Donte Foster helps secure two wins

The Seminole State College men’s basketball team traveled to Coffeyville, Kansas this weekend to participate in the Coffeyville Bricktown Classic and came away with two victories. The Trojans are now 4-1 for the season.

Guthrie's 2009 graduate Donte' Foster scored 9 points in the win over Neosho County Communtiy College by a final score of 69-59.

In the second game of the Classic on Saturday, the Trojans were matched up against Coffeyville Community College and came away with a 59-54 win. Foster finished with 13 points in the win.

Foster is averaging double digits in scoring five games into the season for the Trojans.

DISMUKE & BROTHERS, NOT THE ONLY SHOW

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November 17, 2009
Josh McCuistion
SoonerScoop.com Associate Editor

DUNCAN, Okla. - The match-up of Guthrie and Duncan brought together two of Oklahoma's top juniors. The fact that the two would face off against each other throughout the game and even knew each other personally only added to the battle between Guthrie's Kentrell Brothers and Dylan Dismuke of Duncan.

Dismuke can be a special offensive lineman in the future.
The two battled it out throughout but Guthrie's impressive team speed helped them pull off a surprising road win over the Demons, 20-12.

Brothers has been well known since putting together a sophomore season that was the envy of about any high school senior around the country. Meanwhile Dismuke had made his name at several team camps and has built on it with a solid junior season.

The two matched up frequently and while Dismuke's massive 6-foot-7, 285-pound frame took home the majority of victories it's hard to argue that Brothers was anything other than the player of the game.

Not only was he a disruptive force when the Bluejays found a way to avoid lining him up across from Dismuke but he also made big plays in the passing game and even cemented the game in the final seconds on a strange special teams play.

On fourth down with less than 15-second to go Guthrie was set to punt but elected to have Brothers attempt to run out the clock. During the run he was nearly tackled around Guthrie's goal line in what could have set up a chance for Duncan to pull off a miraculous final score.

However, Brothers outran the Duncan defense turned up the corner and nearly ran for a touchdown before being tripped up 80-yards away from where the play begin and probably 150-yards of dodging and diving from Brothers later.

Dismuke also made plenty of plays although they may not be as exciting as the moments Brothers enjoyed through the game. His massive frame and lean build makes it easy to see how he projects as a college offensive tackle, and potentially a protector of a quarterback's blind side.

The two's battle may have been the focal point of the game but was far from the only thing worth watching.

Brothers was joined in the Bluejays receiving corps by Devonte McCully who for the second straight time with SoonerScoop.com in attendance failed to make a catch but did show an ability to block down the field and impact the game even if he wasn't being thrown to.

As McCully is to Brothers, Dylan Laurens is to Dismuke. The talented guard has gone through massive physical growth in the past year and looks to be a player that plenty of college coaches will be having a look at in spite of arriving without much awareness of the 6-foot-2, 275-pound prospect.

Another player that may surprise college coaches is jumbo-athlete Dominique Petties. He is still learning to play the game and to play with the physicality that his 6-foot-1, 210-pound frame will allow but as he stops thinking an starts playing he'll be a late-bloomer that surprises everyone next season.

PROSPECTS:

Kentrell Brothers: Brothers is a quality athlete who showed more athleticism than I saw earlier in the season against Ardmore. He caught passes and chased plays down from behind. More than anything he answered some of the questions about lateral speed that I had wondered about for quite some time.

Dylan Dismuke: This was my first chance to watch Dismuke in live action and I can say he cemented himself as one of the state's elite prospects. His frame reminds me of Jammal Brown at a similar point in time but obviously he has played tackle far more to date than Brown had but physically and skill wise it's not as crazy as it sounds. The big blocker didn't get a chance to show off much of his ability as a pass-blocker but watching his feet there is no doubt he is capable of it.
Dylan Laurens: Laurens is a strong run blocker and what he lacks in athleticism and overwhelming stature he makes up for in tenacity and understanding of just how to play the position. The offensive lineman has a chance to be a division one guy moving forward if he'll continue to work on his footwork.

Devonte McCully: McCully is a guy with an amazing frame comparable to that of current Sooner Adron Tennell but in 96-minutes of football I've seen him do little more than block. It's not clear if he is skilled as a receiver or not simply because he isn't just not making plays the opportunities to do so aren't presenting themselves.

Dominique Petties: The big athlete moves well and shows flashes of being a real star if he can figure out the position. At this point he is an overwhelming athlete more so than a great football player but as he develops he can become a dominating force for the Demons.

Acker to play for Crimson Storm

Kacey Acker will sign her letter of intent, on Wednesday, at the Guthrie High School library to play college softball at Southern Nazarene University. SNU is located in Bethany, Oklahoma.

The 4-year starter for the softball program also plays basketball as well as help lead the Lady Jay Golf team back to the state tournament a year ago. We will have more to come on Guthrie Sports Page.

Guthrie - East Central Series

Guthrie Sports Page does not have any games played between these two schools prior to the 2001 season. If you know of any, please share.

Here are the two that I have:

2007 Guthrie 45-14 in a state semi-final game at Putnam City Stadium

2002 Guthrie 27-13 at East Central in a second round game

Ironic, but those are the same years Guthrie won their state championships. Okay, okay lets not jump that gun quite yet.

Class C second round games

Holy cow, did I see that score right, 26-6? That might have been the biggest shocker in the entire playoff's so far, but a win is a win. However, it came at a cost.

Indians quarterback Aaron McAndles suffered a broken leg in the game and is out 2 months.

I believe Shattuck gets the win in the second round, but believes Timberlake will be a steady challenge for the Indians.

I like Seiling and Forgan to win and advance.

Average scores in the first round were 42-9. Class C just got a touch more interesting however.

Class B second round

Garber, Laverne, and Canton move on for B1, but they will not have fellow PC Hunter with them in the second round as Ryan gets the win.

Congrats to Porter on not only winning district, but winning their first playoff game ever.

Garber over Kiefer, Davenport over Laverne, Depew over Ryan, and Canton over Porter as we get closer to the Garber and Canton final, agian.

Not to bad for the average score to be 50-23 when you combine the eight scores and two games that played within a touchdown.

Class A second round games

To no surprise all the home teams won their first round game. I tried to make some convincing points for Woodland and Hominy in getting a first round win, but reality hit.

Woodland was my only pick that did not come through.

This week the game match-ups improve dramatically with Watonga at Ringling and Pawnee at Stroud as very intriguing match-ups.

Here are my winners for this week: Hennessey, Talihina, Watonga, Tonkawa, Pawnee, Cashion, Salina, and OK Bible.

The toughest game to choose this week is Watonga at Ringling.

Class 2A second round games

The biggest surprise of all was Seq. Tahlequah going down to Sperry and it was not played on the baseball field, but the football field. Other then that not a whole lot of too many surprises.

This week I am going to go with Heritage Hall, Pawhuska, Davis, Lincoln Christian, Chandler, Millwood, Sperry, and Kingfisher to get wins and move on.

Davis vs John Marshall is very intriguing as the Bears are playing well.

Go figure, Sperry is hosting a second round game. Outside of Sperry, who had thought of that?

Kingfisher will have a tough task ahead of them, but not ready to go against Derek Patterson and the Jackets.

Sure would like to see Eddie Scott, a former assistant coach at Guthrie, and Pawhuska go on the road for the second straight week and get a playoff win over Morris.

Come on Duncan PA announcer

So there I was just looking at the facilities inside the Duncan press box minding my own business before we were to start The High School Huddle Game Night radio show when the Duncan PA announcer made sure I heard him say, "The fighting BlueJays, I think we are going to be having some BlueJays after this game is over."

I think he knew I was with, as I was wearing, my blue Guthrie shirt.

Naturally, I did not say a word and went on about my business. Sure wish I could have seen him afterwards to see if he was having any BlueJay...lol...Just a little sportsmanship, I know. I say it sometimes too, but not in playoff games. No need to jinx it!

Overall, the Duncan athletic department was very helpful with everything that we needed and you can tell they enjoy their football team and do a good job.

Class 3A second round picks

Well, yours truly went on that massive limb and picked Madill to win the state title and that had to be the deciding factor. Many told me to come back to earth and I refuse to do so.

What was I thinking? Perhaps, I wasn't. Still yet, everyone thought they would at least win over Blanchard. Oh well.

Seq Claremore at Tuttle
Both teams dominated in the opening round. Tuttle was my pick to make it to the championship game and am not stopping now despite Tuttle fans stomach now turning with my pick.

