Bombers' dream denied
Jenks rolls past Midwest City into Class 6A final
Bombers' dream denied

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By Bob Hersom
Published: November 25, 2007

EDMOND — Midwest City's unbeaten football season ended in a hurry Saturday night, as mighty Jenks wasted little time belting the Bombers out of the Class 6A state playoffs.
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Defending champion Jenks jolted Midwest City 35-7 at Wantland Stadium and advanced to what's become the inevitable: Jenks vs. Union for the Class 6A football title.

Either the Trojans (12-1) or Redskins (13-0) will be the 6A champ for the 12th straight year.

"We're just glad that we're in it,” said Jenks coach Allan Trimble, who is 145-15 in 12 years coaching the Trojans. "And certainly any time you get to play a team as good as Union, it's fun.”

Second-ranked Jenks, which has won 11 straight games since an overtime loss to Union, made short work of an outstanding Midwest City team. The No. 4-ranked Bombers came in with a 12-0 record and a 6A-best rushing average of 250.2 yards per game.

"Midwest City's very talented. Their defense is real tough, with a lot of good speed out there,” Trimble said. "And they have a chance to score every time on offense. But I was really proud of our boys, how they contained their speed.”

The Trojans scored touchdowns on four offensive series in the first half — though one was nullified by penalty. Jenks also underthrew a sure TD and had a 54-yard run canceled by penalty.

Midwest City, playing in a state semifinal for the first time in 11 years, wore gold shoes for the occasion. But Jenks' players, who bleached their hair golden, had most of the golden plays.

Jenks quarterback Mark Ginther threw for 190 yards and one touchdown, while tailback Chris Adkins gained 135 yards on 22 carries and scored three touchdowns.

Midwest City was scoreless until 3:11 remained, after Jenks had built a 35-0 lead.

"At times I thought we played real well,” Trimble said. "We had a really good night on defense. The first half, our defense played as well as they can play. And offensively we made enough plays. Their blitz was really tough and took us out of some things. But we made some plays when we had to.”

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Andrew, Midwest City - Nov 26, 2007 10:59 PM
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Why should we build a new high school. Our school is not driven by athletics. Look at the number of National Merit Finalist Jenks puts out every year, and our class sizes are small. We are very competitive in athletics but academics is number one. So should we split for your sake? I don't think so.
Paul, tulsa - Nov 26, 2007 6:48 PM
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Here are the facts from OSSAA:
Broken Arrow 4395
Union 4121
Jenks 2908
Westmoore 2813
Moore 2710
Owasso 2430

Moore is going to have another High School next year I believe. Any new schools planned in the Tulsa area?

Midwest City's enrollment: 1512.

