Dutton does it again with tournament win

 

Guthrie sophomore Bryan Dutton picked up his fourth tournament (out of five) win of the season in the Chickasha Tournament this past weekend.

The BlueJays, who are ranked seventh this week by the coaches, landed five in the finals, but could managed just fourth place overall. Class 4A’s top ranked Tuttle team captured the title and was followed by 3A’s second ranked Berryhill, and 5A’s fourth ranked Deer Creek.

Dutton’s only defeat this season came in the finals of the Duncan Tournament this season and is looking to improve on his third place state showing from a season ago.

Ryan Kitch, Devin Bilyeu, Landry Chappell, and John Davison each made the final match of their weight class, but came up short.

Next on the schedule is the Conference Duals, in Shawnee, on Tuesday, but may be canceled due to the expected winter weather storm. Stay tuned to Guthrie Sports Page for any announcements.

Chickasha Tournament results:

1st @ 140 Bryan Dutton

2nd @ 135 Ryan Kitch

2nd @ 145 Devin Bilyeu

2nd @ 215 Landry Chappell

2nd @ 285 John Davison

3rd @ 152 Dennis Murphy

4th @ 119 Austin O’Connor

4th @ 171 Michael Conner

6th @ 112 Timothy O’Connor

6th @ 140 Shane Cantrel

 

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Guthrie Winter Wonderland: Photo Gallery

 

Guthrie Winter Wonderland Photos Coming Soon. If you have a photo you would like to share please email Chris Evans at cevans@GuthrieSportsPage.com.

GHS Senior Brooke Powell takes in a little snow time.

Winter Weather: Guthrie Closings

 

Winter Weather is expected to hit the Guthrie area as early as Monday evening. Guthrie Sports Page will give you updates as soon as they come in.

Updated at 8:50 Monday: Visitation canceled at Logan County Jail.

Updated at 7:30 Monday: Guthrie Public Schools are closed on Tuesday. Activities canceled as well.

Updated at 6:40 Monday: Langston University’s main campus is closed on Tuesday.

Updated at 6:30 Monday: St. Mary’s Catholic School and activities canceled for Tuesday.

Updated at 5:30Monday: Logan County Courthouse will be closed on Tuesday.

Updated at 3:10 Monday: State employee’s for Logan County closed for non-essential personnel on Tuesday.

Updated at 1:30 Monday: The First United Methodist Church’s Annual Groundhog Dinner has been moved to Thursday, Feb. 3rd. It will still be held at the Logan County Fairgrounds and the serving times will be from 11am-1pm and 5-7pm.

Updated at 12:00 Monday: Junior High Basketball games canceled for Monday.

Updated at 12:00 Monday: Freshmen Basketball games canceled for Monday.

Back-to-back nights equals two wins

 

After 11 days off, the Guthrie wrestling squad returned back to the mat on back-to-back nights and in the process picked up two dual wins.

The winter storm on January 20th postponed the dual match with Western Heights pushing the dual back. Guthrie received three forfeits and took advantage with four falls to help secure a 50-24 win.

The following night (Thursday) the Jays traveled to Class 4A’s 11th ranked Piedmont and piled on five pins en route to a 49-16 win. The Jays are now 5-1 in dual action and are currently ranked seventh in Class 5A.

In the two duals, eight Jays were a perfect 2-0, including Timothy O’Connor (112) and Bryan Dutton (145) picking up two pins each. Ryan Kitch (135) collected a tech fall and major decision, Shane Cantrell (140) got a fall and decision, Devin Bilyeu (152) received a forfeit and picked up a decision, Dennis Murphy (160) and Landry Chappell (215) each received a forfeit and picked up pins, while John Davison (285) won by decision and pin.

Next up for the Jays is the Chickasha Tournament today and Saturday. After the tournament concludes on Saturday it will mark four stragiht days of wrestling for the BlueJays.

