2023 Bertha Teague Teams Announced

The 2023 Bertha Frank Teague Mid-America Classic is just around the corner. The teams for the Classic are…

The Bethel Lady Wildcats

2Ana Burkhart
3Alexis Tucker
4Kendall Bullen
5Brooklyn Duff
10Layla Menhusen
11Kinley Bowles
12Jalee Reeves
14Bailey Tucker
15Faith Cator
20Alexis Williams
21Josie Megehee
22Ava Gascon
24Paityn Seiger
25Brylan Webb
32Emma Gibson

Coach Tara Satterfield Bio 2023-2024

Tara Satterfield is in her seventh season as Head Basketball Coach of the Bethel Lady Wildcats, third year as Head Coach of Bethel Fast Pitch Softball, and her 22nd year of coaching overall. Last season she led the Lady Wildcats to a 25-4 record and 2nd straight trip to the State Tournament, finishing in the semi-finals.

She is currently serving on the OGBCA Board, as a Region Rep for class 3A, as well as the OCA All State committee. Prior to coming to Bethel she was at Quinton for 6 years, 4 years as head coach, where she led them to the State Tournament in 2015. Satterfield served as an assistant coach for five years at Achille and 4 years at Coalgate. Satterfield has coached 8 AII-Staters, 3 in basketball and 5 in softball.

Satterfield played college basketball at Oklahoma Christian University, where she holds the single game record for assists, after her graduation from Canadian High School. Tara is married to Heather Satterfield. They have one son, Garret.

The Byng Lady Pirates

1Brylee Baird
3Alona Cooper
10Cadence Carlos
22Torri Gustin
13Hannah Wort
11Lani Meyers
23Lorren Shaw
5Chloe Gaines
40Rez Anderson
25Kendal Mccarty
24Amelia Beard
31Kaidynce Moore
45Piper Presley
20Blakely Miller
4Brooklynn Ross

Luke Clark Head Coach of the Byng Lady Pirates

Luke Clark has been the Head Coach of the Byng Lady Pirates for 3 years and is in his 6th year as a Head Coach. Since being at Byng, Coach Clark has coached the Lady Pirates to two District Championships and has led the Pirates to the Semi-Finals of Area and to the Regional Semi-Finals. Coach Clark is married to Jamie Clark and they have a two year old son named Tripp.

The Carl Albert Lady Titans

#NameYrHeightPosition
10Jacquelyn BrownJr5’8”G/F
11Evi MitchellJr5’3”G
12Skylar AndersonSo5’8”G
15Jakary BrownSo5’5”G
20Essence CurrySo5’5”G
22Kaylee FranklinSr5’7”G
23Audrey PlunkettSo5”10”G/F
24Ausha MooreJr5’9”G/F
33Shelby RuscheJr5’8”F
44Lanie MooreJr5’10”F/C

Carl Albert Head Coach Kyle Richey brings more than 25 years’ experience and expertise to the Carl Albert High School Lady Titans Basketball Program. As the coach of the Lady Titans since 2016, the team has an overall record of 112-74 with three state playoff appearances. Coach Richey prides himself in the betterment of young student athletes on and off the court. In 2023, the Lady Titans had a combined GPA of 3.8. During his time at Carl Albert High School, Coach Richey has been named the Oklahoma Girls Basketball Coaching Association Large Central Region Coach of the Year in 2022 and 2023, 2021 and 2022 Suburban Conference Coach of the Year, the 2019 Oklahoma Coaching Association Large West All-State Coach, and the OGBCA 2016 Large West All-State Coach.

Kyle and his wife, Melissa, have a 13-year-old son, Jaxon.

The Hartshorne Lady Miners

Addison Bernardi – 5’7 / FR / G Alanna Williams – 5’7 / SR / G BrentleeWood-5’6/FR/G JaydaMoore-5’7 /JR/G Kammrie Roberts – 5’8 / FR / F Kaysen Semeski – 5’5 / FR / G Lexie Johnson – 5’10 / FR / F OliviaJones-5’6/SR/G PaytonVaughn-5’9/FR/F PyperVinson-5’7/FR/F Reanna Williams – 5’7 / FR / G Alexis Hoover – 5’5 /SR / G Brooklyn Suringer – 5’10 / JR / F GracieWilson-5’9/JR/F LexisVicars-5’10/JR/F SoaCamp-5’8/SR/G

Head Coach Shane Hackler 

Hartshorne Lady Miners from 2017- present 

State Tournament appearances 

2017-2018

2018-2019

2019-2020

2020-2021

2022-2023

3rd appearance at Mid America 

The Kingfisher Yellowjackets

#NameClassPositionHeight
1Maya HaneyFRG5’5
2Mattie SlezickeyFRG5’5
3Abbie MyersSOG/F5’11
4Shelby DavisSOG5’7
5Chloe BlairSRG5’6
10Peyton WalkerSRG5’6
11Addy MatthewsSRG/F5’10
14Taitym WalkerFRG5’7
15Jancee MatthewsSOF5’11
20Scout SnodgrassSOG5’6
21Talor MecklenburgJRG5’8
22Molly WeberFRF5’9
23Raegan SniderJRF6’0
25Adlee FriesenFRF5’11
40Kamia HamiltonSRF5’9

Head coach Taylor Young is in her third season as the Head Girls Basketball Coach at Kingfisher High School. She has an overall record of 47-12. She has taken Kingfisher to back to back 4A State Tournaments (2022 & 2023). In 2022, she was named the OGBCA Bertha Frank Teague Award Winner, this award is presented to young upcoming head coaches. In 2023, she was named the OCA Region 1 Coach of the Year. She is also currently serving on the OGBCA Board.