Bombers did pretty darned good all things considered.
AJ, Midwest City - Nov 26, 2007 6:09 PM
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Tay, your comments are well taken. Really didn't know who or what started the aftergame activities. doesn't matter though, MWC had a tremendous year and should be a tremendous board to spring from next year. To Greg and Jeff. The game is over, trying to create the parity you wish for takes more than legislation. May be a utopian thought but very unrealistic. The point is after today, In the East nobody will remember MWC, the incident or the great year. IT's Jenks Union again...What a great game!
David, Tulsa - Nov 26, 2007 8:33 AM
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wow...
Andrew, Midwest City - Nov 25, 2007 10:31 PM
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Jeff you sound like an OSU fan crying about OU Kicking OSU's butt every year. The better team won period the end.
Doug, Broken Arrow - Nov 25, 2007 10:25 PM
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I wasn't saying anything bad about Midwest City or Jenks. I was only saying that wished the school sizes were the same.
Jeff, Norman - Nov 25, 2007 10:01 PM
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Look.. Being a student at Midwest City, and a Manager for the football team, No one should be arguing or making excuses or criticizing EITHER team. Both teams are exceptionally well coached and both have ABOVE average talent. What the boys from both teams need to hear, is good job! Not ohh you only won because you have 2000 more kids enrolled than us, or yeah, yall thought you actually had a chance against one of "the big 2"... If any of yall spent as much time with the Midwest City team as I do and see how much heart the players have for the game and for eachother as a team, you would realize all this arguing you adults are doing is CHILDISH... The Jenks team should be congratulated as well as the Midwest City team! They went 12-0 for the first time since 1995! Thats something to be proud of. If any of my football boys are reading this.. Know that I couldnt be more proud of you! Hold your heads high.. Whether you know it or not, you DID bring the MAGIC back to Midwest City! As for the fight after the game, it was started by a freshman who doesnt have anything to be fighting for, it was embarrasing to our school and our team, but should not be taken as a representation of our school or our teams character. Our own players were angry at him for doing it and he was made to leave the field immediatly by our players and coaching staff... Good Job Jenks and Union, good luck at state...
BOMBERS.. I know things didnt turn out our way, but like I said when yall came out of the locker room... Hold your heads High and BE PROUD!! I love you!
Tay, Midwest City - Nov 25, 2007 9:21 PM
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Jeff....Westmoore is the same size as Jenks. 10 of the 14 largest schools in 6A are on the west side. Don't buy into the excuses.
Eric, Shawnee - Nov 25, 2007 8:26 PM
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I don't know why 6A schools in the West seem to have a desire to build another school once the student population reaches 1,200 - 1,300. The reason why it's always Jenks vs Union is because those schools probably have at least 2000, maybe 3000 at their school. What does that mean? More talent to choose from. Just imagine what would happen if Carl Albert and Midwest City High Schools were one...
Jeff, Norman - Nov 25, 2007 5:49 PM
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Greg...no, I don't live in Shawnee anymore. So no, I don't complain about Carl Albert and I don't complain during basketball season because I'm not an excuse maker. I see that you chose to not address the issue of Westmoore and Jenks having the same size school. I don't blame you. It is a losing argument from your end. Sooner or later the west side schools will get tired of getting pounding and will put together actual programs. Union was nothing special for much of the 90's until they got tired of losing to teams like MWC and Jenks. Instead of complaining they got better. Owasso and Muskogee are doing the same.
Eric, Shawnee - Nov 25, 2007 3:05 PM
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Paul, Well said. It is impossible for another district to understand until they see it. Watching King of the Mountain would be a start but to experience it you have to be part of it. I've never seen a commitment from kids, parents,community like there is in the Jenks/Union districts. For everything from Band to academics to Pom to sports to drama. They produce well rounded young adults because of involvement. The kids arent better caliber. they are expected to work, expected to performa t high levels and expected to be respectful!!!! If people outside looked to see what was happening rather than how to condemn and excuse, they could assist their respective communities.
David, Tulsa - Nov 25, 2007 2:16 PM
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Is our talent better, not really. Does the class size make us better? No!! What makes us better is hard work and coaching. You cannot compete with Jenks and Union b/c you are 8-10 years behind in development. You completly deoend on the talent of one senior class to get you to the semis so that you can loose to Jenks or Union by 4tds and the complain about class size. My kid started playing football in 1st grade, hevhas been playing 18-24 games per year since then. His team has been strength and speed training since grade school and has played and won tournaments in Texas, Missouri, Kansas, Georgia, and Nevada. That is a example of one class that feeds into these systems. If you want to compete work harder!
Paul, tulsa - Nov 25, 2007 2:04 PM
