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Ford High School Weekly

Ford High School Weekly

Ford High School Weekly is a behind-the-scenes glimpse into players, coaches, and administrators making high school athletics such a phenomenon in Oklahoma.

Marlow Kicker Recognized As One of Nation’s Best

Marlow Outlaws, Jace Gilbert

For Marlow, Oklahoma senior-to-be Jace Gilbert, summertime is not the time for taking it easy. Gilbert has dreams of playing college football, and the aspiring kicker/punter has started making the rounds at various camps and showcases. The 6-1, 195-pounder, who’s also the Outlaws’ starting quarterback, recently returned from the Kohl’s Southern Region Kicking Camp in Atlanta, where he took top honors...

Maggie Bookout Extends Her Family’s Athletic Legacy

Maggie Bookout is continuing her family's legacy of athletic excellence. She excels in discus and shot put. Maggie is a home school sophomore who has her sights set on national competition.

Choctaw Yellowjackets Excel Under Coach Jake Corbin

Jake Corbin, Choctaw Yellowjackets

Choctaw Head Football Coach Jake Corbin discusses the Yellowjackets' 2020 runner-up performance in 6A-II, players returning for 2021, Choctaw's college style preparation and the joy he gets from coach high school football.

Stillwater Senior Tevin Williams Sprints Into The Record Books

Tevin Williams, Stillwater High School

Oftentimes, kids are in too big of a hurry to become adults. Stillwater football/track star Tevin Williams faced a similar dilemma last year when the senior contemplated graduating early to get a jump start on his college football career. In the end, he chose to stay home, run track for the Pioneers, and graduate in May. The decision paid huge dividends...

Ford High School Weekly Features FGOTW Legends

Dig into the Ford Game of the Week archive with stories of the current lives of former high school athletes who appeared on Ford Game of the Week telecasts.

Bookout Continues Family Track And Field Tradition

Maggie Bookout, OKC Storm

In the late 90s and early 2000s, the name Bookout was synonymous with high school track and field excellence in Oklahoma. Casey, Kyle and Kevin Bookout dominated prep field events for more than a decade in the Sooner state. Look out, but now there’s another Bookout making headlines at area track meets. Maggie Bookout, a sophomore thrower competing with OKC Storm,...

Jenks and Bixby High School Stars Talks about College Choices

Van Fitch, Jenks Trojans

Bixby Star Braylin Presley has committed to Oklahoma State University to play football. Hear how he came to his decision. Van Fitch is a skilled forward for the Jenks Girls soccer team. She's been committed to the University of Arkansas since the ninth grade. Check out how she got her start in soccer, how she maintains her skills during...

Antlers Baseball Peaking Heading Into Postseason Play

Keaton Ruthardt, Deer Creek Baseball

Like every other team in the state, Deer Creek missed the opportunity to have a high school baseball season last year due to COVID-19. The Antlers are making up for lost time this year, as they’re one of the favorites to win the 6A title. “We’ve all had one goal in mind and that’s to win a state championship,” stated...

Josh Blankenship New Broken Arrow Football Coach

BA Tigers, Josh Blankenship

Josh Blankenship returns to Oklahoma as the head football coach of the Broken Arrow Tigers. Check out stories of his high school career at Union, playing for his father, Bill Blankenship, his time at the University of Tulsa and goals for the Broken Arrow Tigers.

Size and Speed Leads Union’s Jayden Rowe To Success

Jayden Rowe, Union High School

One minor adjustment made all the difference recently for Tulsa Union junior sprinter Jayden Rowe. He moved his starting blocks further back from the starting line to account for his large frame. It obviously did the trick. Rowe responded by recording a sizzling 10.45 in the 100 meters at the Frontier Conference meet at Union High School, nipping teammate and fellow...