Oklahoma
Oklahoma high school basketball scoreboard: Schedule, scores, stats for Friday, Feb. 21
Regional and district playoffs are underway for Oklahoma high school basketball Classes 4A, 3A, 2A, A and B. Here is Friday’s schedule and results.
Friday’s Oklahoma high school basketball scores
Friday’s Oklahoma high school basketball regional playoff games
Class 2A
Note: Loser bracket girls play at 1 p.m.; boys at 2:30. Winners bracket girls play at 6 p.m.; boys at 7:30.
AREA I
Winners Bracket
Morrison vs. Fairview
Tonkawa vs. Hooker
Wyandotte vs. Fairland
Nowata vs. Okemah
Oklahoma Bible vs. Fairview (girls)
Newkirk vs. Hooker (girls)
Pawhuska vs. Fairland (girls)
Caney Valley vs. Okemah (girls)
Losers Bracket
Sayre, bye
Newkirk 67, Watonga 65
Pawhuska vs. Quapaw
Caney Valley vs. Haskell
Sayre 41, Morrison 30 (girls)
Watonga 35, Tonkawa 23 (girls)
Wyandotte vs. Quapaw (girls)
Nowata vs. Haskell (girls)
AREA II
Winners Bracket
Hobart vs. Riverside
Frederick vs. Crescent
Colbert vs. Hartshorne
Elmore City vs. Vanoss
Hobart vs. Riverside (girls)
Merritt vs. Hinton (girls)
Tushka vs. Hartshorne (girls)
Wilson vs. Vanoss (girls)
Losers Bracket
Mangum 63, Walters 29
Hinton 45, Merritt 32
Tushka 61, Coalgate 58, OT
Wilson 65, Dibble 49
Walters 41, Mangum 38 (girls)
Frederick 56, Crescent 53, OT (girls)
Colbert vs. Coalgate (girls)
Dibble, bye (girls)
AREA III
Winners Bracket
Wynnewood vs. Christian Heritage
Rejoice Christian vs. Howe
Central Sallisaw vs. Oktaha
Pawnee vs. Dale
Calera vs. Christian Heritage (girls)
Rejoice Christian vs. Howe (girls)
Central Sallisaw vs. Oktaha (girls)
Pawnee vs. Dale (girls)
Losers Bracket
Calera 47, Konawa 31
Wilburton 56, Chouteau 41
Oklahoma Union 46, Hulbert 31
Meeker 61, Mounds 54
Wynnewood 36, Konawa 34 (girls)
Chouteau 49, Wilburton 26 (girls)
Hulbert 60, Oklahoma Union 34 (girls)
Meeker vs. Mounds (girls)
AREA IV
Winners Bracket
Pocola vs. Talihina
Panama vs. Ketchum
Preston vs. Latta
Luther vs. Cashion
Pocola vs. Talihina (girls)
Panama vs. Chelsea (girls)
Stratford vs. Latta (girls)
Minco vs. Cashion (girls)
Losers Bracket
Warner 60, Vian 52
Chelsea 83, Colcord 76
Wewoka 69, Stratford 43
Stroud 60, Minco 47
Warner 63, Vian 37 (girls)
Colcord 38, Ketchum 17 (girls)
Wewoka 49, Preston 45 (girls)
Stroud 43, Luther 13 (girls)
Class A
Note: Loser bracket girls play at 1 p.m.; boys at 2:30. Winners bracket girls play at 6 p.m.; boys at 7:30.
