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Tennis: Heritage tourney will tell a lot... March 31, 2010 | Comment on this article

By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com Getting ready to cover my third Heritage Hall Tournament of Champions tennis event this weekend, but it definitely feels a little different. Bishop McGuinness will not be there and that almost makes me want to put an asterisk * next to all girls’ winners. The Irish do... Read More

Basketball: Boys' All-State rosters... March 30, 2010 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com The Oklahoma Coaches Association has released the boys All State selections. The games will be played at Oral Roberts University on July 29. The small schools will tip at 7 p.m. and the large schools at 8:30. Read More

As expected, no action taken at OSSAA meeting March 30, 2010 The Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association’s Board of Directors met in executive session for nearly three hours Tuesday to go over the proposals from the committee it chanrged to look into public/non-public school issues. The committee made its recommendations—which included a pair of... Read More

Carl Albert's Gooch goes 2-for-2 March 30, 2010 I’m not sure which was stronger Tuesday, the level of competition or the wind at the Edmond Memorial Bulldog Invitational at Kickingbird Golf Course in Edmond. All three Edmond teams were there, along with teams from Carl Albert, Oklahoma Christian and a few other top programs. I mentioned in Monday’s paper... Read More

Ed Memorial: 'Dogs capitalize on big weekend... March 30, 2010 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com No baseball team had a bigger weekend than Edmond Memorial. You could argue that some teams had better ones, but last weekend was crucial for the Bulldogs. Kyle Roberts’ club was 4-3 entering the week, including losses where it gave up 12 and 19 runs. But heading into... Read More

West Metro POW: June Tigert, Mustang March 30, 2010 Since the Player of the Week honor is actually for last week’s performances, that’s all I looked at, despite some strong performances in baseball, golf and other sports early this week. We’ll catch those top performers next time around. For now, the honor goes to Mustang golfer June Tigert for her 81 at... Read More

Player of the week: Norman Zone March 30, 2010 Megan Johnson, Norman Track and field Johnson took gold in two events, the 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters. The sophomore, who placed second last year at state in the mile and is the two-mile state champion, paced the Norman girls to a dominating victory in the team competition Saturday at the Gregg Byram Track... Read More

Player of the week: Moore Zone March 30, 2010 PLAYER OF THE WEEK Moore Zone Dylen Brammer, Moore Track and field Brammer capped a three-event medal showing by anchoring the Lions’ 1,600 meter relay team to a first-place showing. The victory in that race gave the Lions the boys team title at the Gregg Byram Track Classic at Norman High School Saturday.... Read More

Heritage: Barry Sanders, Cooper Cloud leading charge... March 30, 2010 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com How could you not want to be outside today? Seriously, it was so nice. Decided to catch some more baseball, this time at Heritage Hall for the Chargers and Perry. Paced by strong efforts by Cooper Cloud and Barry Sanders at the plate, the Chargers remain undefeated with... Read More

Deer Creek: Antlers win fun (and long) one at Carl Albert... March 29, 2010 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com Sometimes you need to just sit back and enjoy it. Stop overanalyzing it and trying to find the perfect story. And in doing so, you FIND the right story. That was the case Monday night in a terrific baseball game between 5A’s top two teams. Deer Creek’s Tyler Price... Read More

Edmond honor: Stuart Turnipseed, Memorial... March 29, 2010 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com He’s set the bar early for Player of the Week honors during the spring as Edmond Memorial soccer star Stuart Turnipseed had a tremendous outing in a win against Broken Arrow. In a showdown of two of the best teams in the state, the Bulldogs made an early statement with... Read More

Hall officially named coach at BTW March 29, 2010 BY RYAN ABER raber@opubco.com Tulsa Washington made it official Monday, naming Star Spencer coach Darrell Hall as the Hornets’ coach. “It’s one of the top jobs in the state,” Hall said Sunday evening. Hall acknowledged some internal conflict between staying at Star Spencer and leaving for Tulsa... Read More

Private schools honor: Matt Silver, Casady... March 29, 2010 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com First full week of spring sports is in the books, and it was an eventful one. It’s always interesting to see who will start to be among the common names you’re going to see throughout the season. Definitely have one at Casady in Matt Silver, who is this week’s... Read More

Report: Hall to be named BTW coach; Hall says nothing official March 28, 2010 By Ryan Aber raber@opubco.com Star Spencer coach Darrell Hall will be named the football coach at Tulsa Washington, the Tulsa World reported Sunday. “There’s a chance something could happen,” Hall told The Oklahoman, while emphasizing that nothing was official. “I’m pretty content at Star.... Read More

Edmond: Wolves, Bulldogs impressive on the track... March 27, 2010 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com There were a lot more track and field teams competing in the Edmond Memorial Invitational on Friday than just Edmond Santa Fe and Memorial, but the standings won’t exactly reflect that. Santa Fe won the girls title while Memorial came in second. The teams switched... Read More

OGBA All-State: Middle schools March 27, 2010 Here’s the Oklahoma Girls Basketball Coaches Association All-State teams for the Middle East and Middle West. Read More

OGBCA All-State: Large schools March 27, 2010 Here’s the Oklahoma Girls Basketball Coaches Association All-State teams for the Large East and Large West. Read More

OGBCA All-State: Small schools March 27, 2010 Here’s the Oklahoma Girls Basketball Coaches Association All-State teams for the Small East and Small West. The games will be played June 5 at Weatherford High School: Small East Whitney Barnes, Indianola Cassi Baughman, Caney Bailee Cartwright, Moss Hope Conneywerdy, Frontier Teryn Gillett, Barnsdall... Read More

MSM: Rockets hosting celebrity weekend...

March 26, 2010 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com Fellow chum Ryan Aber will be on hand for both events. ROCKETS TO HOST CELEBRITY ALL-STAR WEEKEND Oklahoma native Cato June leads a group of athletes who will be at Mount St. Mary High this weekend for an all-star basketball game and a football camp at the sixth annual... Read More

MAC girls basketball all-conference March 26, 2010 Here are the postseason honors from the girls basketball coaches of the Metro Athletic Conference: Most Valuable Player: Elizabeth Donohoe, Edmond North Offensive Player of the Year: Courtney Walker, Edmond Santa Fe Defensive Player of the Year: LaShawn Jones, Putnam City Newcomer of the Year: Sydney Wyatt,... Read More

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Ryan Aber

Reporter

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

Reporter

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.