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Fan Poll: Vote for the OKC-area Football Player of the Week September 29, 2012 | Comment on this article

Football fans, here’s your chance once again to let us know who you thought was the Player of the Week in Week 5 of the high school football season 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 tell us... Read More

Rankings preview: 6A shuffling, most everything else stands pat September 29, 2012 BY RYAN ABER raber@opubco.com CLASS 6A 1. Lawton (1)#5-0 2. Edmond North (2)#5-0 3. Tulsa Union (6)#3-2 4. Broken Arrow (3)#3-2 5. Jenks (4)#3-2 6. Owasso (5)#2-2 7. Edmond Santa Fe (7)#4-1 8. Westmoore (8)#4-1 9. Sand Springs (10)#5-0 10. Southmoore (NR)#4-1 I’m shuffling the order of the Big Four... Read More

Picks: Week 5 September 28, 2012 Scott gained another game on Jacob and Ryan last week, Record (Overall, lock) Scott: 7-3 (29-11, 4-0) Jacob: 6-4 (28-12, 3-1) Ryan: 6-4 (27-13, 2-1) Jason: 5-5 (25-14, 3-1) Now on to this week’s picks:SCOTT WRIGHT Cascia Hall 28, Sallisaw 27 Seminole 21, Sequoyah-Claremore 18 Tulsa East Central 35,... Read More

Three Points and a Pick: Moore at Putnam City North

September 27, 2012 I love Thursday night football, especially since there usually isn’t any Tuesday or Wednesday night football. Tonight, we’re back on the field, and that’s a good thing. I especially love meaningful Thursday night football, and that’s what we’ve got at Putnam City Stadium at 7 tonight. Putnam City... Read More

Texas high school teams to play in Yukon Friday night September 26, 2012 A pair of Class 3A Texas high schools will play a football game in Yukon Friday night. Celina, one of Texas’ most storied football programs, will face Perryton at Yukon’s old high school stadium at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Celina is about 30 miles east of Denton, Texas, in the north-central part of the state,... Read More

Ohio's Beau Blankenship continues to roll; Oku, Stanley highlight out-of-state performances September 24, 2012 BY RYAN ABER raber@opubco.com One-third of Ohio’s Oklahoma connection missed the Bobcats’ game against Norfolk State on Saturday. Former Norman North quarterback Tyler Tettleton, who had thrown for 781 yards and seven touchdowns without an interception in Ohio’s first three games, was held out with an... Read More

Two Mustang football players selected for all-star game September 23, 2012 Mustang linemen Jared Chance and Chandler Rhodes were selected for the Blue-Gray National High School Football Classic in Tampa Bay next January. Rhodes was selected as an offensive lineman and Chance a defensive lineman. The players were selected for the game from a combine in Arlington, Texas, earlier this... Read More

Tuttle taking care of business September 23, 2012 Consistency has been the story of the season for Tuttle so far. At 4-0, the Tigers have scored between 40-44 points each game and have not allowed more than 13. Friday night’s 41-3 win over Newcastle was more of the same, with the running back duo of Morgan Neal and Jesse Gregory helping to produce 260 rush... Read More

Fan Poll: Vote for the OKC-area Player of the Week September 22, 2012 District play opened for most teams this week, and several players saw it as a time to shine. Now you get the chance to let us know who you thought was the Player of the Week in Week 4 of the high school football season around the Oklahoma City area. Pick one of the five selections from the poll below, or write... Read More

Somerville, Sanchez help Yukon to much-needed win September 22, 2012 With an 0-3 record against a very challenging non-district schedule in the rearview mirror, Yukon was excited to turn its focus to the games that count with Friday’s district opener against Lawton Eisenhower, a 59-7 win. The Millers showed the offensive firepower that has made them a playoff team the last three... Read More

Three Points and a Pick: Mustang at Norman

September 21, 2012 It’s hard to talk about the importance of a particular district game when neither team has played one yet, and there’s a ton of time to make up for early miscues. But I think six weeks from now, Mustang and Norman will look back at tonight’s game and see just how important it was in their postseason pursuits.... Read More

Picks: Week 4 September 20, 2012 Things keep going downhill for the pickers, as everyone struggled last week. Scott Wright: 22-8 (3-0) Jacob Unruh: 22-8 (3-0) Ryan Aber: 21-9 (1-1) Jason Kersey: 20-10 (2-0) And now for this week’s picks: SCOTT WRIGHT Deer Creek 31, Carl Albert 27 Edmond Santa Fe 48, Southmoore 42 Tulsa Union 27,... Read More

Professional roundup: Updates from around the country on the state's former stars

September 20, 2012 By Anthony Slater – Aslater@opubco.com - @anthonyVslater Matt Kemp, along with the rest of Los Angeles’ star-studded lineup, has been slumping lately. In the all-important month of September, Kemp had seven hits in 53 at-bats (.132 average), looking uncomfortable during the Dodgers recent struggles.... Read More

Dylan Bundy, Mickey Mantle, Johnny Bench and teen MLB debuts September 19, 2012 BY RYAN ABER raber@opubco.com The Baltimore Orioles said last month they would not bring up phenom Dylan Bundy to the majors in September, preferring to send him to their Florida instructional league team instead of injecting the 19-year-old into the thick of a pennant race. Wednesday morning, a night after... Read More

Deion Sanders willing to bring Prime Prep back to Oklahoma for more games

September 18, 2012 Deion Sanders said he contacted former Oklahoma and Dallas Cowboys coach Barry Switzer to help him find opponents for his new Dallas-area high school team, Prime Prep Academy, which is how he was able to line up last week’s game at Millwood. Now, Sanders is looking for more. With his team unable to compete in... Read More

Corrected Class A rankings September 17, 2012 The Ringling-Marietta score in Saturday’s paper was incorrect. Ringling won the game 29-8. As a result of that error, the Class A rankings published in Sunday’s paper were incorrect as well. Here are the corrected rankings for Class A: Class A Rankings 1. Wynnewood (1)#3-0 2. Wayne (2)#3-0 3. Thomas... Read More

Rushing attack of RB Javone Knox, QB Devin White boosting Putnam City September 17, 2012 When Putnam City lost running back Devin Colbert to a broken leg in the preseason, it seemed the Pirates’ run game might have taken a hit, but not so far. Putnam City (2-1) is one of Class 6A’s top rushing teams through three games, averaging 359.7 yards per game coming off a 46-21 win at Choctaw Friday.... Read More

Defense powers Bethany win September 17, 2012 Bethany coach Reagan Roof admitted even he was a little surprised by the Bronchos 40-7 win at Washington Friday night. “I thought it would be a game we’d have to play extremely well to win,” Roof said. “It was one of those nights when everything went our way. Washington is better than the score... Read More

Fan Poll: Vote for the OKC-area Football Player of the Week September 16, 2012 It’s time again for the fans to cast their vote for the Player of the Week in Week Three of the high school football season 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 tell us why your choice deserves... Read More

Struggling public schools: A look at The Oklahoman's past stories on the issue

September 16, 2012 Athletic directors from Oklahoma City Public Schools, Tulsa Public Schools and Putnam City Schools have been working on a proposal to help struggling public schools. Their plan, which Scott Wright wrote about in Sunday’s Oklahoman, recommends reclassification of teams based on several criteria. Berry Tramel... 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.