Class 6A

Jenks 44, Southmoore 26

With a dominant offensive and defensive front, the Jenks Trojans showed Saturday night why they're going to be in the 6A championship for the 12th time in 14 years.

Jenks's Zach Langer

The top-ranked Trojans dominated the line of scrimmage, put No. 4 Southmoore in a hole early and never let the Sabercats out as they rolled to a 44-26 victory. Jenks' offensive front paved the way for Zack Langer's 31-carry, 284-yard night that saw him score on runs of 25, 13 and 54 yards. Those came after Jenks had already built leads of 21-0 early in the second quarter. His first scoring run, with 1:33 left in the first half, gave the Trojans a 28-6 lead.

Southmoore never would go away, however. The Sabercats put together a scoring drive to end the half - a 21-yard TD pass from Kendal Thompson to Nyko Symonds on the last play of the half - and twice pulled within two scores of the Trojans in the second half. But each time, Jenks had the answer.

Julian Wilson's 16-yard TD run out of the Wildcat formation with 10:56 left to play pulled Southmoore within 31-18. Jenks came back with a four-minute, 65-yard TD drive that ended with Langer's second score.

Southmoore then saw Thompson hit Austin Haywood with a 20-yard TD pass to pull the Sabercats within 37-26 with 5:27 remaining. But, after Jenks recovered the attempted onside kick, Langer took the next snap 54 yards for the clinching run.

Jenks had 366 rushing yards overall. QB Sawyer Kollmorgen added 96 yards through the air and had TD passes of 10 yards to Jacob Bertelli and 12 yards to Steven Carpenter in the first quarter. Thompson finished 16-of-30 for 285 yards and two TD passes, but was continuously chased from the pocket due to Jenks' constant pressure.

Jenks is in the championship for the 16th time in the program's history and is going for its 10th title in the last 13 years. The Trojans finished runner-up to Union last year after winning back-to-back crowns in 2006 and 2007

Union 24, Broken Arrow 13

Chase Boyce scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns and Union outscored Broken Arrow 21-3 in the second half to vault the second-ranked Redskins back into the 6A state championship game. Union's rally resulted in a 24-13 victory over Broken Arrow at Chapman Stadium, putting the Redskins in position to win back-to-back crowns.

Union's Chase Boyce

After Broken Arrow led much of the game, Boyce scored the game's go-ahead TD from a yard out with 4:29 left in the game, capping a 73-yard drive by the Redskins. On Broken Arrow's ensuing possession, Jon Swanfeld picked off an Archie Bradley pass. His 20-yard return and a 15-yard penalty against the Tigers for a late hit set Union up at the BA 17. Boyce accounted for all 17 on three carries, scoring from 6 yards out with 1:35 to play.

Boyce, who earlier in the game threw two interceptions, completed his final eight passes en route to going 14-of-20 for 139 yards. He led the Redskins with 79 rushing yards on 14 carries.

Broken Arrow led 7-0 early on Bradley's one-yard TD run and 10-3 at halftime after a Carl Salazar 25-yard field goal. Union's only points of the half were a 42-yard field goal by Cale Way.

Union knotted the score at 10 on an 18-yard swing pass from Boyce to Jalen Hearron. That came midway through the quarter, but Broken Arrow was able to take the lead back with 2:04 left in the quarter on Salazar's 37-yard field goal. That was BA's only points of the half, however. Union was able to shut down BA's usually-potent ground game, holding the Tigers to just 59 yards on 31 carries. Bradley threw for 147 yards.

This is Union's ninth time in the championship game and the seventh time they've played Jenks with the title on the line.

Class 5A

Carl Albert 44, El Reno 7

Even when something went right for El Reno on Friday night, the end result wasn't so good after all. The third-ranked and previously unbeaten Indians were tagged 44-7 by No. 4 Carl Albert in their 5A semifinal at Putnam City Stadium. The game was over by the end of the first quarter when the Indians had already surrendered as many points (21) as they had in any of their previous 12 games.

