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Published July 18, 2008 10:29 am - Terrell Lester ... Scouting around 8.18 TERRELL LESTER Column
Scouting around ... Less than a month after being approved by the board of education, Lance Crawley has backed out of the assistant basketball coaching position at Claremore High School. The one-time head coach at Fort Gibson had accepted in June the assistant’s post under new coach Tim Stewart. However, Crawley resigned last week and will remain at Woodall, an independent elementary school near Tahlequah. Crawley was the principal at Woodall when he accepted Stewart’s offer to move to Claremore. “It put us in a bad spot,” Stewart said this week. “We have several candidates in mind, but nothing is done yet.” ... Brant Bruner, three-time state championship wrestler at Claremore, is being inducted into the Lindenwood University Athletic Hall of Fame. Bruner was the St. Charles, Mo., school’s first four-time All-American and one of just two to achieve that status. He won two NAIA national championships, at 125 as a 2000 freshman and at 133 in 2003 as a senior. Bruner, who has returned to Claremore, won state championships as a Zebra in 1997 (112 pounds), 1998 (112) and 1999 (119). Induction ceremonies will be held in October. ... Hayley Knife Chief, the former Claremore Progress girls basketball Rogers County Player of the Year who played at Rogers State last season, will be at the University of Oklahoma this fall. The lights-out shooter who had been named national high school Native American Player of the Year, chose not to return for RSU’s second season, or for her sophomore season. She will join tryouts at OU to earn a chance at walking on. ... Hall of Fame coach Charlie Cooper is retiring from retirement. Cooper, who defined his career while coaching the Tahlequah High School football Tigers from 1980 through 1992, retired from coaching in 2002 after spending some time in Rogers, Ark. He is returning this year to serve as offensive coordinator for Northeastern State under first-year head coach Kenny Evans. “I never lost my desire to be a football coach, I’m competitive,” Cooper said. “My situation when I retired was ‘well, I could.’ I’ve known coach Evans since my high school days when he used to recruit players from me.” 
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