Purcell at Cascia Hall
Cole Swayze was back and Damien Shea added the fuel over Elgin in a game I had picked against the Dragons. It was a close game 28-27 for a very good first round game.

Cascia Hall took care of business as the win streak continues to grow and believe it grows to one more game this season with a win over Purcell. Dragon fans, you can thank me later.

Berryhill at Blanchard
Can the Lions make it two in a row in the playoffs? I say no. The 3A-1 district however gets them ready for this Berryhill team who has also seen some good teams to prepare them for this upcoming game.

Clinton at Dewey
I suppose it is now time to scare the day lights out of Clinton fans. I had picked Madill to take down Clinton in the semi's to reach the 3A title game. Well, guess what? I have to put Clinton in there now.

Why do I go against tradition and Delans Griffith to begin with?

Class 4A second round games

Oh my, the mighty have already fallen. Talking about Glenpool and my 4A state championship pick. Douglass goes on the road and gets the win to give Glenpool back-to-back losses and ends their season that earlier saw them on a 23-game winning streak.

Weatherford at Broken Bow
This game has a lot to play for because I see the winner here moving on to the state championship game. Both teams had convincing wins in the first round. However, I will go with Weatherford and their tougher schedule to win this one.

Douglass at Wagoner
The Trojans were not the only team to go on the road and get a win. Wagoner not only won, but shut-out Jay in the process as 4A-3 lost three of four games.

I am sticking with 4A-1, again, and picking Douglass to move on. Wagoner does not have a quality win this season and Douglass is playing very quality ball this season against a tough schedule.

Oologah at Star Spencer
The Bobcats could not Elk City to go away despite the 11-point win. Elk City should have given Star more of a challenge then Oologah will come Friday in the second round.

Star defeated Glenpool the prior week and are playing well with a bunch of athlete's on the field.

McGuinness at Sallisaw
Perhaps the best match-up in 4A this week. The Irish handled Tecumseh while the Black Diamonds struggled to finish off Collinsville, 31-28.

Having seen the Irish this season with Tharp, Richardson, and Ahamd, I believe the Irish move on to make it an all West state semi-final bracket.

Class 6A second round games

Bartlesville is the only team to go on the road and win as I and many others predicted to do so, but what a scare Southmoore, Midwest City, and Union received. Not to mention Mustang getting throttled on the road in a minor upset.

Looking ahead it appears I have three teams from the East and one from the West marching to the state semi's.

Bartlesville at Southmoore
Austin Haywood will be a welcome site back for the Sabercats, who did not play with a shoulder injury, and he will be needed with Ron Smith's offense coming to town.

Kirby Schoenthaler is the quarterback that no one knows on the West side of the state for the Bruins and is very effective throwing the ball.

The match-up that will decide this game is the Southmoore running game vs the Bruins defense. Both teams can throw the ball, but who will stop their opponents running game? Whoever has more yards rushing wins the game and I sticking with Southmoore to win another close game at home.

Edmond Memorial at Jenks
Edmond had the most surprising win in 6A by taking advantage of Mustang miscues and holding the Broncos to just 7 points. The Bulldogs have now allowed just 24-points in the last seven weeks. Not sure I care who they came against because it is 6A football.

Now, with all that said they must make the trip up the turnpike to Jenks where the Trojans are on a mission this season. More so this year with their coaches watching from the stands.

Jenks is my 6A pick to win it all, but the Bulldogs have nothing to lose as they take on the rich program in Jenks.

Broken Arrow at Midwest City
The Bombers had to hold off a fourth quarter rally by PC North, while Broken Arrow handled their business in round one over Enid.

I saw the Tigers a year ago go into Mustang and get a second round win, and I see them doing it again this year on the last game played on grass in MWC.

**Publisher note: As a very nice anonymous poster nicely said in a Mike Gundy tone, I did not see BA win in Mustang. I apologize. I had misremembered because I do recall Kyle Webster, Mustang QB, going on a long run on a fake punt to all but seal the game over Fulps and the Tigers. Thanks, again anonymous.

Lawton at Union
Many people did not have Lawton playing the playoffs. Others did not have them hosting a first round game, so why should anyone give them a chance against Union?

The Redskins got a scare by the wing T Claremore offense, as the Zebra's jumped out to a 9-0 lead and a 9-7 halftime lead before Union scored 27 unanswered points to get the win.

Lawton fans do not want me to pick them to win because I have not been doing it all season, so I go with Union to move on.

Week 2 of the 5A Playoff's

Everything seemed to go as plan in 5A football for the first week of the playoffs. Guthrie was the only team to go on the road and win.

As expected we have some great match-ups in the second round this week.

McAlester at El Reno
El Reno (11-0) host McAlester (10-1) after both teams won by multiple touchdowns in their first round game. This will be an interesting game, but have to give the edge to the Indians. Their defense is too strong and they have the experience from a year ago to give them the win this week. McAlester was not very sufficient last week with sloppy offensive play.

Although, McAlester could have success throwing the ball with Tony Kiefer.

Watch out though, McAlester is young and many will not want to see them on their schedule next season. A McAlester win over El Reno would surprise me, but not shocked at all.

Carl Albert at Bishop Kelley
A titanic of a match-up in Tulsa this week as the Carl Albert Titans visits undefeated Bishop Kelley. Carl Albert (9-2) are playing their best right now and that should come to no surprise because it is November. JT Realmuto and Tre Porter will be challenged by that Comet defense, but I see the Titans winning and moving on to the semi's.

If this game was played earlier this year then perhaps I would have gone with Kelley (11-0) as they were playing their best at that time when their schedule was the toughest. Kelley won their first round game for the first time in five tries under Coach Tappana.

I picked the Titans to win Class 5A so no need in stopping now.

Bixby at Shawnee
This is a very intriguing game between two schools that are familiar with each other when you go back to their days of being in 5A-3 together.

The Wolves (11-0) offense continued to put points on the board against Altus, but Bixby has one of the top defense's each year in 5A. Outside of Jenks and Glenpool, Bixby (7-4) has allowed 20-points or more in two of their last nine games.

Kevin Lamb appears to be almost completely healthy and should help Pat McGrew's offense with Dewitt Jennings, but Shawnee outscores the Bixby offense. The Wolves may take a quarter to get used to the Spartan defense, but figures it out and gets the win.

Guthrie at East Central

Guthrie has had the advantage in the playoffs in the last two meetings with a second round game in Tulsa back in 2002 and then again in 2007 on a neutral field in the state semi's.

East Central (10-1) has a very talented and balance running game with the powerful running of Jaimon Gilstrap and the speedy Chakeal Armstrong. Not to be out done, the Cardinals defense has allowed just 19-points in the last three weeks.

Guthrie (7-4) continues to hang their hat on their defense and particularly stopping the run. East Central may give the Jays their toughest challenge in stopping Gilstrap and Armstrong.

The Cardinals have seen the Eric Bennett's and Demarco Cobb's and will not be star struck when Guthrie comes rolling in, but Guthrie may present East Central with their biggest test as far as having to prepare for a balance and multi-look that the Jays present.

Kentrell Brothers: Sack Artist

Guthrie's defensive performance was something else against the Duncan Demons last Friday night. Not only holding the Demons to 12-points and zero points in the second half, but sacking quarterback Brandon Wilson eight times.

Guthrie's junior Kentrell Brothers accounted for five of those take downs. Brothers now has 16 on the year and soars on top of the 5A list with 16 total in 2009.

Brothers, who appears to be the next Division I athlete to be taken from the Guthrie football program, also finished the game with a breath taking 65-yard run to seal the Jays win.

Many outlets are predicting Brothers to be a linebacker on the next level despite being near the top of 5A in many receiving categories, including catches and receptions.

The next level will wait for the junior, who also destroyed his breakfast, Sunday morning, at Katie's Diner along with pals Chaunsey Dumas and Devante McCulley.

