From the field to the press box — the OKPreps notebook
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OKPreps Mailbox: When Football Dies, Does the Town Die Too?
Porum football is gone after decades of struggle and one last win in 2023. Can Panther pride survive without Friday night lights?
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OKPreps Mailbox: Does the Flexbone Still Work in 2025?
A Column by Hunter Sheppard In this week’s OKPreps Mailbox, we tackle a classic question from coaches, fans, and football junkies alike: “Can you still win running the flexbone?” The short answer? Yes.The long answer? It depends — on where you are, who you’ve got, and how much you’re willing to commit. In an era…
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OKPreps Mailbox: Tournament Hospitality Rooms
First week of January always means tournament week across the State as well as mid January and I got to thinking what hospitality rooms are the best ones? I tweeted out the other day asking your opinion and definitely got some interesting results. The majority vote appeared to be the one at the Kingston Tournament,…
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OKPreps Mailbox: Shot Clock Part Two
The shot clock has been a talked about topic quite a bit and since we last touched on this topic the OSSAA had a meeting recently and you guessed it the shot clock was on the ballot for Class 3A-6A in the 2024-25 season, According to Halie Hart of the Daily Oklahoman the OSSAA voted…
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OKPreps Mailbox: Shot Clock
There’s one question circulating the OKPreps community and you have guessed correctly it is the annual “do we need a shot clock?” question. In my opinion one is likely needed and we are probably overdue for one. There are several mixed opinions though, For example in recent memory the bigger classes pushed for it while…
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OKPreps Mailbox: Could 6 Man Football be coming?
I’ve noticed one thing this summer so far with a few 8 man programs and that would be some are struggling to field a team, It’s gonna be interesting to see how they do with practices starting in a couple weeks but there is a coach that seems to have a solution and that is…
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