Young played college basketball at Texas A&M University where she was 2nd All Time in career three point percentage and single season three point percentage. She received a Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Leadership and Development and later on earned a Master’s Degree from Southern Nazarene University in Sport Management and Administration.

Young is a graduate of Shawnee High School, where she played her final season, leading Shawnee to a perfect season (29-0) and a Class 5A State Championship (2012). During that year Shawnee participated in the Bertha Frank Teague Mid America Classic where they won the tournament and Young was named to the All-Tournament Team. She was named an All-State selection by the OCA, OGBCA, Daily Oklahoman and the Tulsa World. She was also named a Super 5 Player of the Year and a McDonald’s All-American Game nominee. Prior to Shawnee, she played for Bethel High School and helped lead them to the 2011 Class 3A State Championship where she was named MVP of the 2011 Class 3A State Tournament. Her high school teams posted a 55-2 record over her junior and senior years. She also played softball in high school, helping Bethel to two slow-pitch state championships (2009 & 2010).

Taylor Young is married to Kade Young and is expecting their first baby, a daughter, in January 2024. She coaches JH Girls Basketball and helps out in the spring with slow-pitch softball. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with family and doing anything sports related.

The McAlester Lady Buffs

Kaylee Knight, Rylee Forehand, Avrey Alberson, Amery Perron, Rylan Lesnau, Ti’Heiress Davis, Kayla Johnson, Jada Ponce, Tori Kilburn, Madison VanDorpe, Katie Allen, Kylie Dooney, Indya Hishaw, and Beaudee Nystrom

Jarrod Owen has been coaching for 12 years, he started his career at Butner where he spent 3 years as head softball and basketball coach. Next, he would go out west to Elk City where he would serve as the head softball and assistant basketball coach for the Merritt Oilerettes for 3 years. These last 6 years he has been the head girls’ basketball coach at his home town of McAlester, leading the Lady Buffs to the 2022 5A State Championship. He has coached 4 all staters and amassed over 200 victories. 

Coach Owen currently serves as the Region 6 Rep. for the OCA, He was the 2022 OGBCA and OCA Region Coach of the Year, 2022 OGBCA All State Coach, 2021 OCA All State Coach and 2017 OCA Region Coach of the Year.

Coach Owen and his wife Courtney have been married for 9 years, they have four sons, Benaiah (7), Hudson (4), Merritt (2), and Tobias (7m). Courtney is a 2nd grade teacher at Tannehill Public School where their oldest 2 boys attend as well. Jarrod and Courtney also teach a 5/6th grade Sunday School class together at Calvary Baptist Church.

The Merritt Lady Oilers

1 Maci Loyd 5’4” Fr.
2 Ella Porter 5’7” Sr.
3 Myleigh Flowers 5’8” So.
4 Gracie Winston 5’4” Fr.
5 Gracee Carnes 5’7” Jr.
10 Chloe Stout 5’9” Sr.
11 Caityn Lowry 5’5” Fr.
12 Hallie Smith 5’11” So.
13 Preslie Taylor 5’5” So.
20 Allie Britton 5’7” Fr.
21 Addison Hartman 5’9” Sr.
22 Marlie Mong 5’8” So.
24 Ainsley Partain 5’9” So.

The Washington Lady Warriors

23-24 Washington Lady Warrior Roster

Brinley Thomas1235’7G
Shelbie Caveness1145’9G
Breanna Lindert11255’9F
Jayden Taylor11155’3G
Andrey Thomas1125’9G
Kelby Beller10235’7G
Laney Gay10215’7F
Haylee Henderson10315’7F
Preslee Johnson10246’0G
Addy Lanham10135’9G
Emersyn Massey10145’9F
Jayden Wells1055’9G
Raelee Adkins95’8G
Bella Andrews95’6G
Aubri Clary95’6G
Emma Griffin95’7G
Aubrey Grimes95’6G
Kyra Metcalf95’7F
Daphne Palumbo95’8G
Nichelle Plaza95’4F
Ava Salcedo95’8G
Aubrey Taylor95’3G

Coach Cale Simon was a head high school boys basketball coach for 14 years. He has two State Championships. One in 2010 with Roff and a second in 2014 with Okemah. He was also state runner-up in 2013 with Okemah and a state semi-finalist in 2019 with El Reno. The 22-23 season was Coach Simon’s first year as a head girls coach. His team at Washington went 27-2 and finished as State-Runner Up. Coach Simon has seven total state tournament appearances with Roff, Okemah, El Reno, and Washington. Coach Simon has averaged over 20 wins per year along with earning his 200th career victory in 2016. In 2014, Coach Simon was named Tulsa World Coach of the Year, OCA Regional Coach of the Year, and District Coach of the Year. He was also District Coach of the Year in 2008 and 2010. He has had the privilege of coaching six OCA All-Staters, along with numerous other OBCA All Stars, Indian All-Staters, and All Conference players.

