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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.

Webster’s Anthony Pritchard Signs with University of Tulsa

Webster, Anthony Pritchard

Webster star Anthony Pritchard changes his commitment to the University of Tulsa. And Tulsa Public Schools Athletic Director Gil Cloud explains how the job of the Athletic Director has changed over the last 45 years.

Presley Continues Cowboy Connection With OSU Commitment

Braylin Presley, Bixby Spartans

In the end, the opportunity to play on the same team as his older brother was too strong for Bixby junior Braylin Presley to turn down. Braylin and Brennan Presley were members of the Spartan squads that won 6A-II state football championships in 2018 and 2019. Now they’ll try to duplicate that success at the Division I level. Braylin, a three-star...

Gil Cloud Comes Full Circle in Tulsa High School Athletics

Gil Cloud, TPS

Retiring Tulsa Public Schools Athletic Director Gil Cloud reviews his 51 year career in athletics. He came to Tulsa as a student at Will Rogers and his career has come full circle as the A.D. at TPS for the last nine years. Hear about his recruiting experience with Bud Wilkinson and his own experience as a college football recruiter....

Mustang Boys Soccer Achieves #2 National Ranking

Mustang High School, Broncos Soccer Team

When word got out that the Mustang boys soccer team was ranked third in the nation in this year’s initial United Soccer Coaches high school poll, head coach Jared Homer kept it a secret from his squad. “We didn’t even tell the guys,” admitted Homer of the mid-March ranking. “We didn’t say anything. We didn’t want them to get a...

PC North Quarterback Impresses at National Football Camp

PC North Panthers, Carson Laverty

When Putnam City North’s Carson Laverty and his dad, Panther head coach Ryan Laverty, ventured to Dallas recently to attend the USA Football National Team Selection Combine, they were just hoping the sophomore quarterback would gain some valuable experience for future camps. Not only did Carson acquire the experience of competing against many of the top high school players in...

Lady Longhorns Land First Girls Team Championship for Jones

Lady Longhorns Jones Public School

Jenni Holbrook is the head coach of the 3A Girls basketball champion Jones Lady Longhorns.  When she came to Jones, there were no banners for state qualifying girls teams at the school. Now there are two. Her 2020 state qualifiers' season ended at the door of State Fair Arena. Her 2021 state qualifiers walked out of State Fair Arena...

Lady Longhorns Win First State Title In School History

Lady Longhorns, Jones Public School

When Jenni Holbrook interviewed for the girls basketball coaching job at Jones High School five years ago, she received a tour of the facilities. Covering the walls of the gym were banners and accolades for the boy’s teams that had won championships in the past. Holbrook asked the athletic director where they kept the girl’s banners. ‘We don’t have any’, she...

Del City Eagles’ Keyondre Young Goes Out a Champion

Keyondre Young, Del City Eagles

Keondre Young scored 26 points in the 6A Boys Championship Game to help the Del City Eagles claim the gold ball.  He's thrilled to finish his senior year as a state champion.  It's a great reward from the game he's played since he was little.  Keyondre is headed to Valparaiso to play college basketball.  And while his bracket may...

Deion Imade Covers the Oklahoma Basketball State Tournament

2021 OSSAA 5A and 6A Girls and Boys State Championship coverage at the ORU Mabee Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Watch highlights of each game and hear what players, coaches and OSSAA administrators say about this year's tournament.

Del City Wins First State Basketball Championship In Four Decades

Del City Eagles 6A Boys Basketball

The highly anticipated OSSAA Class 6A boys state championship basketball game between top-ranked Edmond Memorial and #2 Del City certainly lived up to the hype. Del City outlasted the Bulldogs, 47-44, in a seesaw affair that saw the Eagles jump out to an early lead, fall behind in the second quarter, dominate the third quarter and rally in the final...