Sean Moran

Despite this year's shortened high school basketball season, Oklahoma high schools produced some impressive boys basketball players. Future Division I players like Putnam City West's Rondel Walker and Booker T. Washington's Trey Phipps and Bryce Thompson shared a lot of the headlines. It was another Thompson, however, who finished the season with the most career...

Konner Doucet set out to prove he was one of Oklahoma's most dominant high school wrestlers this season, and the Comanche senior made a strong argument in his favor after recently breezing through the Class 3A State Wrestling Championships in Oklahoma City. Doucet, who finished his final prep season with a stellar 47-0 record, pinned...

Davon Richardson was barely a teenager when he was forced to learn one of life's cruel lessons: no one is guaranteed tomorrow. Richardson was emerging as one of the Tulsa area's promising young basketball players at Central High School when his mother passed away. He moved in with his father's family, which meant he had...

Senior Jack Callan couldn't have written a better script to wrap up his high school swimming career. The Bishop Kelley standout won four gold medals and set state records in each event at the recent OSSAA State Swimming Championships in Jenks. He also led the Comets to their second consecutive state team title. They dominated...

Jackie Sternberger knows a thing or two about basketball. Sternberger, then Jackie Snodgrass, scored more than 1,500 points during her college career at Southwestern Oklahoma State. She's even a member of the school's athletic Hall of Fame. She's coached boy's and girl's basketball for many years and is currently the middle school girls coach at Kingfisher....

Bixby's Kendall Stieben is living proof that when one door closes, another one opens. When Stieben began her high school athletic career, she quickly became one of the area's top cross country and track and field runners. She finished 11th at the 6A cross country championships her freshman year and backed it up with Top...

Edmond North swim coaches claim junior Trysta Duerson has one of the best starts in the state. It's not uncommon for coaches to promote their athletes' abilities and accomplishments. But what makes these coaches' claims noteworthy is the fact that Duerson is deaf. "Trysta has a heart of gold, first of all," said Heather Devoe, head...

"I don't think we've ever just left it at the gym," laughed Chloe. "It spills over, but we both love it," said Lisa. "We go home and watch basketball. During the season we're trying to find a game on TV. It's just in our DNA and part of our family." That dynamic was put to the...

After weeks and months of contemplating his basketball future, Booker T. Washington star guard Bryce Thompson had finally made up his mind where he was he was going to go to college. The 2019 Oklahoma Gatorade Player of the Year had narrowed his choices to Kansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. After informing his...

Norman point guard Kelbie Washington is pretty blunt when she explains what it takes to win a state championship. "For me personally, it's whoever shows up," said Washington matter-of-factly. "It's whoever wants it the most."