Brothers collecting pre-season honors on hardwood

Photo By: Michael Mayberry

Guthrie senior Kentrell  Brothers just finished perhaps the best career for a BlueJay on the gridiron and now he collecting preseason basketball honors.

Brothers, who orally committed to play college football at Missouri, has been nominated to the Oklahoma McDonalds All-American basketball team.

The 6’1 guard averaged nearly 15 points and four rebounds as a junior en route of leading the Jays to an 18-9 record.

Brothers has also been named to Class 5A’s first team by Vype Magazine.

List of boy nominee’s for Oklahoma’s McDonalds All-American:

Tate Beer, 5’11, Jenks
Jesse Brewer, 6’3, Watonga
Kentrell Brothers, 6’1, Guthrie
Marquis Buxton-Hill, 6’9, Douglass
Dwight Camp, 6’5, Red Oak
Dakota Caudill, 6’5, Claremore
Jordan EagleRoad, 6’2, Talihina
Obi Emegano, 6’3, Edmond Memorial
Rex Farmer, 6’8, OKC Storm
Tyler Hampton, 5’10, Blanchard
Seth Heckart, 6’0, Woodward
Reed Johnson, 6’3, Latta
Tyrone Jones, 6’4, OK Centennial
Stephen Keese, 6’0, Fort Gibson
Ronquis Lewis, 6’6, Putnam City
Taggart Lockhart, 6’5, Talihina
Brandon Lucas, 6’5, Southmoore
Desmond McCosar, 6’4, Pawnee
Devante Moore, 6’1, El Reno
Jacob Parker, 6’6, Bixby
Dalen Qualls, 6’1, Stratford
Dominique Raney, 6’3, Putnam City
Josh Richardson, 6’5, Edmond Santa Fe
Shontrell Scott, 6’1, Harding Prep
Ryan Spangler, 6’8, Bridge Creek
William Tisdale, 6’4, Holland Hall
Dante Wartson, 6’5, Muskogee
Dorrian Williams, 6’1, Douglass
Andrew Wilson, 6’7, Tulsa East Central
Clay Wilson, 6’3, Lincoln Christian
DeVante Wilson, 6’3, Muskogee

Junior Jays win Perkins Tournament

The Guthrie Junior High basketball teams participated in their first tournament of the season in the Perkins/Cushing Tournament. The games were played on Monday, Thursday, Saturday.

Day Three Girls Bracket

The 7th grade girls basketball team saw their toughest challenge of the three-day Perkins Tournament in the finals. With that said, the Lady Jays still won by 17 points to claim the title.

The Lady Jays pulled out a 42-25 win over Cushing to claim the championship.

Micayla Haynes scored 15 points in the final and finished with 51 total points (17 average) in the three-day event. Jillian Chappell also finished in double figures with 13 points and averaged nine points a game.

Aaliyah Allison scored seven, Brooke Black finished with six points, and Trista LeGrande added three in the win over Cushing.

“They got off to a rough start with a lot of foul trouble,” first year head coach Stephanie Smith said. ”I am really proud of the way that they handled themselves and stuck with it for a great win.  This team played extremely hard and left it all on the floor.”

The 8th grade Lady Jays team lost in the consolation finals against Perry 19 to 25 and were 1-2 in the tournament.

Leading the scoring charge was Au’Destiny Hardison and Kamber Smedley each with seven points and Shelby Cremeens  with five.

“It was great to get our first win for 8th grade in this tournament. These girls have gotten so much better since the beginning of the year, and have really been playing hard,” Smith said.

Day Three Boys Bracket

The 7th grade boys team won the three-day Perkins Tournament. More to come as it becomes available.

Days Two Boys Bracket

Simply put – Championship Saturday.

Both the 7^th grade and 8^th grade boys team will play for the championship game in the Perkins/Cushing Basketball Tournament.

After day one blow-outs, both squads won by double digits on Thursday evening with the 7^th graders winning 35-27 over Perkins and the 8^th graders winning 48-26 over Cushing.

The 7^th grade team will play Saturday at 3:15 in Perkins. The 8^th grade team will also play Saturday, in Perkins, at 4:15.

Day Two Girls Bracket

The 7th grade girls will join the 8th grade boys  team and play a championship game on Saturday. The Lady Jays punched their ticket with a convincing 39-14 blow-out win over host Perkins. The 8th grade Lady Jays got their first win of the tournament with a 31-27 win over Chandler.

Leading the scoring charge for the 7th grade team was Micayla Haynes with 18, Aaliyah Allison added eight, and Jillian Chappell finished with six.

