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Metro Christian QB Andrew Hearon named Player of the Year December 01, 2011 | Comment on this article

BY RYAN ABER raber@opubco.com Metro Christian quarterback Andrew Hearon was named the Gatorade Oklahoma Football Player of the Year on Thursday. Hearon threw for 3,695 yards, 42 touchdowns and just 5 interceptions this year, helping the Patriots to the Class 3A quarterfinals. Metro Christian lost at Anadarko... Read More

3A-2 All-District Team December 01, 2011 District 3A-2 All-District Coach of the Year: Mike Wilson, Purcell Co-Most Valuable Player: Blake Campo, Plainview Co-Most Valuable Player: Caleb Muncrief, Madill Offensive MVP: Damian Shea, Purcell Defensive MVP: Gary Heller, Plainview Outstanding Offensive Linemen: Shawn Moore, Pauls Valley; Dalton Wilson,... Read More

A-2 All-District team November 30, 2011 Here’s the District A-2 All-District team. Have another district’s awards? E-mail them to raber@opubco.com. Read More

2A-7 All-District Team November 30, 2011 Here’s the District 2A-7 All-District team. Have another district’s awards? E-mail them to raber@opubco.com. Read More

All-District 4A-2 posteseason honors November 30, 2011 Here are the coaches’ selections for All-District in 4A-2: Player of the Year: Dawson Myers, Cushing Offensive Player of the Year: Eddie Reynolds, Harrah Defensive Player of the Year: Cayman Bundage, Douglass Special Teams Player of the Year: Chris Compton, Douglass Receiver of the Year: Abraham Luna, Santa... Read More

1954: The year Oklahoma high school football had no playoffs November 28, 2011 This cartoon appeared alongside Daily Oklahoman sports editor John Cronley's column on Nov. 3, 1953. The column lambasted the Oklahoma Highschool Athletic association's decision to abolish high school playoffs for the 1954 season. FROM THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVE What started as research for a story turned into a... Read More

6A-2 All-District team November 28, 2011 Here’s the 6A-2 All-District team. Have another districts awards? E-mail them to raber@opubco.com. Read More

District 6A-1 All-District team November 28, 2011 Here’s the 6A-1 All-District team. I also have the 6A-2 team to post a bit later. Have another? E-mail me at raber@opubco.com. Read More

McAlester's Dalton Wood looking to step in to replace Tony Kiefer next season

November 28, 2011 McAlester quarterback Tony Kiefer, who amassed over 12,000 total yards in his stellar career, played his last game as a Buffalo in Saturday’s semifinal loss to Guthrie. The Buffaloes will certainly miss Kiefer’s production, but waiting in the wings is another potential great one. Freshman Dalton Wood... Read More

Douglass' Stephen Clark, Tulsa Washington's Juwan Parker show skills on big stage

November 27, 2011 Douglass point guard Stephen Clark would have preferred a victory, but he did everything he could to get one at the Thanksgiving Hoopfest in Duncanville, Texas. Clark scored 42 points in a 90-80 loss to Dallas-Kimball on Saturday night at an event that included teams from Louisiana, Georgia and North Carolina.... Read More

Fan Poll: Vote for the OKC-Area Football Player of the Week for the third round of the playoffs November 27, 2011 The season is winding down, but you still have a chance to let us know who you thought was the Player of the Week in Week 3 of the high school football playoffs around the Oklahoma City area. Pick one of the five selections from the poll below, or write in your own candidate in the comments section, where you can... Read More

McAlester fails to convert three costly PATs in loss to Guthrie November 27, 2011 SAPULPA — No. 1 Guthrie beat No. 3 McAlester 28-25 on Saturday to advance to Friday’s Class 5A state title game against No. 2 Lawton MacArthur. Three first-half mistakes by McAlester potentially cost the Buffaloes three points, the final margin of defeat. After Guthrie took an early 7-0 lead, McAlester... Read More

McAlester misses Alvery Braxton in loss to Guthrie November 27, 2011 SAPULPA — McAlester was without one of its top playmakers in Saturday’s semifinal loss to No. 1 Guthrie. Senior receiver Alvery Braxton, who had 1,049 yards receiving and 13 TD catches on the season, tore his meniscus earlier this week in what coach Bryan Pratt called a “freak,” non-football injury.... Read More

Video: Highlights from Guthrie's 28-25 win over McAlester November 26, 2011 SAPULPA — Class 5A No. 1 Guthrie topped No. 3 McAlester 28-25 on Saturday at Collins Field. The game featured some great highlights, and Van Shea Iven from Oklahoma High School Sports Express captured all the best ones in this YouTube video he uploaded today. The video is embedded below. Guthrie’s toss pass... Read More

Picks: Playoff round 3

November 25, 2011 Jason pulled to within two games of Ryan with the help of picks of McGuinness and Temple. Scott fell six games behind Jason. Last week: Ryan: 6-4, 1-0 Jason: 7-3, 1-0 Scott: 5-5, 0-1 Overall: Ryan: 86-35, 11-1 Jason: 84-37, 9-3 Scott: 78-43, 9-3 Ryan: Broken Arrow 28, Owasso 21 Tulsa Union 35, Jenks... Read More

Douglass OL Cayman Bundage selected for Offense-Defense All-America Game

November 21, 2011 Douglass lineman Cayman Bundage has accepted an invitation to the Offense-Defense All-America Game, which will be played Dec. 30 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Bundage, an Arizona commit and a four-year starter for the Trojans, has been a key player on four straight playoff teams, including the Class 4A... Read More

Class 5A Top 10 November 20, 2011 Like my rankings in 6A, this didn’t run in the paper as we stop running rankings after the first round of the playoffs until the postseason is complete. But here’s how the top 10 stands after round 2: Class 5A 1. Guthrie (1)#12-0 2. Lawton MacArthur (2)#12-0 3. McAlester (3)#12-0 4. Tulsa Kelley (4)#8-3... Read More

Class 6A Top 10 November 19, 2011 BY RYAN ABER raber@opubco.com No rankings in the paper this week but I do a final ranking after the season ends. But I’ll update my top 10 in each class on the blog beginning with 6A: Class 6A 1. Broken Arrow (2)#11-1 2. Tulsa Union (3)#11-1 3. Jenks (5)#10-2 4. Owasso (7)#9-3 5. Midwest City (1)#11-1... Read More

Football playoff schedule for Nov. 25-26 November 19, 2011 Here is the schedule of next week’s playoff games, including the neutral-site locations and kickoff times announced by the OSSAA on Saturday: Class 6A Semifinals Owasso vs. Broken Arrow at Muskogee, 7:30 p.m. Friday Jenks vs. Tulsa Union at Stillwater, 7:30 p.m. Friday Class 5A Semifinals Guthrie vs.... Read More

Fan Poll: OKC-Area Football Player of the Week for the playoffs' second round November 19, 2011 The number of city-area teams is dropping each week, but the on-field performances keep getting better and better. Here’s your chance to let us know who you thought was the Player of the Week in the second round of the high school football playoffs around the Oklahoma City area. Pick one of the five selections... 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.