2009 Guthrie Football Results

Guthrie Bluejays Team Page
Current Rank : #10 (7-4)

9/4/2009
Away Bishop McGuinness (4A) #3 7-12L

9/11/2009
Home El Reno (5A) #6 0-18L

9/18/2009
Away Piedmont (4A) 34-14W

9/25/2009
Away Durant (5A) ** #16 28-14W

10/2/2009
Home Ardmore (5A) ** #17 28-6W

10/9/2009
Away Harrah (5A) ** 35-0W

10/15/2009
Home Carl Albert (5A) ** #6 14-40L

10/23/2009
Away Shawnee (5A) ** #1 23-33L

10/30/2009
Home Capitol Hill (5A) ** 58-0W

11/6/2009
Home Noble (5A) ** 49-0W

11/13/2009
Away Duncan (5A) #9 20-12W

11/20/2009
Away Tulsa East Central (5A) #9 25-24W

Directions to Tulsa East Central Sports Complex

Directions to Tulsa East Central Complex:

1. Head south on N Division St/US-77 S toward E Oklahoma Ave
Continue to follow US-77 S 4.5 mi
2. Merge onto I-35 S 15.0 mi
3. Take exit 138A toward I-44 E/Tulsa 0.2 mi
4. Merge onto John Kilpatrick Turnpike 0.5 mi
5. Continue onto I-44 E 99.3 mi
6. Take exit 235 toward E 11 TH St 0.1 mi
7. Merge onto E Skelly Dr 413 ft
8. Turn right at E 11th St
Destination will be on the right 0.4 mi

12150 E 11th St, Tulsa, OK 74128-4400

East Central handles Pryor in 1st Round

Pryor 0 7 0 0 — 7
East Central 7 14 10 0 — 31

East Central gained 347 rushing yards on 48 attempts, led by the powerful running of Jaimon Gilstrap and the speedy Chakeal Armstrong, en route to a 31-7 thumping of the Pryor Tigers in the opening round of the Class 5A state playoffs at East Tulsa Sports Complex.

Gilstrap rushed for 174 yards on 19 carries and one touchdown. Armstrong finished with 17 carries for 132 yards and three touchdowns.

2009 T. East Central Schedule

Tulsa East Central Cardinals
Current Rank : #4 (10-1)
Head Coach: Travis Hill

9/4/2009
Home Nathan Hale (5A) 45-13W

9/11/2009
Away Booker T Washington (5A) #1 7-28L

9/18/2009
Home Wagoner (4A) #6 24-7W

9/24/2009
Away Central (Tulsa) (5A) ** #11 23-20W

10/2/2009
Home Stilwell (5A) ** 66-14W

10/8/2009
Away Thomas Edison (5A) ** 17-6W

10/16/2009
Home Coweta (5A) ** 28-6W

10/23/2009
Away Ada (5A) ** #10 24-21W

10/30/2009
Home McAlester (5A) ** #5 22-6W

11/6/2009
Away Tahlequah (5A) ** 46-6W

11/13/2009
Home Pryor (5A) #18 31-7W

Guthrie vs Duncan series

1978 Duncan 29-0 *
1082 Duncan 14-7
1983 Duncan 26-24
1984 Duncan 28-6
1985 Duncan 28-0
1990 Duncan 24-17
1991 Guthrie 30-6
1991 Duncan 21-13 *
1992 Duncan 27-7
1993 Duncan 14-13
1993 Duncan 38-0 *
1994 Duncan 21-13
1995 Duncan 26-0
2009 Guthrie 26-0

Duncan leads the all time series 12-2
* Denotes playoff game

Inside the Quarters for the '09 Jays

Guthrie is outscoring their opponents in each quarter this year.

1st Quarter 64-52
2nd Quarter 96-33
3rd Quarter 63-26
4th Quarter 53-26

In the four losses for the Jays this season:

1st Quarter 10-38 *only scored against Shawnee
2nd Quarter 7-26 * only scored against McGuinness
3rd Quarter 7-26 * only scored against Carl Albert
4th Quarter 20-13

Key to winning for Guthrie over Duncan

It is plain and simple when people ask me what the key to the game with the Duncan Demons is in the first round of the play-off's.

Score first.

The Jays are 6-1 this season when they score first, but are 0-3 when their opponent score first.

Guthrie scored first against Shawnee, but the Wolves responded with the win to give the Jays their only loss when scoring first.

Okay, perhaps it's not the key to the game Friday night, but it is interesting to say the least.

Ryan BIlyeu opens up college career

Ryan Bilyeu, a 2009 Guthrie graduate, competed in his first collegiate wrestling event this past weekend. Bilyeu finished second in state last year behind Carl Albert's Jared Porter, who signed with Central Michigan yesterday.

Bilyeu wrestles and attends school at The United States Military Prep School. Here is the write up from the National Collegiate Wrestling Association on his first college event on November 7th.

At 149, USMAPS had two wrestlers, Ryan Bilyeu and Spencer Breeden. Breeden wrestled a tough first round versus Michael Slabinski, Gettysburg, who he lost by fall in the third period.

Bilyeu won his first round versus Matt Ellery, Wilkes University 5-2. Then in his second round, drew the number two seed Franklin Davis, Kings College. In this match, Bilyeu lost by a score of 5-2. Both wrestlers then had to compete with each other. In this contest, Bilyeu came up on top by a close match with a score of 6-2. Bilyeu then won by tech fall over Pat Gibson, Muhlenberg.

Next, Bilyeu then won by decision over Tom Manning, Scranton University 6-4. Lastly, Bilyeu wrestled Joey Walters of Army JV and was beaten by decision 3-1.

Jones appeal denied

To no surprise at all, Jones High School's hardship appeal case of Daxx Garman has been denied by the OSSAA. The ruling came after an executive session Wednesday.

Jones stood 7-2 overall and 6-0 in District 2A-2 and had clinched the district title, but now stand at 2-8 overall. The investigation began after an anonymous email was received by the OSSAA about the situation.

A subsequent investigation found Garman, who is in his first season at Jones after transferring from another school (Carl Albert), to be ineligible.

Jones had not filed for a hardship waiver on the player's behalf before the investigation into the player's eligibility.

I sure hope Jones does not take this any further and hold up the play-off's like we saw a few years back with the Shawnee situation, and that appears that it will not be the case.

The Garman family says they will be leaving Jones. Although, from what I read the family has one kid going to Choctaw, one kid going to Carl Albert, and the other was at Jones. Hmmm

Comments are Welcome

Apologize for not being able to comment on the recent posts. Not sure how it was taken off, but they are back and we welcome your feedback.

Coaches rank basketball Jays 4th

The coaches pre-season poll has been released and the back-to-back Class 5A Champions come in at No. 4.

The coaches poll is what determines play-off positioning for the play-off's.

Guthrie is coming off an impressive 27-2 record from a year ago that saw the Jays make their fourth consecutive trip to the state tourney and win their school's sixth state basketball title.

Guthrie must replace names like Donte' Foster and Keaton Callins among others in the line-up, but return six players who got quality time a season ago. Expect Kentrell Brothers, Devon Hall, and BJ McDonald to help lead the 09-10 Guthrie BlueJays.

Pre-Season Coaches Poll

1. T. Edison 2. T. Memorial 3. T. Washington 4. Guthrie 5. Carl Albert

6. Ardmore 7. T. E. Central 8. T. Kelley 9. Capitol Hill 10. El Reno

Guthrie - Duncan: Inside the Numbers

A reminder you can listen to the game on 105.1 FM or online at GuthrieSportsPage.com this Friday night in Duncan. The Demons enter with an 8-2 record while the Jays travel with a 6-4 record.

Team Numbers

Duncan is the leading team in 5A when it comes to rushing the ball with 254 yards a game and ranks 5th overall in team offense in 5A. The Jays are the 5th best team passing the ball with 160 yards a game while Duncan ranks 13th passing in 5A.

Total offense Duncan ranks 5th with 341 yards of offense and the Jays enter the play-offs averaging 287 yards. Duncan is 9th in scoring with 25 points a contest and the Jays are ranked 6th with 27 points a game.

Moving to the defense, Duncan allows 84 yards on the ground and is 3rd best in 5A, but the Jays come in 2nd in stopping the run by allowing just 82 yards. Both are also similar against the pass. Duncan gives up 127 a game and Guthrie allows 115 which ranks them 11th and 10th respectively.

Overall, the Demons defense allows 211 yards a game (6th overall) and Guthrie allows 197 yards (4th overall). Duncan has given up an average of 15.9 points and Guthrie has allowed 13.7 points a game.

Quarterbacks

Duncan's Brandon Wilson (sophomore) 68-127 (53%) for 873 yards with 5 td's and 2 int's

Guthrie's Bryan Dutton (freshmen) 106-172 (61%) for 1601 yards with 11 td's and 7 int's. The 1601 passing yards is third best in 5A.

Wilson has 642 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown while Dutton has gathered 403 yards on the ground on 137 rushes with two scores.

Receivers

Duncan's Michael Rice, Tyler Gay, Bradley Wilson, and Devonte Harris have 41 combine catches for 564 yards and 5 touchdowns. Guthrie's Kentrell Brothers has 47 catches 861 yards and 11 touchdown receptions.

