1st Place Dylan Koehn – Texhoma HS
2nd Place Marcus Dickinson – Norman North HS
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2015 OBCA FREE THROW CHAMPIONSHIP
Posted in COACHES CORNER, NEWS, Uncategorized on March 26, 2015 by OBCAOBCA MEMBERSHIP FORM
Posted in COACHES CORNER, NEWS on February 19, 2015 by OBCACoaches you must be a OBCA member to nominate your players for any OBCA awards.
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OBCA Nomination Forms Are Available
Posted in COACHES CORNER, NEWS on February 16, 2015 by OBCAAll Head Coaches must be a member of the OBCA to nominate a Player, Assistant Coach, or Friend of Basketball
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2014 OBCA FREE THROW CONTEST
Posted in COACHES CORNER, NEWS, Uncategorized on December 17, 2014 by OBCA
Regional 1: at Fairview High School, Saturday December 20th 10:00 am
Regional 2: at Cleveland High School, Saturday December 20th 10:00am
Regional 3: at Ft Gibson High School, Saturday December 20th 10:00am
Regional 4: at Chattanooga High School, Saturday December 20th 10:00am
Region 5: at Norman North High School, Saturday December 20th 12:00noon
Regional 6: at Byng High School, Saturday December 20th 10:00am
Region 7: at Bixby High School, Saturday December 20th 10:00 am
District 8: at Midwest City HS, Saturday December 20th 10:00am
2014 FALL BASKETBALL COACHES CLINIC PHOTOS
Posted in COACHES CORNER, NEWS, Uncategorized on September 27, 2014 by OBCA
2014 OBCA BASKETBALL CLINIC SPEAKERS AND AGENDA
Posted in COACHES CORNER, NEWS on September 18, 2014 by OBCA 
**Please make a note that the Parking Pass must be printed and cannot be shown via mobile device for entry.**
COST OF CLINIC
OBCA MEMBERS: $20.00
NON-MEMBERS:$ 45.00
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CLINIC PARKING PASS: OBCAParkingPass
CLINIC INVOICE: OBCA Invoice 2014-15
CLINIC AGENDA: 2014 OBCA FALL BASKEBALL COACHES CLINIC AGENDA
2014 OBCA FALL BASKEBALL CLINIC AGENDA
8:15-8:45 Registration: NE Entrance Chesapeake Arena
9:00-9:10 Welcome: Sam Presti, Executive Vice President & General Manager
9:10-9:15 Welcome: OBCA President, Tondrell Durham Bishop McGuinness HS
9:15-10:05 Steve Donahue – Former Head Coach, Boston College
‘How to Run a Good Practice’
10:10-11:00 Mark Daigneault –Head Coach, Oklahoma City Development League Team
‘Ways to Simplify the Game and Lessons Learned From Players’
11:00-11:15 Break
11:20-12:10 Kareem Richardson –Head Coach, University of Missouri-Kansas City
‘Pressure Defense and Pressing’
12:15-1:05 Jamion Christian –Head Coach, Mount St. Mary’s
‘Player Development and Offensive Positioning’
1:05-1:45 OBCA Committee Meeting
1:45-3:00 Lunch/Networking Session at Center Court Grill/Old No. 7
2014 OBCA FALL BASKETBALL COACHES CLINIC DATE SET FOR SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27th
Posted in COACHES CORNER, NEWS on September 3, 2014 by OBCA
The Oklahoma City Thunder is
proud to host again the Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association (OBCA)
Fall Basketball Coaches Clinic
Saturday September 27th at the Chesapeake Arena
The Clinic Agenda will be Posted Soon.
4TH ANNUAL ZIGS TIP-OFF CLASSIC
Posted in NEWS, Uncategorized on August 21, 2014 by OBCAThis is your invitation for your team to participate in the 4th annual Boys Tip-Off Classic, to be held Saturday, November 1, 2014, at the Union 9th grade center.
We will have a mix of both small and large schools, but will also have a J.V. Session the same day. If you would like your team(s) to participate, please contact me immediately, as we anticipate the slots will fill very quickly.