Kamber Smedley scored a season high 19 points in the 8th grade win.  Shelby Cremeens and Au’Destiny Hardison each had four.

Day One Girls Bracket

The 7th grade girls continue to roll this season with a 38-4 win over Cushing (Orange). Micayla Haynes scored a game high 18 points while Jillian Chappell chipped in with 8.

Up next for the 7th grade will be a 6:30 start, on Thursday, at Perkins/Tryon Junior High gym against either Perkins (White) or Chandler. With a win, the Lady Jays will play for the championship.

 

The 8th grade Lady Jays team were defeated 43 – 21 against Stroud. Leading the scoring way were Kamber Smedley with 9 and Shelby Cremeens with 6.  The 8th grade team plays Thursday, 4:30, at Cushing High School.

 

Day One Boys Bracket

 

It was an easy day at the office for both Guthrie squads with lopsided wins.

 

The 7th grade Jays team won 56-12 while the 8th grade team won 37-7 to collect their first win of the year.

 

The 7th grade team will play Thursday, at 7:30, in Perkins and the 8th grade team will play at Cushing starting at 7:30.

 

So far this season the 7th grade Jays team is off to a 3-1 start and the 8th grader’s are 1-3.

 

“The 8th grade team has been very competitive this year, but have just has come up short in a few games,” Coach Jason Rice said about losses to Deer Creek by three and Piedmont by two.

Football’s All Big 12 team announced for 2010

 

Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy was named the Big XII Coach of the Year while Justin Blackmon is the first Oklahoma State player to be named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year.

The selections are made by the league’s 12 head coaches, who are not permitted to vote for their own players.

All-Big 12 Honors Notebook:
- Justin Blackmon is the first Oklahoma State player to be named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year. He is the sixth Cowboy athlete to win one of the major individual Big 12 awards.

- Prince Amukamara of Nebraska is the third Cornhusker to receive Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year honors (Ndamukong Suh, 2009; Grant Winstrom, 1997, ‘96).

- Mike Gundy was tabbed as Coach of the Year for the first time in his career. He is the second head coach from OSU (Bob Simmons, 1997) to earn the honor.

- Taylor Martinez is the first Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year from Nebraska. Tony Jefferson is the fourth player from Oklahoma to win the top defensive freshman accolade, while Shaun Lewis is the second from Oklahoma State to capture the award.

- Dan Bailey is the second Oklahoma State player in the last three years (Dez Bryant, 2008) to earn Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year.

- Nate Solder and Jeremy Beal were the first from their schools to capture the respective top lineman awards.

- Oklahoma has won the most major awards in the 14-year history of the Big 12 with 25. Texas is next with 22 winners, followed by Kansas State (16); Nebraska (14), Oklahoma State (10), Colorado (7), Iowa State (7), Texas Tech (7), Kansas (6), Missouri (6), Texas A&M (5) and Baylor (2).

- Entering this year, Oklahoma State had six major awards in the history of the league. In 2010, the Cowboys won four honors.

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

Coach of the Year	Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State (6th year)
Offensive Lineman of the Year	Nate Solder, Colorado, OT, Sr., Buena Vista, Colo.
Defensive Lineman of the Year	Jeremy Beal, Oklahoma, DE, Sr., Carrollton, Texas
Offensive Freshman of the Year	Taylor Martinez, Nebraska, QB, Fr., Corona, Calif.
Co-Defensive Freshman of the Year	Tony Jefferson, Oklahoma, DB, Fr., Chula Vista, Calif. Shaun Lewis, Oklahoma State, LB, Fr., Missouri City, Texas
Special Teams Player of the Year	Dan Bailey, Oklahoma State, P/K, Sr., Mustang, Okla.
Newcomer of the Year	Lavonte David, Nebraska, LB, Jr, Miami, Fla.
Defensive Player of the Year	Prince Amukamara, Nebraska, CB, Sr., Glendale, Ariz.
Offensive Player of the Year	Justin Blackmon, Oklahoma State, WR, So., Ardmore, Okla.

