WSU signee & Keiton Page & Clarke in tonight's All-State game

[GoodGuysFan]

Keiton teams with an WSU signee & with Rotnei Clarke tonight (Thursday) in the Small-School All-State game at 7 pm at Midwest City's Carl Albert High School.

The Washington State signee is forward James Watson from Stringtown.

Page and Clarke teamed together in last month's Oklahoma-Texas Faith 7 game. Page scored 41 and Clarke 29 in leading Oklahoma to a 121-101 victory over Texas. Willie Warren (OU signee) scored 41 for Texas in a losing effort.

In last month's Faith 7 game, Page scored his 37 in 24 minutes of playing time while Warren took 30 minutes to score his 41.

In tonight's game, Page, Clarke, and Watson will play for the East team at 7 pm. Following their game will be the Large-School All-State game at the same location.

Who of you can go to this game?

[GoodGuysFan]

OSU football commit Justin Blackmon will be playing on the opposing West team, so this will be an interesting game for OSU fans!

[wrestlingjunkie]

I don't follow basketball, but a walkon for OSU wrestling from Broken Arrow Drew Partain defeated Carl Albert's 8-2 in the large school All-State Games

[GoodGuysFan]

I don't follow basketball, but a walkon for OSU wrestling from Broken Arrow Drew Partain defeated Carl Albert's 8-2 in the large school All-State Games

Partain is good enough to get a scholarship from other wrestling schools and maybe even from OSU, but OSU signed the #1 ranked guy in the nation at Partain's weight.

I'd guess Partain will get to wrestle in some varsity matches for OSU.

[wood911]

If the guy is good enough, he will get on the mat. Mike Sheets wrestled at 158 as a freshman even though he was a legitimate 150. He even wrestled at 167 a few times that year. Not saying the kid is Sheets but if John has 2 outstanding wrestlers at the same weight he will move 1 to get them both on the mat.

[Tiny]

I am an assistant high school basketball coach in Justin's high school's conference. If he gets out in the open court get ready because he can throw it down. He is a high flyer. Even better he is a good kid.

[GoodGuysFan]

The Tulsa World covered the game, but they didn't mention how Blackmon did. Here's part of their story:

"Clarke scored 21 points while Page received the Jim Thorpe Award as the Oklahoma Coaches Association's basketball player of the year after the two helped lead the Small East past the West 79-57 at Carl Albert High School.

"It was a good game for us to finish our high school careers," said Page, who had 10 points and saw his father, David, receive the state's basketball coach of the year award. "We were a little sloppy at first but then we got going."

"Page was only 4-of-11 from the field, but still dazzled in other ways. With five minutes left in the first half, Page began the East's comeback from a 19-12 deficit with a reverse lob that was jammed home by Stringtown's James Watson. Fifteen seconds later, Page fed Watson for another dunk and the East was rolling to a 39-28 halftime lead and a rout.

"Just as in the Faith 7 Game in June, Oklahoma basketball's two all-time leading scorers did not play together until the fourth quarter."

Rest of the story at:
http://www.tulsaworld.com/sports/article.aspx?subjectID=&articleID=20080801_230_B1_hALLST544187

[GoodGuysFan]

The Oklahoman also covered the game, and includes a video clip in their online story.

Apparently Blackmon stayed in Stillwater to practice with the football team and didn't play in this game:

http://newsok.com/article/3277535