High school football picks - Week 9

Week 1: 21-4

Week 2: 19-11

Week 3: 15-12

Week 4: 24-5

Week 5: 22-3

Week 6: 25-6

Week 7: 14-8

Last week's results (Week 8): 8-7

Overall record: 148-56

This week

Friday

- Edmond Memorial at Jenks - The pick: Jenks 42, Edmond Memorial 21

- Lawton at Midwest City - The pick: MWC 20, Lawton 17.

- Muskogee at Bixby - The pick: Bixby 33, Muskogee 10.

- Owasso at Edmond North - The pick: Owasso 27, Edmond North 20.

- Union at Mustang - The pick: Union 39, Mustang 20.

- Booker T. Washington at Sand Springs - The pick: BTW 24, SS 20.

- Carl Albert at Guthrie - The pick: Guthrie 32, CA 23.

- Collinsville at Pryor - The pick: Cville 27, Pryor 17.

- Coweta at Edison - The pick: Coweta 42, Edison 35.

- Shawnee at McAlester - The pick: McAlester 33, Shawnee 22.

- Tahlequah at Grove - The pick: Tahlequah 41, Grove 30.

- Anadarko at Newcastle - The pick: Anadarko 45, Newcastle 6.

- Cascia Hall at McLain - The pick: Cascia 28, McLain 21.

- Oologah at Vinita - The pick: Oologah 43, Vinita 13.

- Poteau at Fort Gibson - The pick: FTG 32, Poteau 27.

- Wagoner at Cleveland - The pick: Cleveland 20, Wagoner 14.

- Checotah at Hilldale - The pick: Checotah 24, Hilldale 16.

- Kingfisher at Heritage Hall - The pick: Kingfisher 31, HH 30.

- Christian Heritage at OCS - The pick: OCS 43, CHA 21.

- Kiefer at Morrison - The pick: Kiefer 27, Morrison 6.

2015 All-State volleyball selections

Large East

Catabrean Baumann (Bishop Kelley)

Elizabeth Smith (Broken Arrow)

Madi Grace (Coweta)

Aundrea Hollingsworth (East Central)

Karen Montes (Jenks)

Blair Dressendorfer (Owasso)

Katie Hendrix (Owasso)

Katherine Schneider (Tahlequah)

Allie Kemp (Union)

Bria Bergman (Victory Christian)

Large West

Audrey Alford (Norman North)

Gabrielle Helton (Heritage Hall)

Kaitlyn Holmgren (Elgin)

Jentry Holt (Elgin)

Taylor Horton (Edmond Santa Fe)

Kelsi Hughes (Edmond Memorial)

Rachel Moore (Heritage Hall)

Ijeoma Njenje (Bishop McGuinness)

Olivia Schiffner (Edmond Memorial)

Jordan Spence (Edmond Santa Fe)

Small East

Paige Panter (Regent Prep)

Madeline Drake (Regent Prep)

Abby Bryan (Copan)

Makenzie Dunley (Rejoice Christian)

Serena Mar (Lincoln Christian)

Taylor Clay (Catoosa)

Keisha England (Berryhill)

Alison Holcomb (Tah. Sequoyah)

Autumn Munden (Verdigris)

Gracie Roe (Metro Christian)

Small West

Sarah Jekel (Mount Saint Mary)

Mandy Martincich (Mount Saint Mary)

Emily Watts (Christian Heritage)

Logan Ross (Christian Heritage)

Eline Duurkoop (Union City)

Kaitlin Seibold (Cement)

Elisa Coin (Cement)

Emily Roberts (Oklahoma Christian School)

Madison Price (Oklahoma Bible Academy)

Brittnee Altic (Cache)

All-Frontier Conference volleyball - postseason honors

Coach of the Year: Tanna Smith (Jenks)

Most valuable player: Karen Montes (Jenks)