2010 All-Big 12 Football First Team

OFFENSE
Pos.	Player	School	Class	Hometown/Previous School(s)
QB	Brandon Weeden	Oklahoma State	Jr.	Edmond, Okla./Santa Fe
RB	Kendall Hunter**	Oklahoma State	Sr.	Tyler, Texas/John Tyler
RB	DeMarco Murray	Oklahoma	Sr.	Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman
FB	Bryant Ward #	Oklahoma State	Sr.	Stillwater, Okla./Stillwater
WR	Ryan Broyles**	Oklahoma	Jr.	Norman, Okla./Norman
WR	Justin Blackmon**	Oklahoma State	So.	Ardmore, Okla./Plainview
WR	Jeff Fuller	Texas A&M	Jr.	McKinney, Texas/Boyd
TE	Michael Egnew	Missouri	Jr.	Plainview, Texas/Plainview
OL	Nate Solder #	Colorado	Sr.	Buena Vista, Colo./Buena Vista
OL	Tim Barnes	Missouri	Sr.	Longwood, Mo./Pettis County Northwest
OL	Levy Adcock	Oklahoma State	Jr.	Claremore, Okla./NEO A&M JC
OL	Ricky Henry	Nebraska	Sr.	Omaha, Neb./Burke/North Dakota State College of Science
OL	Eric Mensik	Oklahoma	Sr.	Rosenburg, Texas/Terry
PK	Dan Bailey	Oklahoma State	Sr.	Mustang, Okla./Southwest Covenant
KR/PR	William Powell	Kansas State	Sr.	Duncanville, Texas/Navarro College
DEFENSE
DL	Jeremy Beal	Oklahoma	Sr.	Carrollton, Texas/Creekview
DL	Sam Acho	Texas	Sr.	Dallas, Texas/St. Mark’s
DL	Pierre Allen	Nebraska	Sr.	Denver, Colo./Thomas Jefferson
DL	Aldon Smith	Missouri	So.	Raytown, Mo./Raytown
DL	Jared Crick #	Nebraska	Jr.	Cozad, Neb./Cozad
LB	Von Miller #	Texas A&M	Sr.	DeSoto, Texas/DeSoto
LB	Lavonte David	Nebraska	Jr.	Miami, Fla./Northwestern/Fort Scott CC
LB	Orie Lemon	Oklahoma State	Sr.	Houston, Texas/Yates
DB	Quinton Carter	Oklahoma	Sr.	Las Vegas, Nev./Cheyenne
DB	Jimmy Smith	Colorado	Sr.	Colton, Calif./Colton
DB	Eric Hagg	Nebraska	Sr.	Peoria, Ariz./Ironwood
DB	Prince Amukamara #	Nebraska	Sr.	Glendale, Ariz./Apollo
DB	Andrew McGee	Oklahoma State	Sr.	Magee, Miss./Magee/Copiah-Lincoln CC
P	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	So.	Mansfield, Texas/Summit

# – Repeat first team selection from last season.
**Unanimous Selection

2010 All-Big 12 Football Second Team

OFFENSE
Pos.	Player	School	Class	Hometown/Previous School(s)
QB	Robert Griffin III	Baylor	So.	Copperas Cove, Texas/Copperas Cove
RB	Roy Helu Jr. ^	Nebraska	Sr.	Danville, Calif./San Ramon Valley
RB	Daniel Thomas	Kansas State	Sr.	Hilliard, Fla./NW Mississippi CC
FB	Trey Millard	Oklahoma	Fr.	Columbia, Mo./Rock Bridge
WR	Kendall Wright	Baylor	Jr.	Pittsburg, Texas/Pittsburg
WR	Niles Paul	Nebraska	Sr.	Omaha, Neb./North
WR	T.J. Moe	Missouri	So.	O’Fallon, Mo./Fort Zumwalt West
TE	Collin Franklin	Iowa State	Sr.	Simi Valley, Calif./Simi Valley/College of the Canyons CC
OL	Zach Kendall	Kansas State	Sr.	Peculiar, Mo./Harrisonville
OL	Danny Watkins	Baylor	Sr.	Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada/Butte (Calif.) College
OL	Matt Allen	Texas A&M	Sr.	Spring, Texas/LSU
OL	Lonnie Edwards	Texas Tech	Jr.	Brownsboro, Texas/Brownsboro
OL	Ben Lamaak	Iowa State	Sr.	Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Kennedy
PK	Alex Henery ^	Nebraska	Sr.	Omaha, Neb./Burke
KR/PR	Niles Paul	Nebraska	Sr.	Omaha, Neb./North
DEFENSE
DL	Colby Whitlock	Texas Tech	Sr.	Noble, Okla./Noble
DL	Phil Taylor	Baylor	Sr.	Clinton, Md./Gwynn Park/Penn State
DL	Ugo Chinasa	Oklahoma State	Sr.	Richardson, Texas/Berkner
DL	Jacquies Smith	Missouri	Jr.	Dallas, Texas/South Oak Cliff
DL	Cameron Meredith	Nebraska	So.	Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei
LB	Travis Lewis	Oklahoma	Jr.	San Antonio, Texas/Robert E. Lee
LB	Jake Knott	Iowa State	So.	Waukee, Iowa/Waukee
LB	Emmanuel Acho	Texas	Jr.	Dallas, Texas/St. Mark’s
DB	Alfonzo Dennard	Nebraska	Jr.	Rochelle, Ga./Wilcox County
DB	Aaron Williams	Texas	Jr.	Round Rock, Texas/McNeil
DB	Leonard Johnson	Iowa State	Jr.	Clearwater, Fla./Largo
DB	Coryell Judie	Texas A&M	Jr.	Marlin, Texas/Fort Scott CC
DB	Ty Zimmerman	Kansas State	Fr.	Junction City, Kan./Junction City
DB	Curtis Brown	Texas	Sr.	Gilmer, Texas/Gilmer
P	Alex Henery	Nebraska	Sr.	Omaha, Neb./Burke

