Team Camps

Went to the Owasso camp tonight, going to try and hit Clare more tomorrow.

Owasso: Cole Adams played well (No surprise), also #43 was a hammer on defense. Also have a WR #10 Spottwood that played well and jumped out until he went down with an apparent knee injury. Owasso just looked very good all around.

Stillwater: Gundy looked great physically and threw solid. I swear he’s grow 4 inches since last season. #8 is a new kid on the scene and huge. TE/OLB type. Their center also looked like a stud.

Sand Springs: No one jumped out. Looked down from last year.

Broken Arrow: CB #3 played well, seemed to be doing a lot of chirping. Also LT #69 played outstanding. One play in particular he lead on a pull on a toss sweep and was a freight train.

Booker T. Washington: #56 Elias Sherman was dominant all day. He has a couple D1s already and after today, he will get a lot more. Also a new CB #23 or #28, don’t remember, but he played really well. One guy told me he thinks his name is Seth White. Tease/Covington did not participate, assuming injuries.

Bentonville: No one stood out.

Union: Their QB played well. The OL looked solid overall as a unit. The McKinney kid that transferred from Booker T. Did not play from what I saw. DL Demarrio Thomas stood out. Great get off.

Was at the Owasso Team Camp. It was great but no way you could key on every snap from every team...

Union was the best looking team. Hands down. But also the loudest and most a-hole. For a program that hasn't won in a while, a coach on a semi-hot seat, you'd think they'd just work and stop the silly stuff. But alas, that's not how they operate. Not a Union fan as you can tell. One of their coaches should have gotten knocked out. Lucky for them, they're early pioneers of the "HS transfer portal" era.

Anyway, the stars for Union, IMO, were:

WR Jino Boyd
RB DJ McKinney (BTW transfer) - he definitely played (#6)
LB/ATH Braylon Irvin-Fisher
DT De'Marion Thomas
OL Jesse Jones Jr (Jenks transfer)
OL Bennett Ringleb

Other teams...

Stillwater:

Gundy looks different. Like he grew 2 or so inches quickly. Or maybe my eyes just deceive me, lol. Anyway, there is some refinement to be had but he certainly looks the part. Stillwater's defense is going to win them a lot of games this year...in fact, I think they're my favorite to win 6A2. They're nasty. I really like a kid named Trey Tuck...plays CB but his future is likely on the basketball court. Smooth athlete.

Sand Springs:

Yeah, they're down from last season. Happens when you lose a lot of Seniors...especially a 4-year starting, all-state QB - Ty Pennington. They got a QB transfer in from Kiefer named Marek Matheson but so far, not impressed. Throws a lot of ducks. If it were me, I'd start the 2026 QB named Easton Webb. This kid has a chance to be FBS-level special. He walks into HS as a 6'3 190 ish rock-solid dude with a live arm. I'd just let him grow and take his lumps. They also have a 2026 OL named Ryley Kester who's coming in at 6'3 250 already. He's starting at RT. I'd have him lean up, get in shape, and send him off the edge on D (and still play OL, I guess)....if you know anything about Sand Springs going into next season, they need help on D. Their offense will find a way to keep them in games against mostly average 6A2 teams but their D will prevent them from truly contending. Their D wasn't that good last season and from what I've seen/heard, it's worse. They don't have much at CB, Safety, LB, or DL. I do like Dom Ornelas, though, an active DL.

Bentonville:

I won't lie, I didn't pay a lot of detailed attention to them. The Arkansas-committed OL, Joey Su'a (#54), is as advertised. Earth mover. Other than that, I don't really care about an Arkansas team.

Owasso:

Cole Adams is still Cole Adams. He's going to find a way to be productive. It's just who he is. The great news for him is they have a little slot type named J'Kharri Thomas who looks better. Thomas isn't a new name to people who pay attention but he looks to have a little extra juice/gear. It's a scrimmage...so grain of salt. I just expect him to start to take off this next season. DL Tyler Rich looked good.

Broken Arrow:

For an incoming frosh/2026, really keep an eye on #5 RB Kaydin Jones, the son of Kejaun Jones. If you're a middle-aged, or older man, like myself, you know that Kejuan was a damn stud at Jenks/OU...but as good as he was, he wasn't what I'd called super explosive (okay, maybe you'd label him that way in HS). His son has another gear. Kejaun has told me that his son is faster. It might not showcase fully this year...he's so young and needs time, obviously. Other than that, Moore, the 2023 LB, is solid. BA's best player.

Booker T:

Without Micah Tease, I really didn't watch much to be honest. QB Lathan Boone is steady. I like the TE/WR/DE Demitrius Prudom. Elias Sherman was mentioned above. I agree. He's a bull.

I heard BTW got kicked out and wasn't allowed back on Friday?...something about stepping on hands. They coaching staff needs to clean up the culture a little bit IMO. They got into a lot of issues last season as well. Also, feel bad for them a little right now, they're having a tough time fielding a team and it doesn't help when a lot of talent ends up elsewhere (like McKinney to Union). I don't expect Tulsa Public Schools to care though.


--- sorry a little off-the-cuff and unorganized