First team

Bartlesville: Blair Koster

Bishop Kelley: Catabrean Baumann, Phoebe Lowe

Bixby: Shiloh Jobe

Broken Arrow: Mia Bledsoe, Libby Smith

Jenks: Lacy Beeler

Muskogee: Claire Farmer

Owasso: Katie Hendrix

Union: Allie Kemp

Second team

Bartlesville: Ronnie Courtney, Shanaye Nordic

Bishop Kelley: Lexie Livingston

Bixby: Megan Patillo

Broken Arrow: Jaycie McElroy

Jenks: Darian Parson, Paige Phillips

Owasso: Blair Dressendorfer, Emma Neighbors

Sand Springs: Hannah Taylor

Union: Bre Atay, Anna Stuehm

Honorable mention

Bartlesville: Kailey Britt, Hailey Lindzy, Kayna Williams

Bishop Kelley: Mary Arndt, Lexi Gogets, Bridget Lowe, Megan Parham

Bixby: Rachel Fisher, Nicole Floistad

Broken Arrow: Taylor Bailey

Jenks: Natalie Mikels, Jamie Poe, Raegan Poole, Anabella Pope, Sarah Thiessen

Muskogee: Abby Wayman

Owasso: Rylee Peterson, Tate Tieperman, Katy Webber

Sand Springs: Katy Carter, Baylee Mudd, Gloria Mutiri, Kim Smith, Morgan Taylor

Sapulpa: Mackenzie Biggs

Union: Talleyshia Morris, Kara White

High school football picks - Week 8

Week 1: 21-4

Week 2: 19-11

Week 3: 15-12

Week 4: 24-5

Week 5: 22-3

Week 6: 25-6

Last week's results (Week 7): 14-8

Overall record: 140-49

This week

Friday

- Bixby at Booker T. Washington - The pick: BTW 33, Bixby 30.

- Jenks at Broken Arrow - The pick: Jenks 27, Broken Arrow 23.

- Midwest City at Choctaw - The pick: MWC 29, Choctaw 22.

- Sand Springs at Muskogee - The pick: SS 27, Muskogee 17.

- Westmoore at Edmond Memorial - The pick: Westmoore 41, Edmond Memorial 28.

- Ardmore at Altus - The pick: Ardmore 23, Altus 16.

- Pryor at East Central - The pick: Pryor 31, East Central 28.

- Edison at Tahlequah - The pick: Tahlequah 27, Edison 20.

- Memorial at Shawnee - The pick: Shawnee 32, Memorial 17.

- Catoosa at Cascia Hall - The pick: Cascia 24, Catoosa 13.

- Cleveland at Oologah - The pick: Oologah 20, Cleveland 9.

- Keys at Tahlequah-Sequoyah - The pick: Sequoyah 37, Keys 12.

- Haskell at Salina - The pick: Haskell 32, Salina 29.

- Millwood at Christian Heritage - The pick: Millwood 28, Christian Heritage 27.

- Mounds at Kiefer - The pick: Kiefer 40, Mounds 0.

6A crown is "an emotional thing" for Jenks coach Tanna Smith

SHAWNEE – Tanna Smith is doing a post-match interview and a parent walks up to congratulate her. She’s unable to pinpoint exactly how she knows the man, and then the light bulb flickers on.

The man is just one in the horde of people offering up congratulatory praise for the Jenks volleyball coach, who just watched her team survive a 5-set thriller en route to the Class 6A state championship.

The Trojans thoroughly dominated Edmond Memorial in the first set, only to watch the Bulldogs do the same in the second set. Then both traded victorious sets, setting up a winner-take-all fifth set.

Panic? Sure, Smith admitted. Outward panic? Absolutely not.

“I was personally getting a little worried,” Smith said. “I just didn’t let the girls know that.”

The fifth set then encapsulated the four previous sets. Jenks, though managed to thrust through the 14-14 tie and score the final two points.

At long last, Jenks was able to hoist a golden volleyball, its first since 2006.

It brought forth a flood of emotions for Smith, an Indiana native who got her coaching start at Heritage Hall.

“It’s a little bit of an emotional thing for me,” said Smith, whose first head-coaching gig was at Edmond North, where her closest encounter with a state championship was as a runner-up to Bishop Kelley in 2011.

“All I can say is I’m happy to be a Trojan. I’m happy to be a part of this program.”

The first-in-nearly-a-decade title at Jenks is also an appropriate send-off for 10 seniors. Raegan Poole, Lacy Beeler, Jamie Poe, Alisen Hansen, Paige Phillips, Madilynn Hays, Abby Migliore, Karen Montes, Natatlie Schelbar and Cassity Alexander will pass the torch to Sara Nell, Darian Parsons and Anabella Pope – who had the championship-clinching kill.

“Ten awesome seniors that I’m going to miss like crazy,” Smith said. “But they’re the ones who have helped build the tradition back up at Jenks. You’re not going to win it every year, but I hope to continue to have a strong team while continuing to catch the fever.”

With the foundation paved and Jenks back atop the volleyball world, perhaps it won’t be the last time Smith has an interviewed halted temporarily while someone offers up a brief message of praise.

Class 6A state tournament – all-tournament team

Karen Montes (Jenks)**

Hanna Rose Frohling (Edmond North)

Mary Kate Greenwood (Edmond North)

Taylor Horton (Edmond Santa Fe)

Jordan Spence (Edmond Santa Fe)

Kelsi Hughes (Edmond Memorial)

Paige Phillips (Jenks)

Alli Evans (Edmond Memorial)

Lacy Beeler (Jenks) 

Class 5A state tournament – all-tournament team

Rachel Moore (Heritage Hall)**

Bria Bergman (Victory Christian)

Sierra Holmes (Victory Christian)

Alli George (Tahlequah)

Amanda Milnick (Tahlequah)

Kaitlyn Holmgren (Elgin)

Jentry Holt (Elgin)

Gabbey Helton (Heritage Hall)

Paige Miles (Heritage Hall)

** - denotes tournament most valuable players

Regent Prep reflects on 3A championship

Regent Prep's name wasn't well known. It wasn't completely anonymous, either.