^ – Repeat second team selection from last season.

2010 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention

Baylor:	Philip Blake, OL; Art Briles, Coach of the Yr.; Derek Epperson, P; Robert Griffin III, Off. Ply. of the Yr.; Jay Finley, RB; Antonio Johnson, LB; Aaron Jones, PK; Byron Landor, DB.
Colorado:	B.J. Beatty, LB; Jalil Brown, DB; Ryan Deehan, TE; Josh Hartigan, DL; Scotty McKnight, WR; Ryan Miller, OL; Will Pericak, DL; Paul Richardson, Off. Fr. of the Yr.
Iowa State:	Kirby Van Der Kamp, P & Def. Fr. of the Yr.; A.J. Klein, LB; Jake Knott, Def. Ply. of the Yr.; Jake Lattimer, DL; Kelechi Osemele, OL; Paul Rhoads, Coach of the Yr.; David Sims, DB
Kansas:	DJ Beshears, P/KR; Jake Laptad, DL; Alonso Rojas, P.
Kansas State:	Josh Cherry, PK; Stephen Harrison, DB; Aubrey Quarles, WR; Terrance Sweeney, DB; Ty Zimmerman, Def. Fr. of the Yr.
Missouri:	Tim Barnes, Off. Lmn. of the Yr.; Elvis Fisher, OL; Blaine Gabbert, QB; Andrew Gachkar, LB & Def. Ply. of the Yr.; Zaviar Gooden, LB; Jarrell Harrison, DB; Dan Hoch, OL; Brad Madison, DL; Gary Pinkel, Coach of the Yr.; Grant Ressel, PK & Sp. Tms. Ply. of the Yr.; Terrell Resonno, DL; Kevin Rutland, DB; Jacquies Smith, Def. Lmn. of the Yr.; Austin Wuebbels, OL.
Nebraska:	Rex Burkhead, RB; Mike Caputo, OL & Off. Lmn. of the Yr.; Jared Crick, Def. Lmn. of the Yr.; DeJon Gomes, DB; Alex Henery, Sp. Tms. Ply. of the Yr.; Ricky Henry, Off. Lmn. of the Yr.; Taylor Martinez, QB; Baker Steinkuhler, DL; Keith Williams, OL.
Oklahoma:	Jeremy Beal, Def. Ply. of the Yr.; Ryan Broyles, Off. Ply. of the Yr.; Landry Jones, QB; Jamell Fleming, DB; Tony Jefferson, Def. Fr. of the Yr.; Jonathan Nelson, DB; Kenny Stills, WR & Off. Fr. of the Yr.; Bob Stoops, Coach of the Yr.; Tress Way, P;
Oklahoma State:	Levy Adcock, Off. Lmn. of the Yr.; Grant Garner, OL; Shaun Lewis, Def. Fr. of the Yr.; Joseph Randle, Off. Fr. of the Yr.; Quinn Sharp, Sp. Tms. Ply. of the Yr.; Lane Taylor, OL; Johnny Thomas, DB; Brandon Weeden, Off. Ply. of the Yr.
Texas:	Sam Acho, Def. Lmn. of the Yr.; Blake Gideon, DB; Jordan Hicks, Def. Fr. of the Yr.; Michael Huey, OL; Jackson Jeffcoat, Def. Fr. of the Yr.; Kheeston Randall, DL; Keenan Robinson, LB.
Texas A&M:	Eddie Brown, DL; Randy Bullock, PK; Ryan Epperson, P; Terrence Frederick, DB; Cyrus Gray, RB; Dustin Harris, DB; Michael Hodges, LB; Trent Hunter, DB; Tony Jerod-Eddie, DL; Luke Joeckel, OL & Off. Fr. of the Yr. & Off. Lmn. of the Yr.; Coryell Judie, P/KR & New. of the Yr.; Michael Lamothe, FB; Patrick Lewis, OL; Jake Matthews, OL; Kenric McNeal, P/KR; Von Miller, Def. Ply. of the Yr.; Lucas Patterson, DL; Mike Sherman, Coach of Yr; Ryan Swope, WR; Ryan Tannehill, QB; Brian Thomas, OL; Garrick Williams, LB.
Texas Tech:	Baron Batch, RB; Bront Bird, LB; Cody Davis, DB; Brian Duncan, DL; DJ Johnson, DB; Lyle Leong, WR; Detron Lewis, WR; Eric Stephens, P/KR; LaAdrian Waddle, OL; Colby Whitlock, Def. Lmn. of the Yr.

