Man, I'm suprised these matchups were not more highly publicized. Trinity hosted this first-time series at Bedford's old Pennington Field. Games of this magnitude should have been at Cowboys Stadium. Desoto 46 Jenks 27 Trinity 21 Union 18 Next year, it will be Trinity / Jenks and Desoto / Union. And, as long as it doesn't interfere with the SOONERS, then I will darn sure be there. Boomer
I'm glad you posted the scores. I was asking some friends in Tulsa all weekend but no one could tell me
Sounds like Desoto pretty much owned Jenks, but Union game was a thriller. Here's the link to the article in the DMN: http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/hi...-late-tulsa-union-rally-in-21-18-thriller.ece BOOMER
Pennington Field is just right down the street where I live. Unfortunately, I didn't go to the game because it was on at the same time as the Sooners.
Someone should think about when the games are scheduled... Probably isnt that great for Union or Jenks to have them the week directly after their game against each other.
Or... how about not at all? Seriously... I don't see the point in out-of-state games at all unless you're actually playing for some kind of National Championship.
Screw Jerry World. Tulsa needs to build Tulsa University and the surrounding Metro Schools a place that holds 60-80,000 fans so they can attract more outdoor sporting events and Championships. If Shreveport can pull off a Bowl Game like they have for years....Tulsa should be able to build a nice outdoor neutral field rather than having to even think about Dallas or Kansas City. Same for OKC.
because it's cool to see powerhouse programs against one another? i don't really see much of a downside to these games
I think the out of state games are a bastardization of what high school sports are supposed to be about...but that horse left the barn a long time ago anyway.
I'm right there with you. I saw Miami Northwest play Southlake Carroll at SMU several years ago. Great game, great atmosphere. Boomer
I can't tell you how excited the students are to play in a big game against a team that many would never have the opportunity to play against. They are excited to see how they stack up nationally. It's meant to give the students an experience (such as Jenks being able to do their walk-through in an NFL stadium) that they normally wouldn't have. Every out of state game I've been a part of has had a great atmosphere. The kids tend to step up their game a bit against someone they don't know either.
I'm sure all of that is true, but let's not kid ourselves and pretend we're doing it for the kids. It can be portrayed as such, we're giving them an experience they otherwise wouldn't have had, etc... What we're beginning to see is we're turning our high schools into mini-colleges, and in the athtletic arenas into mini-sports machines. Unless I've missed something somewhere the opportunity to see how they "stack up nationally" is not what the high school sports experience is supposed to be about - that's more a media-driven concept. Oh well, like I said: the horse left the barn a long time ago anyway.
I agree but like you said....it is way to late to change it all unless the Oklahoma Teams start winning every year. Then the fexas teams are sure to get tired of it all and the Legislature there will probably pass a law making such events illegal unless they are guaranteed a Recruiting Championship Trophy or a Trophy that says we cheated.
As much as I'd love to see it filled on a Saturday in Tulsa, who's gonna fill it? TU would put 10K in it if they were lucky. Jenks/Union, 20K maybe? A big fat maybe? So essentially you'd build a 60-80K stadium for the bowl game you'd HOPE to get that'd be two mid majors from halfway across the country with questionably traveling fanbases. Hate to be the poop in the punchbowl, but I'd rather see more Skelly renovations/upgrades than a giant empty barn approaching the size of Owen Field.
I'm very much in favor of the concept. How many times do Oklahoma high schools get coverage in the Dallas Morning News? The message that I'm getting out of it and I hope the students do too is that Oklahoma kids can compete whether in academics or in sports. We can't afford to out-Texas Texas in building multi-million dollar high school sports stadiums and complexes and raising ad valorem taxes sky high so that our kids get the best of the best. In this case, the monster has indeed left the barn. I like the underdog in this story, though. Keep the series and competitive challenge. That's how we get better.