Meet the Teams and Coaches for the 2022 BFT

Ada Lady Cougars

Ada Lady Cougars

#20 Niirene Riley 5’6 Senior

#10 Makaviya Nelson 5’5 Junior

#22 Jakobi Williams 5’8 Junior

#24 Rylynn Truett 5’8 Junior

#25 Abbey Strong 5’2 Junior

#32 Tyley Dotson 6’0 Junior

#35 Jamieson Emarthle 5’10 Junior

#44 Gracey Dotson 5’11 Junior

#11 Karsyn Woods 5’6 Sophomore

#14 Marissa Johnson 5’2 Sophomore

#23 Sania Richardson 5’5 Sophomore

#12 Amoriana Walker 5’5 Freshman

#21 Kieranie Williams 5’4 Freshman

Assistant Coaches:  Jeremy Strong, Shelby Davis &  Menee Thomsen

Graduate Assistants: Payton Row & Josie Wright

Managers:  Ariana Solorio & Samantha King

Head Coach:  Christie Jennings

Christie Jennings

Christie Jennings has been a girls’ basketball coach for the past 20 years. She started her coaching career at Byng High School as an assistant coach in both basketball and softball. She took her first head coaching position at Stonewall Public Schools in 2004. Jennings took over both the basketball and softball programs. She went on to coach her teams in two basketball state tournaments and two softball state tournaments. Her basketball teams combined for a total record of 167 wins and 63 losses in her 8 years at Stonewall. She also had 14 all staters in basketball and softball combined during her time as a Longhorn.

In 2012 she was hired as the head basketball coach for the Ada Lady Cougars. Coach Jennings has a combined record of 181-83 while at Ada. In her past 10 years as the head coach of the Lady Cougars, her teams have qualified for two state tournaments and have only fallen short of the Area tournament one season. Over the last decade, she has had 11 players leave Ada High and play college basketball.

Prior to this season, Christie Jennings had a combined record of 348 wins and 146 losses as a head coach. She has been awarded The Ada News All Area Coach of the Year in 2006, 2012, 2014 & 2017. Jennings has racked up several awards including: OGBCA Region Assistant of the Year: 2004, OGBCA Region Coach of the Year: 2012, 2014 & 2017, OGBCA Coach of the Year 2014, OCA Region Coach of the Year 2017 and the 2017 Charles K. Heatly Award. Coach Jennings serves as the Executive Secretary of the Oklahoma Girls Basketball Association. Her involvement in the OGBCA has helped her form lifelong friendships with many coaches throughout the state. She continues to pour into young coaches and mentor them just as she was mentored as a young coach.

Christie Jennings is also the Athletic Director for Ada City Schools. The Ada Cougars have strong athletic programs in 13 varsity sports. She enjoys being around the various student athletes and coaches.

Coach Jennings is a Byng High School graduate. Jennings graduated college with her Bachelors from Oklahoma State University. She received her Masters Degree from East Central University in Sports Administration.

Outside of work, Jennings enjoys spending time with family and friends, vacationing, and attending college sporting events.

Coach Jennings thoughts on the Mid America, “The Mid-America is something close to my heart. I love girls’ basketball, and I love the girls’ basketball community. Growing up as a player at Byng, I saw firsthand the impact that Mrs. Teague had on the game of basketball. Without Mrs. Teague, I might not be in my position today. She was a trendsetter, a ceiling breaker, and a role model.”

Bethel Lady Wildcats

Bethel Lady Wildcats

2  Baylee Tapley
3  Alexis Tucker
4  Kendall Bullen
5  Brooklyn Duff
10  Parker Stevenson
11  Hannah Davidson
12  Ava Gascon
14  Layla Menhusen
15  Payton Epperley
20  Paityn Seiger
21  Josie Megehee
22  Lilly Megehee
24  Bella Thomas
25  Brylan Webb
32 Cadence Treece

Managers:
Gryphan Mason, Shyla Arnold, Taylor Boles, Lilly Jordan, Rain Samsal. Assistant Coaches: Andrea Depuy & Taylor Opskar. Superintendent: Dr. Matt Posey
High School Principal: Jeremy Stewart Athletic Director: Kyle Childers

Head Coach: Tara Satterfield

Tara Satterfield

Tara Satterfield is in her sixth season as Head Basketball Coach of the Bethel Lady Wildcats, second year as Head Coach of Bethel Softball, and her 21st year of coaching. Last season she led the Lady Wildcats to a 22-5 record and a trip to the State Tournament. Bethel’s first state tournament bid since 2015.

She is currently serving on the OGBCA Board, as a Region Rep for class 3A, as well as the OCA All State committee.  Prior to coming to Bethel she was at Quinton for 6 years, 4 years as head coach, where she led them to the State Tournament in 2015.   Satterfield served as an assistant coach for five years at Achille and 4 years at Coalgate.  Satterfield has coached 5 All-Staters, 2 in basketball and 3 in softball.

Satterfield played college basketball at Oklahoma Christian University, where she holds the single game record for assists, after her graduation from Canadian High School.  Tara is married to Heather Satterfield. They have one son, Garret.

Caddo Lady Bruins

Caddo Lady Bruins

Brilee Tyson 1

Kayden Cowan  4

Jaycie Nichols  23

Jordyn Nichols  25

Ava Self  20

Rylan Peevyhouse 0

Anna Adair   33

Logan Busby  3

Parker Lowry  11                          

Lanig, Danica 13

McKay, Kadey 22

Mullens, Harlee 2

Robinson, Emily 10

Lowry, Paityn  5

Asst. Coach James Culbreath

Head Coach Kolby Johnson

Kolby Johnson

Head Coach Kolby Johnson came to Caddo Schools in 2016, high school counselor and basketball coach…Has coached boys basketball at Caddo for 7 years. Has coached girls basketball for 5 years, coaching both boys and girls both during this span. Two state tournament appearances with the girls, 2020 and 2021..One state tournament with the boys 2021. Married to Courtney Johnson, who teaches at 2nd grade at Caddo. Two children, James (5) and Jobe (2).

