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Matchup of the Week: Del City offense vs. Midwest City defense... August 31, 2010 | Comment on this article

By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com Maybe I’m getting too brainwashed being around all the boys in the Mid-Del Schools because I’m a lot more pumped up for Midwest City and Del City than what I’ve ever been before. Started to hit me a little bit less than two weeks ago at a photo shoot of all things.... Read More

Southmoore: Season outlook...

August 31, 2010 By Justin Hite Southmoore Offensive outlook: Is it safe to say that the SaberCats have the best backfield in the state of Oklahoma? I can’t make a case that they don’t. Junior Andrew Long might be the best back in the state not named Barry Sanders. Kendal Thompson might be the best quarterback in Oklahoma... Read More

Moore: Cross country off to good start... August 31, 2010 By Justin Hite Moore boys run the road The Moore Lions ran their first race of season this past weekend in the Moore War Run. In the 5-kilometer road race, coach Chad Mashburn had four runners finish in less than 20 minutes. Mashburn was extremely pleased with the times this early in the season from a team that... Read More

Heritage Hall, Jenks make moves in volleyball rankings August 31, 2010 Only a couple of notable moves in the new volleyball polls released Tuesday morning on OKRankings.com, with Heritage Hall moving ahead of Cascia Hall for the No. 1 spot in Class 4A being the only change in any of the No. 1 slots. The Chargers defeated Cascia at the Broken Arrow Tournament, which was loaded... Read More

Santa Fe: Wolves banged up heading into Edlam... August 31, 2010 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com No teams can afford to have injuries. But in Class 6A with not nearly as many kids out as some of the other programs, Edmond Santa Fe certainly had to avoid the injury bug. It hasn’t. Coach Bruce Gowen said the Jenks Preview really took its toll on some of his kids,... Read More

Softball: Jenks, Little Axe ascend to throne... August 31, 2010 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com A rough week for some of last week’s No. 1-ranked softball teams in the state, particularly with the Millerettes of Yukon. Road losses at Edmond North and Mustang have dropped Jennifer Leonard’s club from No. 1 to No. 3 this week with Jenks earning the No. 1 ranking.... Read More

Ed North: Jarion Tudman ready to take over... August 30, 2010 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com The Edmond North defense only returning two starters was a big red flag in thinking the Huskies are going to be successful this season. Expectations took a dip even more when junior running back Jared Benway, who was going to be the team’s workhorse, suffered a... Read More

Better to Receive: David Glidden video August 30, 2010 Brilliant work by our multimedia department, particularly Tim Money with the help of Damon Fontenot, on this video with Mustang receiver David Glidden, quarterback Brandon Taylor and coach Ty Prestidge. This piece adds some multimedia flair to our season preview, “Gift of Grab,” that appeared in Sunday’s... Read More

Is it too early for hoops talk? August 30, 2010 OK, so its finally game week for football teams, but let’s take a quick break for a little basketball talk. I was just looking over the field for the Thanksgiving Hoopfest in the Dallas/Fort Worth area where Oklahoma’s top team, the Douglass Trojans, will kick off their season. A photo of Douglass sophomore... Read More

Westmoore: Q&A with coach Billy Langford... August 30, 2010 By Justin Hite I’m not the only one new to the Moore War this year. Less than a week before the season starts, I spoke with new Westmoore coach Billy Langford for a quick question and answer session about his outlook on the season. He seemed as excited as I am to get the 2010 season underway. Here’s a little... Read More

Football: Will 5A be cleared up this week? August 30, 2010 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com Every week I will try to have this post up by Sunday or Monday where I’ll tell you the three biggest questions I have for the week in the greater Oklahoma City area. There are SO many questions with week 1, but here are the three that are standing out the most. 1.... Read More

Football: Rankings a guessing game right now... August 29, 2010 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com Hope you got a chance to pick up our football preview in today’s paper. I can tell you Scott Wright and myself really busted our butts off on it. If you didn’t, here is the top 10 for each class. I shake my head looking at these right now. Extremely tough with all... Read More

Moore, Norman: Introducing new bloggers… August 29, 2010 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com Regular Norman and Moore blogger Justin Harper is having to leave for personal reasons and temporarily won’t be able to clue you in with what’s going on for the Tigers, Timberwolves, Lions, Jaguars and SaberCats. We wish Justin the best during this tough time.... Read More

Casady: Cassius Calhoun with good night despite loss... August 28, 2010 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com There wasn’t a last-second game-winning FG this year for Casady against Fort Worth All Saints, but coach Koby Scoville seemed pretty upbeat. After hanging in there during the first half, the Cyclones ran out of steam in the second half as All Saints wore the smaller,... Read More

Douglass: Aliston Cobb, Diontay Washington a strong duo...

August 28, 2010 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com You’ll have to forgive us for all the talk about the Douglass passing game. Just wasn’t expecting a passing game as solid under Shon Bridges as what the Trojans showed this summer. But there is no mistaken the bread-and-butter is going to be the running game, and... Read More

Norman North: Brad Valentino video August 28, 2010 I was curious to see what the Norman North offense looked like with so many weapons and experienced players at various positions. The Timberwolves couldn’t put any points on the board against Altus — or did they? Check the video below for the controversial goal-line call that went against the T-Wolves.... Read More

Casady vs. Fort Worth All Saints Capsule... August 27, 2010 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com We have reached that time…finally. Friday night will kick off the season for Casady as the Cyclones travel to Fort Worth take on All Saints. Cyclones won a thriller last year as kicker Andrew O’Bannon booted a game-winner as time expired. Casady (0-0) at Fort Worth... Read More

Deer Creek's Alex Christensen still a beast, Choctaw's Aaron Fournier shines... August 27, 2010 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com Well, we looked at the first four teams from the Top of the World Classic scrimmage at Norman’s Harve Collins Field. We were only halfway home. Here is a recap featuring Deer Creek, McLoud, Noble and Choctaw. Scrimmage No. 3: Deer Creek 21, McLoud 7 Deer Creek:... Read More

Norman's Donovan Roberts, Shawnee's Hunter Holley impress... August 27, 2010 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com You realize two things whenever you go to one of these eight-team scrimmages. 1. You’re going to see a lot of great stuff. You’re going to see kids surprise you with how good they are. 2. By the time you get to final one, you’re going to be so tired that you forget... Read More

Heritage: Barry J. Sanders gets offers from Ole Miss, Alabama...

August 27, 2010 By Robert Przybylo BPrzybylo@opubco.com As was tweeted late last night, Heritage Hall junior running back Barry J. Sanders picked up two more offers Thursday as he can now add Ole Miss and Alabama to his list of suitors. Sanders said earlier this summer his three favorites are Oklahoma State, Tennessee and... Read More

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The Varsity High School Bloggers

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.