3 Qs: Sallisaw vs. Star Spencer

By Ryan Aber and Robert Przybylo
raber@opubco.com; bprzybylo@opubco.com

Over Thanksgiving Dinner (or afterward in a turkey-induced haze), here are three questions on Sallisaw heading into Saturday’s Class 4A semifinal between the Black Diamonds and Star Spencer (7:30 p.m., Sapulpa High):

Ryan Aber: We’ve got to start here: How good is Matt Oberste? Obviously he’s a great thrower but he’s not bad running the ball either. He had a critical 14-yard run late in the game last week and has more than 1,000 yards rushing.

Robert Przybylo: He just has that certain something, that ‘it’ quality. He doesn’t look like he should be able to do anything out there, but he gets out of sacks and has a good arm. And he’s tough. The one play that stood out to me more than any other last week was the Irish were attempting a reverse with Kyle Ahmad, and Oberste leveled him for a big loss. This is the same guy who had the collarbone injury. He did not care, that’s what that game meant to him.

Aber: Oberste’s obviously really good but we don’t hear much about his top target, Trey Wiley, who is approaching 900 receiving yards. Are those numbers a product of good hands and Oberste’s arm or is there something more there?

Przybylo: Like all great QB-WR combos, they have excellent chemistry. Oberste knows when he’s in trouble, he can throw it up to Wiley, and he’ll make a play. I’ve said it before that Wiley has the height (6-2 or 6-3), but only being 175 pounds or so doesn’t make him an attractive recruit. That’s too bad because he was able to stretch the McGuinness defense deep and showed the grit to be able to come across the middle when it was needed. I don’t know what else you want from a receiver.