Guthrie vs Western Heights – January 26th

103 B. Vaquel (WH) fall Wyatt Bartels (GUT) 3:39

112 Jessica Newmoon (WH) forfeit

119 Tim O’Connor (GUT) fall M. Bussford (WH) 1:24

125 A. Garey (WH) dec. Austin O’COnnor (GUT) 4-3

130 M. Warner (WH) dec. Justin Ball (GUT) 6-2

135 Ryan Kitch (GUT) tech. fall Russell Goodgion (WH) 17-1

140 Shane Cantrel (GUT) fall C. Tate (WH) 2:21

145 Bryan Dutton (GUT) fall Opponent (WH) :38

152 Devin Bilyeu (GUT) forfeit

160 Dennis Murphy (GUT) forfeit

171 V. Opuiyp (WH) fall Travis Hudson (GUT) 4:00

189 Michael Conner (GUT) forfeit

215 Landry Chappell (GUT) fall D. Hoker (WH) 1:28

285 John Davison (GUT) dec. Tristan (WH) 5-1

Guthrie vs Piedmont – January 27th

103 R. Henry (P) forfeit

112 Tim O’Connor (G) dec. C. PArker (P) 4-2

119 Austin O’Connor (G) fall B. Gaines (P) 2:54

125 A. Hane (P) maj. dec. Camden Helm (G) 11-0

130 B. Henry (P) dec. Justin Ball (G) 4-0

135 Ryan Kitch (G) maj. dec. D. Snelgrove(P) 9-0

140 Shane Cantrel (G) dec. J. Haley(P) 13-7

145 Bryan Dutton (G) fall S. Miller (P) 2:53

152 Devin Bilyeu (G) dec. R. Pyle(P) 5-2

160 Dennis Murphy (G) fall A.J. Walker (P) 3:03

171 Travis Hudson (G) fall T. Rhodes (P) 3:42

189 H. Winkle (P) dec. Michael Conner (G) 7-1

215 Landry Chappell (G) forfeit

285 John Davison (G) fall L. Denwalt(P) 1:44

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Sweep night in the Suburban Conference; updated standings, rankings

 

A rare night in the conference with four schools sweeping the four other schools in Tuesday night action in the Suburban Conference as teams returned  back to conference play. Both Deer Creek and Chichkasha had bye nights.

In the latest coaches rankings the El Reno boys are ranked No. 9, Shawnee No. 10, Guthrie No. 13, Carl Albert No. 14, Deer Creek No. 16th, and Chickasha No. 19. In the 4A boys rankings Piedmont is No. 9 and Harrah comes in at No. 18.

In the girls 5A rankings, Shawnee remains the highest ranked at No. 4, Carl Albert 6th, Western Heights 7th, Deer Creek 12th, Guthrie 13th, and El Reno 19th. In the 4A rankings, Harrah is 6th and Piedmont is 15th.

Boys Basketball	Girls Basketball
W. Heights 80, Guthrie 65	W. Heights 60, Guthrie 27
Piedmont 51, El Reno 43	Piedmont 55, El Reno 34
Shawnee 62, Noble 37	Shawnee 62, Noble 22
Carl Albert 57, Harrah 41	Carl Albert 51, Harrah 48 OT

 

Boys Suburban Conference Standings Standings Thru January 26th
	Overall	North Record	South Record
North Division
Piedmont	6-1	4-1	2-0
Guthrie	5-2	3-2	2-0
Deer Creek	5-2	2-2	3-0
El Reno	4-4	1-4	3-0
Western Heights	2-5	2-2	0-3
South Division
Shawnee	6-2	1-2	5-0
Carl Albert	4-2	1-0	3-2
Chickasha	3-3	1-1	2-2
Harrah	2-5	0-2	2-3
Noble	0-9	0-4	0-5

 

Girls Suburban Conference Standings Standings Thru January 26th
	Overall	North Record	South Record
North Division
Piedmont	6-1	4-1	2-0
Deer Creek	5-2	3-1	2-1
Western Heights	4-3	3-1	2-1
Guthrie	3-4	2-3	1-1
El Reno	1-7	0-5	1-2
South Division
Shawnee	8-0	3-0	5-0
Carl Albert	4-2	0-1	4-1
Harrah	4-3	2-0	2-3
Noble	1-8	0-4	1-4
Chickasha	0-6	0-2	0-4

McCully commits to East Central

Guthrie’s Devonte McCully’s break-out 2010 season on the gridiron for the BlueJay football squad will now benefit him in college football.

The 6’6 wide out has given his oral commitment to play football at East Central University in Ada.

Oral commitments are non-binding. McCully will make it official Wednesday morning inside Guthrie High School, at 9:00, on national signing day.

ECU, a NCAA Division II school, was 5-6 (4-1 in the Lone Star Conference) in the 2010 season. The Tigers are coached by Tim McCarty and the wide receivers coach is Dionte’ Dean.

