FRIDAY FOOTBALL UPDATE: DEWEY DEFEATS WESTVILLE; CANEY VALLEY (KAN.) 5-1
Bartlesville High School’s Daeton Stevens (21) runs against Muskogee last Friday night. The Bruins fell 48-0.
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Nowata High School’s Muaj Tsim Lee (12) tackles a Morrison runner last Friday. The Ironmen fell Friday night to Morrison 56-18.
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By Mike Tupa
Oct. 14, 2025
BARTLESVILLE AREA SPORTS REPORT
Following are reports on last week's area high school football games.
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DISTRICT 6A-II-2: Muskogee 48, BARTLESVILLE 0
Offensive woes — punctuated by a few sparkling plays — continued to dog the Bartlesville Bruins in their second shutout in three weeks.
Considering the tough hands the Bruin defense was dealt — Muskogee started six drives on the Bartlesville side of the field — scoring on four of them — and another two possessions between the Muskogee 40-yard line and midfield, both resulting in touchdowns.
On the other hand, Muskogee’s defense displayed some big jaws. In its first eight possessions, Bartlesville’s offense reached midfield only once and saw the six other possessions end on its side of the field. Two fourth-down sacks and an interception ended three of the drives.
But the Bruins were driving well into Rougher territory when time expired.
With the loss Bartlesville (0-6) finds itself in an identical position as last year — 0-3 in district with four winnable games remaining. The Bruins are battling to get back to the playoffs for the fourth-straight season.
The Bruins displayed plenty of fiery play and emotional want-do on what also was its Homecoming Game at Custer Stadium.
At times the desire boiled over, exemplified by a scrum that saw players from both sides ejected.
And it wasn’t exactly an easy outing for Muskogee. Despite all their breaks and Bartlesville’s offensive struggles, the Roughers still had to work very hard against a steely Bruin defense.
The game opened with Muskogee going 59 yards — the last 53 yards of it on Marquis Chaplin’s run — to score just 43 seconds into the contest.
Led by quarterback Michael Kent, Bartlesville put together a nice-looking drive that netted a first down and took the ball to the 50-yard line. The key play on the drive was a 15-yard zip from Kent to Matthew Sears over the middle. But the drive stalled when Kent was sacked on 4th-and-6 back at the Bruin 38-yard line.
However, the Bruin defense rose to the task and shut down Muskogee. The Bruins opened the drive by sacking Kason Delgado, with Sonji Ketiku, Shaun Thrasher and Sutton Williams converging and gobbling up the quarterback. The Roughers went three-and-out.
Bartlesville made another impressive drive midway through the first quarter, driving the ball 31 yards to the Bruin 44-yard line. The big plays included a completion from Kent to Harrison Ketchum on 3rd-and-long, a fourth-down run by Williams (his first carry in five games) to move the chains and a 12-yard strike from Kent on a rollout to Daeton Stevens.
But Muskogee ended the march with an interception at its 22-yard line.
That set up the Roughers only true scoring drive for the night. They took more than five minutes off the clock while traveling 78 yards in 11 plays.
Muskogee scored twice in the final two minutes of first half, one of them set up by recovering an onside kick.
Trailing 34-0 at the half, Bartlesville received the opening kickoff to start the third quarter. But Kent was sacked on a 4th-and-2 play at the Bruin 35-yard line and gave Muskogee another short porch. Delgado scored on a 16-yard keeper and the Roughers went up, 41-0.
Muskogee started subbing in the third quarter and neither offense did much the rest of the game.
On their final possession, the Bruins pieced together their most productive drive of the night — moving the ball 58 yards to the Muskogee 37-yard line before the clock expired. The possession’s highlights included a 10-yard hook-up from Kent to Sears, a 19-yard completion from Kent to Ketchum and a seven-yard run by Kent across midfield.
Next up, Bartlesville hits the road for a Thursday night game at Putnam City North.
Bartlesville High School’s Sonji Ketiku (55) and Landen Shaw (4) bring down a Muskogee runner last Friday night. The Bruins fell 48-0.
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Dewey High School’s Will Lawrence (60) leads the way for Jayden Vallen (3) during an earlier season game. The Bulldoggers defeated Westville 45-6.
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District 2A-I-4: DEWEY 45, Westville 6
“The boys needed it. I’m glad for my boys.”
Those nine words exemplified Dewey coach Scott Sapulpa’s player-first attitude — and the confidence he has in his squad despite a 1-4 record coming into this game.