 For more of Big XII sports visit http://www.big12sports.com/

Hornets too much too early; Jays end season at 11-2

 

It happen early and it happen quickly. The Guthrie BlueJays were down 14-0 to the top ranked Booker T. Washington Hornets in the Class 5A  state semi-final game. In the end, it was the Hornets advancing to next weeks state championship game with a 38-11 win at Stillwater High School’s Pioneer Stadium.

The Hornets (12-1) will play Tulsa East Central for the 5A gold ball. In the meantime, Guthrie ends their season at 12-1. The win extends an 11-game win streak for Booker T and snaps a nine game win streak for the Jays.

The Jays have now played in the state semi’s in four of the last five seasons.

Uncharacteristically, Guthrie committed five turnovers, in which, the Hornets turned into 24 points.

“You can ‘what if’ things to death, but you have to give them a lot of credit,” head coach Rafe Watkins said in his post game radio interview. For the complete interview click here.

Booker T. got on the scoreboard on the third play of the game with a 32-yard pass from senior quarterback Jordy Albert to Dante Barnett. Albert was able to scramble and throw on the run. It took just 59 seconds to score.

Albert later in the quarter spotted Tyler Lockett down the sideline for a 19-yard score capping off a 10 play 80-yard drive to take a 14-0 lead with 3:52 remaining in the first quarter.

Guthrie found the end zone when sophomore J.T. McFadden came crashing in on a Hornet field goal attempt with a block. Freshmen Kai Callins scooped the ball up and dashed 83-yards for the score. Senior Kentrell Brothers then ran in the 2-point conversion on the swinging gate to make it a 14-8 game with 11:11 to play in the half.

The Hornets, however, would then score 24 unanswered points and begin the Isaac Bennett show.

Bennett rushed for a game high 201 yards and scored twice, but none bigger with a 90-yard run to put Booker T. up 35-8 with 8:37 to play in the third quarter. As a team, the Hornets rushed for 238 yards. Entering the game, the Guthrie defense was allowing just 36 rushing yards.

The final points for the Jays and the game came on a season long 29-yard field goal by Derrik Kelly. His previous long was 27.

The 27-point loss was the most lopsided game for the Jays since a 35-7 lost to Shawnee in 2005.

Belcher State’s Next Top Lineman?

 

Josh McCuistion
SoonerScoop.com Associate Editor

Talk about it in The Crimson Corner

 

For many years Oklahoma was known more as a place to find skill position talent but more and more the state seems to be consistently producing quality offensive line prospects from Wes Sims to Dylan Dismuke schools from across the country have taken note of some of Oklahoma’s best blockers. The early favorite to take on the role in the class of 2012 is Guthrie, Okla. offensive tackle Blake Belcher.

Belcher emerged on the recruiting scene prior to his sophomore year for the Bluejays with a strong performance at the Tulsa Schuman combine and has since emerged as one of the state’s best lineman. The 6-foot-5, 265-pound prospect has already received mail from Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Kansas, Colorado, Tulsa, and Oregon State.

All of the attention was somewhat expected by those around the big lineman but to him it’s all news.

“It’s kind of suprising. In eighth grade I didn’t even play football I just played basketball and then I moved from Tulsa Union and I was real big, At Union I was big but I wasn’t huge and here I was bigger than everybody else,” Belcher said. “The coach has a really good blocking scheme and I kind of picked up on it.

“(If I stayed at Union) I probably would have played, I hit a huge growth spurt around that time and had fluid on my knee so I just played basketball my eighth grade year.”