Tacklers

Duncan's Payton Atchley has 96 tackles (13th) and Dane Steil has 92 (16th in 5A)
Guthrie's Landry Chappell has 127 tackles (2nd in 5A) and Jaden Chappell has 103 (10th)

Sack Artist's

Kentrell Brothers has 11 and is tied for second in 5A
Devante Harris has 6 and is 10th in 5A

Final 6A Rankings

Class 6A Final Rankings

1. Jenks - plenty of drama and now players motivated to play

2. Union - has a great shot in finals

3. Southmoore - the West best chance and Haywood in the Wildcat is very dangerous

4. Broken Arrow - tough road to finals with perhaps Midwest City and Union

5. Bartlesville - best season in a long time, but tough draw with Owasso, Southmoore, and Jenks on the same side of the bracket

6. Midwest City - has not been tested as of late and Bombers hope that does not affect them

7. Mustang - showed they can play with the best in the West, but Jenks awaits in round two

8. Lawton - two losses and a second place in the toughest district 6A-1 that no one predicted

9. Putnam North - Panthers have been playing the play-off's for three weeks already

10. Edmond Memorial - Kameron Doolittle at quarterback; nice move first year head coach

Final 5A Rankings

5A Week 10 final rankings:

1. Tulsa Kelley - big wins make a nice resume, but trouble awaits in round two

2. Shawnee - first undefeated season since 1973 and last chance for at least two years

3. El Reno - third time in 50 years to go undefeated and a tough road to the championship game

4. Carl Albert - always dangerous come play-off time

5. T. East Central - no one is talking about them and are on the right side of the bracket to make finals

6. McAlester - perhaps a season away but watch-out Buffalo's may make noise in the second round this year

7. Duncan - two losses to Top 4 teams and a good win over Mac with the best run game in 5A (stats wise)

8. T. Central - best athlete on the field always goes to T. Central and always will have a chance at a win

9. L. Mac - tough go on the first round at Carl Albert with three losses to teams that are very good

10. Bixby/Guthrie - both have losses to good teams and hang their hat on their defense

Guthrie vs Duncan tidbits

Here are some interesting tidbits as the Guthrie BlueJays travel to Duncan for the first round of the Oklahoma high school play-off's.

Watkins vs Hollaway

This will be the first time Rafe Watkins and the Jays have played a Duncan team since his arrival in 2001, but it is not the first time Coach Watkins has gone up against Duncan head coach Jim Hollaway. Hollaway and the Altus Bulldogs came to Jelsma Stadium, in 2001, and defeated the Jays 21-0 in a first round play-off game.

Watkins has always talked about Coach Hollaway being as one of the toughest coaches to coach against. Hollaway's Demons were projected not to make the play-off's, but have reeled off 8-wins in 10 weeks.

Guthrie will open up the 2010 season at Jelsma when they host Duncan.

First Round Success

Since 2001, Guthrie is 5-2 when playing in the first round and have won their last four first round games. The Jays have only been on the road one time, in the Watkins tenure, and dropped a 20-0 decision to Ardmore in 2003. Guthrie did not make the play-off's in 2004.

Duncan is back in the play-off after just missing out with a 5-5 injured prone 2008 season.

Common Opponent

Both the Jays and Demons have common opponents and both common opponents defeated them. Talking about Carl Albert and El Reno.

Carl Albert gave the Jays one of their most embarrassing losses in some time with a 40-14 home game. The Titans handled Duncan 26-7, in Duncan, back in Week 3.

El Reno snapped the Jays home winning streak by shutting out the Jays 18-0, in Jelsma, and just last week took down Duncan 14-7 in a highly contested game that saw the Demons have their chances in the fourth quarter.

Playing in Duncan

Duncan is 4-1 this season at home and Guthrie is 3-2 on the road.

Oregon Reinstates LeGarrette Blount

Ronnie Phillips is a guest blogger and welcomes your feedback.

The University of Oregon has reinstated suspended running back LeGarrette Blount 2 days after getting beat by previously unranked Stanford.

Oregon head coach Chip Kelly suspended Blount for the rest of the season after he punched Boise State defensive end Byron Hout after Boise State beat Oregon in the season opener. Blount tirade continued as he tried to jump in the stands and tried to fight the Boise State fans.

Now Chip Kelly has changed his mind. How can the Pac 10 allow Blount to be reinstated? He has absolutely ZERO class for sucker punching Hout and even worse, he is trying to beat up the average 165 pound Boise State fans in the crowd!

The NCAA has done an absolutely terrible job this year in disciplining athletes. You mean to tell me it’s ok to punch someone after a game and be able to play again in that same year? It’s ok to try and gouge the eyes out of another player? But Dez Bryant gets suspended for the rest of the season for lying to a group of people about a rule that wasn’t even broken? Are you kidding me? What kind of example are we setting for kids out there? It’s ok to be a thug , but the good guy will never get to play college football again at OSU.

This is Kelly’s first season as Oregon head coach, and he needed to put his foot down and say this will not be tolerated at the University of Oregon. Instead, he is turning into another Urban Meyer and would rather win football games than doing the right thing! Kelly will lose respect because of the decision to bring back Blount.

Ronnie Phillips- www.twitter.com/chubbs23rp

2009 Duncan Football Schedule

Duncan Demons
2009 5A Boys Football : (8-2)
Head Coach: Jim Holloway


9/4/2009 7:30 PM
Home Seminole (4A) #11 40-2W

9/11/2009 7:30 PM
Away Ardmore (5A) #10 26-7W

9/18/2009 7:30 PM
Home Carl Albert (5A) #2 6-38L

9/25/2009 7:30 PM
Away Chickasha (5A) ** #19 37-14W

10/2/2009 7:30 PM
Home Altus (5A) ** #14 14-13W

10/9/2009 7:30 PM
Away Deer Creek (5A) ** #13 13-10W

10/15/2009 7:30 PM
Home Macarthur (5A) ** #9 35-34W

10/23/2009 7:30 PM
Away Northwest Classen (5A) ** 41-13W

10/30/2009 7:30 PM
Home Western Heights (5A) ** 40-14W

11/6/2009 7:30 PM
Away El Reno (5A) ** #2 7-14L

** - Indicates District Game

Oklahoma HS Football Brackets

Here are the Oklahoma High School Play-Off Brackets for each class for you to look at or print out.

Class 6A Class 5A

Class 4A Class 3A

Class 2A Class A

Class B Class C

Class C picks

Shattuck in first, second, semi finals, and championship.

Class B picks

Can the Garber Wolverines be taken down? Nope.

Last year B1 dominated by making the semi's and once again will dominate the state title game with Garber getting their second win over Canton this season.

Ryan makes the semi's as does Davenport.

First round wins go to: Garber, Gans, Davenport, Laverne, Ryan, Depew, Porter, and Canton.

Class A picks

From Day 1 I have had the Tonkawa Bucs on top of Class A and while I am staying with that pick, Class A is going to be fun come weeks 13, 14, and 15.

Dangerous teams: Hennessey, Ringling, Watonga, Cashion, and Talihina

Big Upset Alert: Salinia vs Hominy - Hominy may sneak up and take down the district champions.

How about this in Week 13 on the top half of the bracket: Hennessey vs Talihina and Ringling vs Tonkawa. Great Nikes!

Pawnee may make some noise with a win over Afton and Stroud, but I like Cashion regardless who they play and make the semi's. Central Sallisaw and OK Bible appear to be a quarterfinal game.

Bottom half of the bracket is open, but will be up against a tall challenge in the state championship game.

Class 2A Picks

Okay, is anyone with me when I say I would be shocked if someone on the top half of the Class 2A bracket does not win the state championship.

Heritage Hall, Davis, or Lincoln Christian are the top of the bracket teams. The bottom half will compete with Chandler, Millwood, Kingfisher, and Seq. Tahlequah.

Upset alert: Prague on the road at Stigler, John Marshall over Little Axe (not really an upset though in my humble opinion).

I dont see a repeat performance for the HH Chargers this season. My pick going into the play-offs is the Davis Wolves.

Heritage Hall vs Davis and Millwood vs Seq. Tahlequah in the semi's and Davis over Seq. Tahl. for the 2A title.

Class 3A picks

Anytime you have Tuttle, Seq. Claremore, and Cascia Hall on one side of the bracket and on the other side you have Madill, Metro Christian, and Clinton then you have a great 4-week span coming up.

Tuttle, Cascia Hall, Madill, Berryhill, Metro Christian, and Clinton are the favorites and see having an easier time getting wins.

