1. 113: Davion Jeffries (Collinsville) p. Ricky Kriege (Skiatook) 5:12. 120: Donald Cannon (McAlester) p. Jacob Findley (Collinsville) 6:42 OT. 126: Mark Carter (East Central) dec. Ryan Heiden (Collinsville) 4-3. 132: Will Steltzen (Collinsville) dec. Adrian Gaines (Lawton Mac) 3-1. 138: Gary Wayne Harding (Collinsville) dec. Brok Williams (Lawton Mac) 5-0. 145: Dylan Helm (Collinsville) dec. Bryan Dutton (Guthrie) 2-1. 152: Cameron Loving (Altus) dec. Christian Carnahan (Duncan) 2-1. 160: Keilan Torres (Altus) tf. Chad Draper (Deer Creek) 17-2. 170: Cole Pacheo (Deer Creek) dec. Zach Abkermeier (Collinsville) 4-1. 182: Josh Latham (Chickasha) dec. Jacob Lamb (Del City) 5-1. 195: Sean Carson (Altus) dec. Keenan Priddy (Collinsville) 1-0. 220: Garrett Shaw (Lawton Mac) dec. Conner Howard (Guthrie) 8-3. 285: Jacoby Brown (Chickasha) dec. Tyler Follis (Deer Creek) 2-1.

Beard won a state title for the fourth straight year, making him 30th wrestler in the state to do so since the 1930s.

The Tigers put all 12 wrestlers in the semifinals to give the team a huge lead going into the final day.

“We really wrestled well,” Tuttle coach Matt Surber said. “We sent seven to the finals and won six weights.” Laffoon and Jackson were repeat champions.

Tuttle graduates five seniors, including three state champions.

“But the good news is we had three underclassmen win state titles,” Surber said. ‘We’ve got some good young kids who will be in the lineup next year. When you have freshmen able to make the varsity lineup, the cupboard is never bare.” Gage Stallworth was Cushing’s lone state champion, winning the

160-pound title with a 3-2 decision over Blanchard’s Braden Stringer to finish second as a team with 82 points. Sallisaw and Cascia Hall each crowned a pair of champions to finish third and fourth respectively in the team standings. The Black Diamonds crowned champions Cale Wilson (182) and Jadon Davenport (195) to finish with 53 points. Cascia Hall recorded 54.5 points behind titlists Cody Lambert (106) and two-time champion Kyle Driscoll (152).

Team Standings: 1, Tuttle 193. 2, Cushing 82. 3, Sallisaw 63. 4, Cascia Hall 54.5. 5, Mannford 44. 6, Glenpool 38. 7, Miami 36. 8, Weatherford 30. 9, (tie) Wagoner and Poteau 27.5. 11, Bristow 26. 12, Clinton 24. 13, Madill 21. 14, Stilwell 20.5. 15, (tie) Anadarko and Vinita, 20. 17, (tie) Elk City and Fort Gibson 18. 19, Blanchard 17. 20, Tecumseh 15. 21, Catoosa 13. 22, Cleveland 12.5. 23, Elgin 12. 24, Newcastle 11. 25, Woodward 7. 26, Oologah 3. 27, (tie) Harrah and OKC Douglass 0.

Championship Finals 106: Cody Lambert (Cascia Hall) dec. Steven Cole (Mannford) 3-0. 113: Blake Dauphin (Tuttle) dec. Scout

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Anchored by six state titlists, Tuttle won its fifth consecutive state championship running away with the title with a school-record193 points.

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Senior Davey Dolan entered the 2012-13 wrestling season with one thing on his mind, finishing his high school career as a champion. Dolan, who signed with Oklahoma State University, set his sights on the title at 145lbs. In the finals Colton Looper from Perry would give Dolan a good test, but before the clock could run out Dolan had his third pin, a state title and an undefeated season. For his state title and going 34-0 this season, Davey Dolan is your Schwab’s Top Dog of the Month!