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Greg, I'm not certain what your point is. If it is that the East doesn't have enough schools, how do you address the Size similarity between Westmoore and Jenks??? If you think that Jenks would not beat Carl Albert combined with MWC, dont know, it would be a good game. Bixby plays us every year to start the season. I think guthrie could probably play anybody pretty good. The Hoover game was not very good last year, but lets face it, Union had an off year. What about Canton this year? Nobody here is making excuses for their players at Jenks or Union, just attempting to post sensible arguments against posts that are either misinformed, pasionate accusations or just plain ignorant. I am sorry but we must have been at different games if you think the size was the biggest difference in the game. Gillespie was large, but the remainder of our players havent really outsized people this year. They have out techniqued a lot of people, they have outplayed people by knowing their tendencies and they have outscored people. Honestly, this has not been one of our stronger defenses until the last 2 games. Of course, we could have put 10 men on the line against either team. Jenks entire population is half of Norman, half of Moore and not even close to many others. That is a little deceptive becuase they do have some of the South tulsa area. The school district has very little growth potential in Tulsa however. All of the kids are not better caliber, they just seem to accomplish more in their respective areas than most. You seem to WANT to say these schools recruit. That is because they win and it hurts. You obviously have no knowledge of the fact other than Hoover Alabama got in trouble. Seems like you may be the one to "Get a life"
David, Tulsa - Nov 25, 2007 1:54 PM
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you mean you can compete in 6a? Does not seem to happen in any other class. I was referring to people like you who tell yourselves that this does not happen. Because last I checked Jenks does not have a 5a school and a 6a school and neither does Union. Look I never said the teams did not work harder I just said you are crazy if you think that all of the kids are just better caliber players. Cause let's be honest here, Tremble could have gotten 6 yards a carry behind that offensive line which there was a clear difference in size. So, if you think that work ethic is the difference in the kids then that is fine. But you live in Shawnee it looks like, so I hope you have never complained about Carl Albert doing these same things in 5a. Oh, and there are 3 high schools in Moore starting next year not 1, 3 in Putman City, and 2 in Norman. So get a life my man and try not to get so worked up, I was just throwing some thoughts out there. But hey, I guess when basketball season gets here you will say the same about Midwest City in basketball right, since you feel so strongly about the east side teams in football. I know Union won recently, I am sure they just work harder.
Greg, Choctaw - Nov 25, 2007 1:13 PM
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Greg...you say that making excuses is pathetic, but then you go on to basically accuse these schools of recruiting and changing grades. So in fact you are a hypocrite. Answer me this mister excuse maker. If school size matters so much then why does Westmoore not win more and why did they get killed last week by Jenks who has the same amount of students?? How does Muskogee make three straight semifinals and give Jenks and Union all they want when they are half the size of those schools?? The secret is that east side schools work to get better while west side schools look for excuses to explain why they can't compete.
Eric, Shawnee - Nov 25, 2007 12:59 PM
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The fact that everyone is sitting around today making excuses for their kids who play for these programs is pathetic. If school size does not make a difference I wonder how Midwest City would do if Carl Albert shut down which is 4 miles down the road and combined with Midwest City and oh yeah Carl Albert has won close to if not as many state titles as Jenks has over the last decade. Still think class size does not matter, sure Jenks and Union have better coaches and that is obvious. Blankenship is at Tulsa U now and Tremble is winning consistent state titles again. But I wonder how far those coaches would go, you know Hoover High School in Alabama has an unbelievable program and they actually beat Union 34-7 last year if I remember right. Well their coach was let go for recruiting allegations and the fact that he had teachers fix grades. If you think this does not go on you are crazy, so you parents say whatever you want about these programs but I promise you Jenks does not win because they have much better athletes they seem to move in when it is really convenient. Sure your winning but be realistic.
Greg, Choctaw - Nov 25, 2007 12:18 PM
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This enrollment size argument is getting real old. If championships were won b/c of class size then BA would win every year. Yet they have 0 state championships. The difference in the programs starts in 1st grade were most Jenks and Union kids start playing. Look at the commitment from the parent coaches and the high school coaches divoted to developing young players. Then you need to look at speed and strength development which also starts at a very young age(obviously MWC was not lacking speed). But,if you look at the program as a whole Jenks and Union do not depend on the talent of one senior class to try and make a run(ie. Moore, Enid, Westmoore, MWC, PC north) they have players at all ages developing as good football players that they can plug in and reload.
Paul, tulsa - Nov 25, 2007 11:59 AM
