Sean Moran

Bixby sharpshooter Parker Friedrichsen is walking with a little extra bounce in his step this week. One of the top high school basketball players in the Class of 2023 in Oklahoma, the 6-3 guard recently gave a verbal commitment to play at Oklahoma State. “I walked into the offices in Stillwater last week and told them...

Tushka basketball coach Chris Zike can pinpoint exactly when things turned around for him and his Tiger team this season. The Tigers were 13-8 on the season and at a crossroads after suffering seven losses in the final minute, including four by one possession. “I made the kids hold each other accountable,” recalled Zike. “When we...

Last July, wrestling coach Darin McAfee finally received the news that he’d been waiting for: Union High School was starting a full-fledged girl’s wrestling program. Fast forward seven months, and the Redhawks are state champions. Behind five state qualifiers, the south Tulsa school won with a team total of 60 points, eight more than runner-up Bixby. “It...

It turns out you can go home again. Two-time NBA All-Star Trae Young proved that last week when the former Norman North guard returned to his old stomping grounds to have his number 11 jersey retired. Young is the first Timberwolf student-athlete ever to receive the honor. “Wow, I’m speechless right now,” Young said to a packed...

There may not have been any drama in Tuttle’s 13th straight and 19th overall Dual State Wrestling Championship last week, but the Tigers certainly don’t take winning another team title for granted. “We wrestled really well,” stated head coach Bobby Williams. “They went out there and took care of business. It was a great team...

As National Signing Day quickly approached, Marlow senior Jace Gilbert patiently waited for the phone to ring. The top placekicker in Oklahoma held several offers from smaller schools and preferred walk-on offers and strong interest from several Power Five schools. His patience paid off last week when he received a scholarship offer from Iowa State. Gilbert...

It takes more than the threat of extreme winter weather to cancel a wrestling tournament in Oklahoma. The 47th Annual Oklahoma State Junior High Wrestling Championships are set to take place Feb. 4th and 5th in Oklahoma City and neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow will keep the participants, coaches, and fans away. WATCH THE REPLAY Cox...

When the brackets were released for the recent Jenks/Union Invitational girls basketball tournament, top-ranked Edmond North was looking at potentially tough showdowns with undefeated Sand Springs and top five-ranked Tulsa Union. Those matchups came to be, but the Huskies steamrolled through the tournament anyway, thanks to great team defense and balanced scoring. “The competition is always...

When you think of Booker T. Washington basketball, you immediately think about the school’s terrific tradition, the multitude of state championships and the great individual talent. Most of those great teams were led by a dominant big man. Wayman Tisdale, Richard Dumas, Ryan Humphrey. The tallest two players on this year’s Hornet roster stand 6-4. “In my...

As the registration line snaked all the way down Broken Arrow’s Nienhuis Park parking lot, it was obvious the chilly January conditions weren’t going to keep eager high school football players from attending the Prep Redzone Oklahoma Stock Up Showcase. More than 150 participants from Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas & Arkansas went through a series of...