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Skidgel (Cascia Hall) 1-0. 120: Eli Hale (Miami) dec. Dayton Garrett (Tuttle) 6-0. 126: Wyatt Sheets (Stilwell) dec. Mason Roberts (Cushing) 5-2. 132: Gunner Laffoon (Tuttle) p. Daniel Hausam (Tecumseh) 3:50 (check spelling) 138: Justin McGinnes (Glenpool) dec. Tyler Tustin (Poteau) 4-2. 145: Dakota Head (Tuttle) md. Ryan Moline (Cushing) 10-1. 152: Kyle Driscoll (Cascia Hall) dec. Chris Smith (Bristow) 9-4. 160: Gage Stallworth (Cushing) dec. Braden Stringer (Blanchard) 3-2. 170: Zach Beard (Tuttle) p. Luke May (Mannford) 2:29. 182: Cale Wilson (Sallisaw) dec. Tristan East (Anadarko) 6-1. 195: Jadon Davenport (Sallisaw) dec. Jacob Hoffman (Weatherford) 5-1. 220: Dustin Mason (Tuttle) dec. Kaleb Phillips (Vinita) 3-2. 285: Nathan Jackson (Tuttle) dec. Andrew Brestel (Fort Gibson) 3-1.

“We had it wrapped up after the first round (Saturday),” Perry coach Ronnie Delk told the Tulsa World. “I have a really young team and they are not used to this environment and excitement. It got to a few of them.

Perry qualified five wrestlers for the championship finals and crowned David Thomas at 160 pounds. Dalton Revels (106), Noah Nida (120), Colton Looper (145) and Austin Perry (152) all finished second to give the Maroons their third title in the last four years.

Team Standings: 1, Perry 104. 2, Tonkawa 83.5. 3, Newkirk 78.5. 4, Berryhill 78. 5, Locust Grove 72. 6, Plainview 50. 7, Blackwell 48. 8, Chandler 46.5. 10, Heritage Hall 43.5. 11, Jay 28. 12, Comanche 27.5. 13, (tie) Barnsdall and Davis 21. 15, (tie) Kingfisher and Pawnee 14. 17, Hulbert

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“I am so happy for these boys. Even the ones that came up short they put in their time and worked to get to this championship.”

Owen Simpson recorded a 4-2 decision over Dalton Revels of Perry to win the 106-pound division and lead Tonkawa to a second place finish with 83.5 points. Newkirk crowned three champions, beginning with back-to-back titles for Briar Stopp (113) and Erik Juanes (120). David Dowell also won a title at 170 pounds. Berryhill had two champions with Jonce Blaylock (138) and OSU-signee Davey Dolan (145).

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12. 18, Hinton 10. 19, (tie) Salina and Inola 9. 21, Geary 8. 22, Perkins-Tryon 6. 23, Pawhuska 5. 24, Sulphur 4. 25, Marlow 3. 26, (tie) Keys and Sperry, 1. 28, (tie) Chandler, Webbers Falls and Little Axe 0.

Championship Finals 106: Owen Simpson (Tonkawa) dec. Dalton Revels (Perry) 4-2. 113: Briar Stopp (Newkirk) dec. Braden Bennett (Locust Grove) 8-3. 120: Erik Juanes (Newkirk) dec. Noah Nida (Perry) 8-1. 126: Cub Yeager (Locust Grove) dec. Josh Alley (Tonkawa) 10-4. 132: Jon Townsend (Comanche) md. Cade Wheelwright (Plainview) 16-5. 138: Jonce Blaylock (Berryhill) md. Cole Wheeler (Jay) 13-0. 145: Davey Dolan (Berryhill) p. Colton Looper (Perry) 1:25. 152: Cody Ryan (Chandler) dec. Austin Allen (Perry) 5-2. 160: David Thomas (Perry) dec. Drake Martel (Plainview) 5-4. 170: David Dowell (Newkirk) dec. Marlon Houston Jr. (Pawnee) 4-2. 182: Finn Higgins (Heritage Hall) dec. Rowdy Simon (Vian) 3-1. 195: Caleb Hawes (Barnsdall) dec. Ethan Walker (Heritage Hall) 11-9. 220: Mike Baker (Locust Grove) p. Tre Locust (Vian) 3:27. 285: Braden Ruth (Davis) dec. Tanner Allen (Blackwell) 2-1.