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Joe, Dont know where you have been but your sample must be a rural county jail. Look at Natl stats and you will see that you are wrong. I agree w sticking to football though, no place for other stuff. The race card shouldnt even be an issue. The fact that the HS playoffs are so competitive is reson enough for this blog.
David, Tulsa - Nov 25, 2007 11:39 AM
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Dave there are more whites locked up in prison than blacks stick with football comments.
Joe, Noble - Nov 25, 2007 11:31 AM
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Dave there are more whites locked up in prison than blacks stick with football comments.
Joe, Noble - Nov 25, 2007 11:30 AM
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Boo hoo....how sad to see adults making excuses about some schools being bigger than others. Jenks and Westmoore are the same size school, so why is Jenks so much better?? Because they have a better program and better coaches. Muskogee just made its third straight semifinal and they are the 21st biggest school. Smaller than most all of these west side teams that like to complain. And the person who wants to create another division (7A), you are an idiot. What kind of lesson is that? If you can't win create another division where you can?? I hope you don't have kids. Oh and Neil....Jenks and Union are better academic schools than the schools on the west side too!! They will beat you on the field AND in the classroom.
Eric, Shawnee - Nov 25, 2007 10:13 AM
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I did not see any dumb kids from jenks! I don"t want agrue but we beat Jenks in state in Basketball and Track last year! They can only put 11 kids on the field at a time. Ours kids do not need to hear excuses about a bigger school. Most of our kids are black they do not needed excuses on why can:t do something , in life they our going to always be out numdered except in prison!2 + 2 is 4 in every school. With all that speed and we threw the ball down field over 20 yards only 5 times! Wes Welker came from small school and to small,average speed and He"s out number by faster, bigger players all his Life but he runs good routes and he CATCHES the Ball. He has been taught well.
david, midwest city - Nov 25, 2007 9:44 AM
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It is amazing to hear the "you won because you have more students argument... It's not the size of school but the academic offerings you have that should be determinants of how many school a distrct wants. Also the finacial advantages/Disadvantages, not athletic endeavors. That said , do you realize that Union and BA are much larger than Jenks? Jenks doesn't complain about their size, hasnt since they were a rural small school. Truth is, if it wasn't size it would be another excuse. MWC players werent outsized, they had the same number of people playing, were faster by all accounts. I wonder if anyone recognizes that David from MWC is on target. I think the MWC coach performed miracles and has a long way to go. I think the biggest disappointment from MWC perspective is the lack of character displayed toward the end of the game. Address that and passing and you may well be in the State playoffs. Obviously, the Jenks preparations were much better. Just exactly like Westmoore, there were about 4 formations and 6 plays with a couple of wrinkles. That wont work against really good teams anymore. The MWC was not prepared for the line play of Jenks. the reason is that a volunteer coach of the Jenks line is a DAD that played Pro ball and donates his time to player development. They are lifelong residents, not move ins. If you want to know the difference, buy a KING OF THE MOUNTAIN CD.. then you will understand
David, Tulsa - Nov 25, 2007 9:25 AM
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I think it is time to a a 7A division for High Schools in Districts that refuse to add a new high school once the high school enrollment tops 2500. It is not fair to the rest of the schools that are trying to compete with schools with twice the enrollment. That the large enrollment schools in the East have been so dominate in state wide competitions, and the fact that the larger schools in the other divisions are more successful is proof all the proof necessary to draw the conclusion that the predominate factor in their success is enrollment numbers. Lest you think I bemoan this only in sports, This is not just about athletics but academics. Think of all the opportunities lost for students in a high school that has 4000 students to participate in performing arts, debate and to have a personal relationship with a good percentage of your graduating class.

Frankly I would ask the Legislature to drop the per student State contribution to a district for students in a high school with an enrollment over 2500. I do not see Jenks, Broken Arrow, Owasso, Union acting on their own to limit their high school enrollment size, they have bought into the idea that winning championships is all that is important.
Neil, Oklahoma City - Nov 25, 2007 7:18 AM
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We had a good season, but I found out why jenks is so good. They took advantage of all our mistakes ! They are very well coach team . When we Blitz they run receivers where we blitz from and vacanted the area. they scouted our limited play selection and was in position to make the stop. Before we talk about winning a gold ball we have to raise our standards in coaching, scouting and preperation.A good season for Jenks is Gold ball.Wining distict and making it to semis is better than last year from 6 and 5 but if we want to win state , we have alot of work to do! We have to learn how to have a more diverse passing game. Coach Huff you did a good job this year but,I am sure you don:t want to taste this feeling every year. I know people are going to take this the wrong way but its the truth!!!
david, midwest city - Nov 25, 2007 1:07 AM
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