Whether or not Friday’s victory is an effectual turning point for Dewey, or whether it was just a case of running into an opponent ready to be plucked will have to be seen.
But for this night, Dewey (2-4, 1-2) built a full head of steam and Westville would have needed an earthquake to throw Dewey off its stride.
The Doggers rushed for an eye-popping 455 yards — led by senior rushers Jayden Vallen with 142 and Easton Davis with 138.
Vallen and Davis also rushed for two touchdowns apiece. Senior Eddie Rice, junior Fenix Bolding and freshman Case Roberts each ran for one score.
Davis recorded the only reception (three yards).
Westville scored early on a busted play by the Dewey defense. Otherwise, the Doggers bottled up their frustrated foe.
Defensive leaders for Dewey included senior Parker Garrison, who amassed 10 tackles (nine solo) and Bolding, who added eight takedowns (four solo). Junior Pierce Butler scooped up a fumble and Kavery Weathers grabbed two interceptions.
Leading up front on the line were Butler — who lined up at center and nose guard — and junior guard Will Lawrence.
Next up, the Doggers take on Tulsa Webster (0-6. 0-3), with a promising opportunity to even their district record.
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District A-I-3: Tonkawa 32, PAWHUSKA 8
Pawhuska (6-1, 4-1) saw its chance for a perfect season — and perhaps a district title — was dealt a rugged blow by Tonkawa (5-1, 3-0).
Tonkawa grabbed an early lead and kept piecing on points.
Pawhuska broke up the shutout but couldn’t generate enough firepower to put the heat on Tonkawa.
Pawhuska quarterback Kane Foreman put up decent throwing numbers, 19-of-39 for 206 yards and no interceptions. But he also failed for the first time this season to pass for a score.
The biggest challenge for the Huskies was in their offensive running game, which has been a major strength this season. Pawhuska ran for only 57 yards on 15 carries, led by Vann Wildcat (5-28) and Jensen Snodgrass (5-15).
Of course, part of the reason for the low running numbers was that Pawhuska was playing from behind pretty much all game and went to the air more than usual.
Wildcat caught four passes for 60 yards, followed by Tripp Walker (5-56) and Corlin Cass (3-38).
Logan Cass returned a kickoff for Pawhuska’s only touchdown.
The Huskies struggled on third-and-fourth-down plays (a combined 1-of-13).
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Nowata High School’s Asiah Saxton (5) catches a touchdown pass during last Friday’s game against Morrison. The Ironmen fell 56-18.
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District A-I-3: Morrison 56, NOWATA 18
It wasn’t exactly an amusement park but the Nowata Ironmen rode a roller-coaster Friday night in a topsy-turvy turf-burner against Morrison.
Nowata rocketed upward to a 12-0 lead — and then plummeted downward during Morrison’s 50-0 run for the rest of the game.
Even so, Nowata coach Chance Juby complimented the effort of his players.
“We knew it was going to be a tough one just because they’re pretty good,” Juby said. “We were playing a lot of young kids. They battled to stick with them.”
Nowata came out on fire.
Adrian O’Dell found Asiah Saxton — who is playing through a sore shoulder — with two early touchdowns. The first one occurred on just Nowata’s second play of the game.
The second one was set up a recovered onside kick.
But Morrison then scored on its first play on its next possession and hi-jacked the momentum.
In addition, O’Dell had to come out with injury and receiver Caleb Woolman took his place.
“That made our offense a little stagnant,” said Juby. “Caleb is one of our best weapons at receiver.”
Nowata’s defense was hampered by Saxton playing only offense and leading tackler Brett Malone out until the second half.
When Malone got into the game he broke free on an 80-yard touchdown drive and also racked up quick six tackles.
In addition, Juby started multiple freshmen and sophomores.
“They got some good reps,” he said. “They’re playing hard. We were a little outmanned, a little outmatched.”
Next up, Nowata (1-6, 1-3) gets a welcome bye to heal up and catch its breath. Its next scheduled action is set for October 24 at home against Pawnee.
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District A-I-3: Pawnee 50, CANEY VALLEY 0
Caney Valley (0-6, 0-3) continued to battle through a grinder of a schedule, falling to the Pawnee Black Bears (4-2, 2-1).
Pawnee might have been fired up by a little extra motivation after losing the week before to Pawhuska, 42-40, in which it squandered a two-touchdown lead.
