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Super 30: Markus Wakefield's IQ is his biggest asset

June 30, 2011 He’s certainly not the fastest Heritage Hall player. He’s not the biggest. But if you ask me, there isn’t a smarter Charger than lineman Markus Wakefield. His dedication to film and to scouting reports really started to show up during this past season. Will intelligence be the thing that grabs colleges’... Read More

Super 30 review: Nos. 28-26

June 29, 2011 Gonna split up the reviews of the Super 30 kids into two posts per week instead of one. In this trio, we begin to see how deep the quarterback spot is in the state. Spoiler alert: you’re going to see even more quarterbacks in the very near future. However, here’s a recap of Nos. 28-26: 28. Brandon Taylor,... Read More

Super 30: Week 1 review

June 26, 2011 Saturday began our second annual summer series on the Super 30, a countdown of the top 30 football recruits for the class of 2012. Last year we announced who they were before the series, not this year. If you wanna know who they are, keep yourself locked in at NewsOK.com/Varsity. This is going to be a daily... Read More

Heritage Hall's Barry J. Sanders content with playing waiting game

June 23, 2011 Heritage Hall running back Barry J. Sanders was at Florida State earlier this week for a camp, but he said that it is not an indicator that he is closer to committing. Sanders, who has said in the past he wants to wait before committing, stood by that stance Thursday. “I’m not going to rush into any... Read More

Edmond Santa Fe's Gunnar Nixon named Gatorade's National Boys Track Athlete of the Year

June 23, 2011 Thursday was quite a day for Edmond Santa Fe’s Gunnar Nixon. He started by taking the lead in the decathlon through five events at the US Junior National Track Meet in Eugene, Ore., and he closed the night by being named the Gatorade National Boys Track Athlete of the Year. Earlier in the day, it was... Read More

Heritage Hall's Dick Villaflor named National Tennis Coach of the Year June 23, 2011 Heritage Hall girls tennis coach Dick Villaflor almost didn’t believe it at first. Villaflor, the face of Charger tennis, was named the national tennis coach of the year by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association on Wednesday night in Grand Rapids, Mich. Villaflor was the only Oklahoma coach to... Read More

Justin Schanbacher leads eight-man all-star roster June 23, 2011 Cherokee’s Justin Schanbacher led the Chiefs to a magical run and a state championship in 2010. He’s hoping to do the same thing Saturday. Schanbacher will be a part of the Gold team in the Gold-Green eight-man all-star football game Saturday night at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M. Tickets will be available... Read More

Douglass' battle with DeSoto (Texas) set

June 22, 2011 Douglass is the lone Oklahoma participant in the seventh annual Kirk Herbstreit National Kickoff Classic, and the Trojans will be taking on DeSoto (Texas) on Fox Sports. The classic is a two-day event on Labor Day weekend with games in Ohio on Sept. 4-5 that will be broadcast on the ESPN networks. Sept.... Read More

McAlester's Adam Boyd commits to Tulsa June 22, 2011 At this point last week, Tulsa had only two in-state commitments and none of them were on the offensive side of the ball. Seven days later, and the Golden Hurricane have received three more in-state verbals and all three could play offense. McAlester’s Adam Boyd became the latest in-state recruit, committing... Read More

Douglass lineman Cayman Bundage picks Arizona

June 22, 2011 Douglass offensive lineman Cayman Bundage gave his verbal commitment to Arizona, coach Willis Alexander told The Oklahoman on Wednesday. Bundage, 6-foot-2, 280 pounds, also had scholarship offers from Missouri, Arkansas, Tulsa, North Texas. A tackle for the Trojans’ powerful rushing attack, Bundage is likely... Read More

Jones ready for next step

June 21, 2011 Nobody was on the Jones bandwagon more than yours truly last year. And I heard it from Millwood fans and Davis fans for picking the Longhorns so much. Still early in the game but get ready for the same thing. Jones is losing some quality players like Micah Thompson, Jeremy Barnhill and Tyler Bayless, among... Read More

Heartland Classic baseball schedule June 20, 2011 Yukon graduate Cisco Factor and Norman North graduate Caleb Simpson are going to be baseball teammates at Seminole State next season. But they’ll get a head start on getting to know each other this week as the duo are two members of Team Oklahoma in the Heartland Classic that begins Tuesday. The event is in... Read More

Kingfisher's Landon Nault ready for bigger role

June 18, 2011 Poor Kingfisher football coach Jeff Myers. For the first time in what feels like forever he has to ‘actually’ make a quarterback decision. I kid, but it is true. With Derek Patterson graduating and signing with Tulsa, the quarterback race is wide open. Myers said there are a couple of good candidates. And... Read More

Varsity readers' favorite moments of '10-11

June 17, 2011 Asked for readers’ submissions, and I got them. So here they are, the Varsity readers choices for their favorite moments of the year (my comments in parentheses): JP Fulmer: Santa Fe vs. Deer Creek baseball game in April. (No doubt, made No. 6 on my list). Brian Waggoner: As always, thanks for all that you do... Read More

Irish duo Matt Christiansen and Joe Edmonds commit to San Francisco

June 16, 2011 The last couple of years it’s been hard to talk about Bishop McGuinness boys basketball without bringing up Joe Edmonds and Matt Christiansen. The two have been the cornerstones for the Irish the last two years and are expected to lead McGuinness in the upcoming season. But they don’t want it to end there.... Read More

Heritage Hall looking to claim another 7-on-7 title

June 16, 2011 Another year and another loaded field at the Shootout of the South 7-on-7 football showcase this weekend in Arkansas. Heritage Hall, who won the event in 2007, is one of the 24 teams competing. Each team is guaranteed to play seven games. Each team will play five games Friday. Those results will determine... Read More

Hennessey goes from hunter to hunted

June 15, 2011 Hennessey is no longer the ‘little team that could.’ No sir. Under coach Shannon Watford, the Eagles haven’t had to take a backseat to anybody in terms of how successful the program has been. That’s the good news. But what comes with that now is expectations. And this year it’s not just expectations,... Read More

Running Back U in 2011 for the state of Oklahoma

June 15, 2011 At the beginning of last season, I turned to Scott Wright and said, ‘can you believe how good this RB class is going to be next year?’ Nearly 12 months later and nothing has changed. In fact, if anything, it’s gotten even better and even deeper. Rivals.com released position rankings this week, and it’s no... Read More

Midwest City's James Flanders commits to Tulsa

June 15, 2011 Another Flanders is heading up the turnpike. Midwest City running back James Flanders committed to Tulsa University, he confirmed to The Oklahoman on Wednesday night. Flanders’ older brother, John, is a starting defensive back for the Golden Hurricane. Another Flanders, Timothy, originally committed to Tulsa... 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.