Guthrie’s Kye Staley giving it another try

 

Guthrie Sports Page shared a few weeks ago about the attempted comeback by Guthrie’s Kye Staley with the Oklahoma State football program and it appears Staley is ahead of the game as the Cowboys go through spring drills.

Photo By Bryan Terry - The Oklahoman

Staley, who red-shirted in 2008, suffered one of the worse knee injuries that the Oklahoma State medical team had seen after tearing several knee ligaments during an OSU practice when he suffered a torn ACL, MCL, and meniscus when a player rolled into his knee while carrying the ball early in the 2009 season.

Staley played multiple positions in leading Guthrie to the state championship in 2007. He ran for 1,380 yards and 28 touchdowns while passing for 625 yards, and caught 10 passes for 320 yards. Staley left the Guthrie program with multiple school records.

NewsOk’s OSU beat writer Brandon Chatmon caught up with the 2008 Guthrie graduate and talks about perhaps quitting a bit too early and his progress.

Read the entire story by clicking here.

Gates home run aids Jays in win over Broncos

 

Kasey Gates will get his opportunities at the plate when teammate Hayden Seifert toes the mound and Gates took complete advantage in Choctaw on Thursday afternoon.

The BlueJays entered their game with the OKC Broncos needing a win to have a shot at the finals of the Choctaw Tournament and they got it with a 3-2 win despite being out hit 18-14.

Seifert pitched the full seven innings to stay perfect at 3-0 on the season. In his three appearances this season, the junior has allowed just four runs. In addition, Seifert was 2-for-4 with two singles in the tournament win on Thursday.

The Jays opened the game in the second inning when Gates delivered a 2-run home run that plated John Clark. The Broncos responded in the home half with a run of their own to cut the lead in half.

Both Seifert and Gates finished with a multi hit game. Gates finished 2-for-3 with the 2 RBIs.

Guthrie struck again in the fourth inning when Clark, who singled, scored on a wild pitch to give the Jays a 3-1 advantage. The Broncos scratched another run in the sixth, and threatened in their last at bat when Josh Blair delivered a 2-out double, but Guthrie retired the next batter to end the game.

The Jays improved to 13-4 overall and will play McGuinness for the final day of pool play. First pitch is set for noon.

Guthrie Bluejays at OKC Broncos Box Score

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E	L
Guthrie Bluejays	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	7	1	8
OKC Broncos	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	9	2	10

WP: Hayden Seifert (3-0), LP: Dalen Edgar,

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Bruce Weber to Oklahoma?

 

Update: Bruce Weber announced he was “committed” to Illnois mid day on Thursday. Oklahoma is now 17 days into a national search for a coach.

I remain committed to the University of Illinois,” Weber said in the statement. “I enjoyed being in the gym with our returning players and look forward to welcoming a talented recruiting class to the mix. I am fortunate to have one of the elite jobs in all of college basketball and am excited about the opportunities that lie ahead for our program.”

Original story on late Wednesday evening.

Multiple sources are reporting Illinois head basketball coach Bruce Weber will be announced as the next coach at the University of Oklahoma.

Weber responded to reports about the vacant job at Oklahoma by saying that there is “no real story,” according to a St. Louis website.

Weber has been at Illinois since 2003 and prior to that was at Southern Illnois.

The Sooners have been in search for a head coach since the March 14 firing of Jeff Capel. Capel finished with a 96-69 record in five seasons.

Choctaw tourney begins with a loss to Stillwater

 

The last time the Guthrie baseball team had two runs, four hits, one error, and left three on base, the Jays dropped a 13-2 decision to Carl Albert in the second game of the year. Would you know it, Guthrie had the same line against Stillwater and the result was a 3-2 loss.

Playing in the first day of the four-day Choctaw Tournament, Guthrie could manage just five base runners all day against Stillwater’s junior Boo Todhunter, who went the distance for the win. On the losing end was Bryan Dutton, who also pitched the distance.

The BlueJays (12-4) did not manage a runner until the fourth inning when Scott Pickle line a double. Trailing 3-0 after five innings, Guthrie’s junior first baseman Hayden Seifert roped a double to bring home Dutton and Pickle for the only runs of the game.

Stillwater (10-7) is ranked 12th in Class 6A managed runs in the first, second, and fourth innings.

The Jays will turn around and play the OKC Broncos, Thursday afternoon, at 2:30. Earlier this season, the Broncos got a 15-8 win in Stillwater.

Guthrie Bluejays at Stillwater Pioneers Box Score

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E	L
Guthrie Bluejays	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	1	3
Stillwater Pioneers	1	1	0	1	0	0	-	3	6	3	7

WP: Todhunter, LP: Bryan Dutton (2-1)

Golf facing tough competition; Jenkins records hole-in-one

 

The Guthrie High School golf team traveled to Ardmore for a two-day event between Dornick Hills and Lakeview courses for the Max Williamson Invitational this past weekend.