As Belcher mentioned the Bluejays are one of the state’s more balanced offenses and attack defenses in a variety of ways and as such Belcher feels he is well prepared for the college game.

“We pretty much do everything, we do power running, we have a power running game, we have speed with stretch plays and we pass the ball a lot so there really isn’t anything glaring to work on,” he said. “If anything it’s just me being stronger, I’m a little weak in the upper body.”

As Guthrie heads into a 5A state semi-final game this weekend against Booker T. Washington they’d love to have their prize tackle with them but Belcher had an unfortunate accident and has been ruled out for the Bluejays during the rest of their playoff chase.

While head coach Rafe Watkins was understandably unhappy college coaches can’t help but take notice in how Belcher hurt himself.

“Actually I broke my foot in a basketball game, so I’m actually done for the season,” he said. “We were shooting around and I dunked at I came down on it wrong, coach wasn’t too happy about that.”

Belcher has been on numerous trips to both of the in-state Big 12 representatives though he says he grew up following one program in particular.

“I’ve been to two OSU games and two OU games. There are a lot of my friends that are fans of both so I just kind of balance it. Whenever I was little I was a big OU fan and I’m still kind of an OU fan,” he said.

“I went to the Schuman camp for the elite prospects (in Norman) last year and this year I got to tour the facilities and we go to tour the locker room. It was all really nice.”

Belcher plans to hit up even more camps in the coming summer but one he already has his eye on is the Army All-American combine in San Antonio in early January. The big lineman expects to have his walking boot off in time to get down to San Antonio and go up against some of the nation’s best.

All-time All-Big 12 football team revealed

 

Wednesday, November 24 2010

Former University of Texas quarterback Vince Young, former Nebraska defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh and Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops are the top honorees on The Associated Press’ all-time, all-Big 12 team.

As the conference enters the final regular-season weekend with 12 teams, the AP asked voters of this year’s all-Big 12 squad to select the best of the best from the league’s 15 seasons.

Young and Suh were chosen the top players on each side of the ball.

Suh and Stoops were runaway winners and Young narrowly beat another Texas player, running back Ricky Williams.

Of the 26 position players chosen, Suh and Williams were the only unanimous picks.

Oklahoma landed seven players on the list, the most by any school.

CENTER (1 selection):

Dominic Raiola, Nebraska (13 votes)

Also receiving votes: Seth McKinney, Texas A&M (3); Jon Cooper, Oklahoma (1); Randall Cummins, Kansas State (1); Rob Riti, Missouri (1); Adam Spieker, Missouri (1).

GUARD/TACKLE (4 selections):

Jammal Brown, Oklahoma (15)
Aaron Taylor, Nebraska (15)
Justin Blalock, Texas (13)
Russell Okung, Oklahoma State (12)

Also receiving votes: Andre Gurode, Colorado (8); Leonard Davis, Texas (3); Duke Robinson, Oklahoma (3); Chris Naeole, Colorado (2); Jason Smith, Baylor (2); Trent Williams, Oklahoma (2); Anthony Collins, Kansas (1); Chris Dishman, Nebraska (1); Toniu Fonoti, Nebraska (1); Richie Incognito, Nebraska (1); Phil Loadholt, Oklahoma (1).

WIDE RECEIVERS (2 selections):

Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech (19)
Rashaun Woods, Oklahoma State (8)

Also receiving votes: Jeremy Maclin, Missouri (5); Jordan Shipley, Texas (2); Mark Clayton, Oklahoma (3); Ryan Broyles, Oklahoma (1); Dez Bryant, Oklahoma State (1); Roy Williams, Texas (1).

TIGHT END (1 selection):

Chase Coffman, Missouri (8)

Also receiving votes: Daniel Graham, Colorado (7); Jermaine Gresham, Oklahoma (3); Alonzo Mayes, Oklahoma State (1); David Thomas, Texas (1).

QUARTERBACK (1 selection):

Vince Young, Texas (16)

Also receiving votes: Colt McCoy, Texas (3); Sam Bradford, Oklahoma (1).

RUNNING BACK (2 selections):

Ricky Williams, Texas (20)
Adrian Peterson, Oklahoma (16)

Also receiving votes: Darren Sproles, Kansas State (3); Ahman Green, Nebraska (1).

ALL-PURPOSE (1 selection):

Darren Sproles, K-State (6)

Also receiving votes: David Allen, Kansas State (5); Wes Welker, Texas Tech (4); Dez Bryant, Oklahoma State (2); Brad Smith, Missouri (2); Jeremy Maclin, Missouri (1).