McCully brought in 38 catches with 10 going for touchdowns to go with 720 yards. McCully forced opponents to give him as much attention as they were giving to fellow receiver and Missouri commit Kentrell Brothers. In the 2009 season, McCully had 12-catches, 140 yards, and three scores.

McCully became Guthrie’s 32nd All-State selection in school history by the Oklahoma Coaches Association. The game that features the West vs East is July 29, with a time and site to be determined. He has also invited to play for Oklahoma in the 74th Annual Oil Bowl Classic on June 11, 2011 in Wichita Falls, Texas.

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Jays collect win on final day of Titan Classic

For the first time in several years, the Guthrie boys basketball team was riding a three game losing streak. To make it even more forgettable the Jays were 0-2 in the Titan Classic heading into the final day of play.

The Jays, who struggled for a good part of the first half, turned it on in the third quarter to get by Harvest Life 72-57. Harvest Life is a Christian school based out of Midwest City.

With the win, Guthrie is back over the .500 mark with an 8-7 record.

The Jays used multiple floor personnel throughout the entire game by playing 14 total players in which nine scored. Leading the scoring charge was Codee Gross with 19 points and Shron Parker, who got his first start, finished in double figures with 15 points.

Guthrie came out of the locker room with more intense and opened the game up with an up tempo transition offense. The result: Jays outscored the Kings 25-10 in the third. 

The tournament season is over and the BlueJays are just fine with that. In the nine tournament games, they finished 3-6 with all three wins coming on the final day on each tournament.

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Harvest Life	9	11	10	27	57
Guthrie	14	13	25	20	72

Guthrie Scoring: Codee Gross 19, Shron Parker 15, Kai Callins 9, Tim Zupo 9, JT McFadden 7, Richard Brothers 5, Chad Nash 4, Marc Allison 2, Jacob Staudt 2

Wichita shocks the Jays on Day Two

Wichita North has a sharp-shooting guard (Frankamp) and the Indians needed all of his game high 34 points to hold the Jays with a 66-62 win on day two of the Titan Classic.

The BlueJays finished with three players in double-digit scoring: Kai Callins 15, Codee Gross 13, and Kentrell Brothers 12.

Wichita North, the high school that produced all-time great Barry Sanders, jumped out to a 19-13 first quarter lead before going into the break leading 34-23.

Guthrie outscored the Indians in the second half (39-32), but fell short for the third straight game.

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Wichita North	19	15	13	19	66
Guthrie	13	10	16	23	62

Guthrie Scoring: Kai Callins 15, Codee Gross, Kentrell Brothers 12, Bailey Nichols 8, Tim Zupo 7, Shron Parker 4, JT McFadden 2, Richard Brothers 1

Split decision for Lady Jays in Miami

When they finally threw the ball in the air, the Guthrie Lady Jays had a split decision against two Tulsa Public School teams in the 66th Annual NEO High School Tournament.

The Lady Jays, who were scheduled to play three games, had their game with Grove canceled due to winter conditions. Grove did not participate in the round robin tourney due to being out of school on Thursday and Friday.

The round robin begins a new season for the Lady Jays without senior forward Allyson Chadd. Chadd learned before departing for Miami that she torn her ACL and MCL in her knee. Chadd injured the knee just 23 seconds into Guthrie’s Homecoming game on January 14th. She had averaged a near double-double with nine points and eight rebounds a game.

Guthrie began play with the 5th ranked Lady Chargers of Tulsa Memorial on the home floor of the NEO Norseman. The Chargers jumped out to a 13-7 first quarter lead before both teams managed eight points in the second quarter.

Memorial took a 21-15 halftime lead. Both teams scored 24 points in the second half.

Ashley Shields and Melinda Murillo finished with double-digit scoring for the Lady Jays with 15 and 12 respectively.

Day Two: Back on the winning track

Guthrie ended a 11-day drought of not winning a game, but that three-game losing streak came to a crashing end with a 42-24 blow-out over Tulsa McLain.

The Lady Jays are now 8-6 on the season and are back in conference action on Tuesday when they travel to Western Heights.

Sophomore guard Melinda Murillo highlighted the score book with a game high 16 points to score 28 points combined in the two game stand in Tulsa. Older sister Mikaela Murillo was next in line with eight points in the win.

