Hall of Fame football coach Barry Foster dies
Barry Foster, an Oklahoma Coaches Association Hall of Fame football coach who spent time across multiple stops in southwest Oklahoma, Foster died
Saturday due to complications from COVID-19. He was 59.
Foster is most known for his 24 seasons at Rush Springs, including three as head coach, but he also had stops in Cache, Duncan and Marlow. He served as president of the Oklahoma Coaches Association from 2004-05, and he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2018. He was also president of the Football Coaches Association.
Foster's family asks in lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Oklahoma Coaches Association in his name. His memorial service will be a private family gathering on at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24. The service will be streamed on Facebook Live for friends to view.
There will be a celebration of Foster' s life on May 9, 2021, his 60th birthday. More details will be announced in the coming months.
Carl Albert's Harris commits to OU as preferred walk-on
One of the most decorated quarterbacks in state history is staying close to home to play college football.
Carl Albert senior Ben Harris announced Tuesday night he was verbally committing to OUt ob ea preferred walk-on.
Harris is one of the most successful high school quarterbacks in state history. He was 52-2 as astarte rand led Carl Albert to four consecutive Class 5 A state championships. The Titans have won five straight overall.
As a senior, Harris completed 169 of 251 passes for 2,215 yards and 22 touchdowns to seven interceptions. He also rushed for 571 yards and five scores.
Harris rushed for more yards this season than his first three combined.
He was the key cog in Carl Albert's offense this season, using his arm and legs to make plays every game. In the state championship game last month, Harris completed 17 of 21 passes for 195 yards and a touchdown while rushing for 80 yards on 18 carries and a score.
Young, Garrison lead Del City boys past Midwest City
Brandon Garrison wasn't worried about Midwest City's full-court press.
Hoping to not lose the momentum they had gained, the Bombers tried to slow down the Del City with a trap defense. But the Eagles were unfazed with the added pressure and quickly made a pass to Garrison who had slipped through the defense
All alone on the opposite end, Garrison reared back and threw down a powerful one-handed slam that set the crowd inside the John Smith field house into a frenzy.
Garrison's dunk sealed Del City's hard- f ought 84- 75 win over Midwest City on Tuesday night. Midwest City went on a big run in the fourth quarter to close the gap but Keyondre Young,
Garrison and the rest of the Eagles found their rhythm to push past the Bombers in the fourth quarter.
“These type of games, your kids kind of lose a little adrenaline because they're so excited about the game and I told them about that at halftime,” Del City coach Lenny Hatchett said. “I thought we finally settled down a little bit in that second half and our shape started coming into play and we made some stops when we needed.”
Midwest City girls down Del City with flurry of 3-pointers
LaTasha Mitchell received the pass and let the 3-pointer fly from the left-wing. As the ball dropped through the cylinder, the Bombers bench stood and emphatically clapped as another 3-pointer had fallen.
After making just one 3-pointer in the first quarter as a team, the Bombers put in eight 3- pointer sin the second half to go on a big third-quarter surge that proved to be too much for Del City to overcome.
Midwest City bested Del City 62-39 at the John Smith gymnasium on Tuesday night. Myracle Washington finished with 19 points after knocking down five
3-pointers. Kennedi Grant followed her with 12 total points.
“We started to trust each other again,” Midwest City coach Megan Maloy said. “In the first half, we rushed a lot of shots and that's not our style of play. And so we finally started slowing down and took a deep breath at halftime and t hen started trusting in each other.”
With the win, No .8 Midwest City improves to 8-3 on the season.
OU signee Cortes tallies career-high 46 points
It wasn' t long ago many scouts and recruiters doubted whether Bijan Cortes could score from beyond the arc.
It's safe to say they were wrong.
The senior guard at Kingfisher tallied a careerhigh 46 points, helping the Class 4 A top-ranked Yellow jackets to a 91-52 win at No .14 Blanc hard. Cortes, who signed with OU in November, made 16 of his 31 shots, including 11 of 22 on 3-pointers. He also finished with seven assists, six rebounds and four steals.