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.