Seq. Claremore goes on the Roland and gets a victory over Roland.

A great first round game is Elgin going on the road to Purcell. Elgin is 8-2 and Purcell is 8-2. Purcell has the home field advantage, but I am going with the Owls to pull off the win.

My crystal ball has Madill in the finals against Tuttle. I know, going against Cascia Hall does not make any sense, but Tuttle-Madill final with the Tigers winning the 3A Gold Ball.

Class 4A picks

Wow, did not see Glenpool going down to Star in the district game, but they may have woken the giant up. I picked the Warriors to win after they won it all last December and I am not changing my mind now.

How about Weatherford and their dream season? If they are going to go 14-0 they will earn it with possible match-ups with Broken Bow and Glenpool before the title game.

Weatherford, Broken Bow, Glenpool, Star Spencer, Sallisaw, and Bishop McGuinness rock and roll in the first round of a very top heavy Class 4A.

Jay vs Wagoner could be interesting, but got to go with Jay as well as Oologah over Poteau.

It appears the West have the top teams to win it all, and perhaps the only chance for the East is with Broken Bow, or Sallisaw. How about a possible McGuinnes-Sallisaw match-up and a Weatherford-Broken Bow meeting?

Class 5A picks

This may be the best class to watch as there are some great match-ups in the first round and then it only gets better from there on out. As we get started, my pick to win the gold ball are the Carl Albert Titans. I believe Tre Porter will have more touches and JT Realmuto is a winner at no matter what he does.

McAlester, Bishop Kelley, Carl Albert, Shawnee, and East Central should have easy wins to kick start their play-off run.

El Reno, who are coming off a state semi-final run a season ago, will get a win over Ardmore, but this game may be closer then what people may think. Again, El Reno gets the win.

The one minor upset of happening could be Tulsa Central going to Bixby. Anytime you have the highest recruited player in the state, you have a chance. The Bixby offense sputtered last week against Booker T., but their defense will give them the best shot at winning and I think they do get the win.

Bixby did a good enough job against Eric Bennett and the Hornets to win, but could not get any offensive help.

The most even match-up game in 5A will be Duncan and Guthrie. Both teams have lost to El Reno and Carl Albert this season. It will be a great showdown between the running game of Duncan and the Guthrie defensive front seven.

Can Duncan control Kentrell Brothers? Can Guthrie contain the line of scrimmage and be able to run against the much bigger Duncan front line. Jays have struggled this year when they have not been able to run the ball.

In the end, it comes down to defense and I want to say the Jays may have the advantage in that aspect. However, Duncan can control the game with their running game.

I will stay away from a pick on this game, but invite you to listen to the broadcast on GuthrieSportsPage.com.

Class 6A Upset Alerts

I am not sure I can call this an upset, but I see Bartlesville traveling to Owasso and picking up a hard fought win. The Bruins have beaten everyone in front of them except two of the three elite teams in the East and the offense has put up numbers all season long. Owasso's best chance is running the ball right at the Bruins, who have struggled in stopping the run this season.

After starting the season 1-2, Midwest City has reeled off seven straight convincing wins in a district that was down in 6A-2, but Putnam North will be a quality opponent for the Bombers. Putnam North's best win was in Week 5 with a win over Southmoore, but since then are 3-2. Perhaps, the most intriguing opening game in 6A, but will go with Midwest City in this one.

Lawton needs to be on upset alert as well with the Edmond North Huskies coming to town. North's left handed quarterback, Tyler Townsend, is a week healthier. 6A-1 was the district this year in the state, but Edmond North has the best shot at taking down a 6A-1 team. Lawton fans are wanting a team to go deep this year and this Lawton has the best chance of making the most noise.

Mustang should be okay after the setback to Southmoore. Edmond Memorial did a great job of moving Kameron Doolittle to the quarterback spot, but to many weapons on the offensive side for the Broncos and sets up a Jenks-Mustang game in Tulsa.

Southmoore, Jenks, Broken Arrow, and Tulsa Union are expected and will have convincing first round wins.

Congrats to Yukon for making the play-offs for the first time since 1998.

Class C play-off games

Thackerville at Shattuck
DC-Lamont at Midway

Claremore Chr at Timberlake
Boise City at Tipton


Waynoka at Temple
Sasakwa at Seiling

Covington-Douglas at Maud
Victory Life at Forgan

Class B play-off games

Allen at Garber
Kiefer at Gans

Copan at Davenport
Laverne at Caddo


Pond Creek-Hunter at Ryan
Oaks at Depew

Weleetka at Porter
Alex at Canton

Class A play-off games

Luther at Hennessey
Healdton at Carnegie

Wynnewood at Talihina
Woodland at Commerce

Mangum at Ringling
Okeene at Watonga

Foyil at Tonkawa
Gore at Stratford


Savanna at Stroud
Afton at Pawnee

Texhoma at Cashion
Hollis at Velma-Alma

Hominy at Salina
Wayne at Central Sallisaw

Maysville at Cordell
Oklahoma Chr. at Oklahoma Bible

Class 2A play-off games

Meeker at Heritage Hall
Sulphur at Lindsay

Morris at Valliant
Pawhuska at Vian

Hobart at Davis
John Marshall at Little Axe

Adair at Lincoln Christian
Hartshorne at Beggs


Spiro at Chandler
Colcord at Verdigris

Newkirk at Millwood
Washington at Plainview

Sperry at Seq. Tahlequah
Prague at Stigler

Atoka at Bridge Creek
Lexington at Kingfisher

Class 3A play-off games

Bethany at Tuttle
Seq. Claremore at Roland

Okmulgee at Cascia Hall
Elgin at Purcell


Blanchard at Madill
Checotah at Berryhill

Dewey at Metro Christian
Pauls Valley at Clinton

Class 4A first round play-off games

Seminole at Weatherford
Catoosa at Broken Bow

Wagoner at Jay
Douglass at Glenpool


Elk City at Star Spencer
Poteau at Oologah

Collinsville at Sallisaw
Tecumseh at McGuinness

Class 5A Play-offs

El Reno vs Ardmore
McAlester vs T. Hale

T. Kelley vs Ada
Carl Albert vs Lawton Mac


Shawnee vs Altus
Bixby vs T. Central

T. East Central vs Pryor
Duncan vs Guthrie

*Home team is listed first

Class 6A Play-offs set

Southmoore vs Lawton Eisenhower
Owasso vs Bartlesville

Jenks vs Yukon
Edmond Memorial vs Mustang


Midwest City vs Putnam North
Broken Arrow vs Enid

Union vs Claremore
Lawton vs Edmond North

*Home team is listed first

Durant's Daryn Alves ruled ineligible

Durant's move-in quarterback Daryn Alves has been ruled ineligible and the Durant Lions must forfeit their wins from the 2009 season.

Ardmore will be the No. 4 team from 5A-2 to advance to the play-offs.

Twitter Phenomenon

Ronnie Phillips is a guest blogger and welcomes your feedback on the topic.

Twitter, in the last year or so, has exploded onto the scene. Twitter is a main feature on nearly everything on TV and the Internet. Shows like SportsNation on ESPN, make it a point to have “tweets” from everyday people like you and me, on their show.

Many pro athletes like Kevin Durant, Chuck Liddell, Chad OchoCinco, Larry Fitzgerald, and the most followed athlete on Twitter Shaq with 2,507,227 followers! And he is getting more every day. Even the president of the United States has his own Twitter page!

Which comes to my next question. Why are people so interested in what the pro athlete and movies stars are doing at any single moment? After being on Twitter for awhile now, the pro athletes do the same things as we do. Like Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, James Harden, and Jeff Green from the OKC Thunder, went to the movies to watch Saw VI and in a tweet by James Harden he said “How crazy is this?..we are at the movies and we are the only people in here watching saw!!!!!...this I crazy!!!..I'm scared lol.

I must say, I’m on Twitter all the time just to see what these types of guys are doing! It is nice to see what your favorite athlete is doing at any time of the day. Many of the athletes I follow, will give you trivia questions and if you are right and one of the first people to respond to the Tweet, they will send you signed autograph pictures and even tickets to a game. Larry Fitzgerald and Jason Terry of the Mavericks seem to do this on a regular basis!

With the Twitter phenomenon at full force and only going to get bigger, are you a “Tweeter”? If you’re not, you should definitely give it a try, you’ll never know who you might come across!

I can be found at www.twitter.com/chubbs23rp.