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
T. Memorial	13	8	9	15	45
Guthrie	7	8	8	16	39

Guthrie Scoring: Ashley Shields 15, Melinda Murillo 12, Gracynn Smith 7, Mikaela Murillo 5

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
T. McLain	8	8	6	2	24
Guthrie	12	15	11	4	42

Guthrie Scoring: Melinda Murillo 16, Mikaela Murillo 8, Gracynn Smith 6, Ashley Shields 5, Monique King 3, Macey Brown 2, Devan Wheeler 2

MacArthur proves too much in second half

The Guthrie boys basketball team out rebounded Lawton MacArthur throughout their Friday afternoon game, but when it came down to needing one the Jays fell short.

After weather canceled day one of the Titan Classic, the games got started Friday and in the boys first game, MacArthur edged out the Jays 48-45. The Jays are now 0-3 this season on day one of tournaments.

Guthrie (7-6) will return Saturday with an 11:30 tip with Wichita North, who were defeated by Millwood 50-44. The Jays are without their head coach, Pete Papahronis, this weekend, who is with his family after the passing of his mother earlier this week.

Guthrie, who never once had a fourth quarter lead, pulled with three, 46-43, on Kentrell Brothers made lay-up and in the process was fouled with just 35 seconds remaining. Brothers missed the throw, but MacArthur turned the ball over out-of-bounds.

Eight seconds later, Richard Brothers hit a right-handed hook shot to bring the Jays within one, 46-45, with 27 seconds left. Guthrie quickly committed a foul to force the one-and-one.

The Highlanders missed the free throw, but liked they did 43 seconds earlier grabbed the rebound forcing Guthrie to once again foul. This time Mac hit both free throw to take a 3-point lead with 17 seconds remaining.

MacArthur, in a full court press, forced a Guthrie turnover, but then missed a lay-up with three seconds. Tim Zupo had a three-fourths of the floor shot, but fell well short.

Guthrie jumped out to a 12-5 lead to start the game, but Mac answered with a 10-0 run in the next 2:50 to give them their first lead. In the final 5:50 of the first half, Guthrie out scored Mac 8-4 to take a 20-19 lead into the locker room.

MacArthur’s junior play-maker, Quinton Paras, finished with a game high 16 points before fouling out. Paras had to sit the last 5:50 of the first half due to three fouls. Paras eventually fouled out with 1:42 left in the game.

Richard Brothers was the only BlueJay to score in double digits with 10.

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Lawton Mac	12	7	14	15	48
Guthrie	9	11	12	13	45

Guthrie Scoring: Richard Brothers 10, Kentrell Brothers 9, Tim Zupo 9, Codee Gross 7, Shron Parker 6, Kai Callins 4

Winter weather forcing schedules to be rearranged

The Oklahoma weather that arrived early Thursday morning has proved to play hectic with Oklahoma high school sporting events, including for Guthrie.

GHS Wrestling

The BlueJays and Jets have canceled the Junior High and varsity dual and a make-up date has not been determined yet.

Lady Jays Basketball

The Lady Jays will participate in the 66 Annual NEO High School Tournament on Friday and Saturday with their schedule opponents and times. They will not make-up the Thursday game with fifth ranked Tulsa Memorial.

Guthrie will play Friday at 6:00, in the NEO gym, against the Lady Ridgerunners of Grove and then play on Saturday, at noon, against Tulsa McLain. Saturday’s game will be played at the Miami Activity Center.

BlueJay Basketball

Guthrie, who is participating in the Titan Classic in Midwest City, will be moved to Friday, Saturday, and Monday. Times will be the same as scheduled for the first two days.

It is unknown at the time how they will schedule the games on Monday.

Guthrie will play Lawton MacArthur at 11:30 Friday morning and with a win will play at 5:30 on Saturday, but a first round loss and the Jays would play at 11:30 on Saturday.

Luckily enough, the Jays have their open date on Friday and will only be in action in the back-to-back games next week on Monday and Tuesday.

9th Grade Basketball

The freshmen, who are participating in the Harrah Basketball tournament, will now play on Friday, Saturday, and next Saturday. All game times are kept the same as scheduled.

Gym space will be occupied throughout the week, in Harrah, causing the gap in tournament play.

Junior High Basketball

The Junior High basketball teams were scheduled to play four games with Shawnee today, but they have all been canceled. The games will not be made up.

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