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.

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