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Edmond North rallied from a 10-point deficit to win its first-ever Dual State title. The Huskies become the fifth different team to win a 6A title since Dual State expanded to Class 6A in 2009. Until this year, Dual State had been dominated by East teams the last three years with Union (2012), Broken Arrow (2011) and Muskogee (2010) winning titles. Ponca City captured the first Dual State crown in 2009.

Muskogee looked to post its second upset in the one-day tournament when it took a 17-6 lead on the Huskies. But Edmond North, buoyed by falls from triplets Lance, Joel and Andrew Dixon, won eight of the final 10 weights en route to a 43-25 win. The Huskies opened the tournament with a 39-25 victory over Sapulpa then advanced to the finals after a 28-18 win over 2012 champion Union. Muskogee posted close victories over Southmoore (34-310 and Broken Arrow (28-27) to reach the finals. FINALS Edmond North 43-25 Muskogee SEMIFINALS Muskogee 28, Broken Arrow 27 Edmond North 38, Union 18

QUARTERFINALS Edmond North 39, Sapulpa 25 Union 52, Westmoore 12 Broken Arrow 54, Midwest City 13 Muskogee 34, Southmoore 31

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Collinsville captured its third straight Dual State title, defeating Lawton MacArthur for the second consecutive year, this time by a 31-24 score.

The top-ranked Cardinals had to battle back from an 18-16 deficit, winning three of the final five weights for the title. Christian Moody started the rally at 106 pounds with a fall at 1:54.

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Next came a 1:53 fall by teammate Davion Jeffries at 113. Jacob Findley added a 3-1 decision at 120 pounds before Lawton Mack won the final two weights. “They came to wrestle,” Collinsville coach Wes Harding told the Tulsa World. “I coach with their coaches in the summer and they are some of the best in the state.” FINALS Collinsville 31, Lawton Mac 24 SEMIFINALS Collinsville 67, Coweta 6 Lawton Mac 51, Duncan 9

QUARTERFINALS Lawton Mac 69, Grove 6 Duncan 39, Shawnee 28 Collinsville 64, Deer Creek 10 Coweta 36, Altus 30

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Tuttle captured 10 of 14 weight division to clinch its fourth consecutive Dual State title. The Tigers defeated Vinita by a whopping 42-10 in the championship match, building a commanding 34-0 cushion before Vinita claimed its first win in the match.

the first 10 weights, led by falls from David Thomas (160), Kyle Varley (220) and Dalton Revels (106).

But Newkirk roared back to pull to within two, 27-25, setting up the pivotal 132-pound match between Perry’s Damian Tucker and Newkirk’s Layne Leven in the final weight of the championship. Leven took an early 6-2 lead before Tucker scored a scored on a takedown and near fall en route to a 12-8 victory. FINALS Perry 30, Newkirk 25

SEMIFINALS Newkirk 43, Berryhill 25 Perry 42, Vian 27

QUARTERFINALS Berryhill 64, Piedmont 6 Newkirk 43, Cascia Hall 25 Perry 70, Geary 9 Vian 43, Plainview 29

Tuttle’s Austin Elam and Riley Fielder posted falls at 152 and 182 pounds, respectively. FINALS Tuttle 43, Vinita 10

SEMIFINALS Vinita 33, Wagoner 27 Tuttle 61, Blackwell 9

QUARTERFINALS Tuttle 43, Bristow 13 Blackwell 48, Locust Grove 26 Vinita 64, Weatherford 10 Wagoner 34, Piedmont 17

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Perry won its fifth consecutive and 14th dual state title overall. The Maroons built a 27-13 lead through

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The Tuttle High School wrestling team took top honors at the 92nd OSSAA State Wrestling Tournament by an impressive margin. The Tigers crowned six state champions in Blake Dauphin (113), Gunner Laffoon (132), Dakota Head (145), Zach Beard (170), Dustin Mason (220) and Nathan Jackson (285). Other state placers include Dayton Garrett-2nd (120), Seth Shelton-3rd (152), Austin Elam-3rd (160) and Riley Fielder-3rd (182). As a team Tuttle finished with 193 points while second place Cushing finished well behind at 82 points. Tuttle not only finished the season on top of Class 4A, but they are also Nationally ranked and return several wrestlers next season. For their outstanding performance at state and throughout the year we salute the Tuttle Tiger wrestling team.

