All-State football: Wayne's Josh Way feels like he has something to prove in All-State game

Friday night at the Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State football game, Way feels like he has something left to prove.

“It's a real good chance to prove what Class A's made of,” Way said. “I want to prove that I didn't just put up all those numbers against bad teams.”

The game will be played at 8 p.m. at Tulsa Union.

Way is part of a dynamic trio of running backs for the West, teaming up with Anadarko's Sheldon Wilson and Putnam City's Casey Curtis.

The group combined for 8,129 yards and 127 touchdowns rushing last year.

“It's probably one of the first times three running backs with those kinds of numbers have been on the same team in this game,” Way said. “It'll be a challenge but I'm looking forward to playing with those guys.”

While Wilson and Curtis are starting their college careers soon, playing together at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, Way's dream of playing college football will wait.

He signed with Northwestern Oklahoma State and planned on playing there but a recent academic hangup will defer that possibility for a year or two.

Way could've played this season, but a change in his scholarship status made staying home for a time the right decision.