Carl Albert's J.T. Realmuto

By 7:41 of the second quarter, Carl Albert had pushed its lead to 35-0 on quarterback J.T. Realmuto's third TD run of the game. Later in the half, the Titans were threatening to cap an 89-yard scoring drive, but they fumbled it over at the El Reno 1. That was El Reno's lone bright spot of the half, but on the Indians' ensuing offensive snap, they were flagged for holding in the end zone and a safety was awarded to Carl Albert.

That's the kind of night it was for El Reno, which turned it over on its first possession and had just 23 first-half yards while Carl Albert tallied 295. Of that, 272 came on the ground. Realmuto had TD runs of 1, 40 and 1 yards. Tre Porter added scoring jaunts of 3 and 28 yards.

Realmuto added a 6-yard TD run in the third and had 127 rushing yards on the night. He added 132 yards through the air on 11-of-16 passing. Carl Albert amassed 310 rushing yards on 48 attempts, averaging 6.5 yards a carry. The Titans had 442 total yards while El Reno mustered just 129 total yards.

The Titans picked off Jakeil Everheart three times and are going for its 10th state championship. Runners-up a year ago, Carl Albert is looking to close the 2000's with their fifth gold ball of the decade, having also won it in 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2006.

Bixby 27, Guthrie 20

DeWitt Jennings' 64-yard scoring run with 1:14 left play sealed Guthrie's fate as Bixby prevailed 27-20 in their 5A semifinal at Stillwater High School. Jennings' score was his second of the night and extended Bixby's previous one-point lead over the late-charging Bluejays. Guthrie pulled within 21-20 earlier in the fourth on Derrick Kelly's five-yard run, but the Bluejays missed the extra point that would have tied it up.

Bixby's Dewitt Jennings

The teams entered the fourth quarter tied at 14-apiece, but Bixby got the go-ahead TD on a six-yard run by QB Kevin Lamb. That was set up by a 47-yard pass from Lamb to Tanner Hordabay. Lamb finished the day 18-of-24 for 261 yards and two scores. He connected with a 35-yard score to Trevor Bryant in the third quarter and also had 60 rushing yards.

Freshman Bryan Dutton led Guthrie on three scoring drives, all capped by Kelly TD runs. He finished 17-of-25 for 189 yards, but was picked off twice. Bixby finished the game with 371 total yards. Guthrie managed 296 yards overall. The Spartans are in the championship game for the second time in three years. The Spartans were defeated 16-3 by Guthrie in the 2006 final.

Class 4A

Douglass 22, Weatherford 6

Who needs a balanced attack to play for the 4A championship? Apparently not Douglass. The Trojans didn't attempt a single pass, but didn't need to, as they rushed their way to a 22-6 semifinal victory against No. 1 Weatherford Saturday night in Yukon. The loss avenged a 14-7 defeat to Weatherford in Week 8.

Douglass's Quinton Neil

Whereas turnovers hurt the Trojans in that loss, they committed none this time around while accumulating 327 rushing yards on 51 carries. The only "balance" the Trojans showed was in the total yardage by its two big-play backs. Aliston Cobb led the way with 152 yards, including the go-ahead 68-yard touchdown in the second quarter that gave the Trojans a 14-6 lead. Quinton Neil added 139 yards, including TD runs of 2 (in the first quarter) and 58 yards (in the third).

And as good as the Trojan ground game was, the defense was even better. Weatherford had 102 total yards, including seven net yards on the ground. The Eagles tied the game at 6-all with QB Jake Barrios' one-yard run in the second quarter, but that was it for the Eagles (and the only points Douglass has surrendered this off-season). Barrios was sacked seven times in the game and picked off once. He finished with 95 yards through the air.