AREA I
Winners Bracket
Okarche vs. Garber
Drummond vs. Pond Creek-Hunter
Liberty vs. Red Oak
Summit Christian vs. Ripley
Okarche vs. Garber (girls)
Mooreland vs. Seiling (girls)
Cave Springs vs. Red Oak (girls)
Porter vs. Ripley (girls)
Losers Bracket
Woodland 68, Cherokee 59
Mooreland 51, Laverne 44
Cameron 54, Afton 43
Wesleyan Christian 49, Yale 47
Cherokee 34, Glencoe 25 (girls)
Laverne 52, Drummond 40 (girls)
Afton 34, Webbers Falls 31 (girls)
Summit Christian 32, Barnsdall 24 (girls)
AREA II
Winners Bracket
Sterling vs. Hydro-Eakly
Caddo vs. Central Marlow
Binger-Oney vs. Verden
Oklahoma Christian School vs. Amber-Pocasset
Sterling vs. Alex (girls)
Caddo vs. Navajo (girls)
Empire vs. Turner (girls)
Thomas vs. Amber-Pocasset (girls)
Losers Bracket
Carnegie 49, Fletcher 44
Hollis 45, Rock Creek 43
Empire 67, Turner 41
Thomas 61, Ninnekah 40
Hydro-Eakly 49, Healdton 46 (girls)
Hollis 53, Rock Creek 51 (girls)
Binger-Oney 45, Verden 35 (girls)
Union City 48, Coyle 27 (girls)
AREA III
Winners Bracket
Allen vs. Weleetka
Riverfield vs. Rattan
Crowder vs. Wright City
Velma-Alma vs. Cyril
Allen vs. Weleetka (girls)
Wellston vs. Rattan (girls)
Crowder vs. Wright City (girls)
Ringling vs. Cyril (girls)
Losers Bracket
Porum 47, Keota 28
Wetumka 63, Wister 61
Savanna 49, Haworth 40
Stonewall 84, Wayne 75
Porum 35, Clayton 30 (girls)
Wetumka 54, Wister 53 (girls)
Canadian 28, Savanna 25 (girls)
Stonewall 41, Wayne 34 (girls)
AREA IV
Winners Bracket
Waukomis vs. Dewar
Okay vs. Gore
Texhoma vs. SW Covenant
The Academy vs. Canute
Waukomis vs. Dewar (girls)
Okay vs. Quinton (girls)
Turpin vs. Cheyenne/Reydon (girls)
Apache vs. Canute (girls)
Losers Bracket
Hominy 62, Depew 40
Regent Prep 71, Quinton 35
Turpin 43, Cheyenne/Reydon 37
Apache 36, Arapaho-Butler 32
Hominy 53, Drumright 29 (girls)
Davenport 51, Regent Prep 29 (girls)
SW Covenant 43, Texhoma 35 (girls)
Arapaho-Butler 62, The Academy 38 (girls)
Class B
Note: Loser bracket girls play at 1 p.m.; boys at 2:30. Winners bracket girls play at 6 p.m.; boys at 7:30.
AREA I
Winners Bracket
Lomega vs. Calumet
Copan vs. DC-Lamont
Leedey vs. Vici
Arnett vs. Frontier
Lomega vs. Prue (girls)
South Coffeyville vs. Medford (girls)
Leedey vs. Timberlake (girls)
Arnett vs. Frontier (girls)
Losers Bracket
Cimarron 67, Covington-Douglas 60
Medford 69, Bluejacket 28
Kremlin-Hillsdale 52, Timberlake 47
Felt/Yarbrough 59, Billings 46
Calumet 61, Mulhall-Orlando 39 (girls)
Shidler 47, Welch 38 (girls)
Kremlin-Hillsdale 60, Vici 24 (girls)
Hillsdale Christian 48, Beaver 43 (girls)
AREA II
Winners Bracket
Sentinel vs. Boise City
Fort Cobb-Broxton vs. Hammon
Granite vs. Erick
Duke vs. Big Pasture
Canton vs. Balko/Forgan (girls)
Fort Cobb-Broxton vs. Hammon (girls)
Granite vs. Mt. View-Gotebo (girls)
Geronimo vs. Chattanooga (girls)
Losers Bracket
Balko/Forgan 59, Waynoka 30
Sweetwater 51, Corn Bible 40
Blair 63, Mt. View-Gotebo 35
Chattanooga 69, Ryan 42
Boise City 42, Waynoka 39 (girls)