Guthrie’s top two scores once again proved to be Jack Klein and Brent Jenkins. Klein recorded an overall score of 158 with an 80 on Friday and 78 on Saturday. Jenkins shot a 74 and 86 for a club house 160. Bryce Sullivan recorded a 99 and 96, Brayden  Berryman 85 and 88, and Austen McCaul came in with a 94 and 93.

Casey Fernandez of McAlester was the individual champion, shooting 70 on each course for a 140 tournament.

Klein holed a shot from 105 yards out, on Friday, on the cliff hole at Dornick Hills for an eagle. Not to be out done, Jenkins had a hole-in-one on No. 4 at Dornick Hills.

“That was the first hole-in-one (in competition) for a Guthrie golfer since I have been the coach,” head coach Ric Meshew said.

The tournament fielded 24 teams comprising some of the elite 6A schools and taking the title was Jenks, who topped Ardmore 589-603. The closest 5A team to Ardmore was Chickasha, who shot a 662. Class 6A schools Norman North (622) and Ponca City (634) and 4A’s Ada (635) rounded out the top five. The Jays finished eighth overall.

In other action this week, Jameson Benson shot a 112, on Monday afternoon, and Tylor Self  recorded an  87 to finish 11th overall at Fort Cobb State Park in Anadarko. On Tuesday, it was a talented field in the  2011 Bulldog Invitational, at Kickingbird, in Edmond.

Guthrie finished 15^th of the 19 teams with a team score of 341 as the host team, Memorial, took first place by a narrow margin (285-286) over cross town rival Edmond North. The Jays were joined by private school OCS as the only non 6A schools. 

Jack Klein tied for 26th overall by shooting a 78 while Brent Jenkins came in with an 86. Other BlueJay scorers were Ethan Delno 84, Caleb Davis 101, Brayden Berryman  93, Bryce Sullivan 94, and  Caleb Davis with a 101.

Alec Heinen of Edmond North took top individual honors with a 68.

Guthrie will host the 5A preview this Friday morning at Cedar Valley with an 8 a.m. shotgun start on Augusta.

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Library seeking donations for summer

 

If you are cleaning out your closets and your bookshelves, the Guthrie Public Library might be just the place to drop off some of those well-read books.

The library is preparing for its summer reading program and says they are seeking people who are wanting to help with the programs.

Workers are accepting donations and are seeking sponsors in order to help with supplies that are needed for the summer programs.

If you are interested in helping the library, you are asked to call Samantha at the library at (405) 282-0050.

Submitted by Kim Querry on KFOR.com.

Gates helps Jays to fourth straight win

 

It is going to be a busy week for the Guthrie BlueJay baseball team and so far this week has started out with two wins.

Guthrie defeated Noble 10-2 in a 5-inning run-rule game, Tuesday evening, at Squires Field to improve to 12-3 overall and 6-2 in conference play. The Jays have now won eight games via the run-rule (eight runs after five innings).

With wins over Chickasha and Noble this week, the Jays will now take on Stillwater (Wednesday 4:30), OKC Broncos (Thursday 2;30), McGuinness (Friday 12:00), and an opponent and time to be determined on Saturday in the Choctaw Tournament. That’s correct, six games in six days.

In the Noble victory, Kasey Gates collected his first win of the season by pitching all five innings. Gates allowed just three hits and one earned run while striking out two Bears.

Bryan Dutton, Landry Chappell, and Luke Davis led the way in the batter’s box with each collecting two hits. Chappell along with Scott Pickle each collected two RBIs.

Noble Bears at Guthrie Bluejays Box Score

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E	L
Noble Bears	0	0	0	2	0			2	3	2	2
Guthrie Bluejays	3	2	2	0	3			10	9	2	8

WP: Kasey Gates (1-0), LP: Whitlock

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Brothers selected as 5A Basketball All Star

 

Guthrie senior Kentrell Brothers was on every post season football list there was in the state for his gridiron performances. He continues the post season honors, but this time in on the hard wood.

Brothers, a football commit for Missouri, was named to the Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association All Star team. The three largest classes (6A, 5A, and 4A) will split into teams and compete on June 11th at Oklahoma Baptist University.

Brothers was named Defensive Player of the Year in the Suburban Conference for the second straight year and was named to the first team all conference team.

Brothers led the BlueJay squad in scoring in both his junior and senior years with 14 points and was a key component in the Jays winning back-to-back state championships in 2008 and 2009.

Expect Brothers to be named to a few more basketball post season honors.

