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Brayden Scott, Khari Harding help Team USA to opening win July 01, 2012 | Comment on this article

The USA Football U-19 national team opened the International Federation of American Football World Championships with a 27-6 victory over American Samoa Saturday night in Austin, Texas, with help from a couple of Oklahoma boys. Two of the state’s top recruits, Sequoyah-Tahlequah quarterback Brayden Scott... Read More

OKC semi-pro football team making noise with local talent June 29, 2012 Not long ago, former Central Oklahoma quarterback Brandon Noohi was in the Los Angeles area working in marketing and wondering what the future of his football career held — if anything. But now that he’s back in the Oklahoma City metro, he’s back on the path he hopes could take him to the professional... Read More

Hole-in-one helps lift Langley to state amateur qualifying

June 27, 2012 BY RYAN ABER raber@opubco.com Shawnee junior-to-be Daniel Langley advanced to the Oklahoma State Amateur on Tuesday, shooting a two-under 69 at Page Belcher in Tulsa. Langley’s round was boosted by his hole-in-one on No. 15. He birdied holes 14 and 16, jumping him up the leaderboard as the round closed.... Read More

Former Carl Albert star David Oku signs with Arkansas State June 27, 2012 BY RYAN ABER raber@opubco.com More than a year ago, former Carl Albert star running back David Oku announced his intentions to transfer from Tennessee. Oku finally turned up again on the college football radar Wednesday, signing with Arkansas State. He was the No. 1 all-purpose back in the country coming out... Read More

Norman North punter Preston Couch named to top prospect list June 27, 2012 Norman North senior punter Preston Couch has been named to the Ray Guy/ProKicker.com top 100 prospect list after his performance at a recent camp. Athletes named to the top prospect list for each camp were individually evaluated and graded on details such as accuracy, timing, and distance. Couch participated in... Read More

Norman OL Uhles commits to Tulsa June 27, 2012 BY RYAN ABER raber@opubco.com Tulsa continued its strong in-state recruiting earlier this week, picking up a commitment from Norman offensive lineman Zac Uhles. Uhles (6-foot-4, 260 pounds) committed to the Golden Hurricane on Monday. He had an offer from Texas State and was starting to draw greater... Read More

CA's Hawkins, ESF's Hensley earn All-America honors June 21, 2012 BY RYAN ABER raber@opubco.com A pair of city-area players were named to the ESPNHS 2012 Baseball All-American first team this week. Carl Albert’s Taylor Hawkins, The Oklahoman’s All-State and Big All-City Player of the Year, earned first-team honors at catcher. Hawkins hit 28 home runs this season,... Read More

Douglass sprinter Madison Reynolds named Oklahoma Gatorade Girls Track Athlete of the Year

June 20, 2012 After helping to lead Douglass to back-to-back state track championships, Madison Reynolds was given yet another honor, being named Oklahoma’s Gatorade Girls Track Athlete of the Year on Wednesday. As a senior, Reynolds won the 200 meters in 25.72 seconds and the 400 in 56.30, earning The Oklahoman’s Little... Read More

OSU, Tulsa first programs to offer OKC Storm sophomore Allonzo Trier

June 20, 2012 OKC Storm sophomore-to-be Allonzo Trier has never lacked for motivation to make himself a better basketball player, and his first two college scholarship offers aren’t going to change that. In fact, they might push him even harder. Trier, rated as one of the nation’s top players in the class of 2015,... Read More

Stephen Clark's mother confirms he will stay at Douglass

June 19, 2012 The wild roller-coaster ride that the last month has been appears to finally be over for Douglass basketball standout Stephen Clark. In a text message to The Oklahoman late Monday night, his mother, Dorshell Clark, confirmed that her son will remain at Douglass, rather than graduate early to enter college in the... Read More

OKC, Miami school superintendents place friendly wager on NBA Finals

June 19, 2012 Oklahoma City Public Schools Superintendent Karl Springer and Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho are putting their city support in action. The two have agreed on a friendly wager on the NBA Finals series between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Miami Heat. The Heat lead the series 2-1... Read More

Anadarko's Lakota Beatty commits to Oklahoma State June 18, 2012 BY JACOB UNRUH junruh@opubco.com Anadarko guard Lakota Beatty verbally committed to play college basketball at Oklahoma State on Sunday, the Lawton Constitution reports. Beatty, a member of The Oklahoman Super Five, averaged 18.6 points and five rebounds per game as a junior and led the Warriors to the Class... Read More

ESF's Harding, Sequoyah-Tahlequah's Scott named to national team June 18, 2012 BY RYAN ABER raber@opubco.com Edmond Santa Fe defensive back Khari Harding and Sequoyah Tahlequah quarterback Brayden Scott were among the 45 players from around the country named to USA Football’s Under-19 team for the upcoming International Federation of American Football U-19 World Championship in Austin,... Read More

Stephen Clark's mother says decision on next year hasn't been finalized June 17, 2012 The only thing that appears to be certain about Stephen Clark’s basketball or educational futures is that nothing is certain yet. Reports surfaced on Friday that the Douglass High School basketball standout was not going to graduate early and would stay in high school for his senior year. But his mother,... Read More

Slow-pitch All-State games Saturday at OU June 14, 2012 The Slow-pitch All-State games are set to be held at the University of Oklahoma’s Marita Hines Field Saturday, beginning at 11 a.m. The small-school game will kick off the action, followed by the middle-sized schools at 1 p.m. and the large schools at 3 p.m. Here are the rosters for the games: Small East:... Read More

Edmond Santa Fe's Ty Hensley enjoys opportunity at Children's Center

June 13, 2012 Ty Hensley’s life is pretty busy these days. But the Edmond Santa Fe pitcher, who was recently drafted by the New York Yankees, also knows there are more important things than another workout session or more contract negotiations. On Tuesday night, Hensley served as the honorary team captain for the Pirates, a... Read More

Soccer: Norman North's boys No. 1 in final ESPN rankings

June 13, 2012 NORMAN — Norman North’s boys soccer team was No. 1 in Oklahoma’s Class 6A after it beat Tulsa Union for the state title. And Tuesday, the Timberwolves were proclaimed No. 1 in the nation among the spring-soccer states. North is the top team in ESPN’s final 2012 POWERADE FAB 50 Boys’ Soccer Spring... Read More

OKCPS offers statement regarding withdrawal of job offer to Ingersoll June 13, 2012 In case you missed it, here is the story that appeared in Wednesday’s editions of The Oklahoman regarding Hall of Fame coach Phil Ingersoll, who was offered the position as the next boys basketball coach at Douglass, but had the offer rescinded by the administration of Oklahoma City Public Schools less than a... Read More

Deer Creek wins Kansas State 7-on-7 tournament

June 12, 2012 EDMOND — Deer Creek traveled to Manhattan, Kan., last weekend for its first appearance in Kansas State’s 7-on-7 tournament and won the whole thing. The Antlers finished 9-1 over the weekend, beating Salina South (Kan.) 27-7 in the finals. The tournament featured teams from several states. One team of note... Read More

Oklahoma takes Oil Bowl title, 30-20 June 10, 2012 Behind the sharp passing of Ponca City quarterback Brent Wilson, and a daunting rushing attack, Oklahoma rolled to a 30-20 win over Texas in the 75th annual Oil Bowl Classic Saturday night in Wichita Falls, Texas. Wilson was perfect on seven passing attempts, throwing two touchdown passes to earn Oklahoma’s... 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.