Corn Bible vs. Taloga (girls)
Tipton 54, Fox 40 (girls)
Grandfield 46, Ryan 43 (girls)
AREA III
Winners Bracket
Mill Creek vs. Stuart
Bennington vs. Kiowa
Smithville vs. Asher
Paden vs. Braggs
Achille vs. Stringtown (girls)
Maysville vs. Kiowa (girls)
Smithville vs. Asher (girls)
Buffalo Valley vs. McCurtain (girls)
Losers Bracket
Achille vs. Caney
Boswell 63, Springer 38
Eagletown 76, Moss 44
Legacy Christian 59, Schulter 51
Thackerville vs. Caney (girls)
Soper 37, Bennington 27 (girls)
Moss 54, LeFlore 34 (girls)
Paden 65, Schulter 33 (girls)
AREA IV
Winners Bracket
Dover vs. Carney
Wilson (Henryetta) vs. Sasakwa
Battiest vs. Moyers
Tupelo vs. Varnum
Dover vs. Lookeba-Sickles (girls)
Wilson (Henryetta) vs. Earlsboro (girls)
Whitesboro vs. Moyers (girls)
Pittsburgh vs. Varnum (girls)
Losers Bracket
Strother 52, Geary 48
Earlsboro 61, Haileyville 30
Whitesboro 44, Calvin 41
Pittsburg 73, Bowlegs 43
Strother 64, Geary 40 (girls)
Sasakwa 51, Midway 44 (girls)
Kinta 51, New Lima 25 (girls)
Roff 41, Macomb 38 (girls)
Friday’s Oklahoma high school basketball district playoff games
Class 4A
Note: Girls play at 6 p.m.; boys at 8.
AREA I
Mannford at Cushing
Woodward at Elk City
Catoosa, bye
Jay at Grove
Mannford at Cushing (girls)
Woodward at Elk City (girls)
Catoosa at Vinita (girls)
Jay at Grove (girls)
AREA II
Chickasha at Bridge Creek
Purcell at Ada
Sulphur vs. Pauls Valley at Lone Grove
Plainview at Ardmore
Chickasha at Bridge Creek (girls)
Purcell at Ada (girls)
Pauls Valley at Lone Grove (girls)
Plainview at Ardmore (girls)
AREA III
Stigler at Muldrow
Poteau at Broken Bow
Skiatook at Glenpool
Tecumseh at Eufaula
Stigler at Muldrow (girls)
Poteau at Broken Bow (girls)
Skiatook at Glenpool (girls)
Tecumseh at Eufaula (girls)
AREA IV
Harding Arts at Blanchard
Harrah at Oklahoma Christian School
Holland Hall at Tulsa McLain
Victory Christian vs. Verdigris at Lincoln Chr.
Harding Arts at Blanchard (girls)
Harrah, bye (girls)
Holland Hall at Tulsa McLain (girls)
Victory Christian at Lincoln Christian
Class 3A
AREA I
Star Spencer at Heritage Hall
Casady at Chisholm
Blackwell at Hennessey
Lindsay, bye
Star Spencer at Heritage Hall (girls)
Casady at Chisholm (girls)
Blackwell at Hennessey (girls)
Crossings at Lindsay (girls)
AREA II
Davis at Marlow
Atoka at Tishomingo
Beggs at Chandler
Silo at Dickson
Davis at Marlow (girls)
Atoka at Tishomingo (girls)
Beggs at Chandler (girls)
Silo at Dickson (girls)
AREA III
Tulsa Dove Science at Henryetta
Salina at Kansas
Checotah at Kiefer
Hugo at Valliant
Metro Christian at Henryetta (girls)
Salina at Kansas (girls)
Kiefer, bye (girls)
Hugo at Valliant (girls)
AREA IV
Westville at Kellyville
Dewey at Commerce
Okmulgee at Keys (Park Hill)
Little Axe at Holdenville
Westville at Kellyville (girls)
Dewey at Commerce (girls)
Okmulgee at Keys (Park Hill) (girls)
Little Axe at Holdenville (girls)
NORMAN — The Oklahoma Sooners liked their wide receiver room a year ago. They want 2026 to be even better.