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Norman North cracked the East’s hold on Class 6A boys swimming in convincing fashion while Edmond North extended its stranglehold with a third consecutive title. Fort Gibson collected its third straight 5A girls title while Bixby collected its second consecutive 5A boys crown. CLASS 6A

After four years of East teams winning the Class 6A boys championship, Norman North broke through with a convincing victory, scoring 321 points. Three of the top five finishers were West teams. In girls action, Edmond North captured its third consecutive crown.

BOYS Led by multiple individual winners Justin Wu and Thomas Elder, Norman North won five individual events the 200 medley and 200 freestyle relay events to cruise to the 6A boys title.

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backstroke (50.60), bettering his time from a year ago. Teammate Thomas Elder won the 50 (20.94) and 100 (46.07) freestyle events.

“We knew going in we had a good team,” Norman North coach Kent Nicholson said. “But we did not go in with that attitude. Previously, the highest we had ever placed was fourth or fifth. We wanted to give it everything we had.

Edmond North was next with 209 points followed by Norman, fourth overall with 195 points.

Union crowned a pair of individual champions in Chase Davis and Colton Posey, finishing fifth overall with 194 points. Bartlesville’s Colton Krause and Davis battled again in the 200 IM and 100 butterfly for the second

“Justin is a really, really talented swimmer who will only continue to get faster. Thomas is already swimming faster than he did at state. It’s impressive since he didn’t start swimming until eighth grade.” The Bruins finished second in the team standings with 264 points.

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seniors who knew how to swim at a state meet and a group of youngsters who aren’t afraid of anything.”

Fitting into that second category is Linhardt and Robertson.

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Davis (1:52.63) , who won the 200 IM a year ago, finished second to Krause (1:52.23). The duo reversed their roles in the 100 butterfly. Davis won (50.45) followed by Krause (50.46), another reversal of last year’s final.

“Colton and Chase are good friends, they are going to school together next year at University of MissouriScience and Technology,” Union coach David Lynn said. “I think we might have finished higher had we not lost a relay. That’s how we kind of backed into the title last year. “Colton (Posey), like Chase, are two guys who put in the most time. As a coach it is really nice to see hard work resulted in results.” EVENT WINNERS 200 Medley Relay: Norman North 1:35.88. 200 Freestyle: Justin Wu, Norman North 1:39.13 (SR) 200 IM: Colton Krause, Bartlesville

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1:52.23 50 Freestyle: Thomas Elder, Norman North 20.94 100 Butterfly: Chase Davis, Union 50.45 100 Freestyle: Thomas Elder, Norman North 46.07 500 Freestyle: Naresh Naik, Edmond Memorial 4:33.34 200 Freestyle Relay: Norman North 1:27.18 100 Backstroke: Justin Wu, Norman North 50.60 100 Breaststroke: Colton Posey, Union 59.33 400 Freestyle Relay: Bartlesville 3:14.44 TEAMS: Norman North 321. 2, Bartlesville 264. 3, Edmond North 209. 4, Norman 195. 5, Union 194. 6, Edmond Memorial 176. 7, Jenks 137. 8, Stillwater 106. 9, Edmond Santa Fe 103. 10, Ponca City 87. 11, Broken Arrow 74. 12, Southmoore 64. 13 Owasso 51. 14, Putnam North 48. 15, Lawton 35. 16, Lawton Ike 26. 17, Westmoore 12. 18, Enid 9. 19, Mustang 2. GIRLS Winning never gets old, just ask Edmond North coach Steve Riggs.