Star Spencer 46, Sallisaw 13

Sallisaw scored the first and last touchdowns in the Class 4A semifinal at Sapulpa on Saturday. Star Spencer did all the scoring - and a lot of it - in between. The result was a 46-13 victory for the Bobcats and a rematch with Douglass in the 4A championship game this weekend.

Matt Oberste's 2-yard run gave Sallisaw a 7-0 lead that it took into the second quarter against Star Spencer, but the good news stops there for the Black Diamonds. The Bobcats scored 20 points in each the second and third quarters, getting big play after big play to put the game away.

Darwin Rideau had TD runs of 17 and 47 yards in the second quarter, sandwiching a 39-yard scoring jaunt by Terence Olds. The duo struck again in the third quarter, Rideau 55 yards and Olds from 36. Star Spencer also blocked a punt that Antoine Watson recovere in the end zone for a 40-6 lead. The margin was pushed to 46-6 when Franky Jamison added the final punch, an 82-yard TD run in the fourth.

Overall, Star had 462 yards on the ground and averaged 9.6 yards a carry. Rideau had 200 yards on 13 carries (15.4 yards per carry). Jamison had 115 yards and Olds 114. Sallisaw got just 65 yards on the ground and 225 overall. Oberste threw for 160 yards, but was picked off twice and sacked eight times. Star now gets a shot at redemption against Douglass, which beat the Bobcats 34-28 in Week 3. The Bobcats will be playing for their first football championship.

Class 3A

Cascia Hall 37, Seq. Claremore 7

Some people thought after taking Cascia Hall to the wire twice in less than a year, including a 28-21 loss earlier this season, the third time might be the charm for Sequoyah Claremore in trying to snap the Commandos' winning streak. Think again. Cascia Hall proved up to the task with a dominant semifinal effort that upped the Commandos winning streak to 40 while moving on in the quest for a third consecutive state championship. The Commandos will be playing in their sixth state final in the last 11 years.

Cascia Hall's A.Z. Moyer

It was a hard-nosed defensive effort that set the tone as Cascia stifled a Sequoyah rushing attack that had virtually been running roughshod over every opponent. The Eagles finished with 108 yards on the ground and were forced to the air where the Commandos intercepted three passes, each setting up short scoring drives.

Conner Sherwood opened the scoring with the first of his two touchdowns on the night with a five-yard burst in the first period. Cascia Hall then followed with a 21-point second stanza to take complete command. Stephen Rouse hooked up with A.Z. Moyer for a 32-yard touchdown. Cet Caldwell chipped in a 13-yard yard scoring run and Rouse then added an 18-yard touchdown toss en route to 86 yards passing for the game. Caldwell finished with 152 yards on the ground, outgaining the entire Sequoyah Claremore team.

The Eagles avoided the shutout with a 15-yard touchdown run by Dakota Green in the third period.

Berryhill 23, Dewey 7

Berryhill rode its defense to earn another shot at Cascia Hall in the finals with a 23-7 victory over district rival Dewey before an overflow crowd at Hap Dunlap Field.

Justin Tomlinson stepped in front of a Clint Strate pass on the first Dewey play of the second half and returned it 30 yards untouched for a 16-7 Chiefs lead. Three plays after the ensuing kickoff, Strate was picked again, this time by Cameron Young. He returned it 27 yards to the 24, and after a personal foul penalty against the Chiefs, Adam Dolan broke loose around the left end behind clearing blocks by Jesse Nabors and Tyler Johnson to put the game away with 6:50 still left in the third.

Dewey wasn't going anywhere against the Berryhill defense. The Bulldoggers, who finished 8-5, had only three running plays of more than 9 yards and none longer than 19. Strate, who's passing helped Dewey get past two playoff foes and into the semis, hit only 10 of 25 for 105 yards, with those two interceptions. The Chiefs held the Dewey running game to 6 yards on 29 tries.

