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Class 2A Girls At Westmoore Thursday Fairview vs. Thomas, 2 p.m. Tonkawa vs. Dale, 3:30 p.m. Northeast vs. Preston, 7 p.m. Colbert vs. Alva, 8:30 p.m. 2A girls at State Fair Friday and Saturday Boys At Oklahoma City University Thursday Latta vs. Talihina, 2 p.m. Ketchum vs. Chouteau, 3:30 p.m.... Read More

Millwood's Cameron Batson offered scholarship by Texas Tech February 25, 2013 Millwood junior receiver Cameron Batson’s recruitment is gaining momentum, with his second scholarship offer coming Monday. First-year Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury extended an offer to the 5-foot-9, 165-pound Batson, who was No. 24 on The Oklahoman’s Super 30 list ranking the 2014 class of football... Read More

Class A basketball state tournament brackets released February 25, 2013 The Class A boys and girls state tournament brackets were released Monday morning by the OSSAA. Here are the schedules: Class A Boys At Southern Nazarene Thursday Fort Cobb-Broxton vs. Velma-Alma, 2 p.m. Cheyenne-Reydon vs. Glencoe, 3:30 p.m. Wright City vs. Sterling, 7 p.m. Weleetka vs. Laverne, 8:30 p.m.... Read More

Class B basketball state tournament brackets released February 25, 2013 UPDATE (4:10 p.m.): The Deer Creek-Lamont girls defeated Burlington 35-31 to earn their spot in the Class B state tournament on Monday. The final boys area game between Burlington and Mulhall-Orlando was postponed again on Monday. It is currently scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday in Enid. Here are the schedules:... Read More

Nigro resigns as boys basketball coach at Yukon February 25, 2013 After five seasons, Ralph Nigro has resigned as Yukon’s boys basketball coach. He informed the team of his decision Monday afternoon. “Ralph was really dedicated, just a tireless worker who put his heart and soul into trying to improve our program the last five years,” Yukon athletic director David Fisher... Read More

Class 6A-5A regional schedules released February 24, 2013 The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association released the pairings for the CLass 6A and 5A area tournaments on Sunday: Class 6A BOYS EAST At Tulsa Rogers Friday Winner’s Bracket Owasso vs. Broken Arrow, 6:30 p.m. Loser’s Bracket Stillwater vs. Bixby, 8 p.m. At Catoosa Winner’s Bracket... Read More

Yukon's Tyler Bowling receives offers from Tulsa, Texas State February 21, 2013 Rated No. 25 on The Oklahoman’s initial Super 30 recruiting rankings for the class of 2014, Yukon offensive lineman Tyler Bowling received his first official scholarship offers recently. Tulsa and Texas State both came in with offers for the 6-foot-6, 290-pound tackle, and interest continues to grow from other... Read More

USA Today picks Oklahoma as one of the top high school baseball states February 20, 2013 BY RYAN ABER raber@opubco.com USA Today’s Scott Allen took time to rank the top 10 high school baseball states in the country. You can read the full list here. The top four are no real surprise: California, Florida, Georgia, Texas. Next comes South Carolina at No. 5, followed by Oklahoma at No. 6.... Read More

OKC Storm bringing strong field to city for basketball festival February 18, 2013 The Oklahoma City Storm homeschool team is bringing several of the region’s top basketball programs to the city for a two-day festival to be held at Hillsdale Freewill Baptist College in Moore Friday and Saturday. In addition to the OKC Storm boys and girls teams, the event will also include Sunrise Christian... Read More

Rashaun Woods to be introduced as John Marshall's new coach Tuesday February 17, 2013 Former Oklahoma State football star Rashaun Woods will be introduced as the new football coach at John Marshall High School on Tuesday afternoon in a press conference at the school. Woods, who has worked as an assistant at Star Spencer and Millwood over the last five seasons, is replacing Bruce Troxell, who... Read More

