Oklahoma Girl's High School Preview

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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ BASKETBALL PREVIEW HIGH SCHOOLS

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ BASKETBALL PRESEASON ALL-STATE TEAMS

SELECTIONS BY JACOB UNRUH

Class 6A

• Areanna Combs, Putnam West

• Chelsea Dungee, Sapulpa

• Alexis Gaulden, Broken Arrow

• Ana Llanusa, Choctaw

• Aaliyah Wilson, Muskogee

Class 5A

• Micayla Haynes, Guthrie

• Hillary Hurst, Woodward

• Mikayla Shulanberger, Skiatook

• Mallory Vaughn, Collinsville

• Mariah Watson, Altus

Class 4A

• Dominique Golightly, Chickasha

• Katie Mayo, Newcastle

• Taylor Roberts, Classen SAS

• Carsyn Spurgeon, Vinita

• Shanna Visnieski, Harrah

Class 3A

• Cenia Hayes, Seq.-Tahlequah

• Jaden Hobbs, Alva

• Kelsey Johnson, Washington

• Keni Jo Lippe, Adair

• Morgan Meacham, Her. Hall

Class 2A

• Claire Chastain, Dale

• Jacie Engler, Wright City

• Kensi Laughlin, Mangum

• Presley Payahsape, Cashion

• Ki-Essence Shields, Preston

Class A

• Tiarra Davis, P.C.-Hunter

• Taylor Hedrick, Seiling

• Chelsea Lazenby, Glencoe

• Andi Pierce, Garber

• Bailey Vogt, Okarche

Class B

• Destiny Alston, Forgan

• Tyra Aska, Coyle

• Sarah Garvie, Burlington

• MaKenzie Janz, Erick

• McKenzi Lamer, Lomega


HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ BASKETBALL PRESEASON RANKINGS




SELECTIONS BY JACOB UNRUH


Class 6A

1. Broken Arrow

2. Muskogee

3. Choctaw

4. Edmond Santa Fe

5. Sapulpa

6. Westmoore

7. Midwest City

8. Putnam West

9. Tulsa Washington

10. Deer Creek

Class 5A

1. Tulsa East Central

2. Collinsville

3. Shawnee

4. Ardmore

5. Claremore

6. Woodward

7. Tulsa Edison

8. Altus

9. Piedmont

10. Del City

Class 4A

1. Harrah

2. Fort Gibson

3. Newcastle

4. Vinita

5. Chickasha

6. Anadarko

7. Plainview

8. Hilldale

9. Ada

10. Classen SAS

Class 3A

1. Chisholm

2. Seq.-Tahlequah

3. Washington

4. Alva

5. Adair

6. Bethel

7. Perkins-Tryon

8. Millwood

9. Kansas

10. Davis

Class 2A

1. Dale

2. Preston

3. Wright City

4. Howe

5. Cashion

6. Fairview

7. Mangum

8. Ketchum

9. Carnegie

10. Okemah

Class A

1. Okarche

2. Seiling

3. Glencoe

4. Pond Creek-Hunter

5. Frontier

6. Cheyenne/Reydon

7. Stonewall

8. Calumet

9. Arapaho-Butler

10. Vici

Class B

1. Lomega

2. Coyle

3. Erick

4. Burlington

5. Red Oak

6. Varnum

7. Forgan

8. Asher

9. Caney

10. Hammon

Westmoore’s Murcer provides spark for talented team

Jacob Unruh
junruh@oklahoman.com

Westmoore sophomore Jessi Murcer is averaging 22 points a game so far this season as the Jaguars are off to a 3-0 start.

Westmoore sophomore Jessi Murcer caught nearly everybody by surprise last season.

That is, everybody except Westmoore coach Andre Guziec, who watched the 5-foot-7 guard dominate at the middle school level the year before.

Murcer would make shots from behind the arc. She could get to the basket. She even had the ability to make tough jump shots while being defended.

It was the complete package that Westmoore needed, and Murcer quickly fit right in with the Jaguars, averaging 17.6 points.

“You never really know how your team’s going to jell until you have your team and she came in and accepted being part of the team instead of having to be just the team herself” Guziec said. “That was huge knowing that she has the skill and the ability to take it on her own if necessary. But coming in and being a part of the team was an exciting surprise ”

Murcer is already off to a fast start this season with an average of 22 points the first three games as undefeated Westmoore looks to take the next step after falling one game shy of the state tournament.

“I think we can learn from it and grow as a team ” Murcer said.

Murcer said individually she’s worked to improve her shot even more along with her ballhandling skills.

“Her comfort level is better right now” Guziec said. “She knows the system, she knows what we expect. I expect great things from her and the other returning starters as well ”

The team as a whole has worked primarily on defense, which could help the offense built around Murcer and seniors Ashley Gomez and Sydney Chastain even more.

“We’re a transition team and if we’re able to get more steals and get up court, it’s really going to help us” Gomez said.

Chastain (9.6 points) returns as the team leader. She was recently named the state’s Wendy’s Heisman Award winner. Gomez (16.9 points) was on The Oklahoman’s Big All-City First Team last season.

They’ve both benefitted from Murcer’s emergence.

“We knew she was good, but we didn’t know how she was going to work with our team ” Westmoore forward Kaci Richardson said. “She came in and really opened it up for us”

 

[mikeareese]

Murcer sounds like a player. I might get down to Westmoore and catch a game. I am interested to see how M Vaughn has developed. I might talk to Shawn Clark. I think he coaches girls basketball. I have never talked to him, but he lives about 4 houses down.