Carl Albert Lady Titans

Carl Albert Lady Titans

Trenae Porter 05

Evi Mitchell 11

Skylar Anderson 12

Jakary Brown 15

Ariana Diaz 20

Kamryn Sutton 21

Kennedy Cofer 22

Essence Curry 23

Ausha Moore 24

Audrey Plunkett 25

Shelby Rusche 33

Lanie Moore 44

Assistant Coaches:  Robert Banks, Charissa Price, Paxton Kilby

Head Coach: Kyle Richey

Kyle Richey

Coach Kyle Richey brings more than 25 years experience and expertise to the Carl Albert High School Lady Titans Basketball Program. As the coach of the Lady Titans since 2016, the team has an overall record of 90-68 with two state playoff appearances. Coach Richey prides himself in the betterment of young student athletes on and off the court. In 2022, the Lady Titans had a combined GPA of 3.75. During his time at Carl Albert High School, Coach Richey has been named the Oklahoma Girls Basketball Coaching Association 2022 Large Central Region Coach of the Year, 2021 and 2022 Suburban Conference Coach of the Year, the 2019 Oklahoma Coaching Association Large West All-State Coach, and the OGBCA 2016 Large West All-State Coach.

Kyle and his wife, Melissa, have a 12-year-old son, Jaxon.

Frontier Lady Mustangs

Frontier Lady Mustangs

Kenzie Bible 00
Olivia Littlecook 1
Kenly Kauk 5
Kye Ruff 10
Paige Pratt 11
Bonnie Childs 12/13 

Jamie Molina 33

Diane Faw Faw 33

Managers: B.b. Bible, Cedar Littlecook, Kate Ruff. Asst Coaches: Colin Roden, Alexis Romero


Head Coach: Jason Collins

Jason Collins

I am a graduate of Oologah High School where I was a multi-sport athlete.  I later graduated from Oklahoma Wesleyan University where I played basketball and golf.

I have been teaching and coaching for 20 years, coaching numerous sports that have included football, basketball, track, cross country, and golf but my love is in the sport of basketball.  I had the opportunity to coach at the collegiate level at Oklahoma Wesleyan University for 3 years before embarking on my high school coaching career.  My greatest coaching achievement on the court was guiding the 2012 Copan Lady Hornets to the Class A state semi-final game.

I have been married to my wife Regina Collins for 9 years and together we have five awesome children: Gage Kirkendall, Jonah Collins, Sydney Collins, Abbie Kirkendall, and Jordan Collins.

I am beyond excited to be the Head Girls Coach at Frontier High School.  I have always had great respect for Frontier and their basketball programs and this is truly a dream come true for me to get to coach basketball for this great school rich in tradition!

PT=PR is something that I have lived by for as long as I can remember.  Simply put, positive thoughts equal positive results.  I believe without a doubt that we will do great things in years to come!!

Georgetown Lady Eagles

Georgetown Lady Eagles

10 Brynn Bauers

14 Bella Dabbs*

15 Ainsley Herbert

20 Taylor Meyners*

22 Reese Hoadley

24 Katie Peiffer

25 Erica Ramthun*

30 Aubrey Bryant

32 Madelyne Furr*

33 Ainsley Pelczar

34 Jane Butler

40 Mckenzie Bernard

42 Caroline Rutledge

44 Lucy Waring

45 Aspen Mayo

50 Cassady Lee

54 Chasidy Lee

 

Managers: Jasmine Baltierra, Amiya Gonzales, Avery Lopez,

Lily Mims, Grace Reichert                              

Student Trainer:  Braelyn Trulove

Trainers:  Chad Hennessey, Vanessa Redeaux

Assistant Coach:  Corey Cunningham. Assistant Coach:  Nicole Zavala. Assistant Coach:  Jaron Vierra. Girls Athletic Coordinator:  Rhonda Farney. Boys Athletic Coordinator:  Chuck Griffin. Athletic Director:  Jason Dean. Principal:  Brian Johnson. Superintendent:  Dr. Fred Brent

Head Coach:  Rhonda Farney

Rhonda Farney

Coach Farney has the most career victories of any active girls’ coach in Texas and the nation with a record of 1,237 victories and 351 losses (.760 winning percentage) and sixth on the all-time career list as compiled by the National Federation of State High School Associations.

She has been a high school head coach for 48 seasons. In 35 years at Georgetown High School, her teams have posted 34-consecutive 20-win seasons and 33-straight berths in the UIL state playoffs, including seven appearances in the state tournament—highlighted by a Class 4A state title during the 2012-2013 season that was climaxed by a come-from-behind 65-60 victory over Dallas Lincoln in the finals to finish with a 34-4 record.

She has had more than 85 players compete on the collegiate level, including three on this season’s team. However, her most prized accomplishment is helping over 63 former players to enter the coaching profession. The Howard Payne summa cum laude graduate—still as a teenager—also has served as the head coach at Goldthwaite and Ozona. She was the only girls’ basketball coach on the Goldthwaite staff and coached the seventh, eighth, junior varsity and varsity. Farney also coached track at both schools.