Isaiah Sategna’s return helps that desire. Earning experienced pass catchers Trell Harris and Parker Livingstone via the transfer portal gives you added play makers. But after the Sooners Spring Game on Saturday, an unlikely hero emerged.
When Jahsiear Rogers flipped from Penn State to Oklahoma last December, he drew the usual excitement that comes with a new commitment. But few expected him to climb the depth chart this quickly, even with the injuries that hit Emmett Jones’ room.
Rogers did just that and more on Saturday. He led all pass catchers with five receptions for 70 yards in Oklahoma’s annual Red/White game.
“I knew it was time to showcase,” Rogers said after the game. “It was amazing to see the fans and get used to the OU way. I’m a playmaker. They really want to put the ball in playmakers hands. I pretty much knew I had to lead the white team.”
Rogers got the ball rolling early. On the second offensive play for the white team, backup quarterback Whitt Newbauer rolled to his right wide, then stopped and looked towards the middle of the field where he saw Rogers running open. Newbauer connected with Rogers for a 39-yard gain.
Sign up to our free newsletter and follow us on Facebook and X for the latest news.
With Rogers on the white team, he is running against (most of) Oklahoma’s starting defense. As fate would have it, on that 39-yard reception, Rogers beat his favorite teammate to compete against — Reggie Powers.
“He is just a leader, good guy,” Rogers said of Powers. “Me and him go after it every day in practice. Reggie is strong. When I come at him, I have to really come at him.”
Rogers’ big play over Powers was the second-longest catch of the spring game — Sategna’s 50-yard reception that appeared to be a touchdown before coaches pulled it back to set up a red-zone rep. The other four catches weren’t flashy, but they were important in their own way, and Rogers looked like he belonged on the field.
“I love it. As long as I can get the ball, I can be me. I love it,” Rogers said. “When I am on the field, I am ready to go. I am ready to be a playmaker.”
The season is still months away, and Rogers hasn’t earned a spot high on the depth chart yet. A strong spring and an encouraging Red/White Game can only lead to early playing time if he carries that momentum into summer and fall camp.
More experienced players will return from injury and receivers who’ve been in the program for a few years will have an extra leg-up.
But Rogers is taking everything in stride and leaving no stone unturned in his development.
“Just learning from the older guys,” Rogers said. “Manny Choice, Isaiah Sategna, Trell Harris, Mackenzie Alleyne. Really all of them. We lean on each other, learn from each other. That is kind of how our room is.”
Follow
The Oklahoma baseball team is back in the mix and trending upward.
After a rough few weeks in Southeastern Conference play, the 14th-ranked Sooners have won three of their last four games to get to .500 at just beyond the halfway point of the league slate. Friday’s 9-6 win over Missouri allowed Oklahoma to move to 8-8, tied with three other teams for eighth in the standings.
Friday’s win wasn’t truly that close, even. OU took a 9-3 lead into the ninth before Mizzou made it somewhat interesting with three runs in the frame. Two of them came with two outs, though, and Mason Bixby induced a groundout with the bases empty to hold on.
The large edge came via a home run-happy night. The Sooners popped four over the wall at Kimrey Family Stadium, including three in a four-run seventh inning that gave OU a four-run lead.
Jason Walk, who hit one of the four homers, had the best day at the plate. He went 2 for 5 with the shot, three RBIs and a run. Camden Johnson, who also homered, went 2 for 3 with a walk, a double and two runs, and Dasan Harris went 2 for 4 with a home run, two RBIs, and three runs. Trey Gambill hit the Sooners’ other jack.
Oklahoma jumped out to a four-run lead in the second behind four hits and a walk. Missouri helped the Sooners out with an error that resulted in a bases-loaded situation and three unearned runs registered to Tigers starter Josh McDevitt.
The runs were more than enough for Oklahoma’s LJ Mercurius, who pitched six strong innings, giving up three runs on six hits with no walks and nine strikeouts.
