Anthony Davis, who qualified for the state tennis tournament during all four years of his Shawnee playing stint, has been selected to the Oklahoma Coaches Association 2012 All-State squad.
Dale High School seniors Landon Coon and Asa Manship have been selected for the 2012 All-State games, and will be part of the Small East baseball team when the games are played July 24 in Tulsa.
The dust had barely settled from Dale’s 11-0 blitzkrieg of Silo in the Class 2A state championship game last Saturday when a media observer remarked that the victors would almost assuredly carry the favorites’ nod the next season.
Area golfers Kurstyn Mills of Shawnee and Jordan Humphrey of Bethel have been selected as members of the All-State east team.
Just days after watching his team’s hard work pay off, Shawnee head track coach Scott Wilkinson is both relishing the accomplishments and eagerly awaiting the next round.
Senior Anthony Davis of Shawnee concluded his high school tennis career Monday with a seventh-place finish in the No. 1 singles division of the Class 5A state tournament at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center.
The Lady Wolves are back on top.
A year after suffering a last-minute setback to Altus in the run for the Class 5A state championship, Shawnee rose to the pinnacle and captured the 2012 crown Saturday at Yukon High School.
Shawnee’s singles entrants went 1-1 Saturday to stay alive at the Class 5A state tennis tournament.
As one of four Dale seniors, Landon Coon had a vivid memory of his freshman state tournament experience against Silo.
After a shaky start Friday, top-seeded Dale snatched a 17-5 wet-weather victory at Tushka’s expense in the Class 2A state semifinals on Palmer Field at Dolese Park.
There were several postponements and alterations Friday involving state tournaments plagued by rain.
The tennis championships, being held at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center, were postponed. Play will resume at 8 a.m. today and will be completed Monday.
Rainy, inclement weather put some bumps in the first day of the Class 5A girls’ state track championship at Yukon High School.
Tecumseh’s first trip back to the state tournament in 25 years was cut short Thursday as the Savages were nipped 4-3 by Anadarko in the Class 4A quarterfinals at Shawnee High School’s Memorial Park.
Over the last part of the season, seventh-ranked Shawnee had been at its best, winning 14 of 16 games.
Dale carried a 4-1 lead out of the first inning Thursday and never looked back as the top-seeded Pirates downed Fairview, 7-4, in the Class 2A state quarterfinals at Dolese Park.
Six members of Shawnee High School’s boys’ tennis crew will vie for elite status as the Class 5A state tournament opens today at the OKC Tennis Center.
Shawnee’s girls, coming off a regional championship, will bid for a Class 5A state championship over the next two days at Yukon High School.
They’ve had to wait a long time for it, but Tecumseh’s Savages are going back to a state tournament.
One and done.
That’s the scenario faced by Shawnee and seven other Class 5A contenders entering today’s first round of the state baseball tournament at Tulsa Union High School.
Shawnee’s remarkable 2012 season run ended oh-so-close, yet oh-so-far from a Class 5A state championship.
