2014 FALL BASKETBALL COACHES CLINIC PHOTOS
Posted in COACHES CORNER, NEWS, Uncategorized on September 27, 2014 by OBCA2014 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
OBCA Coaches Achievement Awards
Posted in COACHES CORNER, NEWS, Uncategorized on August 2, 2014 by OBCA
All-State Games Boys Basketball: West wins Large-School, East wins Small-School
Posted in COACHES CORNER, NEWS on August 1, 2014 by OBCA
OCA ALL-STATE GAME 2014
By BARRY LEWIS World Sports Writer
Large schools
Storyline: Del City guard Brett Cannon scored eight points in the final six minutes to rally the West past the East 87-84 before an estimated 1,000 fans on Thursday night at Mabee Center.
The West trailed 72-64 early in the fourth quarter. Cannon’s three-point play with 1:08 left gave the West an 85-84 lead. Midwest City’s Torey Noel and Westmoore’s Tripp Fuller each made 1-of-2 free throws in the final 31 seconds.
Booker T. Washington’s Kevin Sims missed a tying 3-pointer as time expired. Sims’ three-point play had given the East an 84-82 lead with 1:21 remaining. Sims, who made a 3 at the end of the third period to give the East a 65-62 lead, had 13 points.
Game MVP: Cannon, an Arkansas-Fort Smith signee, scored 15 points in the second half.
Notable: Union’s Rudy Garcia was named coach of the year by the Oklahoma Coaches Association. … Oklahoma State signee Mitchell Solomon of Bixby had eight points, 13 rebounds and three blocked shots. … The Large West won for the seventh consecutive year.
WEST 87, EAST 84
| West | 17 | 19 | 26 | 25 | — | 87 |
| East | 17 | 18 | 30 | 19 | — | 84 |
West: Brett Cannon (Del City) 20, Tripp Fuller (Westmoore) 12, Kesean Brown (Midwest City) 11, Antonio Wilson (OKC Douglass) 11, Mike Jones (El Reno) 8, Dominique Pierre (Lawton Eisenhower) 8, Torey Noel (Midwest City) 7, Luke Lewallen (Elk City) 5, Trace Cook (Lawton MacArthur) 4, Collin Jennings (Harrah) 1.
East: R.J. Diggs (Memorial) 17, Shawn Olden (Union) 15, Kevin Sims (B.T. Washington) 13, Demari Edwards (Memorial) 10, Nick Shoemaker (Bartlesville) 10, Mitchell Solomon (Bixby) 8, Matt Lea (Stilwell) 4, Carson Teel (Stillwater) 3, Matt Craig (Bishop Kelley) 2, Travis Hall (Inola) 2.
Small schools
Storyline: Spiro’s Knifeis Carter scored 10 of his game-high 16 points to key a decisive 29-8 run in the fourth quarter as the East defeated the West 72-56 on Thursday night at Mabee Center.
Oklahoma City Millwood’s Ashford Golden opened the fourth quarter with a 3-pointer to forge a tie at 43, but Okemah’s John Wingfield answered with a basket and Carter sank a 3 as the East took a lead it didn’t relinquish.
Weleetka’s Shawn Bencoma also sparked the East’s late surge with seven of his 15 points in the fourth quarter. Sperry’s Casey Cole added 12 points for the East.
Oklahoma City Northeast’s Shawndale Pina led the West with 14 points, but was blanked in the final period.
The West led by eight late in the second quarter and 31-25 at halftime before the East rallied. The East have five 3s in the fourth quarter.
Game MVP: Carter, a 5-11 guard who averaged 14 points as a senior, was the leading scorer and also set a fast-paced tempo with several assists and steals. Carter is a Carl Albert State College signee.
Notable: The Small East won for the first time since 2010.
EAST 72, WEST 56
| West | 16 | 15 | 9 | 16 | — | 56 |
| East | 13 | 12 | 18 | 29 | — | 72 |
West: Shawndale Pina (OKC Northeast) 14, Ashford Golden (OKC Millwood) 8, Pierson Waugh (Merritt) 8, Jace Kerr (Forgan) 7, Jaz Gayanich (Velma-Alma) 5, Tyler Tune (Arnett) 4, Zach Rayner (Pond Creek-Hunter) 4, Daniel Collins (Fort Cobb-Broxton) 3, Trevor Harris (Laverne) 3, Brady Kokojan (Drummond) 0.
East: Knifeis Carter (Spiro) 16, Shawn Bencoma (Weleetka) 15, Casey Cole (Sperry) 12, Austin Guinn (Okemah) 8, John Wingfield (Okemah) 7, Jake Lazenby (Glencoe) 5, Burtchal Griffin Jr. (Haworth) 4, Kade Hayes (Latta) 3, Bryce Deatherage (Red Oak) 2, Caleb Armstrong (Moyers) 0.
OCA SUMMER CLINIC JULY 27 – AUGUST 1
Posted in COACHES CORNER, NEWS on July 18, 2014 by OBCA2014 OKLAHOMA COACHES ASSOCIATION
JULY 27 – August 1, 2014
MARRIOTT SOUTHERN HILLS
1902 E. 71ST
And
CROWNE PLAZA SOUTHERN HILLS
7902 SOUTH LEWIS
TULSA, OKLAHOMA
OUR OBCA MEMBERSHIP TABLE WILL BE OPEN
SUNDAY 12:00-3:00
MONDAY-THURSDAY 8:00-4:00
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OKLAHOMA COACHES ASSOCIATION ALL STATE TEAMS
Posted in Uncategorized on June 13, 2014 by OBCA
Games will be played Thursday, July 31 at Oral Roberts University’s Mabee Center. The small-school game begins at 7 p.m. and the large-school game follows at 8:30 p.m.
Large East
Mitchell Solomon, Bixby
Shawn Olden, Tulsa Union
Demari Edwards, Tulsa Memorial
R.J. Diggs, Tulsa Memorial
Matt Lea, Stilwell
Travis Hall, Inola
Kevin Sims, Tulsa Washington
Carson Teel, Stillwater
Matt Craig, Tulsa Kelley
Steven Parker, Jenks
Coaches: Derrick Verner, Stillwater; Ron Anderson, Ada
Large West
Collin Jennings, Harrah
Luke Lewallen, Elk City
Cameron Warren, Carl Albert
Brett Cannon, Del City
Torey Noel, Midwest City
Omega Harris, Putnam West
Trace Cook, Lawton MacArthur
Tripp Fuller, Westmoore
Antonio Wilson, Douglass
Dominique Pierre, Lawton Eisenhower
Coaches: Bryan Jennings, Harrah; Rodney Haydon, El Reno
Small East
Austin Guinn, Okemah
Kade Hayes, Latta
Jake Lazenby, Glencoe
Bryce Deatherage, Red Oak
Burtchal Griffin Jr., Haworth
Casey Cole, Sperry
Shawn Bencoma, Weleetka
John Wingfield, Okemah
Knifeis Carter, Spiro
Caleb Armstrong, Moyers
Coaches: Burtchal Griffin, Haworth; Dirk Walden, Preston
Small West
Ashford Golden, Millwood
Jacob Hammond, Comanche
Tyler Tune, Arnett
Jaz Gayanich, Velma-Alma
Austin Garner, Centennial
Jace Kerr, Forgan
Trevor Harris, Laverne
Pierson Waugh, Merritt
Braygan Lippencott, Cheyenne/Reydon
Shawndale Pina, Northeast
Coaches: Brad Thrash, Cheyenne/Reydon; Patrick Penner, Okeene
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