Class 6A/5A/4A

Kentrell Brothers, Guthrie
Dorian Williams, Douglass
Ethan Welton, Harrah
Will Davis, Elk City
Romane Jenkins, Douglass
C.J. Wells, Tulsa Memorial
Dah’Quan Royal, Tulsa Memorial
RonQuis Lewis, Putnam City
Pud Ross, Locust Grove
Nick Anderson, Ada
Seth Heckart, Woodward
Devante Moore, El Reno
Drew Craig, Tulsa Edison
Devante Wilson, Muskogee
Cortrez Colbert, Midwest City
Armon Provo, Putnam North
Kevin Hill, Tecumseh
Stephen Keese, Fort Gibson
Keith Vick, Piedmont
Trai Jordan, Southeast
Jacob Parker, Bixby
Cortrael Colbert, Midwest City
Derrick Jefferson, Tulsa Edison

Baseball takes down No. 2 Chickasha on the road

 

The Guthrie BlueJay baseball team wants to be a state tournament team come mid May and with Monday nights performance they show they can be one of those eight teams.

Guthrie traveled to Class 5A’s 2nd ranked team, in Chickasha, and pulled out a 5-4 win for their third win in a row and improve to 11-3 overall and 5-2 in the Suburban Conference.

Chickasha, who has made the last five state tournament’s, falls to 12-3 on the season and their 3-game win streak snapped.

The lone senior on the Guthrie roster, Hunter Gates, pitched five and two-thirds of an inning and came away with his second win of their year (2-0). Gates was solid for the first five innings, but found some trouble in the sixth inning when the Chicks pulled the scored within one, 5-4, with a 3-run homer.

Younger brother Kasey Gates relieved the older Gates, but was unable to record an out in two batters and forced the Jays to go to freshman shortstop Jacob Chappell for just the second time this season. Chappell delivered by recording the last four outs to collect his first save of the year and just the team’s second.

The Jays got on the score board first in the second inning when Luke Davis and Dusty Cotton started things with singles and were moved up to second and third when freshmen outfielder Donovan Jordan put down the sacrifice bunt. Davis eventually came home on a Chickasha error. Chappell followed that with a single, but Cotton was called out at the plate to conclude the inning.

Freshmen Jacob Chappell came in to collect his first varsity save.

Chickasha tied the game in the home half of the second, and the scored remained dead lock until the fifth when Guthrie scratched two more runs with Chickasha miscues’.

Bryan Dutton started the inning with a walk, Scott Pickle put down a bunt, but an error allowed Dutton to go to third and Pickle to second. Chickasha then allowed back-to-back walks to Hayden Seifert and Landry Chappell to plate Dutton. The second run came across off the bat of Davis who grounded out, but scored Pickle to give the visitors a 3-1 lead.

Guthrie struck again in the sixth with two more runs, but this time manufactured their own runs with hits by Reihs and Pickle. However, Chickasha pitching walked Seifert to bring in Reihs and then Landry Chappell grounded into a fielder choice’s that brought Dutton home.

Guthrie will be back in action when they host Noble, on Tuesday afternoon, at Squires Field. First pitch is scheduled for 5:00.

Guthrie Bluejays at Chickasha Box Score

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E	L
Guthrie Bluejays	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	5	7	1	11
Chickasha	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	4	5	2	7

WP: Hunter Gates (2-0), LP: John Mitchell, SV: Jacob Chappell (1)

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J High Tennis wins back-to-back tourney’s

 

The Guthrie Junior High Tennis teams were back in action at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center playing in the Choctaw/Nicoma Park Tournament after winning the Mustang Tournament on the same courts.

 

Front Row left to right: Casey Carey, Jillian Chappell, Ryan Robbins, Hunter Swartzbaugh & 2nd Row left to right: Victoria Sarasua, Kamber Smedley, Kayleigh Hopfer, Casey Carroll, Kaitlyn Walls, Ryan Bramlett & 3rd row left to Right: Jaden Weatherford, Hunter Moore, Erin Hartley, Kristen Walters, Madison Mize.

The end result once again was another team championship for the Lady Jays.

 

The Junior Lady Jays almost swept the tournament by winning the overall team championship trophy with No. 1 singles Jillian Chappell winning first as did No. 2 singles Kamber Smedley.

 

In doubles action, Doubles Victoria Sarasua and Ryan Robbins playing in No. 1 doubles took second, and in No. 2 doubles Kaitlyn Walls and Kayleigh Hopfer took the top place.

 

 ”I am enjoying our winning season and glad their hard work is paying off.  This is a great group of kids,” head coach Shelley Berryman said.  “Coach Jason Rice has also seen great improvement in the team.”

 

The Junior High boys had one medalist with No. 2 singles player Hunter Moore finished third while Erin Hartley took fifth at No. 1 singles. 

 

Both doubles teams placed eighth overall. No. 1 doubles consisted of Jacob Ventris and Jaden Weatherfod and the No. 2 team of Ryan Bramlett and Hunter Swartzbaugh. Other supporting the teams were Kristen Walters, Madison Mize, Casey Carroll, and Casey Carey. 

 

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