Donte' Foster scores 14 in loss

Guthrie grad Donte' Foster poured in 14-points in a losing cause for Seminole State as the Trojans were defeated 70-67 to Cowley County, Thursday night, in Seminole.

Cowley outscored Seminole 40-26 in the second half to pull out the road win.

Seminole State is now 1-1 and Foster is averaging 14.5 points per game.

PC North and Lawton make 6A-1 play-offs

The story book season of the Del City Eagles has come to an end tonight with a 34-7 loss to the PC North Panthers and will miss the 2009 play-offs.

Lawton took down Norman North 31-13, Thursday, and could finish second with a Mustang loss, or third with a Mustang win on Friday night.

Lawton or Mustang, whoever is the No. 2 seed, will host Edmond North. Meanwhile, Lawton or Mustang, whoever is the No. 3 seed, will travel to Edmond Memorial for the first round.

Putnam City North will be the No. 4 seed team from the district and will play the Midwest City Bombers, 6A-2 district champs, next week.

The Mustang/Southmoore winner will host either Norman, Putnam City, or Lawton Ike.

Two more schools join Jenks and Booker T

Another two Oklahoma high schools are in trouble with using an ineligible player. This time it is 2A Jones Longhorns that have been hit hard like Booker T. Washington because it is going to cause them from not playing in the play-offs.

Jones must now forfeit six wins — including five district wins. Jones was 7-2 overall and 6-0 in District 2A-2 and had won the district, but now are out of the play-offs.

Jones is appealling the decision to the OSSAA Board who meets Wednesday.

Sand Springs must forfeit their win against Claremore that was played last month.

Sandites coach Dustin Kinard said the player was ineligible because of a lack of proper paperwork after the player moved into the Sand Springs district, not because of academic or recruiting reasons.

Sand Springs’ forfeit will lift Claremore into the playoffs as the fourth and final qualifier from District 6A-3 and eliminate the Sandites and Muskogee from playoff contention. Claremore will face second-ranked Union in the first round of the playoffs. Before the forfeit, the Zebras’ playoff hopes were slim and Muskogee appeared to have the best chance of finishing fourth.

Jenks was punished earlier this year for using an ineligible player last year and had to vacate their 2008 wins along with the state runner-up trophy.

The OSSAA was brought aware of the situations by an anonymous e-mail to the association about Jenks and Jones.

NCAA - You're a Joke

NCAA congratulations you won in the end. Your point has been taken and indeed you are so powerful. What a joke you are.

Dez Bryant is officially done at Oklahoma State according to his high school football coach. Dez is now preparing to get ready for the NFL where he is projected to be the highest drafted wide receiver in this years draft.

I am serious when I ask this question which is worse: someone lying to a group of people about a rule that was not broken, or someone gouging an eye out for everyone to see?

To take a phrase from Mike Gundy, "What a joke."

Donte' Foster leads Seminole St. in season opener

Did not take long for 2009 Guthrie graduate Donte' Foster to lead his college basketball team in scoring. It only took him his first college game.

Seminole St. took down Oklahoma Christian junior varsity at home 98-30. Foster finished with a team high 15-points in the number 12 jersey.

Foster led Guthrie to the HS State Tournament all 4-years and helped guided the Jays to back-to-back titles in 2008 and 2009.

Competition steps up a bit when Seminole St. hosts Cowley County tonight in Seminole.

Here we go again: Booker T in more trouble

More than 40 Booker T. Washington student-athletes ineligible

Problems with student-athlete eligibility at Booker T. Washington High School erupted into a full-blown scandal Wednesday afternoon as school district officials announced that the number of students found to be ineligible has reached more than 40 total and even more game forfeitures are necessary.

Read more at: http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/highschool/article.aspx?subjectid=237&articleid=20091104_19_0_Polmih257930

The irony is that Booker T. beat, who beat Miami by 90 points, has to forfeit that game because the Hornets used 16 ineligible players, including seven starters.

Leave it Alone Urban

Ronnie Phillips is a guest blogger and welcomes your feedback on the topic at hand.

Days after Ubran Meyer “suspended” Brandon Spikes, for the first half up this weeks game with Vanderbilt, for apparently trying to gouge the eyes of Georgia running back Washun Ealey.

Meyer is sending a tape to Rogers Redding, the SEC's coordinator of officials, saying that Tim Tebow was hit late and did not get the roughing the quarterback call.

Meyer has been highly criticized for his 1st half suspension of Spikes in the Gator's upcoming game with Vanderbilt this Saturday. Now, he is trying to protect the “Godly” Tim Tebow!

I don’t know if Meyer remembers the calls that Florida got against Arkansas to push the Gators pass the Razorbacks.

The only reason Meyer is sending this video off is to make Spikes’s actions not as severe. Leave it alone Urban, Florida for the most part, gets most of the calls in the SEC.

Continue to let your players do whatever they want on the football field, as long as it doesn’t ruin your chances of a repeat National Championship!

2010 Guthrie Football Schedule

While we are not sure about whether the Guthrie BlueJays will be going to Duncan or El Reno for the first round of the play-off's next week or not, but we do know Duncan and El Reno are both coming to Guthrie next year.

Guthrie and Duncan will open the 2010 football season at Jelsma Stadium. Afterwards, Guthrie jumps up against the 6A boys of Enid and Ponca City.

2010 Guthrie BlueJay Football

September 3rd
Home vs Duncan

September 10th
Home vs Ponca City

September 17th
Away at Enid

District play begins
September 24th
Home vs Deer Creek

October 1st
Away at Ada

October 8th
Homecoming vs Noble

October 15th
Away at Carl Albert

October 22nd
Senior Night vs El Reno

October 29th
Away at Western Heights

November 5th
Away at Southeast

The High School Huddle

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Our favorite part of the show is your phone calls and you can do that by calling (405) 533-1020, or on the toll free line at 866-229-1020.

Class 6A Scenario's

6A-1

Key Games: Mustang at Southmoore, Del City at Putnam North, Norman North at Lawton

Tiebreakers: Del City (+14), Lawton (+14), Putnam North (-11)

Scenario: Mustang-Southmoore winner is first, loser is second. Lawton is no worse than fourth with a win and would be third with a win coupled with a Putnam North win. Del City is third with a win and out with a loss and Lawton win. Putnam North is fourth with a win and Lawton win. A Putnam North win and Lawton loss would force tiebreakers to determine final two spots and Putnam North is way behind in that area.

6A-2

Key Games: Lawton Ike at Norman, Westmoore at Edmond North, Edmond Memorial at Putnam City

Tiebreakers: Putnam City (+7), Norman (-11), Westmoore (-31), Lawton Ike (-35).

Scenario: Midwest City is first, Edmond Memorial is second, Edmond North is third. Norman is fourth with a win. Putnam City is fourth with a win and Norman loss. Lawton Ike is fourth with a win coupled with Putnam City loss and loss by Westmoore or via a points tiebreaker with a Westmoore win. Westmoore could be fourth on a tiebreaker with a win coupled with Lawton Ike win and Putnam City loss.

6A-3

Key Games: Jenks at Sand Springs, Bartlesville at Broken Arrow, Tulsa Memorial at Muskogee

Scenario: Jenks is first, Bartlesville-Broken Arrow winner is second, loser is third. Sand Springs is fourth with a win or loss and Muskogee loss or a Muskogee win and slim tiebreaker hopes. Muskogee is fourth with a win of any kind and a Sand Springs loss by at least five points.

6A-4

Key Games: Union at Enid, Stillwater at Owasso, Yukon at Choctaw

Scenario: Union is first, Owasso is second. Enid is third with a win or loss and Yukon win, fourth with a loss and losses by Yukon and Stillwater. Choctaw is third with a win and losses by Enid and Stillwater. Yukon is fourth with a win. Stillwater is fourth with a win and Choctaw win.

Duncan or El Reno for Jays in 1st Round

Duncan travels to El Reno for the 5A-1 district title this Friday night and a lot of Guthrie folks will be awaiting the outcome of that one.

The winner is the district champ while the loser finishes second and hosts the Jays for the first round of the play-off's.

Second ranked El Reno shut-out the Jays back in Week 2, at the Rock, 18-0, and would be interesting, once again, to see the match-up, but only this time it will be at 9-1 El Reno. Guthrie had won the previous eight meetings.

Both teams are familiar with each other and would be a very interesting first round match-up. However, the current Guthrie Sports Page poll results have 62% of people wanting to see Guthrie and Duncan in the first round.

Duncan is currently 8-1 and winners of their last six games. The only setback this season was back in Week 3 to the Carl Albert Titans 38-6. Guthrie fans know all about this years Carl Albert team.

