Hill wins honor
Tulsa Washington star Dax Hill was named Oklahoma’s Gatorade Player of the Year on Thursday.
Oklahoma’s top high school football recruit is now being recognized as the state’s best player by Gatorade.
Tulsa Washington star senior safety Dax Hill was named Oklahoma’s Gatorade Player of the Year on Thursday after leading the Hornets to the Class 6A-II state semifinals.
Hill is a 6-foot-1, 190pound five-star recruit committed to Michigan. He finished with 93 tackles — nine for a loss — and two forced fumbles this fall. He also caught 13 passes for 360 yards and seven touchdowns as a wide receiver. He also maintained a 3.43 GPA.
“Dax Hill is a real gamechanger on the field,” Sand Springs coach Dustin
Kinard said in a release. “He’s a very sure tackler and he can take away your best skill player by playing man-on defense.”
Hill joins Tulsa Washington alums Robert Meacham and Tony Brooks as recipients of the award.
The award recognizes outstanding athletic excellence, high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field.
Hill is now a finalist for the National Player of the Year Award and can give a $1,000 grant to a local or national youth sports organization of his choosing. He can also submit an essay to win one of 12 $10,000 spotlight grants for the organization of his choice.
Southwest Covenant gives CHA a hand
An unexpected trip to the Class A football finals left some administrators and parents scrambling at Christian Heritage.
CHA, which entered the playoffs unranked, made its first ever trip to a state title game as an Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association member on Thursday night, where it faced Tonkawa at Stillwater High School for the Class A championship.
The only problem, many of the CHA faithful had already pledged their time to volunteer at the Crusaders’ basketball tournament that started the same day and featured eight teams from across the state.
Fortunately, a rival school knew their predicament and asked to help out.
SW Covenant, whose boys team was participating in the tournament, sent several volunteers to man the concession stands and help feed the participating teams.
SW Covenant principal
Kevin Cobbs graduated from CHA and is the school’s former basketball coach.
“They really helped out,” CHA basketball coach Heath
Kufahl said. “It allowed everyone to get to go to the (football) game.”
CHA ended up losing the title game 21-6, but Kufahl said the atmosphere was great.
“Lots of former students came back,” he said. “It was a very neat deal for everyone.”