Taft Stadium renovations to be discussed at community meeting Tuesday

February 17, 2013 On Tuesday night, the Oklahoma City community will get the chance to learn about the details and see the final design of the nearly $9.7 million renovation to historic Taft Stadium that will begin in May. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Northwest Classen High School auditorium, located at 2801... Read More

Douglass' Clark, Memorial's Woodard lead state McDonald's All America nominees February 14, 2013 BY RYAN ABER raber@opubco.com Douglass’ Stevie Clark, an Oklahoma State signee, and Oklahoma signee Jordan Woodard of Edmond Memorial lead the way among 30 state nominees for 2013 McDonald’s All American honors. On the girls side, more than 40 state players were nominated, including Carl Albert’s Gioya... Read More

McGuinness WR Cody Chancellor to walk on at OU February 13, 2013 The recruiting process dragged out a little longer than usual for McGuinness receiver Cody Chancellor, but a week after national signing day, he found his destination. Chancellor, 6-foot-3, 165 pounds, will head to Oklahoma as a preferred walk-on, McGuinness coach Justin Jones said Wednesday. Chancellor turned... Read More

Millwood's Cameron Batson picks up first scholarship offer, from Washington State February 13, 2013 Rated No. 24 on The Oklahoman’s recently released Super 30 list ranking the state’s top football recruits in the 2014 class, Millwood’s Cameron Batson has picked up his first scholarship offer. Washington State extended an offer on Wednesday, which was initially reported by Rivals.com. Washington... Read More

Oklahoma State, Miami offer David Cornwell; Justice Hansen offered by Auburn February 13, 2013 By Ryan Aber and Scott Wright The offseason momentum of the 2014 quarterback class kept going Wednesday when Norman North’s David Cornwell and Edmond Santa Fe’s Justice Hansen each picked up new scholarship offers. Oklahoma State and Miami extended offers to Cornwell, who reported the offers on Twitter. He... Read More

Fans' Choice: Which basketball game should we cover Friday? February 12, 2013 UPDATE: The Crosstown Clash is the winner. We’ll have a staff member and photographer on hand for both games Friday night. ____________________ Tuesday’s snowstorm wiped out a lot of good basketball games, but Friday’s schedule is packed, too, and we’re giving the fans the chance to pick which matchup... Read More

Six Oklahoma high school standouts make Rivals250 February 12, 2013 BY RYAN ABER raber@opubco.com Monday, Douglass defensive end Deondre Clark and Norman North quarterback David Cornwell were named to the initial Rivals100 for the 2014 class. Tuesday, they were joined by four other Oklahoma high school standouts on the Rivals250. Clark leads the way at No. 48. Cornwell is at... Read More

Douglass' Deondre Clark, Norman North's David Cornwell on 2014 Rivals100 February 11, 2013 BY JACOB UNRUH Rivals.com released its annual Rivals100 list of the nation’s top 100 football recruits Monday morning, and as expected there were a few Oklahoma players on the list. Douglass defensive end Deondre Clark enters the list at No. 48, after he set a school record with 22 sacks last season and... Read More

Dual State Wrestling: Class 3A-4A first round February 09, 2013 All first round duals started at the 126-pound weight class. The semifinals will begin at 2 p.m. CLASS 4A TUTTLE 63, BRISTOW 13 Bristow held a 13-12 lead after Chris Smith picked up a pin in the 152-pound match. Then the Purple Pirates hit the strength of the Tuttle lineup as the Tigers reeled off nine... Read More

Dual State Wrestling: Class 3A-4A semifinals February 09, 2013 All semifinal duals started at the 132-pound weight class. The finals will begin at 6 p.m. CLASS 4A TUTTLE 61, BLACKWELL 9 Tuttle advanced to the Class 4A finals for a sixth straight season in dominant fashion. The route was on early for the Tigers as they opened the dual with three pins from Gunner Laffoon... 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.