Farney has earned numerous coaching honors, including receiving the prestigious John Wooden Legacy Award presented by the National Association of Basketball Coaches in March 2022.  In addition, she was honored as the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Pat Summitt National High School Coach of the Year in 2017 and the National Federation of High Schools 2013 National Coach of the Year as well as being inducted into the Howard Payne University Hall of Fame, Texas Basketball Hall of Fame, and the Texas High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame.  She served as a head coach for the 2003 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association/Nike All-America Game in Hartford, CT, in addition to being active in USA Basketball on both the coaching and committee levels. Recently, she was named the Texas High School Coaches Association Female State Coach of the Year for 2022 and will be inducted into the National High School Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame in Omaha, Nebraska, in July 2023.

Also on the national scene, Farney has chaired the USA Basketball Cadet and Youth Committee, helping select players and coaches for the Summer Youth Development Olympic Festival. In summer 2001, she was one of two high school coaches named by the USA Basketball Women’s Collegiate Committee to serve as floor coach for the USA Basketball Women’s Junior National Team Trials in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was assistant coach for the 2005 USA Basketball Women’s Youth Development Olympic Festival, where her team won the gold medal.

Farney was named head coach for the April 2003 WBCA/Nike All-American game in Hartford, Connecticut. Previously, in April 1996, she traveled to Philadelphia as assistant coach for the WBCA/Nike All-American game. Farney served four years on the WBCA and NFCA Board of Directors and completed a term on the NFCA Basketball Rules Committee. In addition, she was the first female to serve as the president for the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Association, the largest male and female basketball organization in the nation as well as serving as president of the Texas Girls Coaches Association.

Coach Farney also holds the position of girls’ athletics coordinator at Georgetown and is married to Dr. Bill Farney, retired executive director of the University Interscholastic League, the ruling body of extra-curricular activities in Texas.

Pittsburg Lady Panthers

Pittsburg Lady Panthers

23 Catyn Graham
10 Camryn Graham
11 Paege Kinsey
24 Keely Couch
3 Aspen Duvall
0 Akosha Wiseman
32 Raina Meashintubby
13 Akiera Hawk
2 Mady Heffley
14 Colby Burchfield
5 Chuck Couch
1 Paige Barron
15 Brooke Mitchell
12 Gwenyth Robinson

Asst. Coach: Jay Ray
Managers: Kendalyn Basden, Tynasea Brewer
Video: Kaila Mitchell, Gracie Barron
Superintendent: Chad Graham
Stats: Shannon Hix
Athletic Director: Wes Wood

Head Coach: Jim Jenson

Jim Jenson

I have been coaching 30 years. I graduated from savanna in 1980. I received my bachelor’s degree from southeastern and my masters from east central. My overall record going into this year is 509-252 with girls and 220-87 boys. I have made 10 state tournament trips with the girls and 4 with my boys with and overall record of 21-10. I have won 3 state championships with the girls and 2 runner ups. I have 1 state championship with the boys. I have been fortunate enough to coach 14 all-state players. These pittsburg lady panthers were the 2022 class b state champions with a 30-0 record. I have been married to my wife sherry for 26 years. We have 4 kids and 8 grandkids.

Tuttle Lady Tigers

Tuttle Lady Tigers

1 Mikole Skaggs

2 Audrey Hardin

5 Courtlyn Traxler

10 Kinzley Battles

11 Mya Sisson

12 Ava Battles

13 Elyssa Kaniatobe

14 Allie Rehl

15 Ellie Dombek

20 Layla Kerr

23 Alexis Williams

24 Samantha Teague

25 Landry Allen

30 Kyndell Cummings

32/40 Marissa Sandlin

Assistant Coach. Carla Ballard

Managers: Gracie Kopf, Hadley Cocannouer, Allie Jackson, Maddie Hinds

Superintendent: Keith Sinor Principal: Matt Surber
Athletic Director: Sean Brooks School Colors: Cardinal Red & White

Head Coach: Jamie Combs

Janie Combs

Jamie Combs is in her first year as head coach at Tuttle High School and her 8th year as a head coach in Oklahoma.  She has a record of 102-75 with stops at Piedmont, Union, & Berryhill schools.  She took her Piedmont teams to a State Quarterfinal in 2014 & a State Semifinal in 2015.  She was named Suburban Conference Coach of the Year in 2015.  She spent the last 2 years as an assistant at Mustang High School where the teams made State Quarterfinal appearances, and she was named OGBCA Assistant Coach of the Year in 2022.

 

Jamie is married to Kingfisher boys’ basketball assistant Chris Combs and has 2 stepsons, Keynun & Keylun Combs.  She has also spent many years as a volleyball and golf coach, and in her spare time enjoys playing golf and traveling.  Jamie is extremely grateful to be leading the Tuttle Lady Tigers!

Mid-America fans, meet Madi Surber

By Jeff Cali | The Ada News

Fans in attendance at the 2021 Bertha Frank Teague Mid-America Classic might have heard of Tuttle’s dynamic duo of Landry Allen and Hadley Periman — who have both committed to play college basketball at Division I schools — before they arrived in Ada last week.

Allen, a junior, committed to the University of Oklahoma’s new head coach, Jennie Baranczak and Periman, a senior, committed to the University of Tulsa earlier this fall.

