Class 6A state championship notebook: Second-half spark not enough for Norman North

But Jenks retook control on its way to a 55-20 state championship victory Friday night at Boone Pickens Stadium.

“Our guys continued to fight,” Norman North coach Wade Standley said. “At halftime, we just said we've got to go win one play at a time and I felt like we did that. I'm proud of that.”

Norman North quarterback Peyton Gavras threw touchdown passes to Jake Higginbotham and Payton Prince, and the defense forced a pair of Jenks punts before the Trojans ultimately regained control of the game.

DIRECTV DROPS 6A BROADCAST

Many DirecTV subscribers were unhappy to find that the 6A title game was not being carried by the provider Friday night, as previously advertised by Fox Sports.

Fox released a statement during the second half of the game, relaying information from DirecTV, which cited a “bandwidth issue” as the reason the broadcast was dropped.

“DirecTV informed us yesterday (Thursday) they wouldn't be able to carry Friday's game due to bandwidth issues,” the Fox statement said. “We regret their decision to drop the telecast and the inconvenience it caused their customers to miss the game. DirecTV has assured us they will carry Saturday's OSSAA championship games on channel 680.”

The 4A and 5A games will air at 12:30 and 7:30 p.m., respectively, on the following Fox Sports Oklahoma Plus channels as well: AT&T U-verse 757 (1757 HD); Cox Communications-Oklahoma City/Tulsa 68 (715 HD); DirecTV 680 (680-1 HD); Dish TBA; Fidelity Cablevision-Lawton 33; Pioneer Digital TV 113; Suddenlink-Stillwater/Cushing/Drumright 75; Suddenlink-Enid 73; Suddenlink-Muskogee 33; Suddenlink-Pauls Valley 2; Suddenlink-Perry 53; Suddenlink-Seminole 29; Tahlequah Cable TV 55