Berryhill, which will take an 11-2 record into its rematch with Cascia Hall, had modest numbers on offense with 201 yards rushing and 131 passing. But it was the defense which kept this one from getting exciting.

Class 2A

Lincoln Christian 47, Pawhuska 0

Top-ranked Lincoln Christian got an early goal-line stand, turned that into a touchdown and then followed that one up with several more as the Bulldogs hammered Pawhuska for the second time this year.

Pawhuska had a 2nd-and-goal from the 1 just a few minutes into the game, but the Bulldogs denied the Huskies on three straight rushing attempts. Matt Lawwill, who fumbled it over early to help set up the Pawhuska threat, then answered with a 52-yard run to kickstart a drive that ended with a 21-yard TD pass from Cale Grauer to Roman Wilson.

Lincoln Christian (13-1) added 27 second-quarter points to end all suspense by halftime. Earlier this season, LC beat Pawhuska 44-0 in district play. Lawwill made up for his early fumble with 204 yards and three touchdowns on 24 carries. His TD runs were 15, 41 and 19 yards. The Bulldogs had 306 rushing yards. Grauer threw for 152 yards and three TDs, including one more to Wilson. He also had a 1-yard TD run.

Unranked Pawhuska (11-3), which knocked off defending champ Heritage Hall in the quarterfinals, had just 138 yards of offense and committed three turnovers.

Kingfisher 27, Millwood 12

Early on, it looked like Kingfisher didn't belong. By the end of the game, the Yellowjackets proved they were the real deal. Down 12-0 early, seventh-ranked Kingfisher scored four unanswered touchdowns and shut down the potent Millwood attack before prevailing.

Millwood's Dimitri Braggs

Millwood drove 55 yards on its opening drive and scored on a 12-yard pass from Kevonte Richardson to Josh Turner. After Kingfisher fumbled over the ensuing kickoff, the Falcons capitalized and pushed their lead to 12-0 on a short Emilio Gatewood TD run. But that was all the scoring production the fourth-ranked Falcons would muster. Richardson was held to just 73 passing yards and Millwood had only 183 overall.

Meanwhile, the Kingfisher offense got going. QB Derek Patterson and RB Jacob York had TD runs to give Kingfisher a 14-12 lead by the end of the first quarter and the Jackets took that score into halftime. And although they didn't score a point in the quarter, the Yellowjackets may have sealed the win in the third quarter. With the wind at its back, Millwood had just three offensive snaps in the third.

Kingfisher chewed up the clock with 18 rushing plays and then used the wind to its advantage in the fourth. That's when Patterson connected on TD passes of 9 and 45 yards to Jordan Woods.

Woods finished the game with five catches for 96 yards. Jeremy Smith added 84 yards on his two receptions. Patterson finished with 199 through the air and 58 on the ground. York added 79 yards on 24 carries as Kingfisher racked up 141 rushing yards as a team. The Yellowjackets are playing for a state championship for the third time this decade.

Class A

Tonkawa 24, Hennessey 22

In a battle of the top two teams in the rankings all season, number one Tonkawa made an early lead stand up by holding off the Eagles to reach the state finals. The Bucs built a 24-7 lead on the strength of the legs of Jake Love, who scored on an eight-yard run in addition to a 19-yard field goal from Nathan Franklin to take a 10-0 lead at the break.

Hennessey's best chance may have come on the opening drive of the second half as the Eagles picked up a short field after a huge kickoff return from Omar Moreno, cashing in a short Dillon Morgan touchdown burst, cutting the deficit to 10-7. Tonkawa was then pinned deep on the kickoff but put together a methodical 87-yard march that culminated with a 27-yard scoring run from Love. Tonkawa tacked on another touchdown on a 54-yard interception return from Dustin Lindsay, one of his two on the day, and looked like it might coast in from there.

The Eagles had other ideas though, immediately answering with a 71-yard bomb from Matt Luetjen to Ben Aguirre on the very next play from scrimmage. Hennessey got within two on a one-yard plunge by Luetjen with 33 seconds to play but the Bucs pounced on the ensuing on-side kick to clench the victory.