KICKER (1 selection):

Mason Crosby, Colorado (12)

Also receiving votes: Martin Gramatica, K-State (5); Jeff Wolfert, Missouri (2); Alex Henery, Nebraska (1).

DEFENSIVE LINE (4 selections):

Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska (20)
Tommie Harris, Oklahoma (17)
Grant Wistrom, Nebraska (17)
Brian Orakpo, Texas (10)

Also receiving votes: Gerald McCoy, Oklahoma (4); Darren Howard, Kansas State (2); Montae Reagor, Texas Tech (2); Justin Smith, Missouri (2); Jeremy Beal, Oklahoma (1); Dan Cody, Oklahoma (1); Dusty Dvoracek, Oklahoma (1); Casey Hampton, Texas (1); James McClinton, Kansas (1); Brian Smith, Missouri (1).

LINEBACKER (4 selections):

Derrick Johnson, Texas (19)
Dat Nguyen, Texas A&M (19)
Rocky Calmus, Oklahoma (12)
Teddy Lehman, Oklahoma (10)

Also receiving votes: Mark Simoneau, Kansas State (6); Rufus Alexander, Oklahoma (2); Sean Weatherspoon, Missouri (2); Jordon Dizon, Colorado (1); Lawrence Flugence, Texas Tech (1); Jeff Kelly, Kansas State (1); Curtis Lofton, Oklahoma (1); Carlos Polk, Nebraska (1); Nick Reid, Kansas (1); Matt Russell, Colorado (1).

DEFENSIVE BACK (4 selections):

Roy Williams, Oklahoma (19)
Terence Newman, Kansas State (16)
Derrick Strait, Oklahoma (10)
Michael Huff, Texas (8)

Also receiving votes: Aqib Talib, Kansas (7); Mike Brown, Nebraska (4); Ralph Brown, Nebraska (3); Aaron Ross, Texas (2); Earl Thomas, Texas (2); Nathan Vasher, Texas (2); Chris Canty, Kansas State (1); Ellis Hobbs, Iowa State (1); Quentin Jammer, Texas (1); R.W. McQuarters, Oklahoma State (1); Mike Minter, Nebraska (1); Dwayne Slay, Texas Tech (1); Jason Webster, Texas A&M (1).

PUNTER (1 selection):

Daniel Sepulveda, Baylor (15)

Also receiving votes: Shane Lechler, Texas A&M (5).

TOP OFFENSIVE PLAYER:

Vince Young, Texas (10)

Also receiving votes: Ricky Williams, Texas (7); Colt McCoy, Texas (2); Sam Bradford, Oklahoma (1).

TOP DEFENSIVE PLAYER:

Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska (16)

Also receiving votes: Roy Williams, Oklahoma (2); Derrick Strait, Oklahoma (1); Grant Wistrom, Nebraska, (1).

TOP COACH: Bob Stoops, Oklahoma (18)

Also receiving votes: Mack Brown, Texas (1); Bill Snyder, Kansas State (1).

Hornets are as good as advertised

The Booker T. Washington Hornets football team has been dominant in the 2010 season and plenty of that has to do with first year head coach Darrell Hall.

Booker T Head Coach Darrell Hall

The Hornets and the Guthrie BlueJays will meet up Friday night for the right to play in the state championship game next week. Game time is set for 7:30, inside Pioneer Stadium, at Stillwater High School. The game can be heard on Triple Play Sports Radio (105.1 Fm, 1020 AM, 1580 AM) and streaming world-wide at Guthrie Sports Page.

The Guthrie – Booker T winner will play either Tulsa East Central or Lawton MacArthur, who play Friday night in Norman, in the 5A state title game next week at OSU’s Boone Pickens Stadium.

 The Hornets brought in head coach Darrel Hall, who coached Star Spencer to the Class 4A state championship last season, in late March. Hall was named the 2009 Oklahoma Football Coaches Association Coach of the Year.

Booker T (11-1) has shut-out seven of their last nine opponents, including their two playoff opponents on their home turf; Claremore (43-0) and Deer Creek (23-0). The Hornets are quick, aggressive, and very fundamental especially the front seven.

The Hornets defense is anchored up front by four-year starter nose guard Dillion O’Carroll (6’3, 280). O’Carroll goes hard each play and often finds himself in opponents backfield. O’Carroll has 45 tackles and five sacks on the year, but does a great job of clogging up the middle.

Domonique Alexander (6’1, 195) leads the team with 11 sacks from his defensive end position. The sophomore has 77 tackles and will be a name to remember come signing day in a few years. The Hornets other end is senior Kiondre Martin (5’10, 165) who has piled on nine sacks and 59 tackles.

