High School football: Postgame and Friday night highlights

By Robert Przybylo

Published: September 27, 2008

•Christian Heritage evened its record at 2-2 after beating Wellston, 34-0. Ian Sanders kicked two field goals, including a school-record 50-yarder in the third quarter.

•Choctaw notched its first win of the season. The Yellowjackets had two touchdown passes from Tanner Hessman and two TD runs from Aaron Fournier in a 57-7 victory over U.S. Grant.

•A trio of defenders helped Shawnee crush Harrah, 52-0. Shevin Patton had an interception, and Jordan McClain and Tyler Monroe each recovered a fumble for the Wolves.

•Minco quarterback Chandler Barr was 12 of 19 for 141 yards in a 27-6 victory over Thomas. Barr added a rushing touchdown.

•Running back Josh Littleaxe had 135 yards and a touchdown over 21 carries as Tecumseh trimmed Cushing, 12-6.

For more Friday night superlatives, go to Page 5C

Jeremy Harris of Star Spencer was named Army Iron Man of the Week for Sept. 19. Harris was honored by the Army Oklahoma City Recruiting Battalion for the best performance by a two-way player. The senior quarterback/defensive back threw a 19-yard touchdown pass, ran for a 56-yard TD, returned a kick 87 yards for a touchdown and intercepted a pass in the Bobcats' 26-20 victory over Douglass.

Thursday night, Harris was again outstanding. He ran for 161 yards and four touchdowns in Star Spencer's district-opening win over McLoud.

A strong candidate for the Army's two-way-player award for next week might be Oklahoma Christian School's Jeff Smith. Friday night, he ran for 216 yards and four touchdowns, blocked an extra point, intercepted a pass and totaled 11 tackles in the Saints' 41-29 win over Watonga.

How The Oklahoman's No. 1-ranked teams fared on Friday night:

Class 6A

No. 1 Norman North def. Putnam City North, 34-28. Next: Thursday at Moore

Class 5A

No. 1 Guthrie def. Durant, 41-15. Next: Friday at Ardmore

Class 4A

No. 1 Glenpool def. Seminole, 42-7. Next: Friday vs. Cleveland

Class 3A

No. 1 Tuttle def. Elgin, 49-7. Next: Friday at Blanchard

Class 2A

No. 1 Heritage Hall def. Alva, 40-0. Next: Friday vs. Kingfisher

Class A

No. 1 Okeene def. Texhoma, 49-0. Next: Friday vs. Turpin

Class B

No. 1 Davenport def. Prue, 46-0. Next: Friday vs. Depew

Class C

No. 1. Shattuck def. Tyrone, 46-0. Next: Friday vs. Laverne

Don't forget to read The Oklahoman on Sunday. Staff writer Ryan Aber will release the latest set of football rankings. In Monday's edition, we'll have the top 10 games for next week. Where will Friday's Class 5A matchup between Shawnee and Carl Albert rank? Check it out.

Our high school sports videographer, Brandon "Buckets” Chatmon, attended The Oklahoman's Game of the Week between Norman North and Putnam City North. Go to NewsOK.com and watch highlights and interviews from a game between the Class 6A powers.

Football coaches, don't forget to submit your team's statistics from Week 4 games. If you have questions, call our sports crew at 475-3314. Updated stats will run in a future edition of The Oklahoman.

Friday Night Highlights

Rushing

Name, school	Att	Yds	TD
Shane Leiter, Bridge Creek	10	225	6
Jordan Jackson, Casady	22	215	2
Delans Griffin, Clinton	14	240	4
Ronnell Lewis, Dewar	11	156	2
Joe Aska, Edmond North	25	179	1
Drew Molencupp, Glenpool	22	170	3
Michael Hudson, Ringling	20	208	5
Matt Oberste, Sallisaw	16	191	0
Bryce Moore, Tuttle	18	164	3
Josh Zimmer, Washington	35	188	1

Passing

Name, school	Comp	Att	Yds	TD
Jack Gray, Chandler	10	16	185	3
Derek Patterson, Kingfisher	10	16	211	4
Ryan John, Lawton MacArthur	13	19	254	4
Taylor McBane, Savanna	15	24	237	2
Brayle Brown, Shawnee	13	17	203	2

Receiving

Name, school	Rec	Yds	TD
Timmy Winans, Kingfisher	5	166	3

•Cayden Cochran, Cashion: Fresh off being named The Oklahoman's Player of the Week, Cochran topped his previous outings with a five-touchdown performance in Cashion's 33-7 win over Luther. He passed for 346 yards, 294 of them in the first half, and two touchdowns while running for three scores.

