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Fan Poll: Vote for Oklahoma's High School Football Play of the Year December 31, 2011 | Comment on this article

In accordance with our other postseason honors that have been announced this weekend, we’d like to give the fans a chance to sound off on this particular category: Play of the Year. Take a few minutes to watch the following five videos, and cast your vote. No. 1: Jones’ Tylor Seabolt won’t be stopped for... Read More

Anadarko's Sheldon Wilson featured in Sports Illustrated December 22, 2011 Sheldon Wilson’s record-breaking season is now getting national recognition. The Anadarko senior, who rushed for 3,335 yards and a state-record 57 touchdowns during the Warriors’ state championship season, is featured in the Dec. 26 issue of Sports Illustrated as one of the magazine’s “Faces in the... Read More

Richmarr Smith scores 16 as Putnam City takes title at Florida tournament December 22, 2011 Behind 16 points from Richmarr Smith, Putnam City won the Wildcat Holiday Tournament in Pensacola, Fla., with a 73-55 victory over J.O. Johnson High School from Huntsville, Ala., on Wednesday. Smith, a 6-foot-2 junior, was the third different player to lead the Pirates in scoring during their three tournament... Read More

Boys hoops: Guthrie's speed, PC playing for a tournament title and more

December 21, 2011 A short schedule means a short roundup on the last night of hoops before the holiday break for most teams. There are a lot of intriguing holiday tournaments coming up, but let’s not skip too far ahead. Let’s get right to Tuesday’s roundup: Guthrie too quick for Harrah Powered by a speedy, balanced lineup,... Read More

OCA All-State December 19, 2011 The Oklahoma Coaches Association announced its All-State football team Monday. The OCA All-State Football Game will be played at 8 p.m. July 27 at a to-be-dtermined site in the Tulsa area. Read More

2A-2 All-District December 15, 2011 District 2A-2 All-District Most Valuable Player: Michael Lowe, Jones Offensive Player of the Year: Tylor Seabolt, Jones Defensive Player of the Year: Justin Wilson, Luther Coach of the Year: Dave Martin, Jones All-District Team First team Offense Quarterback: Dametric Sanders, Millwood Running backs: Andy... Read More

5A-3 All-District December 15, 2011 Player of the Year: Tony Kiefer, McAlester Offensive Player of the Year: Adam Boyd, McAlester Defensive Player of the Year: Connor Appelberg, Skiatook Special Team Player of the Year: Colton Craig, Tulsa Kelley Co-Hardship Player of the Year: Travis Davis, Skiatook Co-Hardship Player of the Year: Isaac Dyer,... Read More

Douglass OL Cayman Bundage sticking with commitment to Arizona December 14, 2011 Douglass lineman Cayman Bundage still had some reservations about his verbal commitment to Arizona, but a trip to the campus and a meeting with new coach Rich Rodriguez gave him all the information he needed to reaffirm his decision to stick with the Wildcats. “You can tell he’s a good coach from his... Read More

Boys hoops: Del City takes down Edmond Memorial, and other thoughts

December 14, 2011 Basketball season has started in a big way around the metro area and I got the chance to take in a No. 1 vs. No. 1 showdown at Del City, with Class 5A’s top team hosting 6A’s best, Edmond Memorial. Here’s my roundup of some of Tuesday night’s top action, which will appear in Wednesday’s paper —... Read More

A-1 All-District Team December 13, 2011 This one is a bit different from most other districts. While most districts honor just seniors, District A-1 has juniors and even a couple sophomores (Taylor McBee and Chris Walker) included on their all-district team. The individual awards were all won by seniors, though. Read More

Looking for play of the year nominations December 13, 2011 In addition to selecting our All-State and All-City teams over the next week, we’re also looking for the best play of this high school football season. There are some we have in mind: Woodward’s thrilling finish against Douglass, Millwood’s amazing last-second win over McGuinness and the one featured below... Read More

3A-4 All-District December 12, 2011 Here’s the District 3A-4 All-District selections. Know of another district’s selections? E-mail them to raber@opubco.com. Read More

5A-1 All-District December 12, 2011 District 5A-1 All-District Player of the Year: Luke Davis, Guthrie Offensive Player of the Year: Dillan Dansby, Carl Albert Defensive Player of the Year: Landry Chappell, Guthrie Lineman of the Year: Blake Belcher, Guthrie First-team Offense Quarterback: Raymond Little, El Reno Running back: Nathan... Read More

District 3A-3 postseason honors December 12, 2011 Here are the coaches’ postseason awards for District 3A-3: Coach of the Year: Andy Bogert, Heritage Hall MVP: Sterling Shephard, Heritage Hall Offensive Player of the Year: Barry J. Read More

Final Rankings: Class 2A December 11, 2011 Class 2A 1. Hennessey (6)#13-2 2. Jones (3)#14-1 3. Millwood (5)#11-3 4. Stroud (2)#12-1 5. Davis (1)#9-2 6. Vian (4)#12-1 7. Lincoln Christian (7)#11-2 8. Lindsay (8)#11-3 9. Frederick (9)#10-2 10. OCS (10)#9-3 Hennessey and Jones are pretty clear 1-2. Stroud and Millwood are virtually... Read More

Final Rankings: 4A December 11, 2011 Class 4A 1. Wagoner (3)#13-1 2. Clinton (2)#12-2 3. Catoosa (1)#12-1 4. McGuinness (4)10-3 5. Sallisaw (5)#9-3 6. Hilldale (6)#9-3 7. Glenpool (7)#7-5 8. Harrah (8)#8-3 9. Woodward (9)#6-6 10. Douglass (10)#8-3 Not much here at the top that needs explaining as the top 4 are pretty clear. Sallisaw was... Read More

3A-5 All-District December 11, 2011 District 3A-5 All-District Co-Player of the Year: Patrick Bass, Cascia Hall Co-Player of the Year: Trey Sloan, Dewey Co-Player of the Year: Justin Tomlinson, Berryhill Offensive Player of the Year: Adam Dolan, Berryhill Defensive Player of the Year: Conner Sherwood, Cascia Hall Special Teams Player of the... Read More

Final Rankings: Class 3A December 11, 2011 Class 3A 1. Anadarko (2)#15-0 2. Cascia Hall (3)#14-1 3. Heritage Hall (1)#12-1 4. Metro Christian (4)#12-1 5. Berryhill (7)#12-2 6. Seminole (5)#12-1 7. Kingfisher (6)#9-2 8. Bethany (8)#9-3 9. Verdigris (9)#10-2 10. Beggs (10)#10-2 Fairly easy top three here with champion Anadarko having beat No. 2... Read More

Final Rankings: Class 5A December 11, 2011 Class 5A 1. Guthrie (1)#14-0 2. McAlester (3)#12-1 3. Lawton MacArthur (2)#13-1 4. Tulsa Kelley (4)#8-3 5. Tulsa East Central (5)#10-2 6. Ardmore (7)#8-5 7. Pryor (6)#9-3 8. Carl Albert (8)#9-2 9. Duncan (9)#8-4 10. Coweta (10)#6-5 McAlester had a late lead on Guthrie before losing 28-25 in the... Read More

Final rankings: Class C December 11, 2011 I’ll roll the rest of these out over the rest of the day but here’s the final Class C rankings. Class C 1. Shattuck (5)#12-1 2. Temple (3)#11-1 3. Tipton (7)#11-3 4. Timberlake (2)#9-2 5. Deer Creek-Lamont (1)#10-1 6. Sharon-Mutual (4)#10-3 7. Covington-Douglas (6)#9-3 8. Coyle (8)#7-4 9. Forgan... 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.

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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.

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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.