Each team will participate in four (4) scrimmages against four (4) different teams, with each scrimmage consisting of two (2) ten (10) minute sessions..
I will make every effort to customize your team’s schedule to your preferences, so please let me know if
there are any particular schools you would prefer not to scrimmage. You will
be provided a complete list of participating schools and a tentative schedule for your review several weeks prior to the event.
All participating teams must pay a $100 Officiating Fee which will be used exclusively for assigned officials at each scrimmage. Please let me know if you require an Invoice and one will be provided to you for processing. Your team’s Officiating Fee should be mailed to:
Zigs Hoops Classic
6806 East 83rd Street
Tulsa, OK 74133
Please call me at (918) 408-8319 or email me at zigshoops@cox.net
See you on the court!
Mike Ziegenhorn
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Jenni Kufahl dies after lengthy battle with cancer
Posted in NEWS on August 6, 2014 by OBCAby Jacob Unruh – The Oklahoman
Jenni Kufahl never liked the nickname “Wimpy, Wimpy.”
It was a moniker jokingly given to her when she was little by her father John Merrell after seeing a trash bag commercial comparing Hefty trash bags to others.
The nickname wore off by the time Kufahl was an adult, but she still brought it up early in her cancer diagnosis after a surgeon praised her toughness.
“Dad, you can’t call me Wimpy anymore,” she told Merrell.
Kufahl died Sunday after a nearly two-year battle with cancer, bringing to end a courageous fight that truly showed her toughness. She was 39.
“She’s the toughest person I’ve ever seen,” said Merrell, the Christian Heritage Academy athletic director. “She wanted to raise her kids to love and honor the Lord.
“That’s why she kept fighting so hard. Even at the end, she just kept fighting. She’s my hero.”
Her funeral is 1 p.m. Thursday at Southern Hills Baptist Church, 8601 S Pennsylvania. In lieu of flowers, the Kufahls have formed the Kufahl Children College Fund at BancFirst.
Kufahl leaves behind seven children and her husband Heath, the CHA boys basketball and volleyball coach.
She was diagnosed with cancer in October 2012, and since then she caught national attention as she fought the disease.
Heath made the $20,000 half-court shot at an Oklahoma City Thunder game and used the money to help pay for her treatments. She found a temporary relief following the shot, but the cancer quickly returned and forced her to seek a different type of treatment at Envita in Scottsdale, Ariz., in April.
It was there that Kufahl spent the past few months, until returning to Oklahoma City 10 days ago when doctors said there was nothing else they could do.
She spent her finals days surrounded by her family.
“The last three months, even including that time (at Envita), our focus was her and our family,” Heath said. “We really spent, for the most part, all of this time together. That was good.”
Heath said the family will be forever grateful for the outpouring to his family during her treatments.
Friends and family helped raise more than $30,000 for the treatment at Envita — raffling off a storm shelter — and also held an auction for multiple Thunder items in May.
“It was just a blessing to us and it always came at the right time,” Heath said. “It really helped us fight. We had to stop writing thank you notes because we could never get through them all. That kind of support, there are people who don’t have that and we’ve met them.
“God has blessed us with support and the love of hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people. I don’t deserve it, Jenni deserves it and that helped us make it through. Hopefully, that will continue to help us make it through.”
A MEMORIAL HAS BEEN SET UP FOR THE SEVEN KUFAHL CHILDRENS COLLEGE FUND
CONTACT BANCFIRST
4200S. SUNNYLANE RD. DEL CITY OKLAHOMA 73115
ATTN – KUFAHL CHILDREN COLLEGE FUND.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE OBCA COACHES WHO SPOKE AT THE SUMMER CLINIC
Posted in COACHES CORNER, NEWS on August 2, 2014 by OBCA
Todd Kerr – Forgan HS – Class B State Champions
John Lazenby – Glencoe HS – Class A State Champions
Donnie Husband – Latta HS – Class 2A State Champions
Kale Simon – Okemah HS – Class 3A State Champions
Kendal Cudjoe – OKC Douglass HS – Class 4A State Champions
Rudy Garcia – Union HS – Class 6A State Champions
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