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Del City high jumper Toni Young cleared six feet, four inches to shatter her own state record and tie the national record at the Edmond North track meet on Friday. The Oklahoma State basketball signee (and Oklahoman Big All-City basketball player of the year) tied the national record set by Amy Acuff of Corpus... Read More

All-City and All-State week: Tough covers

April 17, 2009 OK, guys, we’re almost done with All-City and All-State week. Big All-City girls basketball will be in Saturday’s paper, and the Super Five and All-State girls basketball will be in Sunday’s Oklahoman. Read More

Swimming conundrums... April 15, 2009 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com Even when you’re confident about your selections, picking All-City teams is never an easy thing to do. And this year’s version of swimming became that much tougher when the classes were split up. Here is the list for the boys and for the girls. Someone who placed... Read More

All-City and All-State teams: The lineup April 11, 2009 The Oklahoman will be publishing our All-City and All-State teams this week. Here’s the tentative lineup for the week. If you miss a day, check NewsOK to get caught up. Read More

Heritage Hall Tournament of Champions - Boys April 07, 2009 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com Looked at the girls side yesterday, let’s do the same with the boys portion of the Heritage Hall Tournament of Champions. Thoughts and observations: - There was a lot of tension between Tulsa Union’s Trevor Horstmann and Putnam North’s Chris Haworth in the No. 1... Read More

Heritage Hall Tournament of Champions - Girls April 06, 2009 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com Spent most of Friday and Saturday camped out at Heritage Hall for what I feel is the biggest tennis tournament of the year. It really doesn’t get much bigger than the Heritage Hall Tournament of Champions. In some ways, it’s better than state because there is no... Read More

The Impact of Brooks Mosier

March 30, 2009 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com (Mosier, center, two years ago flanked by Parker Burnett, Bryan Owen and Taylor Daniels. Photo by Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman) I really shouldn’t be the one writing a Brooks Mosier career retrospective. Two years ago, I hadn’t met the man and... Read More

Wrapping up 6A... March 20, 2009 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com Well, we’ve reached the end. And this will be the shortest one of them all because I didn’t see one minute of any 6A girls games and only caught the semifinals of the boys. Boys champion: Putnam City, 72-48 vs. Jenks Girls champion: Del City, 29-27 vs. Midwest City... Read More

Wrapping up 5A... March 19, 2009 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com Now we’re getting to the big boys. 5A and 6A just have a different feeling about them. It’s tough to explain. Boys champion: Guthrie, 47-45 vs. Thomas Edison Girls champion: Booker T., 42-40 vs. Carl Albert Did not see the girls game live, but I watched it Sunday... Read More

Wrapping up 4A... March 18, 2009 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com Halfway through our look back at the state championships. This one will be abbreviated as I did not see one 4A boys game, so I’m not going to comment on it. All I’ll say is I was shocked that McGuinness with Daniel Orton could not defend its title. Must really say... Read More

Wrapping up 3A... March 17, 2009 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com We continue our trip down memory lane. Monday, we looked at Class 2A where Pawnee reigned supreme. Now let’s look at 3A where each had their own unique story. Girls champion: Adair, 63-47 vs. Millwood. Boys champion: Cascia Hall, 67-52 vs. Okemah. Really thought... Read More

Wrapping up 2A... March 16, 2009 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com Hope everyone will get a chance to enjoy spring break. Last season, spring break was the week after the basketball championship, so it’s a little strange this year. Would apologize about the lack of blog posts, but from our up-to-the-minute scoreboard updates and... Read More

Eagles soar vs. Norman... March 05, 2009 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com If you ask me, I don’t know how the Del City girls basketball team has ever been defeated. Simply put, I’ve seen them in their finest hours. At the Titan Classic, they ran the table, beating Carl Albert and Tulsa Union in the process. I spoke with girls guru Justin... Read More

Bailey (Catoosa) vs. White (Woodward) March 04, 2009 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com Amateur wrestling is hit-and-miss. For every great match, there are a bevy of stinkers that either have two guys just laying on each other or have two guys unwilling to take shots and you get a stall-fest. That’s the beauty of high school wrestling. You’re not going... Read More

Perfect Quartet video... March 03, 2009 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com Here is the first state wrestling video. A look at the four four-time state champions. If you don’t know ‘em by now, don’t what to say. I think myself and my fellow chum Matt Patterson have said enough about Perry’s Ladd Rupp, Cushing’s Jarrod Patterson,... Read More

State wrestling lives up to hype... March 01, 2009 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com There is just something about wrestling and wrestlers in particular. They’re just a different breed. They wear their emotions on their sleeves like nobody else when it comes down to the state championship. That can lead to memorable moments like last night with Del... Read More

Between sessions thoughts... February 28, 2009 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com Well, we made it. Eight mats have been trimmed down to four and all that’s left for the state wrestling championships are the finals. When I last left you, I was saying how Catoosa held a comfortable lead in 4A but that Tuttle could quickly turn things in its favor... Read More

Day 1 Wrestling thoughts... February 28, 2009 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com Friday started my three-week excursion to the good ol’ State Fair Arena. It’ll be my home away from home the next three weekends. My fellow chum Matt Patterson will keep you up-to-date on what’s up in Classes 5A and 6A while I got your backs for 3A and 4A. First... Read More

How'd I do? February 24, 2009 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com Well, you can’t make crazy predictions and then not eat your words, so that’s what I’m here to do. Had a couple of readers e-mail me about how difficult it was to watch the swimming events, and I appreciate the heads up. As a writer, I wasn’t really focused on... Read More

Day 2 Swimming thoughts... February 21, 2009 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com It’s nearly 8 on a Saturday night, but I am done. Unfortunately, I was not able to fit in all the coverage I was hoping for. So don’t fret if not all of the great outings today don’t make Sunday’s paper. There is still plenty more to come. Look for a story on the... Read More

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Ryan Aber

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Ryan Aber has worked for The Oklahoman since 2006, covering high schools, the Oklahoma City RedHawks, the Oklahoma City Barons and OU football recruiting. An Oklahoma City native, Aber graduated from Northeastern State. Before joining The Oklahoman, Aber worked for the Muskogee Phoenix, Southwest Times-Record in Fort Smith, Ark., and the Morning News of Northwest Arkansas.

Jason Kersey

OU Sports Reporter

Jason Kersey became The Oklahoman's OU football beat writer in May 2012 after a year covering high school sports and OSU recruiting. Before joining the newspaper in November 2006 as a part-time results clerk, he covered high school football for the Newcastle Pacer. During his time with The Oklahoman, he has also coordinated Thunder coverage, worked on the copy desk and covered several NFL games, including Super Bowl XLV. A Noble High School and OU graduate, he lives in Norman.

Jacob Unruh

Copy Editor

Jacob Unruh is a graduate of Northeastern State University. He was born in Cherokee and raised near Vera where he attended Caney Valley High School.During his tenure at NSU, Unruh wrote for The Northeastern (NSU's student newspaper), the Tahlequah Daily Press and the Tulsa World. From there, Unruh spent three years at the Lawton Constitution covering prep sports and Oklahoma football before joining The Oklahoman sports staff.

Scott Wright

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A lifelong resident of the Oklahoma City metro area, Scott Wright has been on The Oklahoman staff since 2005, covering a little bit of everything on the state's sports scene.

He has been a beat writer for football and basketball at Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, writing about athletes like Blake Griffin, Sam Bradford, Adrian Peterson, Dez Bryant and Brandon Pettigrew before they moved on to outstanding professional careers.

He also has covered small college athletics, minor league sports and NASCAR. Currently, he specializes in high school sports, football and basketball recruiting, and coverage of the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association.