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Published May 15, 2008 09:46 am - Terrell Lester ... Scouting Around Scouting around ... With Owasso, Bixby and Sperry winning championships this week, it could be concluded that Tulsa County owns high school baseball in Oklahoma.
It is the third time in five years that Tulsa County has produced three state champions in baseball in the same season. That comes while Oklahoma is playing baseball in seven classifications. Back in 1978, when there were five classes for baseball, Tulsa County crowned three champions. And seven other times in the five-class era, the county produced two championship teams within the same season. In 1961, when there were four classes for baseball, Tulsa Public Schools (Edison and Webster) won two of the championships. Closer to home, Claremore and Oologah gave Rogers County a double championship in 2005. ... Oklahoma City McGuinness finished the school year with eight — eight — state championship teams. The school collected seven last year. Claremore and Oologah have the majority of team state championships among Rogers County schools and they can’t match over the years what McGuinness has accomplished in two years. Oologah has 14 team state championships, beginning with the 1961 volleyball title. Claremore has collected a total of 12 state championships. The rest of the Rogers County schools might be hard-pressed to come up with 15 state championships among them. ... While McGuinness was defeating Claremore Sequoyah last week in the girls soccer semifinals, en route to the 4A championship, one local coach brought up the subject of private schools. That has long been a topic of conversation — and consternation — among public school coaches. The McGuinness director of athletics, Gary Savely, addressed such comments in The Oklahoman this week. He said that ignores the anti-private school sentiments of others. “For some people, it’s just easier to say ‘They’re only good because they’re a private school,’” Savely was quoted in the newspaper. “There’s some jealousy, but for the most part, I believe people really respect us.” ... 
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