FOOTBALL UPDATE: BRUINS FALL TO COLLINSVILLE; BARNSDALL, CANEY, KAN., COPAN, PAWHUSKA PICK UP WINS
Bartlesville High School’s Dillon Burson (32) has a punt blocked during an earlier season game. The Bruins fell to Collinsville 47-27 on the road last Friday.
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Caney Valley (Kan) Bullpup Jace Buckley (22) stretches to the endzone against Neodasha last Friday. The Bullpups defeated Neodasha 22-6.
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By Mike Tupa
Sept. 24, 2025
BARTLESVILLE AREA SPORTS REPORT
Following are details from last week’s area prep football action.
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COLLINSVILLE 47, BARTLESVILLE 27
Once again, the Bartlesville Bruins — coached by Harry Wright — did many, many good things.
But Collinsville made just a few more big plays than the Bruins to claim the 20-point win.
Bartlesville finished the non-district part of its schedule at 0-3 and will look to build on some of the lessons it has learned as it plunges into District 6A-II-2 play this week. The Bruins will play host Friday to Sand Springs.
Even though Collinsville jumped out big in the first three quarters, the Bruins didn’t go down quietly.
They scored two touchdowns in the latter part of the fourth quarter, including touchdown throws of 19 yards and 26 yards to Boden Roberts and Matthew Sears, respectively.
Bruin quarterback Michael Kent finished with three touchdowns passes and a rushing score. He accounted for 458 yards of total offense, including 30-of-38 passing for 376 yards.
Junior Evan Goad contributed some hard running (11-of-47) as starting tailback Sutton Williams was still unable to line up in the backfield while he bounces back from injury.
Senior receiver Harrison Ketchum turned in a monster game — 13 catches for 174 yards and a touchdown. Sears, Roberts and Gavin Thomas each registered more than 50 yards receiving apiece.
The game started out with a thumbs-up for Bartlesville — a three-and-out defensive stand, highlighted by Christian Ketiku who knocked away a pass.
But, Bartlesville’s first offensive possession — a nice drive that got deep into Collinsville territory — stalled out.
Collinsville then scored two relatively quick touchdowns, both on passes from Carter Vaughan to Ben Daniels, to go ahead 14-0. The second touchdown was set up by a Bruin special teams penalty.
However, the gritty Bruins bounced back in the first part of the second quarter with a 77-yard touchdown march. The key plays were a 33-yard pass from Kent to Sears on a 3rd-and-15 play and Kent’s 20-yard scramble for a touchdown. The PAT was blocked and the Bruins trailed, 14-6.
Collinsville answered with its own marathon match of 80 yards, capped by a red zone scoring strike.
Going into halftime Collinsville led, 20-6.
Three penalties bankrupted Bartlesville’s first possession of the second half, and the Bruins punted.
After Collinsville scored, Bartlesville snapped back on a classic 71-yard long ball bomb from Kent to Ketchum for a TD. Kent’s aerial found Ketchum about 35-40 yards downfield, and Ketchum sprinted the last 30 yards or so — while heavy pursuit tried to close on him — for the score. Dillon Burson’s extra point pulled the Bruins to within two scores, 26-13.
The Bruins then tried an onside kick, but Collinsville recovered and scored on the next play on a bullet from Vaughan to Daniels off a slant. The play went for 65 yards.
Bartlesville fumbled the ball away on its next possession — the play after Kent zipped the ‘skin to Thomas for a 38-yard gain on 4th-and-12. Unfortunately for the Bruins, Collinsville cashed in immediately on a 71-yard touchdown burst by Scott Rigby to make it a 40-13 Collinsville advantage.
The Bruins kept scrapping. They took the ball 80 yards to paydirt on their next possession and later scored on another lengthy march, on a 26-yard pass play to Sears, who battled his way past tacklers to get into the end zone.
But Collinsville recovered a subsequent onside kick and ran out the ticker.
Note: Some of the Bruins defenders that made some notable plays were Wyatt Mathis and Roberts.
Bartlesville 0 6 7 14 — 27
Collinsville 7 13 13 14 — 47
SCORING
FIRST QUARTER
COL — Ben Daniels 59 pass from Carter Vaughan (Jack Edgington kick).