Led by double individual champions Rylee Linhardt and Ally Robertson, the Lady Huskies cruised to the team title with 435 points. Jenks finished second at its home pool with 331 points. “Winning at Jenks was important for us,” Riggs said. “It’s a good feeling. We had a great mixture of

Lindhart, a freshman, won the 100 backstroke (57.98) and 500 freestyle (4:57.50) while Robertson, a sophomore, repeated as the 200 IM champion (2:03.65) and won the 100 breaststroke (1:04.99) after finishing second in the latter event a year ago.

The duo also swam on the relay teams with Robertson anchoring the 200 medley and the 200 free and LInhardt swimming anchor on the 400 relay. “They are exceptional swimmers,” Riggs said. “Next year we have the challenge of replacing a lot of seniors.” In all, the Lady Huskies took 17 swimmers to the meet with 16 scoring points.

“When that happens that helps you get on your way to scoring a lot of points,” Riggs said. “Two years ago we won one relay event. Last year we won two and this year we won all three. “There was a lot of competition on the relay teams and we had to make some tough decisions. I was pleased that we set a state record in the 200 free.”

Second place finishes in the 200 medley relay and the 400 freestyle relay catapulted the Lady Trojans to a second-place finish. Kathy Bliss took top individual honors for Jenks, finishing second in the 100 breaststroke (1:06.89) while teammate Hailey Jensen took third in the 200 IM (2:13.64). “The relays helped us a ton in the standings,” Jenks coach John Turner said. “That was the biggest MARCH 2013

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convincing her boys team they had it in them to repeat as champions.

Class 6A 200m Freestyle Relay Edmond North Champions difference maker, along with Kathy’s second place finish, in us finishing second. We swam 100 percent best times for both our boys and girls.

“Edmond North is young and extremely talented. Both the Norman schools and two of the Edmond schools were four of the top six and in girls three of the top six. The balance of power has switched a little to the West.” OKC Heritage’s Avery Niemann defended her 200 freestyle title (1:52.99).

Broken Arrow sophomore Breonna Barker set a pair of school records in winning the 100 (50.90) and 50 (23.64) freestyle events. She was the defending champion in the 100 freestyle from a year ago.

EVENT WINNERS 200 Medley Relay: Edmond North 1:49.64 200 Freestyle: Avery Niemann, OKC

Heritage Hall 1:52.99 200 IM: Ally Robertson, Edmond North 2:03.65 50 Freestyle: Breonna Barker, Broken Arrow 23.64 100 Butterfly: Madie Sarantakos, Norman North 58.03 100 Freestyle: Breonna Barker, Broken Arrow 50.90 500 Freestyle: Rylee Linhardt, Edmond North 4:57.50 200 Freestyle Relay: Edmond North 1:39.11 (State record) 100 Backstroke: Rylee Lindhardt, Edmond North 57.98 100 Breaststroke: Ally Robertson, Edmond North 1:04.99 400 Freestyle Relay: Edmond North 3:41.27

TEAMS: Edmond North 435. 2, Jenks 331. 3, Norman North 210. 4, Edmond Memorial 176. 5, Enid 144. 6, Bartlesville 142. 7, Edmond Santa Fe 98. 8, Union 94. 9, Broken Arrow 82. 10, Owasso 67. 11, Norman 58. 12, Westmoore 49. 13, OKC McGuinness 47. 14, Southmoore 46. 15, OKC Heritage Hall 39. 16, Moore 38. 17, Putnam North 35. 18, Mustang 28. 19, Ponca City 22. 20, Yukon 5.

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Bixby boys and Fort Gibson girls each successfully defended their state titles. For the Spartans, it was their third title in the last five years while the Lady Tigers won their third consecutive crown. BOYS Bixby coach Monika Meadows spent much of the swim season

“We lost four seniors last year, which was a pretty good hit,” Meadows said. “But we knew we had the talent coming in to repeat. It took us a while to convince the boys.” Sophomore Ben Deibert won the 100 freestyle (49.62) and helped Bixby capture the 400 freestyle relay (3:23.80) and finished third in the 50 freestyle to help the Spartans repeat.