•Javon Harris, Lawton MacArthur: Harris didn't have many opportunities, but he made them count. He rushed for 108 yards on six attempts with a touchdown and had three receptions for 120 yards with a score in a 57-0 shutout of Western Heights.

•Cody Goss, Maud: Goss did it on both sides of the ball. He had 116 yards on 20 carries with three touchdowns to go with two interceptions, one of which he returned for a touchdown, in the Tigers' 34-20 victory over Webbers Falls.

•Brock Wardlaw, Okeene: Totaled 110 yards and three touchdowns. He had a TD receiving and scored on a punt return and an interception in Okeene's 49-0 win over Texhoma.

•Jeff Smith, OCS: Coming off a tough loss to Christian Heritage last week, the Saints got back in the "W” column behind Smith. He rushed for 216 yards and four touchdowns, but that was only half his night. He also blocked an extra point, had an interception and made 11 tackles.

Edmond North Huskies get first victory

Edmond North lost to Yukon last week on a last-second field goal, but the Huskies made sure it didn't come down to that again.

Running back Joe Aska rushed for 179 yards and a touchdown as the Huskies North beat Lawton Eisenhower, 31-10.

"Our offensive line played really well. Joe did a good job of making yards after contact,” coach Jeremy Dombek said. "I'd say he and our offensive line had a breakout game.

"It couldn't have come soon enough. We had a bad taste in our mouths the last few weeks. Santa Fe and Yukon are good teams, but it was a tough one losing on a last-second field goal. We struggled to refocus, but we showed them there was a light at the end of the tunnel.”

It was an all-around solid effort by North, forcing seven turnovers in their first victory of the season.

No nerves for Kingfisher's Patterson

Kingfisher running back Brayden Hicks tore his ACL last week, forcing Garrett Payne to move from quarterback to running back and thrusting sophomore Derek Patterson into the spotlight at QB. The result? Not too bad. Patterson threw for 211 yards and four touchdowns as the Yellowjackets pounded St. Mary, 54-0.

It didn't take long for Patterson to find his favorite target as senior wide receiver Timmy Winans caught five passes for 166 yards and three touchdowns — all in the first half.

Class 2A's fourth-ranked Yellowjackets will see if Patterson can still bring the magic next week when they play No. 1 Heritage Hall.

Lions roar past Saints After losing each of its first three games by fewer than seven points, Blanchard left no questions Friday in a 41-0 victory at Santa Fe South.

It wasn't one or two people who had a big game — it was the entire team.

Running back Garrett Davis had 11 carries for 180 yards and a touchdown. Quarterback Bryce Rusler added 144 yards through the air with two touchdowns and added another on the ground. Junior safety Blaine Brooks had three interceptions for Blanchard.

Blanchard had 516 total yards compared with 126 for Santa Fe South.

Should have been there

Broken Bow running back Mitchell Manning did whatever the Savages needed and did it whenever they needed it most.

Manning scored three touchdowns, including two in the overtime periods, as Class 4A's second-ranked Broken Bow won a thrilling 28-27 double-overtime game against Sallisaw.

After Sallisaw's Matt Mitchell scored his second touchdown to make it 27-21, Broken Bow's Francisco Silva blocked the extra point. Manning scored from 10 yards out and Trey Lee converted the extra point for the win.

"I can't say enough about Mitchell,” Broken Bow coach Greg Werner said. "He just came up big every time. He's a special kid.”

Sallisaw, ranked sixth, got a huge game from Matt Oberste, who rushed for 191 yards and threw for a touchdown.

Lions roar past Saints

After losing each of its first three games by fewer than seven points, Blanchard left no questions Friday in a 41-0 victory at Santa Fe South.

It wasn't one or two people who had a big game — it was the entire team.

Running back Garrett Davis had 11 carries for 180 yards and a touchdown. Quarterback Bryce Rusler added 144 yards through the air with two touchdowns and added another on the ground. Junior safety Blaine Brooks had three interceptions for Blanchard.

Blanchard had 516 total yards compared with 126 for Santa Fe South.

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