The Oklahoman sports team delivers the key players, moments and more from the area’s top high school football games in Week 14. More: How Blanchard football is giving back to elementary school on the way to state finals Blanchard 19, Wagoner 14 Blanchard’s Carson Cooksey (6) passes the ball during the 4A high school football state championship game between Blanchard and Wagoner …

49ers defensive lineman Arik Armstead has been out of practice this week, but he doesn’t expect to be missing on Sunday. Armstead is dealing with a foot injury that kept him from participating in Wednesday’s practice and reporters at Thursday’s session said that he remained out of action. Before practice got underway on Thursday, however, Armstead told reporters in the …

CHATTANOOGA – The first day of the TSSAA BlueCross Bowl state championship games are over. Here is how the top Power 5 college prospects fared after Thursday Division II title games. Amari Jefferson, Baylor, Sr.: The Mr. Football finalist and Alabama commit finished two yards shy of tying a state championship record for most receiving yards in a title game when he …

The Cowboys and Seahawks played one of the most exciting games in the NFL this season, with Dallas coming back for a 41-35 victory. But it also was one of the most penalized games in the NFL this season, with the yellow flags giving it a start-stop feel. Referee Clete Blackman and his crew stole the show with 25 called …

Nov. 30—While it understandably may still linger in some players’ minds, no one in the Wyomissing locker room is talking about it. A year ago, the Spartans fell to Neumann-Goretti 20-17 in heartbreaking fashion on a touchdown with eight seconds left in the PIAA Class 3A football semifinals, missing out on a third-straight appearance in the state championship game. However, …

The Dallas Cowboys have flirted with greatness over this NFL era, but the 2023 squad is starting to feel like they have the juice for a real playoff run on the back of arguably the best quarterback-wide receiver duo in the league. Dak Prescott is playing out of his damn mind lately, throwing with pinpoint accuracy, making plays outside the …

The Cowboys’ 41-35 win over the Seahawks on Thursday is a game of the year candidate that had just about everything from a points, punts and penalties perspective.  Here’s the 10 craziest facts from this wild affair: 1. No punts intended: This was the sixth game in NFL history with zero punts, including playoffs. Three of them have involved Mike McCarthy, …

CHATTANOOGA — Baylor wide receiver Amari Jefferson popped up off the artificial turf at Finley Stadium and pointed the ball forward, thinking he had a crucial first-down catch on a fourth-and-12 late in the game. Instead, Jefferson watched in disbelief when the official spotted the ball one yard short, allowing McCallie to take over and end the game in a …

Over the past year, the Eagles have perfected the quarterback push play in short-yardage situations. A moment from Sunday’s win over the Bills highlights a possible strategy for trying to neutralize it. It happened when defensive lineman Jordan Phillips left early as Buffalo prepared to stop (or try to stop) an inevitable quarterback sneak, shoving through and over Eagles offensive …

Nov. 30—Navarro Football accepted an invitation Tuesday to represent the Southwest Junior College Football Conference as the host team for the TIPS-C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart Of Texas Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 2, at Memorial Stadium on the Texas A&M University-Commerce campus. Coach Ryan Taylor’s SWJCFC runner-up Navarro Bulldogs (6-4) will face coach Glenn Davis’ Copiah-Lincoln Wolves (9-2) from Wesson, Ms., in a …

Broncos wide receiver Jerry Jeudy returned to practice Thursday after missing Wednesday’s work with a groin injury. He was a limited participant. Jeudy has 37 receptions for 440 yards and a touchdown in 10 games this season. Kicker Wil Lutz (right hip) and wide receiver Marvin Mims Jr. (hamstring) both remained limited, while outside linebacker Baron Browning (wrist) was again …

Nov. 30—Penn State is expected to hire Kansas assistant coach Andy Kotelnicki as its new offensive coordinator, Bruce Feldman of The Athletic reported Thursday. Kotelnicki has worked for Jayhawks coach Lance Leipold since 2013, first at Division III power Wisconsin-Whitewater and then at Buffalo before he joined the Kansas staff when Leipold was hired in 2021. He replaces Mike Yurcich, …

Texans receiver Tank Dell (calf) returned to practice Thursday. The rookie missed Wednesday’s practice with a calf injury but got in limited work Thursday. Dell has 47 receptions for 709 yards and seven touchdowns, on pace to finish with 73 receptions for 1,096 yards and 11 touchdowns. Tight end Dalton Schultz (hamstring) remained a non-participant as did defensive tackle Sheldon …

CHATTANOOGA — Jay St. Hilaire and Whit Muschamp recently rode in a car for two hours together to visit Vanderbilt’s football program. They’re buddies whose Chattanooga private schools are nine miles apart from each other. But Thursday was an exception. The 2024 Vanderbilt quarterback commitments combined for 567 yards passing and six touchdowns while playing against each other in the …

Ralph Vacchiano NFC East Reporter Just one hour of football into the NFL season, Micah Parsons declared that the Dallas Cowboys had “the best defense in the National Football League.” On Thursday night, that defense was lucky the Dallas offense was there to bail it out. Oh, that defense might have come through when it mattered most, stopping the Seattle …