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[gyokie]

You triggered my memory on players out of Lawton. Here is a partial All-Star list. Please fill in the blanks where needed. QB-Pogi(LHS,OSU),RB-Brewer(LHS,OU),RB-Wolfe(IKE,OU),WR-Perkins(LHS,OU),WR-Page(IKE,MIAMI),TE-BASS(LHS,MLB,devastating blocker),OL-Shields(LHS,NEB,NFL),Melendez(LHS,OU),OL-Kinney(IKE,recruted byOU-academics),Johnson(IKE,COL),DL-Chase(IKE,OU,NFL),Gardner(LHS,Baylor,NFL),Birdine( IKE,OU),Brown(MAC,OU),LB-Madden(IKE,NAVY QB,turned down Neb to play QB),DB-Minter(LHS,NEB,NFL),DB-Trapp(LHS,CLEMSON,NFL),DB-Powers(LHS,OU,NFL),DB-Lusby(MAC,ARK,NFL). OTHERS----Austin-DB(IKE-TENN),Pollard-DB(IKE.offered by OU,academics),Mcfadden-RB(IKE,USC,legal problems),Thomas-QB/WR(IKE,OSU,legal problems),Alexander-RB/DB(LHS,OSU),Thompson(LHS,OU,legal problems),Douglas-QB(LHS,OU,broke leg in All-State game and never recovered.). I know someone in ADA or Eufaula and especialy Jenks or MWC might beat this list. Give it your best shot. P.S.--I forgot one of my favorite players--Eddie Hinton-WR(LHS,OU).

[oupride]

Excellent post.

[PDXsooner]

that was solid. phillip kinney was the one i couldn't think of thaty signed with OU and didn't qualify off the ike team in 1990.

i'll have to make a list and re-post later. off the top of my head, from mac: rod fisher (Mac, OU), chris burk (Mac, fresno st.) also richard loiselle (LHS, pitched for the pirates)... i'll come back later...

[okiedead]

OregonSooner - Are you from Lawton?
I'm an eastern Oregon sooner from LHS-68. We didn't have any greats in our class. Only know of one that got a scholarship to OU. But LHS did furnish a coach in '67 -Jimmerson who supplied a son that played

[gyokie]

GYOKIE,LHS class of 1974---I do not know if they were seniors in 1968 but they had to be on the team. Johny Robertson(DB Kst),Rhondo Copenbarger(DB Kst),Tom Speed(exceptional lineman),Joe Shegog(became NAIA All-Amer. at Southwestern). Robertson and Copenbarger played in the World Football league. I believe Robertson's son was an outstanding basketball player for Kansas just a few years ago. Clyde Powers was probably a Junior in 68. Bowman followed Jimmerson and inherited a great team that won the state title in 71.

[okiedead]

I didn't know Robertson went on to play at KSU. Didn't know Tom Speed, Copenbarger and Shegog were Jrs. Copenbarger was a backup and Joe Dean plalyed quite abit, I was waiting for him to become a heisman. LHS had him scouted out when he was in the 7th grade. And it's news to me they won state in '71, I was in SE Asia doing other things. The only thing I remember in '71 was listening to the game of the century at 3 in the morning over AFVN.

[gyokie]

A couple of names you might remember. Bill Robey(RB)-I think he went to Tulsa. Earnest Dufflemeyer. Two cousins from your time. Mark and Dralen Terry. They both got into the drag race habit with Rodney Holloway. Glad you survived your adventure--it was a different world back then.

[okiedead]

jogging my memory, bill robey was a red head then and did pretty good,but I don't remember Dufflemeyer or the Terrys.Do you remember the Partons, Arthur and Charlie who were Kiowas?Also, I believe Randy Breeze was the head coach recently for LHS, which I find strange because since he was so laid back then. When was Leroy Horn the head coach? I didn't too care much for him.

[PDXsooner]

dead, i lived there on and off (military family - fort sill) and graduated from Mac in '89... another lawtonian in oregon - right on.

[okiedead]

Hey, did you know a teacher,driver's ed ?, coach - Kenny McSwane, a childhood neighbor. He was a prettly damn good offensive end at Lawton High in 63,64.

[PDXsooner]

absolutely, i went to high school with his son rodney. hell of a wrestler/football player himself...

[PDXsooner]

great lawton post

[BoomerJack]

Eddie Hinton was from Lawton wasn't he???

[GoSoonersGo]

I would like to say that Lawton has produced many fine athletes over the years, but starting with IKE and LHS in 1987 teams really produced a string of players, if had their head on straight (some did) would really be a claim that no town in America could make, in terms of the numbers of players in D1/NFL. Or at least I would think. That list only includes the big names but many others went on to play other sports in college and in the bigs. Butch Huskey is one that comes to mind. Played for the Mets, Seattle, and Minnisota.

IKE Class of '89
State-Runner UP - Football (Gundy beat us in the last 60 seconds, that Bastard)

[The Consumate Showman]

Jenks is closing in on Lawton.......

[PDXsooner]

Jenks is closing in on Lawton.......

yeah, considering thay have 4,000 students. lawton high and eisenhower both have around 1,300 students, and macarthur has about 900. jenks is bigger than all 3 combined...

[fwsooner22]

Darrel Rogers Ike '80 was a baseball pitcher for OU and All-State Basketball Player........ended up in front office with Cin. Reds..... Ty Powell Ike '80 also played baseball at OU.........

[PDXsooner]

don't forget "hootie" wiley - 6'11" center in the late 90's!! or stacey king!

[GDC]

Heh, here's a Tahlequah list.

David Culver
Bruce McClure
Mike Skinner
Laromie Hammer

Could I say Tahlequah area and throw in Ben Panter and Sam Claphan from Stilwell?

[PDXsooner]

stilwell counts as tahlequah metro in my book