It is scary to compare Duncan's and Guthrie's defenses: GHS allows 84-yards rushing while DHS allows 82-yards. GHS allows 122-yards a game through the air and DHS comes in at 125. GHS allows 15-points a game and Duncan allows 16-points a game.

Guthrie trots out a freshmen quarterback (Bryan Dutton) and Duncan throws out a sophomore quarterback (Brandon Wilson). Duncan averages 27-points a game and Guthrie scores 25-points. Duncan runs the ball better and wants to run it every down, but Guthrie passes the ball better.

Duncan's opponent are a combine 41-49 while the Jays opponents come in with an astounding 46-44 record. Very odd do you find a schedule with a winning record and many would say the Jays have had the tougher schedule by playing the current the No. 1, 2, and 4 team in 5A.

No matter who losses in El Reno, Friday night, it will be very interesting for the Jays in the first round.

Sooners grab two more Soutmoore commitments

Multiple outlets are reporting that University of Oklahoma have officially offered scholarships to Southmoore's Kendall Thompson, a junior quarterback, and Austin Haywood, a senior tight end and defensive end, to join the Sooners football team.

Okvarsity.rivals.com is reporting the duo have committed to play for the Sooners. Julian Wilson, a Southmoore senior, committed to play for the Sooners earlier this year.

Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops along with quarterbacks coach Josh Heupel, offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson, and recruiting coordintar Bobby Jack Wright were spotted at the Southmoore game last week when Southmoore took down cross town rival Moore 58-14.

Thompson is the son of former OU quarterback Charles Thompson and Haywood was a move-in from Anadarko.

Southmoore goes for the 6A-1 district title this week when they take on the Mustang Broncos.

Oral commitments are non-binding with Signing Day in early February for seniors.

Who is streaking longer?

The Shattuck Indians won their 91st consecutive 8-man game in Class C football with a win over Goodwell this past Friday passing Morrison's 90-game streak, or did they?

Morrison's last lost before the 90-game winning streak started up was against Class A's Crescent Tigers, an 11-man team, but had a 27-game streak in 8-man before that. If you were to throw that "middle" game out with Crescent, Morrison would have a winning streak of 117-games in 8-man football.

So, who has the real streak: Shattuck or Morrison?

My vote is for Morrison!

Dirty Spikes to learn lesson?

When the Orlando Sentinel asked Brandon Spikes about the dirtiest players on his own team in mid August of 2009, Spikes instead mentioned his experiences with the Gators' opponent in the BCS national title game.

"Compared to Oklahoma, you won't find anyone [as dirty]," Spikes told the Sentinel.

Fast forward not even two months later and Spikes (Florida's defensive captain) is being broadcasted all over the world as perhaps as one of the dirties players in the nation after the CBS cameras got him apparently attempting to gouge the eyes of Georgia running back Washun Ealey

Understood all teams do it to some degree, but Spikes was caught for the world to see as one of the "dirtiest" things you can do on the field.

Florida head coach Urban Meyer put his foot down and handed him a........two quarter suspension against Vanderbilt. Well, that is not going to teach Spikes a lesson so lets hope he learns it on his own.

5A Scenario's

Without getting to techincal here is how the 5A play-off race is coming down.

5A-1
1st - El Reno or Duncan - whoever wins this week 10 game in El Reno
2nd - Duncan or El Reno - whoever losses this week 10 game in El Reno
3rd - Lawton Mac/Altus/Deer Creek
4th - Lawton Mac/Altus/Deer Creek

Scenario: Duncan-El Reno winner is first, loser is second. Lawton Mac is third with a win, fourth wtih a loss and Altus loss. Altus is no worse than fourth with a win by six points and could finish third on a tiebreaker with a Deer Creek win. Deer Creek is third with a win and Altus loss, but can't reach the playoffs with a win and Altus win by six or more.

**I am predicting Mac to win over Deer Creek and Altus over Chickasha for Mac to finish third and Altus to finish 4th.

5A-2
1st - Shawnee
2nd - Carl Albert
3rd - Guthrie
4th - Ardmore or Durant - whoever wins this week 10 game in Ardmore

** I am predicting Ardmore to defeat Durant for the fourth spot.

5A-3
1st - T. Kelley
2nd - Bixby
3rd - T. Hale or Pryor - whoever wins this week 10 game in Tulsa
4th - T. Hale or Pryor - whoever wins this week 10 game in Tulsa

** I am predicting T. Hale over Pryor to finish 3rd and Pryor to finish 4th.

5A-4
1st - T. East Central
2nd - McAlester/Ada
3rd - McAlester/Ada/T. Central
4th - McAlester/Ada/T. Central/Stilwell

Scenario: Tulsa East Central is first. McAlester is second with a win, but could fall as low at fourth on tiebreaker with a loss. Ada is second with a win, third with a win and Tulsa Central or fourth with a loss and Tulsa Central win. Tulsa Central is no worse than fourth with a win, but out with a loss and Ada win. Stilwell can only reach playoffs with win coupled with Ada win.

**I am predicting McAlester to win over Ada and T. Central to beat Stilwell to put McAlester second, T. Central third, and Ada fourth.

Week 9 Rankings

Class 6A

1. Jenks - no head or defensive coach on the sidelines
2. Tulsa Union - another district title
3. Southmoore - Showdown with Mustang
4. Mustang - dangerous team now with Daniel Farrow
5. Bartlesville - For real or not? Find out with BA this week

Class 5A

1. Tulsa Kelley - undefeated with the best resume
2. Shawnee - two quality wins, but slowing down a bit
3. El Reno - just keeps winning and awaits Week 10 showdown with Duncan
4. Carl Albert - dangerous team once Week 11 comes around
5. T. E. Central - Big district win over McAlester last week

Tough go for '08 gridironer's

I had mention Skyler Smith's leg injury the other day, but I forgot to mention the prior week that '08 Guthrie grad Clayton Smith also injured his leg playing for the NW Rangers and appears to be out for the season.

Is it funny how someone like Clayton Smith falls through the cracks sometimes? He is tough and did what the Jays needed him to do on the football field, basketball court, and track, but still yet he is/was never mention first, or second, or third when everyone talks about the athlete's on the field and court that Guthrie threw out there.

With that said, it did not surprise me at all that he made the biggest impact on the playing field first before his injury.

Get Well Skyler

2008 Guthrie graduate and Jays football stand-out Skyler Smith, son of Zach and Erin Robbins, suffered a broken leg/ankle in his game for Fort Hays yesterday (Halloween Day) against NW Missouri.

Smith is schedule for surgery today (Sunday) and our prayers are with Sky and his family.

2009 5A State Champions

The 2009 Guthrie BlueJay Cross Country won the 5A State title, Saturday afternoon, at Mitch Park, in Edmond.

The Jays finished with a team low 43 points. Deer Creek came in at second with a score of 58 points. There is more information at GuthrieSportsPage.com.

GSP broke the news and wants to thank Nicah Boxley with all the updates.

Coach Clay Tarter won his seventh cross country state title, including six on the boys side. The GHS Hall of Famer added a Track and Field State title last May. The first in GHS history for the track program.

Cobbs switches to Texas

Oklahoma's top rated high school football athlete Demarco Cobbs has switched his oral commitment from Tennessee to now Texas.

The Tulsa Central Brave announced his decision on Thursday.

Cobbs along with Booker T Washington's Eric Bennett, who is orally committed to Arkansas, are two of the biggest names in the Tulsa area this year that are leaving the Sooner state.

Sorry, but I like Carl Albert's Tre' Porter better then both Cobbs and Bennett as an overall athlete. I know Porter may not have the right amount of stars next to his name as the other two, but I would take 'em.

Oh, Porter is leaving the state too and headed to Texas Tech. Well, maybe? Signing Day is not until early February when oral commitment's become official.

More trouble swarming around Hornets

Booker T. Washington is being investigated, once again, by the Tulsa Public School system after finding out academic eligible checks were not being conducted until Oct.

Findings could result in more forfeited games for the Hornets athletic teams. The varsity football team has forfeit two games and the softball team 13 games already.

Read more at: http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/highschool/article.aspx?subjectid=227&articleid=20091029_227_B1_Theuse16952

Hornets operation stung

Booker T. Washington became the second school this season to be hit with stiff penalties from the OSSAA for using ineligible players. Both coaches and school personnel from Booker T. and Jenks have been affected.

Really no surprise from Jenks, but I am "little" shocked about Booker T. using the ineligible player(s). The one thing I thought Booker T would be guilty of is controlling their enrollment which is not illegal.