That was during Regent Prep's time toiling as a member of the Oklahoma Christian Schools Athletic Association. Coach Mike Christie wanted his club to play against quality competition, so he scheduled games against any Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association schools he could find.

Then the Rams made the leap to the OSSAA this year. Still, though, Regent Prep fought the battle of anonymity. 

"I feel like quite a few of our opponents this year underestimated our ability because we were a small school and they had not heard of us," Christie said. "Even in our losses, I think we gained respect from our opponent."

Well, starting in the 2015 season, Regent Prep will no longer be overlooked. That tends to happen when you when the state championship.

The Rams capped off a nearly perfect run through the state tournament, beating Union City 3-0 (25-11, 25-20, 25-20) for the Class 3A state championship. Regent Prep lost only one out of 10 sets in the two-day stint.

It's a memory Christie and his club will cherish forever.

"It was a special moment because it is not every day that you get a chance to win a state championship," Christie said. "I told the girls that they needed to embrace the moment because there is no promise that we will ever be in that position again."

Regent Prep, which finished with a 29-7 mark, was in that position because of quintet of seniors. The fivesome of Alison Ramsey, Paige Panter, Aly Smith, Sarah Minnich and Madeline Drake fortified Regent Prep's position as 3A's top volleyball unit.

"Our five seniors have set the bar high," Christie said. "They have won five state championships."

The dynasty at the OCSAA level ended, only to be continued at the OSSAA level. That's certainly not a feat accomplished routinely.

"The stage is bigger in the OSSAA," Christie said, "so I think it made it more special."

Now it's up to the heirs of the program to ensure that success is an annual tradition.

"I think the girls coming up in our program are hungry to experience the same kind of success," Christian said. "The young players know that they are going to have to work hard to keep our program playing at a high level."

High level or not, Regent Prep is no longer just a name on a jersey. It's a name etched into state record books.

State volleyball preview - team capsules

Class 6A

No. 1 Edmond Santa Fe

Record: 33-0

Coach: Will Ethridge

Notes: Beat Edmond North in the finals last year for the school's first volleyball championship since 2004. ... Only unbeaten team in the state.

No. 2 Edmond Memorial

Record: 28-4

Coach: Natalie Murray

Notes: Bulldogs have won four championships in school history, but none since 2010. ... Only losses this season were to fellow Edmond teams.

No. 3 Edmond North

Record: 28-5

Coach: Kimo Aweau

Notes: The lone Edmond school yet to claim a 6A crown. ... The Huskies' only loss since Sept. 23 was to Bishop Kelley on Sept. 30.

No. 4 Jenks

Record: 23-9

Coach: Tanna Smith

Notes: Trojans last championship was in 2006. ... Jenks is led by 10 seniors, including Lacy Beeler, Paige Phillips and Abby Migliore. ... Jenks was only one of two teams this season to take Edmond Santa Fe to a fifth set. The Trojans lost 15-10 in the final set on Sept. 20.

No. 5 Bishop Kelley

Record: 21-11

Coach: Jerri Berna

Notes: Comets won state championships from 2007 to 2012 but lost in last year's semifinals. ... Bishop Kelley is 6-0 since losing to Edmond Santa Fe on Sept. 25.

No. 5 Owasso

Record: 24-8

Coach: Meghann Turner

Notes: Rams return to the state tournament after missing out last season. ... Owasso's only championship was in 2008. ... Katie Hendrix and Blair Dressendorfer provide a formidable one-two punch for Owasso up front.

No. 7 Broken Arrow

Record: 19-13

Coach: Kari Smith

Notes: Broken Arrow's last championship was in 1993. ... Tigers knocked off Bishop McGuinness in regional play in straight sets to return to the state tournament.

No. 8 Norman North

Record: 22-10

Coach: Stephanie Kane

Notes: Beat Lawton and Moore in straight sets to claim a regional championship. ... Norman North went 3-10 against fellow state tournament teams this season.

Class 5A

No. 1 Tahlequah

Record: 29-8

Coach: Don Ogden

Notes: Tahlequah making back-to-back state tournament appearances for the first time ever. ... Tigers lost against Lincoln Christian in five sets in last year's quarterfinals.

No. 2 Heritage Hall

Record: 16-11

Coach: Dana Schwab

Note: Ended a five-year title drought with the championship last season.

No. 3 Victory Christian

Record: 26-9

Coach: Dan Donohue

Notes: Still looking for the first championship in school history. ... The Conquerors' last loss was against Lincoln Christian on Sept. 11.

