Another title game slated for Shawnee

Shawnee’s Memorial Park, home to three state championship games (Class 4A, 3A and 2A) Monday, will entertain yet another title contest tonight at 6:30.
The Class 5A finale will be decided between Chickasha and Bixby.
Tulsa, not Shawnee, was originally slated to host the 5A finals. But when rain interrupted — and pushed the tournament back — the original site in Tulsa wasn’t available for play because of a scheduling conflict.
“The Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association had to look for an alternative site and we’re halfway between the schools in the east and the west,” Shawnee Athletic Director Steve Fluke said.
Shawnee’s athletic program will garner all the concession money from tonight’s game, as was the case with the 4A, 3A and 2A title showdowns.
Chickasha advanced to the finals with a 4-3 victory over McAlester Monday, while Bixby drilled Tulsa Kelley, 10-0.
Shawnee baseball fans are well acquainted with Chickasha’s Fightin’ Chicks. Chickasha defeated Shawnee in a regional tournament championship game in Chickasha to wrap up a 4-0 season against the Wolves.
Chickasha, like Shawnee a member of the Suburban Conference, captured the 2002 state championship.
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Daniel Maxwell, a Shawnee High School graduate, recently watched his son, Cooper Maxwell, capture a Class 3A high school tennis doubles championship in the state of Florida. Cooper Maxwell lives in University Park, Florida while his partner, Jackson Moore, resides in Sarasota, Fla.
Cooper Maxwell is also the grandson of longtime Shawnee residents Rev. and Mrs. James Paul Maxwell.
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Shawnee’s Trevor Mastin placed sixth in the 110-meter hurdles Saturday at the Class 5A state track meet at Ardmore’s Noble Stadium.
The News-Star inadvertently omitted Mastin’s finish in our coverage.
Shawnee’s boys and girls both placed fourth at the state meet. Tulsa East Central won both championships.

Any discussion about the history of the spring state baseball tournament has to include the phenomenal success of Asher from 1970 through 1995, the year of its last championship.
During that period, the Indians racked up 17 state titles, including five straight from 1970-74 and 1991-95. The Indians of head coach Murl Bowen also captured four straight crowns from 1979-1982.