For complete story following this link: http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/highschool/article.aspx?subjectid=2&articleid=20091027_227_0_TulsaP123331

If Pryor wins either this week or next week then Booker T. is out of the play-off's this year and I think that will happen when Pryor takes down Miami this week. We shall see. Booker T fans are BIG Pryor fans this week.

Scary thing is that if Booker T. does make the play-off's it will be in the fourth spot and if they win their first game and if Guthrie wins their first game then it is a rematch from last season's triple overtime thriller.

5A Play-off Crystal Ball

Okay, okay, I know. We still have two weeks left in the regular season, but I took a look into my crystal ball and here is what I am forecasting for the 5A bracket. For the most part, it appears to be set except for 5A-4. We know who the four teams will be, but no idea what order they will finish.

El Reno vs Ardmore
McAlester vs Bixby

T. Kelley vs T. Central
Carl Albert vs Lawton Mac

*How about a possible El Reno vs McAlester and a T. Kelley vs Carl Albert second round match-up?

Shawnee vs Deer Creek
Booker T. vs Ada

T. East Central vs T. Hale
Duncan vs Guthrie

*How about a possible Shawnee vs Booker T. second round match-up?

As I have said before, finishing third in 5A-2 may not be the worse thing. Sure, play-off opponents are all tough, but no Shawnee, Carl Albert, Booker T., T. Kelley, or El Reno in the second round. I think I would take my chances

Super Saturday for Jr. Jays

The 7th Grade football team needed a little help from Western Heights, Tuesday night, and they got it by defeating Deer Creek, 6-0, to land the Jays in the Suburban Conference championship game with Shawnee.

Shawnee defeated the Jays in the first game of the season 28-2. The game is set for 4:00 at Carl Albert High School.


The 8th Grade Guthrie team will play Chickasha, at Chickasha, for the 3rd place game beginning at 2:30 pm and the 9th Grade Jays will play Harrah, at Noble, for 5th place with a game time of 2:00.

Schedule comaprison

Guthrie travels to Shawnee Friday night and for the second straight week the Jays will not be the favorites as they go up against the undefeated Wolves.

Looking at the Wolves schedule they have only faced one team with a winning record (Carl Albert). Of course, Shawnee won that game, but were on the edge of dropping their first game before they stopped the Titans on a 4th down "questionable" play late in the game.

The combine records on the Shawnee schedule is 21-28.

This has zero to do with the Shawnee/Guthrie game, but hey its my blog. For the record, Guthrie's opponents schedule record is 26-23.

Guthrie vs Shawnee Series

What looks like a final showdown between these two schools for at least the next two seasons, this is how the seriess breaks down.

1971: Shawnee, 35-18
1986: Shawnee, 9-6 (OT)
1987: Shawnee, 36-20
1988: Shawnee, 7-6
1989: Guthrie, 34-14
1990: Guthrie, 40-13
1991: Shawnee, 25-6
1992: Shawnee, 24-12
1993: Guthrie, 14-7
1994: Shawnee, 34-12
1995: Shawnee, 6-5
1996: Guthrie, 22-6
1997: Shawnee, 21-12
1998: Shawnee, 14-12
1999: Shawnee, 23-7
2000: Guthrie, 21-15
2001: Shawnee, 10-7
2002: Shawnee, 25-14
2003: Shawnee, 28-22
2004: Guthrie, 21-7
2005: Shawnee, 35-7
2006: Guthrie, 19-7
2007: Guthrie, 42-10
2007: Guthrie, 61-34 (playoffs)
2008: Guthrie, 35-17

Overall series: Shawnee leads, 15-10
Longest Shawnee win streak: 4 (1971, 1986-88)
Longest Guthrie win streak: 4 (2006-present)
Current streak: Guthrie, 4
Playoff games: 1 in 2007 (Guthrie won, 61-34)
Overtime games: 1 in 1986 (Shawnee won, 9-6)

Biggest losses in 9 seasons

As I researched Thursday night on the radio broadcast on the worse losses (points wise) for the Jays I realized there have not been very many.

I have learned over the past few years that blow-outs are not much fun to do on the radio, but I learned quickly it is not much fun doing blow-outs when the Jays are on the receiving hand.

Here is the list of the 5 biggest losses (points wise) over the past 9 seasons for the Jays:

1. 2001 Guthrie at Douglass 43-14
2. 2005 Guthrie at Shawnee 35-7
3. 2009 Carl Albert at Guthrie 40-14
4. 2003 Noble at Guthrie 35-14
5. 2001 Altus at Guthrie 21-0

Guthrie/Duncan Rd 1?

Odds makers would say Guthrie will travel to Duncan for the first round of the play-off's.

They would say the Jays will lose to Shawnee and then collect two wins over Capitol Hill and Noble and finish 3rd in 5A-2.

They would also say after the 35-34 win over Lawton Mac this past week, Duncan will go on and get wins over Western Heights and Northwest Classen before losing to El Reno in Week 10 to finish second in 5A-1.

The only hiccup's in the Guthrie/Duncan talk would be Duncan upsetting El Reno. In that case, Guthrie would travel to El Reno for a re-match and the Jays taking down Shawnee and creating a points race with Carl Albert. It would get to confusing if Carl Albert would be upset in the final three weeks of the season.

But hey, the odds makers are just that....odds makers.

With that said...a third place finish for the Jays may turn out to be an "easier" way to the state semi's as to finishing second or even first.

I would rather take my chances with someone like Duncan and McAlester then Lawton Mac and T. Kelley, but still plenty of season is left.

Food for thought!!

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How does Guthrie even come up?

Everyone knows by now the issues that are going on at Jenks with all the scandal and ongoing issues, in which, The Oklahoman's Jenni Carlson wrote a column about the issue and brought up other schools that needed to "turn the mirror on yourself."

Here is a portion of the column:

Every high-profile prep program in the state should consider this a wake-up call.

Time to turn the mirror on yourself and see if there are any warts.

This means you, Tulsa Union. You too, Carl Albert. Ditto for Tulsa Washington and Guthrie, Bishop McGuinness and Heritage Hall, Southmoore and Tulsa Cascia Hall.

I’m not saying any of those successful programs are doing anything wrong. Not by a long shot. Chances are good they aren’t. It’s likely that rules are being followed and violations are being avoided.

Still, you have to wonder if folks at Jenks thought the same thing about their football program.

Guthrie, really? What gives any indication of Guthrie being mention with these private, magnet, and open districts schools? Guthrie is the only school that you would consider a community. Southmoore could be in that community talk, but several move-ins this year at Southmoore is the only reason why they were mention, but are also in an open district like Carl Albert.

If Jenni check her facts before typing she would see that a majority and I do mean a majority of GHS football players have grown up in Guthrie: Kye Staley, Keaton Callins, David Washington, Brent Hodge, Josh King, Donte' Foster, Demarko Jones, and the list can go on and on.

Yes, there has been some move-ins into the Guthrie district as most districts see, but not sure I can recall any 4-star recruits coming in for one or two years.

It's a compliment for Guthrie being mention with these type of programs and Jenni has written nice articles about Guthrie and Guthrie kids in the past, but Jenni did not think real hard on Guthrie before printing it in her column.

Good Schedule, or not?

I like the way the Guthrie football schedule has set up this year by playing two very good teams in El Reno and McGuinness in the non-district portion of the schedule. Of course, no one knows how good teams are going to be in 2-3 years when these games are announced, but I think it works out this year.

Sure you could schedule two other teams like Piedmont and be 4-0 right now, but you may have a false sense for the Carl Albert's and Shawnee's and of course the better teams come play-off time.

By playing El Reno and McGuinness, the Jays knew ahead of time what they must improve to be where they want to be come district play.

It will be interesting to find out if Shawnee is an elite 5A team. Yes, they are 4-0, but their opponents are a combine 6-10 this season and none of them has a winning record.

With that said, I believe Shawnee is a team to be dealt with this year in the play-offs and will have a great chance to win the 5A-2 title since 2005. Many are saying the winner of this Friday's game between CA and Shawnee will win the district crown. They will defintely have the inside edge of earning two possible home play-off games.

Guthrie knows what they had to work on after the first two weeks against quality opponents. Shawnee may not find out until the mid way point of the regular season.

Ardmore's opponents non-district record is a combine 11-1 this season. I imagine they know what they had going into district play.

Next year the Jays take on Enid, Ponca City, and Duncan in the non-district. Safe to say we will know what type of team Guthrie will have going into district play.