Richard R. Barron | The Ada News

However, after her memorable Mid-America performance — especially in the semifinals and championship game — fans won’t soon forget Madi Surber, another Tuttle senior.

In Tuttle’s 82-41 semifinal victory over Lomega, all Surber did was score a game-high 24 points while shooting 10-of-11 from the field with one 3-pointer and hit 3-of-3 free throws. Surber also had three steals, three assists and four rebounds.

Surber’s stat line in the Lady Tigers’ 52-20 win over Perry in the title game included 10 points on 3-of-6 shooting from the field and 4-of-4 shooting from the free-throw stripe. She also had four rebounds, five assists and three steals.

Tuttle girls basketball coach and athletic director Brian Lester said Surber reminds him of a certain star of a battery commercial.

“She’s just an Energizer Bunny. She just goes, goes, goes. She’s a kid that literally goes 100 percent 100 percent of the time,” Lester told The Ada News.

“She’s just everywhere. I think she leads us with about eight deflections a game. She also gets about four steals a game,” he continued. “We can put her on other guards and they just don’t get off good shots. That’s what she means to us.”

That, in a nutshell, is Madi Surber the basketball player. But let me tell you the rest of her story.

During cross country season this fall, Surber ran exactly two meets — a Class 4A Regional race and the Class 4A State race. She won them both. Surber became a state champion in cross country with a time of 12:01.81.

That’s not nearly all. As a member of the Tuttle High School fastpitch softball team — she led off and played centerfield — she helped the Lady Tigers advance to the semifinals of the Class 4A State Tournament. Tuttle dropped a slim 5-4 lead to Tecumseh.

Wait, there’s more.

Last spring, she broke the state record in the 300-meter hurdles (42.75) and won four events at the 4A state meet, leading Tuttle to a third-place team finish.

“It’s unbelievable. She’s probably the best athlete I’ve ever been around. It’s such a privilege to coach her because she just goes so hard all the time,” Lester said.

Surber plans to attend Oklahoma State University on a track scholarship.

Of course, this season’s basketball journey is far from over. The Lady Tigers are ranked No. 1 in Class 4A — and none of their Mid-America opponents would debate that rating — and are favorites to bring home a state title.

Surber will be a huge part of whatever the Lady Tigers accomplish on the court this season. Of course, she helped Tuttle bring home the girls basketball gold during the 2020-21 campaign.

“Last year she shot 72% from the floor. She’s really a good 3-point shooter. She just doesn’t do it often enough. She has great form and shoots it extremely well,” Lester said.

The THS coach said he would love to see more high school athletes follow in Surber’s footsteps and play multiple sports.

“I wish other high school kids would look at her and realize they don’t need to specialize. They need to go do other things. That’s one thing I try to preach to our coaches as the AD — let those kids do other things,” he said. “It says a lot about her as an individual and about our school for being accepting of her and allowing her to do all those other things.”

Madi Surbers don’t come around very often. It was neat to see her do her thing on the basketball court and later find out she can do so much more.

“She’s not just good at everything, she’s great,” Lester said. “She’s special.”

Mid-America fans, meet Madi Surber.

Meet the 2021 Coaches


Bo Thomason has been the head girl’s basketball coach at Amber-Pocasset for the past 8 years.  Last year he led the Lady Panthers to a 23-4 record and a trip to the state tournament.  In 2019-2020, the Lady Panthers finished the season with a 26-5 record and made the state tournament that season as well.  The did not get to finish that season due to covid.  The past 4 seasons Amber-Pocasset has a record of 93-26 with the 2 state tournament appearances.  Prior to Amber-Pocasset, Thomason led the Roff Tiger boys’ program for 3 seasons.  His last year at Roff, the team finished 22-8 and ended one game away from the state tournament.  Thomason has also been a football and basketball coach at Ada, Sasakwa, and Meeker.  Coach Thomason has 3 kids; Gareth, Caiden, and Mady.  He has been married to his wife Leah for 20 years.  They are both educators in the Amber-Pocasset school system.


Frontier Lady Mustangs Coach, Kaylee Byrd, loves pouring positive energy and ambition into the lives of her athletes. Everyday, Coach Byrd sets a goal of growth and improvement in herself and her players. Coach Byrd is passionate about her profession and has dedicated herself to not only improving her player’s skills but also being a positive role model on and off the floor.

Kaylee Byrd is in her second year as the head coach of the Frontier Lady Mustangs. Before joining the Lady Mustangs, she had coaching stints at Blackwell, Byng, and Preston Schools. During her first head coaching position at Preston (2018 – 2020), Coach Byrd had two strong post season appearances before joining the tradition-rich program at Frontier.

Coach Byrd is a 2008 graduate of Alva High School. At Alva she was coached by two of her mentors, Coach Eric Smith and Coach Jim Jenson. Kaylee graduated from Northwestern Oklahoma State University in 2012, where she was a member of the Lady Ranger basketball team and received her Bachelor of Science in Health and Sports Science Education.

Coach Byrd is active in the Oklahoma Girls Basketball Coaches Association and has served as a board member since 2018. She was awarded the OBGCA Junior High Coach of the Year in 2018. Her involvement in OBGCA has allowed her to develop close relationships with coaches across the state.

Outside of basketball, Kaylee loves spending time with her family and friends. She is most content on days spent with her family all in one place, especially on the family farm.

