Sean Moran
Piedmont’s Fiegener Named Gatorade Softball Player Of The Year
What seemed like an ordinary summer day turned out to be anything but recently for Piedmont’s Karissa Fiegener.
The talented senior was on her way to a Summer Pride softball workout when she glanced at her phone and noticed she’d received an email from Gatorade. Curious, she opened it and discovered she had just been...
Bixby, Owasso Set To Clash in “Battle Of The ‘Burbs”
The 2022 high school football season will start off with a bang this fall when Oklahoma 6A powers Bixby and Owasso square off in the inaugural “Battle of the ‘Burbs.” The game will take place on Thursday, August 25th at the University of Tulsa’s H.A. Chapman Stadium. QuikTrip is the game’s corporate sponsor.
The official...
Wilson’s Four Golds Lead Rejoice Christian To Boy’s Track Title
“If you feel fast, you’re going to be fast.”
That’s the mantra Rejoice Christian track coach Brandon Johnson likes to go by.
His Eagle squad must have felt mighty fast last week because they destroyed school and meet records en route to winning the Oklahoma boy’s 2A state track meet.
“We knew it was going to be...
Drummond Preparing for Special Senior Season
When you’re from a small town, they say everyone knows your name. When you’re from a small town AND you are part of a celebrity family, everyone really does know your name.
Such is the case for the Drummonds in the small northern Oklahoma town of Pawhuska. The Drummonds are well-known cattle ranchers in the...
Sophomores Well Represented On High School All-State Basketball Team
The future of boy’s high school basketball in Oklahoma is looking mighty bright.
The Tulsa World recently released its All-State basketball selections, with 15 players earning First Team honors. Three of those picks: Edmond North’s Dylan Warlick, Bartlesville’s David Castillo, andDale’s Dayton Forsythe, are just sophomores.
Warlick was a key member of Edmond North’s 6A state...
Tom Pecore Claims 300th Career Soccer Victory
Tom Pecore chuckles when he recalls how his coaching high school soccer began.
“When I first started teaching in 1988, the athletic director came up to me and said he’d heard I used to live in Germany,” recalled Pecore. “My mother is German and my dad was in the military. He asked me if I...
Kehoe Streaks To New State 3200-Meter Record
Edmond North sophomore distance runner Liesel Kehoe had just broken the Oklahoma high school 3200-meter record, but she didn’t believe it.
“I didn’t think that I had done it,” recalled Kehoe, who won the race by more than a minute. “I had set my watch too early so my time was way off. We weren’t...
Bixby Girls Soccer Primed For The Postseason
Since taking over the Bixby girls soccer program two years ago, head coach Brittany Scrapper has made it her mission to elevate the program to one of the top ones in Oklahoma.
“I think we’ve tried to change our mentality,” said Scrapper. “For the longest time we were kind of like, ‘oh we’re just Bixby...
Garrison, Castillo Selected to USA Basketball JR National Team Minicamp
Del City’s Brandon Garrison and Bartlesville’s David Castillo are two of 46 high school athletes scheduled to participate in this weekend’s prestigious USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team minicamp in New Orleans.
Conducted in conjunction with the NCAA Final Four, the participants selected represent the Class of 2023, 2024 and 2025. Garrison (Class of 2023)...
Jenks Soccer Off To Great Start In 2022
The Jenks soccer team is only a couple of years removed from a state championship, but sometimes it seems like a lifetime ago to boy’s head coach Eric Marshall.
Once again, the Trojans have a roster full of talented players, but there are no longer any holdovers from the 2019 undefeated state title team.
“This year...