The middle of the defense is controlled by senior Derrik Alexander (6’3, 240). Alexander is a physical back, who will sneak up to the line of scrimmage when they go away from their base defense. Alexander is the team’s leading tackler with 128 to go with two sacks.

Fellow linebacker Jarvis Hinson (5’11, 200) is second on the team with 118 tackles and four sacks. The third linebacker, Mike Evans (5’9, 170), is just a sophomore, but does have 89 tackles.

Derrick Alexander is considering Tulsa and Air Force.

Controlling the secondary is senior safety Dante Barnett (6’1, 175) with his five interceptions and 90 tackles. Corner back Tre Jones (5’9, 165) has four interceptions and returned one for a touchdown.

The Hornet defense has seen a pass happy McAlester offense and a run happy Deer Creek team this season. Guthrie will be the most balance team the Hornets will have faced. Entering the game, the Hornets are allowing 8.5 points a game while the offense averages 34.3 points a contest.

The Hornet’soffense will showcase two talented quarterbacks, a stand-out running back, and a quick Division I wide receiver.

Jordy Albert hass 11 TD passes this season

Senior quarterbacks Jordy Albert (6’2, 215) and Dominique Sells (6’2, 185) will each take snaps. Albert, who is a Bishop Kelley transfer from a season ago, has completed 44 of 77 passes for 586 yards with 11 passing scores to go with three interceptions. Albert has battled a hand injury this season and was forced to miss the first round of the playoffs.

Sells has completed 55 of 104 pass attempts for 814 yards and is at his best when passing on the run. The quarterbacks will look down field for their two favorite targets in seniors Tyler Lockett (5’11, 165) and Barnett.

Lockett, who will play next season at Kansas State, leads the team with 34 receptions for 607 yards and 10 TD grabs. Barnett has brought in 28 catches (seven for scores) and 342 yards.

Tyler Lockett has 34 catches on the season.

With a two-head monster at quarterback, tight end, and wide receiver, the Hornets will attack the run game with two players as well in senior Isaac Bennett (6’0, 190) and junior Dalshawn McFayden (6’0, 185).

Bennett, who missed week one of the playoffs with an ankle injury and had to leave last week’s game in the second half, has 10 touchdown runs and averages just under 10-yards a rush. On the season, he has 103 rushes for 962 yards.

McFayden has similar numbers with 104 rushes and 612 yards to go with seven scores.

Up front in the trenches, the Hornets average out 6’1 and 229 pounds and excel at run blocking.

The Hornets offense will be working against a BlueJay defense that is allowing just 36 yards rushing a game and 132 total yards. In the current nine game winning streak for Guthrie, they are allowing just 5.5 points a game.

The 2008 Kick: was it good?

On a bright, sunny day, in Tulsa, the Booker T. Washington Hornets out lasted the Jays 34-27 in triple overtime in the 2008 quarter finals. The Hornets went on to win the 2008 state championship. The Hornets never held a lead into the first overtime, but the Jays thought they had the game won before that.

Then junior Hank Hudson’s 32-yard field goal was ruled no good near the left upright with two seconds left in regulation, despite players and coaches from both sides believing the ball had gone through the up-rights with their immediate reactions.

By rule: the entire football must go between the uprights.

Good or No Good?
Thanks to Gary Hurren for this video taken from the visitor’s side.

Devonte McCully coming into his own

Guthrie head coach Rafe Watkins and receivers coach Ric Meshew was hoping the light switch would be turn on in senior Devonte McCully. Not only was it flipped on, but he continues to glow and glow.

McCully’s Guthrie career started out slowly, but this season his numbers continue to rise. Entering the Class 5A state semi’s with Booker T. Washington Friday night, McCully has 35 catches for 678 yards and 10 touchdowns. His 10 touchdowns is third best in Class 5A.

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Guthrie’s history in state semi-final games

Guthrie is playing in their fourth state semi-final game in the past five seasons and sixth overall since 2002. The Jays are 2-2 in those games and with a win will play in their third state championship game since 2002.

Overall, the Jays are 1-1 when playing in the City of Stillwater.

State Semi-Final History Since 2002:
2002	Chickasha	Won 23-20	OU – Norman
2006	Lawton MacArthur	Lost 12-14	OU – Norman
2007	T. East Central	Won 45-14	Putnam City Stadium
2009	Bixby	Lost 27-20	Pioneer Stadium – Stillwater