Next up, Caney Valley eyes its best chance for victory by taking on fellow winless district member Oklahoma Union (0-6, 0-3). Caney Valley will host the contest.
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Barnsdall High School’s Nathan Smith (20) lines up for a kickoff during an earlier season game. The Panthers fell Friday night to Ketchum 45-14.
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District A-II-4: Ketchum 45, BARNSDALL 14
Ketchum didn’t have to do a lot of heavy lifting.
Barnsdall made the Warriors’ task easier by throwing three interceptions, losing a fumble and giving up two onside kick recoveries. In addition, a couple of errant snaps took their toll.
“I thought our kids played pretty hard most of the game,’ said Barnsdall head coach Kylee Sweeney. His Panthers (3-3, 0-3) are still in playoff competition, albeit they’ll have to win at least three of their remaining four games, and get some help from other district results.
Barnsdall came out in Friday’s game with an all-business attitude. They scored on their first possession to go ahead, 6-0.
The defense then forced Ketchum to give the ball back and Barnsdall started another impressive drive. But, Ketchum then intercepted the ball and took it down and scored.
Moments later, Ketchum recovered an onside kick and turned it into a score to lasso the momentum.
But Barnsdall kept scrapping.
Sweeney praised the effort of both his offense and defense for most of the game.
Barnsdall quarterback Lincoln Gott — back from injury — rushed for 176 yards and two touchdowns and threw for 32 yards. Barnsdall rushed for 230 yards as a team.
On defense, Blake Carmack contributed an interception.
Ketchum scored one of its touchdowns when a Barnsdall defensive back fell down on the slippery field.
“I feel good with our effort and our resilience for all four quarters,” Sweeney said.
The Panthers have been getting players back from the inactive list, “but they’re still not 100 percent,” Sweeney said. “They’re trying to gut this out.”
Now Barnsdall hunkers down in a situation it’s been in before during Sweeney’s 10-year era — needing to capture some clutch wins in the second half of the season. The Panthers have done it more than once.
“We’ve got four games left and a lot of those games are winnable,” Sweeney said. “To have any chance to go to the playoffs we’ll have to win three of our last four and have some help. … A winning season is still obtainable.”
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Oklahoma Union High School’s Aiden Talbott (3) throws a pass during an earlier season game. The Cougars fell last Friday to Quapaw 49-22.
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District A-I-3: Quapaw 49, OKLAHOMA UNION 22
Sometimes teams have to put their focus on the bigger picture.
While the Oklahoma Union Cougars failed to capture their first win, at least they displayed a competitive fierceness that should bode well for upcoming outings.
Late in the third quarter Oklahoma Union (0-6, 0-2)trailed by only a touchdown, 29-22, and were driving the ball.
But momentum flipped to Quapaw (3-3, 2-1), which finished the game on a 20-0 run.
“This was probably the best we’ve played up to this point this season,” said first-year Cougar head coach Bruce Munden. “We took a step in the right direction.”
Cougar quarterback Aiden Talbott hit Colton Wickham for two touchdowns. Joseph Lindner tallied the school’s other tally.
Several Oklahoma Union players have been developing as players and leaders, Munden said.
One of them is receiver Jensen Anderson, who had played as a freshman and returned this season.
“He’s stepped into a role,” Munden said.
Among the up-and-coming juniors is Wyatt Maxey.
“He’s finding more and more minutes,” Munden said. “We’re starting to have more and more kids start to contribute. We’re down nine players so we’ve had to throw some players into the fire.”
Ty Almy “has done a great job in the secondary,” Munden said.
Oklahoma Union’s leaders on the offensive and defensive lines are seniors Tucker Shufeldt and Wyatt Gehle.
An example of another younger player that had to grow up in a hurry Friday night was sophomore Peyton Gehle. Due to an injury, he had to jump in at center for his first varsity start.
“A lot of our kids were rotational guys,” Munden said. “Now they’ve went from rotational guys to two-way guys.”
Next up, the Cougars take on fellow winless district foe Caney Valley (0-6, 0-3) next Thursday in Ramona.
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Kansas: CANEY VALLEY BULLPUPS 66. Fredonia 32
All that was missing from Friday’s Caney Valley vs. Fredonia game was Rod Serling and his Twilight Zone soliloquy and white-coated men carrying strait-jackets.
Crazy, crazy, crazy.
How crazy?
The Caney Valley Pups and Fredonia Yellowjackets combined for 62 points and eight touchdowns.
And that was just in the first quarter!
