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Final All-State football rosters July 27, 2012 | Comment on this article

Here are the final rosters for tonight’s OCA All-State at 8 p.m. Read More

All-Staters, Special Olympians hang out, shoot hoops

July 26, 2012 Being an All-Stater is a unique and valuable opportunity — not just because of the chance to play in an All-State game. Here are some photos and a video of All-State athletes spending a day at Oral Roberts’ Mabee Center shooting hoops with athletes from the Special Olympics. Thanks to the folks with the... Read More

Wayne's Josh Way putting off college July 26, 2012 BY RYAN ABER raber@opubco.com One of the most prolific running backs in the state in recent years will put off playing college football for at least a year. Former Wayne running back Josh Way, in Tulsa this week to compete in Friday night’s Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State football game, will take a... Read More

Deer Creek's Garrett Hermanski among All-State basketball replacements

July 25, 2012 Edmond Memorial’s James Woodard and Lawton Eisenhower’s D’Andre Wright are among a trio of players to withdraw from the All-State boys basketball game. The pair of incoming freshmen at Tulsa will be replaced by Deer Creek’s Garrett Hermanski and Ardmore’s Travis Galbreath on the Large West team. On the... Read More

Tulsa Washington hoop star Juwan Parker to announce college choice Aug. 19

July 25, 2012 Tulsa Washington basketball standout Juwan Parker announced online that Memphis, Georgia and Stanford are his final three college choices, and he’ll commit on Aug. 19. Parker, a 6-foot-5 shooting guard and a two-time selection to The Oklahoman’s Super 5 team, has more than 20 scholarship offers, including... Read More

Brothers Matt and Derrick Luetjen reunited at Tulsa July 24, 2012 Matt Luetjen’s Army career didn’t last as long as he planned, but it opened the door to another opportunity he’ll enjoy. Luetjen was medically retired from the Army because of a night vision issue after two years of school, and now, the former Hennessey football star has rejoined his younger brother,... Read More

Edmond Memorial's Taylor Moore, OSU's Talor Gooch among qualifiers for US Amateur July 24, 2012 Edmond Memorial golfer Taylor Moore chose not to play in the All-State tournament on Monday, but he made the decision pay off. Moore qualified for the US Amateur on Monday, winning a three-man playoff for the third and final qualifying spot at Cedar Ridge Country Club in Broken Arrow. He joined former Tulsa... Read More

Power Lunch: Chat with Ryan Aber July 24, 2012 Power Lunch: Chat with HS writer Ryan Aber Read More

Casey Curtis and Sheldon Wilson pushing each other on field, in classroom

July 19, 2012 MIAMI, Okla. — Casey Curtis and Sheldon Wilson signed with Northeastern Oklahoma A&M under similar conditions. Both were star prep running backs with potential NCAA Division I talent. And both are here because they waited too long to take academics seriously in high school. On NEO’s roster, Curtis, a... Read More

Brayden Scott has turned Memphis recruiter; one target is Arkansas commit Khari Harding

July 19, 2012 Brayden Scott said he’s “100-percent solid” in his commitment to Memphis and won’t sway from that pledge. The Sequoyah-Tahlequah senior, who I wrote about for Thursday’s newspaper, said he would like to graduate from high school early and participate in Memphis’ 2013 spring football activities. He... Read More

Norman hires Tecumseh's Matt Thornton as hoops coach; Norman North finds new AD July 19, 2012 Norman Public Schools has raided Pottawatomie County to fill a couple of athletic vacancies — the Norman boys basketball spot and the Norman North athletic director job. Here’s the news from Norman: Tecumseh’s Thornton hired as Norman basketball coach Matt Thornton’s basketball coaching career is taking... Read More

Del City will stay in Class 5A based on OSSAA's latest ADM numbers July 19, 2012 Del City basketball coaches must’ve been rejoicing on Thursday, when the OSSAA released the Average Daily Membership numbers that will be used to set the classes for most high school sports in the 2012-13 school year. Here’s the full ADM list. Del City is the largest school in Class 5A, ranking 33rd-largest... Read More

Former Putnam City North pitcher Jace James signs with Missouri

July 18, 2012 Former Putnam City North baseball player Jace James has taken the next step in his baseball career, signing with Missouri last week. James, a 2011 PC North grad, played last season at Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College, where he was 4-0 with a 1.59 earned-run average and 10 saves in 23 appearances. James... Read More

OU recruiting and OK preps Power Lunch Chat with Ryan Aber July 17, 2012 OU recruting/OK preps Power Lunch Chat with Ryan Aber Read More

Former Edmond Santa Fe standout Gunnar Nixon takes World Junior championship July 12, 2012 BY RYAN ABER raber@opubco.com Former Edmond Santa Fe standout Gunnar Nixon needed a big-time performance in the final event of the decathlon at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona. Nixon entered the 1,500-meter run needing to beat Australia’s Jake Stein by 14 seconds to win. Nixon did, turning... Read More

Deer Creek's Caroline Goodin wins state junior championship July 10, 2012 Deer Creek senior-to-be Caroline Goodin shot a final-round 71 to hold on for a three-stroke victory in the Women’s Oklahoma Golf Association Girls Junior Championship Tuesday at Willow Creek Country Club. Goodin opened the 36-hole tournament with a round of 72 to lead by two shots and matched the best round of... Read More

Former Mustang standout Karson Bizzell signs with Tulsa

July 10, 2012 Her two-year stint at Redlands Community College paid off just the way Karson Bizzell hoped it would — or maybe even better. Bizzell went to Redlands hoping it would propel her to an NCAA Division I program, and she got to be part of a national championship as well. Bizzell helped the... Read More

Softball: Prague hires Auburn assistant, former major leaguer Mark Ryal as coach July 10, 2012 The Prague school board approved Auburn assistant and former Major League Baseball player Mark Ryal as the school’s new softball coach, superintendent Rick Martin said. Ryal spent the last five seasons at Auburn. For one season before that, he was head coach at Carl Albert State College in Poteau. From 2003-06,... Read More

Edmond Santa Fe's Max McGreevy wins AJGA tournament in Arkansas

July 05, 2012 Edmond Santa Fe senior-to-be Max McGreevy conquered Class 6A golf at the state tournament in May, and now he’s going national. McGreevy shot three rounds at even-par or better to earn a six-stroke victory at the American Junior Golf Association’s KPMG Stacy Lewis Junior Open, which concluded Thursday at the... Read More

Former Millwood, OSU player Anthony Andrews named Douglass basketball coach July 02, 2012 Anthony Andrews took a long, winding road to get from Millwood to Douglass, but the 49-year-old is excited to be the Trojans’ new boys basketball coach. Andrews’ hire was approved by the Oklahoma City Public Schools Board of Education on Monday night, officially filling the void of Terry Long, who left in May... 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.