“Ben anchored an amazing 400 free relay team,” Meadows said. “We have young swimmers in sophomores Brian Lee and Asher Huskinson and freshmen Logan Wagoner and Peter Anthony. The future is bright. There’s a strong possibility that Bixby will be in 6A next year. For now, we’ll rejoice in what we have and we will re-focus later.”

Harrah’s Riley Bunyard won the 200 freestyle (1:46.55) and the 500 freestyle (4:50.37) to lead his team to a second-place team finish with 256 points. Kingfisher’s Mason York also captured a pair of individual titles in the 200 IM (2;06.34) and the 100 breaststroke (59.23). Harding Charter Prep’s Preston Selby also was a dual individual winner in the 100 backstroke (51.56) and the 100 butterfly (51.44).

EVENT WINNERS 200 Medley Relay: Shawnee 1:45.10 200 Freestyle: Riley Bunyard, Harrah 1:46.55 200 IM: Mason York, Kingfisher 2:00.34 50 Freestyle: Garrett Thompson, Altus 22.34 100 Butterfly: Preston Selby, Harding Charter Prep 51.44 (SR) 100 Freestyle: Ben Deibert, Bixby 49.62 500 Freestyle: Riley Bunyard, Harrah 4:50.27

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200 Freestyle Relay: Shawnee 1:32.05

100 Backstroke: Preston Selby, Harding Charter Prep 51.56 100 Breaststroke: Mason York, Kingfisher 59.23 400 Freestyle Relay: Bixby 3:23.80

TEAMS: 1, Bixby 275. 2, Harrah 256. 3, Altus 226.5. 4, Ft. Gibson 199. 5, Shawnee 168.5. 6, Booker T. Washington 150. 7, Oologah 114. 8, Carl Albert 99. 9, Pryor 96. 10, Bishop McGuinness 87. 11, Duncan 67. 12, Oklahoma Christian 47. 13, Kingfisher 46. 14, Bishop Kelley 42. 15, Harding Charter Prep 40. 16, Claremore 39. 17, Edison 38. 18, Piedmont 34. 19, Metro Christian 32. 20, Tuttle 30. 21, Tecumseh 14. 22, Edmond Deer Creek 11. 23, Tulsa Memorial 8. 24, Lawton MacArthur 1. GIRLS Fort Gibson coach Connie Dean preaches humility. But after her girls swim team captured their third consecutive state and academic state titles, Dean let the girls have a little fun.

“We had done so well in the prelims, I let them wear the tutu’s they had made,” Dean said. “That was their swagger I guess.”

Once again the Lady Tigers dominated the Class 4A swim scene cruising to 299 points. Stillwater finished second with 260 points followed by Bixby in third

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Bixby Boys - 5A Champions with 237.

Fort Gibson took a comfortable lead into the final day.

“Anything can happen at state and you don’t want to get overconfident but we knew we had more qualifiers in more events,” Dean said. “We knew our relays were very strong.” Leslie White won the 200 IM (2:16.66) and the 100 breaststroke (1:08.96) then joined Kyla Martin, Whitney Stroup and Hannah Cantrell to set a new state record in the 200 freestyle relay (1:48.77). Dean was also proud of the team’s third straight academic title, which involved every member of the team.

“We’re proud of that,” she said. “Grades are such an important part of swimming. If you are disciplined in the classroom you are disciplined in the pool. The two awards complement one another. “ Carl Albert’s Anka Lukannek won the 50 freestyle (24.72) and 100 freestyle (53.61. Piedmont’s Kasey Rein also won multiple events as well with the 500 freestyle (5:24.97) and the 100 backstroke (1:00.21). With only six swimmers competing, Bixby finished third overall. “Our girls went in fighting for

second place,” Meadows said. “We knew it would be hard to out-swim Stillwater for second. I’m very proud of our third place finish. Hopefully it will be a driving point for next year.”