The scoring pace “slackened” the final three quarters, but Caney Valley (5-1, 2-0) still scored 60 points in the first half — which is probably a team record, according to head coach Criss Davis — and outgunned the upstart Yellowjackets (0-6, 0-2) by 34 points.
By game’s end, the teams had rushed for a cumulative 553 yards and totaled 876 total yards.
“This was probably one of the craziest games I’ve ever seen,” a dazed Davis said on the phone about three hours after.
Then he offered the grand-daddy of understatement: “We didn’t play very good defense.”
Actually, in fairness to Davis and his powerful Pups, the ‘D’ provided three touchdowns — a pick six each from Austin Freisberg and Jacob McVey and a scoop and score by Raydn Martin.
But the Pups also gave up 323 yards of total offense — probably twice as many as against almost all their other opponents.
“I didn’t expect to give up 182 yards rushing,” Davis said. “That was probably the most disappointing part of the game.”
There was other zaniness that didn’t show up in the stats.
In one of the middle quarters, the Pups possessed the ball near the red zone.
“We score from 30-or-so yards out and they call a holding penalty so we’re backed up 10 yards,” Davis said. “We score on the next play on a run, and they call it back again and put it 10 more yards back. On the next play we score again — and they called it back. Finally, I said, ‘Punt it.’”
Offensively, the Pups washed away Fredonia’s defense like a giant fire hose.
The Pups ran for 371 yards on 21 carries (17.7 ypa) — led by two 100-yard rushers (Traxcyn Garton 6-161 and Jace Buckley 6-120).
Garton rumbled for two touchdowns (8, 54) and ran for two two-point conversions. Buckley also dialed up two ground scores (19, 74) and ran for one two-pointer.
Quarterback Layne Denny found Jacob McVey for a 22-yard touchdown — the Pups’ only completed pass — and also threw for a two-pointer.
Early last week, Davis entertained premonitions about this game, which on paper was a wash-out for Caney Valley.
“I felt like this was a trap game,” Davis said. He explained that in the previous three weeks the Pups had had to rise to tremendous challenges against Neodesha, Christ Prep Academy and geographical fierce rival Cherryvale.
“We had to be tuned in and locked in those games,” Davis said.
Winless Fredonia didn’t seem to offer as big a test.
“I kept preaching to the kids all week this was a trap game,” Davis said. “I said this is that game that scares you.”
And in the opening six-and-a-half minutes, Davis had plenty of reason to worry after Fredonia burst to a 16-14 lead in the first 6:47.
But Caney Valley finished off the first quarter with a 32-0 run and the rout was on.
Crazy, man, crazy.
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CV: 46-14-6-0—66
Fredonia: 16-8-0-8—32
First quarter
CV — Austin Freisberg 35 interception return (Traxcyn Garton run), 11:08.
Fred — Kayson Farr 12 run (Farr pass), 8:17.
CV — Garton 8 run (run fail), 6:54.
Fred — Farr 31 run (Brayden O’Leary pass to Ethan Bryant), 6:38.
CV — Jace Buckley 19 run (Buckley run), 5:13.
CV — Raydn Martin 29 fumble return (Garton run), 4:16.
CV — Jacob McVey 22 pass from Layne Denny (Boone White run), 3:34.
CV — Buckley 74 run (Denny pass to McVey), 0:00
Second quarter
CV — McVey 12 interception return (pass fail), 7:34.
CV — Konner Paulie 40 run (Levi Good run), 4:22.
Fred — Bryant 37 pass from O’Leary (Farr run), 0:40.
Third quarter
CV — Garton 54 run (run fail), 9:00.
Fourth quarter
Fred — Bryant 25 pass from O’Leary (Clarence Goodman run), 2:22.
TEAM STATS
First downs—CV 9, Fredonia 10; Rushing— CV 21-371, Fredonia 42-182; Passing— CV 1-3-0-22; Fredonia 8-19-2-141; Penalties— CV 12-115, Fredonia 5-60; Punts— CV 1-45, Fredonia 1-25; Fumbles— CV 2-2, Fredonia 2-2.
CANEY VALLEY LEADERS
Rushing — Garton 6-161, Buckley 6-120, Ellison 3-42, Paulie 1-40.
Passing — Denny 1-3-0-22.
Receiving — McVey 1-22
Interceptions: Freisberg, McVey.
Fumble recoveries: Freisberg, White.
Tackles: Freisberg 13, McVey 7.5, Benton Spillman 6, Martin 5.5.