I have had the privilege to coach girls basketball for 27 years. During that time I have been blessed to work with some talented teams. These extraordinary players have prompted a State Championship in 2018, Runner-Up in 2019 and numerous State Tournament appearances, which allowed these teams to be nationally ranked. As a result of these accomplishments, I have had the opportunity to coach several All- Staters and players that went on to further their career at the collegiate level. Furthermore,I have coached teams that have been invited and won the Bertha Teague in 2002 and 2003, Consolations Champs in 2017. I am very excited to be back this year with a group of promising and talented young players.


Bruce Plunk, a graduate of Allen High School and East Central University, with both his BS and MS in Administration, is in his 37th year as a teacher, coach and administrator. His career started at Olney High School in 1985. After two years there, he moved to Quinton for 6 years where his 1991 team made the
Latta school’s first ever appearance in the State Tournament. In 1993 Plunk took over the girls’ basketball and softball positions at Byng. He served as head coach for 11 years, during which time his teams made
six appearances in the State Tournament; he then entered administration. Later, he assisted both the girls’ and boys’ programs in his 22 year stint at Byng. In 2015 he accepted the job at Latta where he currently coaches girls’ basketball and serves as athletic director. His first Latta team advanced to the State Tournament in 2016. This will be the third school and 9th time he has had a team in the BFT Mid-America Classic.
Bruce has two children who both are educators. Allie lives in Allen, where she teaches English. Clay and wife
J.J. live in Roff. Clay has been the Latta girl’s assistant for the past four years. J.J. is a P.A. at the Chickasaw Hospital. They have two daughters Jayla 3, and Kelby 1.
“God has blessed me to have worked at good schools with supportive administration and great kids that were committed to working hard to be the best they could be. Having the opportunity to coach with my son makes this part of my career very special.
Plunk has coached 11 basketball and 2 softball All- State players and was elected to the OGBCA Hall of Fame in 2010.

Kevin Lewallen graduated from Lomega High School in 1998. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Northwestern in 2003. He took over the girls’ basketball program at Lomega in 2005 and continues to coach at his alma mater today. While coaching at Lomega, Kevin has won seven state titles. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Sara. Together, they have two boys. Laken who is 13 and Ledger who is 10.

Coach Paul Duncan is entering his 32nd year of coaching overall. Twenty-four of those years are as
a head basketball coach. He graduated from Sperry High School in 1986, earned a bachelor’s‬ ‪degree from OSU in 1990 and a Master’s degree from SNU in 2011. He had the honor of‬ coaching the All-State game in 2015 and has coached two all- state players. During the‬ offseason, he is a softball/baseball umpire and has worked a few state tournaments. He is‬ married to Tammy Duncan, who is the Elementary Principal at Shidler and has three kids. Riley‬
‪is the Head Boys Basketball at Carney and his wife, Jacey, teaches 3/4th grade. Mattie is a 4th‬ grade teacher in Ozark, Missouri and her husband, Lane, is working on his MBA at Missouri‬ State. Callie will graduate from OSU in the spring with a math degree and will be a teacher.‬

Coach Lester grew up in Choctaw, Oklahoma and moved to California during his high school and college years. He moved back to Oklahoma as soon as he graduated and married the love of his life, Stacy Lester. They have been married 27 years and have one child, Tyler Lester. He is in his 27th year of coaching and his 9th year as the head coach at Tuttle. He enters the season with a career record of 256 – 164 and is 136 – 82 at Tuttle.
He has been named Big All-City Coach of the Year once and Little All-City Coach of the Year twice by the Daily Oklahoman. He loves his players and is excited to see what the future holds for them not only in basketball but in everyday life. He says they are a special group of young women.

Coach Givens has been married for seven years to Delydia Givens. They have two daughters Dasia age 13 and Daislee age six. While in College Coach Givens was a volunteer Assistant Boys Coach for Mike Worsham at Empire. In 2009-11 was an Assistant Boys Coach to Mikel Davison the Duncan Boys made the state tournament in 2011. First Head Coaching job was at Frederick as the Head Girls Coach from 2011-13. Then went on to be the Head Girls Coach at Duncan from 2013- 17. Coach Givens then went to his Alma mater Empire to be the Head Boys Coach from 2017-19. Coach Givens now in his 3rd year as the Head Girls coach at Weatherford. They have a combined 2 year team record of 47 wins and 8 losses. They have made the State Tournament the previous Two seasons. In 2020 the State Tournament canceled because of covid and in the 2021 season the Lady Eagles made the Semi-Finals.

Meet the 2021 Teams

Amber-Pocasset Lady Panthers

Amber-Pocasset roster…

1 Ainslee McComas G 5’5 9

2 Jacie White G 5’4 12

3 Faith Carpenter G 5’3 10

4 Brooke Brown G 5’4 10

5 Abbie Savage G 5’8 11

10 Kylee Schat G 5’5 11

15 Allison Stewart G 5’6 11

20 Sesse Fomsgaard G 5’8 11

23 Gracen Hicks F 5’6 9

24 Teriah Diaz F 5’6 9

25 Teague Muncy F 5’8 9

30 Devynn Harris F 5’7 12

31 Jennifer Castro G 5’6 9

33 Catie Summers G 5’6 9

Head Coach – Bo Thomason; Asst. Coach- Chandler Haley; Managers – Brooklyn Keck, Maci Hall and TJ White. Superintendent – Jerime Parker; Principal – Bobby Odam

