Jon Potts

🚨 HOW ABOUT THIS PIECE OF HISTORY!!🚨 FOLLOW UP QUESTION AT THE END… Two chairs from “The Big House” mounted on a piece of the original floor from POND CREEK-HUNTER! I was in the OSSAA Office this week and ran across this in the front lobby. Van Shea Iven had this put together from some of the State Fair Arena chairs he purchased along with a piece of the old/original Pond Creek-Hunter floor that was replaced this summer. The PCH floor is believed to have been originally put down in 1959. The “putting it all together” was done by Chattanooga’s Jerry Brown who coached #OKPreps Boys Basketball for 30+ years and 21 at Chatty and also served as Superintendent after stepping away from coaching. Great job gentlemen, well done! QUESTION? If you had this piece of history for your very own, where would you put it/display it?

WHAT DOES ZERO #OKPreps to 2375 COACHING WINS LOOK LIKE? Got home a couple of weeks ago and Ellen said “I bought a program!”. Normally, that’s my line so I had to ask, “What one?” She said an old 1975-76 Northeastern State University Basketball program. Then I asked “Why?” My assistant basketball coach back in my #OKPreps playing days at Wagoner was Hall of Famer JOE GORDON and he was a graduate of NSU in 1976. Not only was he my coach but a great influence in my life. He also had an incredible coaching career winning 351 games in his 21-year tenure at WAGONER Then I do what I always do with these programs… who else is in here. I quickly saw the #OKPreps coaching totals grow substantially! 🏀 CLYDE BARKLEY (INOLA) 795 career wins🏆 🏀 DAVID PAGE (BLACKWELL/HOMINY/YALE/PAWNEE) 770 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏀 JERRY BELTON SR (BOYNTON) 459🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏀 JOE GORDON (WAGONER) 351 That a total of 2,375 career Boys Basketball #OKPreps coaching wins AND 13 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS !! All of these incredible players turned coaches had an incredible mentor in Dr. Jack Dobbins who won 314 games at Northeastern State University in a coaching career that spanned from 1959 to 1981. He is still the winningest men's basketball coach in NSU Redman history. So, as I always say with programs like this… “THIS IS GOLD!” And with all of those wins and State Championships, it truly was gold! #IWasAtTheGameStats

🚨SCHEDULE UPDATE per OSSAA🚨 The start of the Class 6A–3A Fast-Pitch Softball State Tournaments has been postponed by one day. All game times will remain the same. Updated Schedule: Quarterfinals: Friday, October 16 Semifinals: Saturday, October 17 Finals: Monday, October 19 #OKPrepsFastPitch #OKPreps