In 20 Class 6AI football games played between Tulsa-area teams and OKC-area teams this season, the Tulsa team won 17 times.
In nine of those games, the Tulsa team scored at least 50 points. His final margin of eight victories in Tulsa was at least 41 points.
6AI’s most obvious example of the haves and have-nots: Jenks defeated Southmoor 90-9 and top-ranked Bixby defeated Westmoor 73-6 in this weekend’s games. , the Union defeated Edmund Santa Fe, 62-21.
The 6AI schools in the Tulsa area are Bixby (first year in this classification), Union, Jenks, Owasso, and Broken Arrow. The Oklahoma City area includes Mustang and Yukon, three schools in Moore (Moore, West Moore and South Moore), three schools in Edmond (Memorial, Santa Fe and North) and two schools in Norman (Norman and Norman North). Enid is 6AI’s only non-metropolitan school.
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Tulsa’s dominance this season is business as usual.
From 1996 to 2021, every championship in the state’s largest classification was won by the Tulsa Area Program. The Tulsa team owns both classes when 16, the largest since the 6A split in 2014, placed him in 6AI and the next 16 in 6AII. Since 6AII came out, Bixby has won his seven titles and Booker T. Washington has won his one.
It looks like we’ll have a champion of change in this season of 6AII. Stillwater prevails.
At 6AI, Bixby has a 57-game winning streak. Unions are powerful. There are no other teams in the championship conversation.
The 1995 Midwest City Bombers were the last football team outside the Tulsa area to reign in the state’s largest class.
In my meeting with Mark Rodgers on Saturday, this is what I wanted to know: How sick are OKC area coaches about the year-over-year dominance of Tulsa schools?
“Honestly, I don’t hear a lot of complaints here. I think everyone feels they have to do better,” says Rogers, publisher of the Norman-based VYPE Oklahoma magazine. said. “(Mustang coach) Lee Blankenship knows what’s going on in Tulsa and he’s[trying to replicate it].”
Rodgers Credentials: Since 1995, he has been involved in publishing Oklahoma prep preview magazines. He is the radio host for Oklahoma City Sports His Animal and spends a lot of time playing high school football. Rodgers will also provide commentary during his live stream of Skordle’s Oklahoma prep game.
As a three-sport athlete at Blackwell High School, located 60 miles north of Stillwater, Rogers was a tight end in the sophomore year, leading the line for the 1985 Blackwell football team that won the program’s first district title since 1959. was a backer. Title since Maroon.
On opening night, the Spartans set the bar at 35 points as Bixby beat Owasso 49-14. In his 21 games with six AI teams this season, the final margin of victory was at least 35 points. In his 12 of his 21 games, the winner has scored 60 or more points in total.
In the Tulsa vs. OKC dynamic, the three victories recorded by teams in the OKC area were Norman North’s 57–50 overtime victory over Broken Arrow and a 10-point win at Allan Trimble Stadium ( Jenks has only lost 19 times before). 35 seasons). There was also his 27-17 win for the Mustangs over Owasso.
“Overall, I think[Tulsa-OKC]has less imbalance,” said Rogers. “I think the average team here is a little closer, but nobody’s on Bixby’s level.
“Are there better players in Tulsa? Yes. They also tend to move around more. There are more transfers than Oklahoma City. and Norman North defeated Jenks this year.
Ultimately, Rodgers added, “I think everyone is chasing Bixby.”
6AI’s schedule next weekend includes undefeated Bixby visiting the four-defeated Moore Lions, Union hosting the four-defeated Edmund Memorial Bulldogs, and Owasso traveling to Edmond Santa Fe.
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