No. 4 Deer Creek

Record: 14-16

Coach: Lisa Polcovich

Notes: The only 5A state qualifier with a sub-.500 record. ... According to OSSAArankings.com, Deer Creek has only played one match against a fellow 5A state competitor and it was a 3-0 loss to Heritage Hall.

No. 5 Coweta

Record: 23-13

Coach: Ian Bullen

Notes: Tigers return to the state tournament for the first time since 2010. ... It's only Coweta's second ever trip to the state tournament.

No. 6 Collinsville

Record: 23-14

Coach: Art Smalygo

Notes: Cardinals back in the state tournament field for the first time since 2006. ... Collinsville has won five titles in the past with the last one coming in 1991.

No. 7 Elgin

Record: 22-12

Coach: Brittain Meyer

Notes: The Owls were the runner-up in 4A last year, losing to Mount Saint Mary in the finals. ... Elgin's lone state championship was in 2012. ... Seven seniors lead Elgin, including 6-foot-3 middle blocker Jentry Holt.

No. 10 Lawton Eisenhower

Record: 26-6

Coach: Becky Martin

Notes: Eisenhower beat El Reno and Southeast to reach the state tournament.

 

 

State tournament schedules

Class 6A

At Shawnee High School

Quarterfinals: Friday

Edmond Santa Fe (33-0) vs. Broken Arrow (19-13), noon

Bishop Kelley (21-11) vs. Jenks (23-*9), 1:30 p.m.

Edmond Memorial (28-4) vs. Owasso (24-8), 3 p.m.

Norman North (22-10) vs. Edmond North (28-5), 4:30 p.m.

Semifinals: Saturday

Edmond Santa Fe/Broken Arrow winner vs. Bishop Kelley/Jenks winner, 9 a.m.

Edmond Memorial/Owasso winner vs. Norman North/Edmond North winner, 10:30 a.m.

Final: Saturday

Championship, 4 p.m.

Class 5A

At Norman North High School

Quarterfinals: Friday

Heritage Hall (16-11) vs. Edmond Deer Creek (16-16), noon

Lawton Ike (26-6) vs. Victory Christian (26-7), 1:30 p.m.

Coweta (23-13) vs. Elgin (22-12), 3 p.m.

Tahlequah (29-8) vs. Collinsville (23-14), 4:30 p.m.

At Shawnee High School

Semifinals: Saturday

Heritage Hall/Edmond Deer Creek winner vs. Lawton Ike/Victory Christian winner, noon

Tahlequah/Collinsville winner vs. Coweta/Elgin winner, 1:30 p.m.

Final: Saturday

Championship, 6:15 p.m.

 

High school football picks - Week 7

Week 1: 21-4

Week 2: 19-11

Week 3: 15-12

Week 4: 24-5

Week 5: 22-3

Last week's results (Week 6): 25-6

Overall record: 126-41

This week

Thursday

- Owasso at Union - The pick: Owasso 20, Union 19.

- Broken Arrow at Wesetmoore - The pick: Broken Arrow 23, Westmoore 20.

- Norman North at Edmond North - The pick: Edmond North 40, Norman North 38.

- Booker T. Washington at Bartlesville - The pick: BTW 39, Bartlesville 6.

- Choctaw at Stillwater - The pick: Stillwater 27, Choctaw 24.

- Bixby at Sapulpa - The pick: Bixby 40, Sapulpa 10.

- Tahlequah at Enid - The pick: Enid 24, Tahlequah 20.

- Edison at Collinsville - The pick: Collinsville 29, Edison 17.

- Grove at East Central - The pick: EC 33, Grove 29.

- Memorial at Skiatook - The pick: Skiatook 28, Memorial 20.

- Coweta at Pryor - The pick: Pryor 34, Coweta 31.

- Lawton MacArthur at Ardmonre - The pick: Mac 33, Ardmore 14.

- Bishop McGuinness at Carl Albert - The pick: CA 28, McGuinness 21.

- Oologah at Catoosa - The pick: Oologah 17, Catoosa 10.

- Metro Christian at Fort Gibson - The pick: Metro Christian 30, Fort Gibson 29.

- Rogers at Beggs - The pick: Beggs 41, Rogers 22.

- Webster at Berryhill - The pick: Berryhill 35, Webster 6.

- Westville at Claremore-Sequoyah - The pick: Cl-Sequoyah 32, Westville 22.

- Verdigris at Sperry - The pick: Verdigris 26, Sperry 20.

- Adair at Haskell - The pick: Adair 27, Haskell 10.

- Nowata at Vian - The pick: Nowata 21, Vian 17.

- Kiefer at Hominy - The pick: Kiefer 32, Hominy 6.

Friday 

- Victory Christian at Hilldale - The pick: VC 31, Hilldale 23.

- Jenks at Edmond Santa Fe - The pick: Jenks 35, ESF 10.