SECOND QUARTER
COL — Daniels 16 pass from Vaughan (Edginton kick)
BART — Michael Kent 20 run (kick fail)
COL — Austin Boren 16 pass form Vaughan (PAT blocked)
THIRD QUARTER
COL — Scott Rigby 4 run (PAT blocked)
BART — Harrison Ketchum 71 pass from Kent (Dillon Burson kick)
COL — Daniels 65 pass from Vaughan (Edgington kick).
FOURTH QUARTER
COL — Rigby 71 run (Edgington kick).
BART — Boden Roberts 19 pass from Kent (Burson kick).
COL — Rigby 12 run (Edgington kick).
BART — Matthew Sears 26 pass from Kent (PAT good).
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Copan High School’s Payten Call (2) intercepts a pass against Bluejacket last Friday. The Hornets defeated Bluejacket 50-6 last Friday.
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COPAN 56, BLUEJACKET 6
Coming off a disappointing loss to Depew — which Copan head coach Trenton Kallenberger said left a bad taste in his players’ mouths — the Hornets (3-1) bounced back with fierce determination.
During one telling sequence in the second quarter, the Hornet defense created four turnovers — an interception by Payten Call, a sack fumble strip (Ashton Jeffers, recovered by Shooter Brewington), a fumble recovery by Weston O’Rourke, and an 80-yard pick-six by Edan Thompson.
Those plays solidified a solid start by Copan, who scored on its opening drive on a touchdown pass from Zane Stricklin to Brewington, followed by O’Rourke’s two-point conversion.
After Bluejacket pulled to within two points, 8-6, Copan went on a 50-0 scoring run the rest of the game.
Copan finally shut the door in the third quarter by stopping Bluejacket on eight consecutive plays inside the 10-yard line. The Hornets then took possession and journeyed 88 yards for the game-ending mercy-rule score.
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Copan High School’s Weston O'Rourke (5) tackles a Bluejacket player last Friday. The Hornets defeated Bluejacket 50-6.
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Nowata High School’s Davionn Downing (22) and Spencer Atkins (15) battle a Chelsea player for a pass during an earlier season game. The Ironmen fell to Barnsdall 37-36 on the road last Friday.
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PAWHUSKA 55, WOODLAND 12
Pawhuska — coached by Matt Hennesy — continued its unbeaten march.
Meanwhile, the Huskies avenged last year’s loss to Woodland and also handed Woodland its first loss since 2023.
Jenson Snodgrass scored Pawhuska’s first touchdown and Vann Wildcat sparkled again on both sides of the ball to lead the Huskies (4-0). They eye a district game Friday at Oklahoma Union.
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CANEY VALLEY (Kan.) 22, NEODESHA (Kan.) 6
Jayden Buckley romped for three touchdowns to lead the Caney Valley (Kan.) Bullpups to a 22-6 victory thriller Friday evening against the Neodesha (Kan.) Blue Streaks.
After a scoreless halftime, the visiting Blue Steaks inched ahead, 6-0, early in the third period.
But Caney Valley stormed back with 22 points in the fourth quarter — including two touchdowns scored within a 1:15 period.
Buckley finished with more than 244 yards rushing on 10 carries. All three touchdowns came on the ground.
Caney Valley — which is coached by Criss Davis — improved to 3-0 and next up faces a huge measuring stick in Christ Prep Academy, a private school from the Kansas City area.
“It was a defensive battle for two-and-a-half quarters before anybody broke the ice,” Davis said. “We had the ball on the one-yard line, fourth and one, and didn’t get it. They had the ball on the one-yard line right before half and didn’t get in.”
Neodesha scored first, early in the third quarter, on a pass play.
Caney Valley answered with three touchdowns in the fourth period — on Buckley’s scoring runs of four, 55 and 76 yards. Traxcyn Garton and Buckley both ran in a two-point conversion.
Garton finished with 119 yards rushing on 23 carries.
Boone White and Garton each recorded a sack.
Buckley racked up 10 tackles, followed by Austin Freisberg and Angel Martinez with five apiece.