Game 2 in the series is set for 4 p.m. Saturday and the finale will be played Sunday at 2 p.m., weather permitting.
Just miles off Route 66 in Rogers County stands one of Oklahoma’s most unusual roadside attractions: a 90-foot concrete totem pole built largely by one man over more than a decade.
Ed Galloway’s Totem Pole Park is home to what is widely described as the world’s largest concrete totem pole, created by Oklahoma folk artist Nathan Edward Galloway during his retirement years.
The park sits near Chelsea and continues to draw visitors traveling Oklahoma’s stretch of Route 66.
A project decades in the making
Credit: Rogers County Historical Society
According to the National Park Service, Nathan Edward Galloway was born in 1880 in Springfield, Missouri. He later worked as a manual arts teacher at Sand Springs Home before retiring in 1937 to property near present-day Chelsea in Rogers County.
After retiring, Galloway began building what would become Totem Pole Park. Using concrete, steel rebar, wood, and red sandstone, he created a series of colorful, highly decorated totems and structures across the property.
Atlas Obscura reports that Galloway began construction in 1938 with the goal of building durable totem poles from sturdy materials, and he surrounded his land with tapered concrete monuments and decorative features.
Between 1937 and 1948, Galloway constructed the park’s centerpiece: a 90-foot-tall totem pole carved with bas-relief designs. Travel Oklahoma describes it as a Route 66 icon and a state landmark.
Eleven years and 90 feet of concrete
Credit: Rogers County Historical Society
The main totem took roughly 11 years to complete, according to Atlas Obscura. The structure is made of red sandstone framed with steel and wood, then covered with a thick concrete exterior.
The tower features more than 200 carved images, including representations of birds and Native American figures facing the four cardinal directions. Near the top are four nine-foot figures representing different tribes.
Galloway’s version differs from traditional totem poles of the Pacific Northwest, which are generally carved from red cedar.
The structure rises from the back of a large, three-dimensional turtle. The turtle base was carved from a broad sandstone outcrop on the site and painted in bright colors.
The totem is hollow and rises about nine stories, with the ground level measuring about nine feet in diameter. Inside, plastered walls feature painted murals of mountain-and-lake scenes and bird totems, along with Native American shields and arrow points. At the top, the cone is open to the sky.
Picnic tables supported by small concrete totems, a totem barbecue fireplace, and gate structures designed to resemble fish fill the park grounds.
The Fiddle House
Credit: Rogers County Historical Society
Beyond the towering pole, Galloway’s artistic interests extended into music and woodworking.
An 11-sided structure known as the “Fiddle House” sits on the property and resembles a Navajo hogan, according to the National Park Service. The building houses many of Galloway’s hand-carved fiddles and other creations.
The Rogers County Historical Society says the Fiddle House Museum retains many of Galloway’s handcrafted violins and artifacts.
From neglect to restoration
Credit: Rogers County Historical Society
Galloway continued working on the park until his death in 1961. After he died, the site gradually fell into disrepair.
In 1989, the Rogers County Historical Society acquired the property. A major restoration effort took place from 1988 to 1998, with art conservators and engineers studying the structures and repairing damaged materials.
Additional repainting and preservation projects began in 2015.
Today, Totem Pole Park is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It remains open year-round with free admission and is managed by the Rogers County Historical Society.
-
Business8 minutes agoVideo: Why Your Paycheck Feels Smaller
-
Culture32 minutes agoFamous Authors’ Less Famous Books
-
Lifestyle38 minutes agoSunday Puzzle: For Mimi
-
Technology50 minutes agoThe future of local TV news has taken a Trumpian turn
-
World56 minutes agoPope Leo says remarks about world being ‘ravaged by a handful of tyrants’ were not aimed at Trump: report
-
Politics1 hour agoTrump renews bridge, power plant threat against Iran in push for deal, mocks ‘tough guy’ IRGC
-
Health1 hour agoLoneliness may be silently eroding your memory, new research reveals
-
Sports1 hour agoESPN’s Stephen A Smith hears boos from WrestleMania 42 crowd