Love sparked the Tonkawa offense with 187 yards rushing. Tonkawa's defense had Luetjen and company frustrated most of the day, notching three interceptions along with a fumble recovery.

Stroud 14, Oklahoma Bible 7

OBA's Nick Benbrook

Oklahoma Bible Academy came up with its normal stellar defensive effort, holding Stroud well below it's season average, but the Trojans were unable to put together enough offense to topple the unbeaten Tigers. Stroud cashed in an Austin Billingslea interception late in the first half with a 41-yard drive that was capped by Billslea's four-yard touchdown grab from Andrew Miller in the waning seconds to break a 7-7 deadlock.

It looked like it might be business as usual for the ground assault of Stroud, grinding its way for a Cody Pritchard touchdown run. The standout senior, however, finished with just 110 yards on 30 carries and the one score. The Tigers managed just 218 total yards. OBA, however, wasn't as effective offensively, ending with just 146 yards in the contest. The Trojans' lone touchdown came midway through the second period, marching 60 yards to paydirt on a Harrison Jackson four-yard burst. OBA's rushing leader ended with only 83 yards on 21 carries.

Class B

Garber 62, Laverne 12

The second meeting between the district rivals was even worse than the first for Laverne as the Tigers had no answer for the Garber aerial assault in a semifinal dismantling. Quarterback Dylan Postier threw six touchdown passes and added a one-yard touchdown run as Garber upped its winning streak to 27 straight.

Laverne looked like it might have a shot early, answering a pair of Wolverine scores with touchdowns on a Jack Taylor seven-yard run and a 68-yard Taylor pass to Kyle Cook. That only inspired Postier, who threw for 351 yards, including three touchdown tosses to Bryce Lamer that covered 54, 29 and 33 yards, helping end the game early on the mercy rule. Hayden Vencl had two touchdown receptions and Zac Powell also grabbed one TD aerial. Cade Oller chipped in Garber's other score with a 31-yard touchdown run.

Canton 42, Ryan 12

For the second straight week, second-ranked Canton eliminated an undefeated opponent, following up its triumph over Porter with a throttling of Ryan. The Cowboys had little answer for the Canton's Colby Haigler as the standout quarterback fired two touchdown passes and ran for three other scores while also adding an interception defensively.

Mondy Cruz proved to be Haigler's favorite target once again, grabbing all three of the scoring tosses. Haigler finished with 235 yards of total offense, 192 of which came through the air. Ryan thought they might reverse fortunes from last year's season-ending loss to Canton, jumping out first with a 73-yard touchdown run by Trevor Bettis, but the Cowboy runner ended with just 30 yards the rest of the way. Ryan quarterback Colby Barrett finished with 71 yards rushing.

Class C

Timberlake 52, Deer Creek-Lamont 14

Timberlake's Jake Bowers

After losing in the state semifinals each of the past two seasons, second-ranked Timberlake made sure history did not repeat again. The Tigers rode another strong offensive effort into the state title tilt. Jake Bowers threw four touchdown passes to compliment a dominant rushing attack in which he also posted 138 yards. Johnny Ketterman tossed in 111 yards rushing as well.

Trevor Ross notched a pair of short scoring runs for the Tigers as well. Austin Reuss had two touchdown receptions. DC-Lamont avoided the mercy rule with a 26-yard touchdown pass from Lawson Thompson to Derric Richards and a 59-yard scoring run by Patrick Swaggart.

Seiling 35, Forgan 6

Zach McDonald accounted for three touchdowns in helping Seiling reach the state finals for first time since 1995. McDonald scored on a pair of one-yard runs and also returned a fumble 42 yards to paydirt. Casey Cook contributed a 35-yard touchdown and Jordan Nelson also had a 47-yard touchdown burst.