Frontier Mustangs

Frontier Lady Mustangs roster…

0 Lila Bible 6’0 10

01 Olivia Littlecook 5’4 11

10 Amber Childs 5’4 9 11

Paige Pratt 5’7 9 12

BJ Childs 5’4 9

20 Anias Bible 5’8 11
22  Ally Boone 5’9 12
23  Jamie Molina 5’11 11
32  Anecia Warrior 5’6 10
33  Diane FawFaw 5’11 10
42 Makenzi Bible 5’8 9

Hammon Lady Warriors

Hammon roster:
00 Grace Krapcha 10th 5-77
1 Lexee Benkley 10th 5-9
3 Jacee Baker 9th 5-9
2 Justice Espinosa 9th 5-5
4 Mariah Espinosa 11th 5-6
5 Quinby Rainey 11th 5-5
10 Ally Drinnon 10th 5-3
12 Taytum Mcintosh 10th 5-4
11 Harlee Benkley 11th 5-6
13 Maylee Chaney 11th 5-9
15 Madelynn Byrd 11th 5-4
20 Jolie Walker 12th 5-7
22 Jera Moler 9th 5-4
23 Addison Walker 11th 5-6
24 Henley West 9th 6-4
25 Shannon Ayers 10th 5-8
30 Taran Faylor 11th 5-7
32 Edwina Pewo 10th 5-7
Head Coach: Leah Beer; Assistant Coach: Taber Miller; Managers: Paige Mcintosh, Emma Krapcha; Filmer: Jordin Espinosa

Latta Lady Panthers

Latta Lady Panthers roster…

3 Alesha Traylor

10  Savannah Senkel

11  Jaylee Willis

14  Brooklyn Ryan

15  Grace Wear

20  Sheriden Adair

21  Kaitlyn Davis

22  Katon Turner

24 Triniti Cotanny

31  Taryn Batterton

32  Chloe Miller

33  Kate Williams

34  Mallory Reeves

Coach: Bruce Plunk; assistant coach Clay Plunk

Managers: Auburn King, Jade Sanders, Mallory Glenn, Riley Cullen Head Coach: Bruce Plunk; Superintendent: Scott Morgan; Principal: Stan Cochran

Lomega Lady Raiders

Lomega Lady Raiders roster…

2  Abby Swart So. 5’6”

3  Monse Rivera So. 5’6”

4  Allie Roberts Sr. 5”5’

5  Aubree Geisler FR. 5’2”

10  Hensley Eaton Sr. 5’5”

11  Rylee Glazier Jr. 5’4”

12  Shelby Russell Sr. 5’5”

15 Chloe Meier Fr. 5’8”

20  Darcy Roberts Jr. 5’10”

21  Trinity Blevins So. 5’9”

22  Kali Gardner Jr. 5’7”

23  Hallie Barton Jr. 5”5

24  Sierra Johnson Jr. 5’6”

25  Madi Myers Jr. 5’8”

31  Sydni Walker Jr. 5’11”

32  Kate Myers Fr. 5’7”

  1. Kamryn Turner Fr. 5’2”
  2. Arial Jones So. 5’3”
  3. Naydelin Aguilar Jr. 5’2
Perry Lady Maroons

01 Marissa Bevins Jr
02 Alidian Eagle fr
03 Kennedy Hight So
04 Emery Halford fr
05 Ashtyn Lumbers fr
10 Taylyne Simpson fr
11 Trinity Cooper fr
12 Alyssa Goldsberry Jr
13 Gracie Brownlee sr
14 Josey West sr
15 Aubrey Allen Jr
20 Kelsey Mitchell Jr
22 Atlanta Ward sr
23 Maebry Shields jr
25 Amber Dohmen sr

35 Braylee Dale sr

40 Ragen Frank So

43 Morgan Dolezal So

Head Coach: Paul Duncan; Managers: Maddi Wilson and Lexie Lenhart; Assistant Coach: Jennifer Pralle; Athletic Director : Mike Carmin

Tuttle Tigers

01 Mikole Skaggs So
02 Shelby Mcafee sr
03 Storie Driver sr
04 Madi Surber sr
05 Kyndell Cummings fr
10 Kinzley Battles fr

12 Mya Sisson So
12 Ava Battles So
13 Elyssa Kaniatobe jr
14 Allie Rehls So
15 Gracie Kopf So
20 Layla Kerr So
21 Hadley Periman sr
23 Rylee Kopf sr
24 Sam Teague So
25 Landry Allen Jr
31 Audrey Hardin fr
32 Ellie Dombek fr

Weatherford Lady Eagles

3 Paisli Nurnberg 5’5

0 Amaria Musick 5’9

5 Addy Hoffman 5’9
10 Hunterbayless 5’9
11 Peyton Foster 5’9
12 Braelee Epp 5’2
15 Dacey Morris 5’7
20 Chloe Cummins 5’9
21 Brinlee Glassey 5’11
22 Harlie Chisim 5’8
23 Liz Nunez 5’8
24 Kinzie Kardokus 5’8
25 Jordan Hoffman 5’8
31 Katen Daniel 5’8

33 Kennedy Stewart 6’0
Zaida Bagwell 5’6

Andrea Stalder 5’8

Shyla Navarre 5’1

Marley Teasley 5’7

Maliah David 5’7

Julieanna Cooper 5’8

Head Coach: Grant Givens; Assistant: Shelly Pond; Managers: Asia Dickson, Emma Mccurdy, and Emma Ratterree; Athletic Director: Reagan Roof; Principal: Garrett Smith