EVENT WINNERS 200 Medley Relay: Stillwater 1;59.13 200 Freestyle: Jessi Hildebrand, Newcastle 1:55.82 200 IM: Leslie White, Ft. Gibson 2:16.66 50 Freestyle: Anka Lukannek, Carl Albert 24.72 100 Butterfly: Jessi Hildbrand, Newcastle 58.73 100 Freestyle: Anka Lukannek, Carl Albert 53.61 500 Freestyle: Kasey Rein, Piedmont 5:24.97} 200 Freestyle Relay: Ft. Gibson 1:48.77 100 Backstroke: Kasey Rein, Piedmont 1:00.21 100 Breaststroke: Leslie White, Ft. Gibson 1:08.96 400 Freestyle Relay: Stillwater 3:55.47 TEAMS: 1, Fort Gibson 299. 2, Stillwater 260. 3, Bixby 237. 4, Harrah 139. 5, Booker T. Washington 129. 6, Shawnee 123. 7, Carl Albert 104. 8, Altus 93. 9, Edison 90. 10, Kingfisher 84. 11, Lawton MacArthur 74. 12, Edmond Deer Creek 64. 13, Metro Christian 61. 14, Piedmont 40. 14, Newcastle 40. 16, Oologah 32. 17, Cascia Hall 30. 18, Lawton Eisenhower 23. 19, Mt. St. Mary 16. 20, Oklahoma Christian 10. 21, Sapulpa 2. MARCH 2013

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Track and Field: The Dutch Girls varsity started the

year out strong, finishing third behind Jenks and Union at the Holland Hall Invitational. Lizzy Adelson (Freshman) won her first high school medal clearing 5-0, snagging first place. Michaela McGregor (Junior) won both the 100m and 200m races. Medalists at the Owasso Meet:Michaela McGregor- 1st place- 100m, 200m (fastest 100m time and second fastest 200m time in the state this year) Lizzy Adelson- 1st place - high jump (school record 5'6" and the highest recorded jump in the state this year) and 2nd place- 300 hurdlesCaroline Adelson3rd place - 800m runSavanna Smith- 3rd place - 3200m runGirls 4x100 and 4x200- 3rd place (Michaela McGregor, Kelsey Arnold, Lizzy Adelson, Taryn Phillips)Girls 4x800- 2nd place (Allene Michaels, Caroline Adelson, Halle Salisbury, Savanna Smith).

Baseball

: The baseball team started out the season by defeating Victory Christian and Haskell. Strong starting pitching performances were turned in by Jackson Goddard (Sophomore) and Kyle Pumphry (Junior) while John Byers (Junior) came in and closed the door in both games. Next up the Dutch defeated Lincoln Christian 13-2. Senior Matt Bayliss took the mound a received the victory and Cooper Gross got the save.

Girls Golf: The girls golf team played their first

tournament of the year on Tuesday and finished 7th place out of 13 teams at the McLain Invitational. Sophomore Marcella Pierre finished 3rd place overall.

The Next Level

: Matt Bayliss committed to play football at UT-San Antonio and Bridge Craven committed to Trinity University.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Coach Crystal Lawson picked up her 100th win at Holland Hall vs. Houston St. John's.

upcoming Events:

-Tuesday, March 26th: Varsity baseball vs. Metro 4pm -Wednesday, March 27th: SPC counter: Varsity baseball and boys tennis vs. Cistercian 3pm -Friday, March 29th: SPC counter: Varsity baseball, softball and boys/girls tennis vs. All Saints 11am -Tuesday, April 2nd: SPC counter: Varsity baseball, softball, and boys/girls tennis @ Casady 4pm

Girls soccer

: The girls soccer continued their strong play at SPC. Though the girls had to compete in the second division, they dominated the tournament from start to finish. They quickly eliminated Houston Christian, 8-1, on Friday in their first round game. In a rematch vs. Oakridge on Saturday morning, the girls once again played well and won, 5-2. In the finals of Division II, the girls had another strong performance to win, 3-0 vs. Houston Episcopal. The girls finished the season with a 10-5-3 overall record and 7-3-1 in SPC, which is the best record for the girls soccer team in 10 years. A bright future is in store for the girls soccer program.

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