Spring is in the air and with it comes rain drops and spring sports. Baseball, Soccer, Golf, and Track and Field have entered the middle of their seasons and local teams are gaining some national recognition. Some great players are making a splash in the headlines with superb outings and teams are making a run for greatness. In baseball the pitching is where the greatness can be found. With Bobby Bundy of Sperry, Brian Flynn at Owasso and Mark Ginther at Jenks it’s a wonder batters have a chance at the plate. Bundy displayed his authority against Oologah pitching a one-hitter in the 8-0 win in 5 innings. Bundy also went 3-3 from the plate with a two-run homer and four RBIs by the end of the day. Bundy, who is recovering from an ACL injury suffered at the end of basketball season, extended his record to 3-0 with the win after allowing two base runners while striking out eight. On the same day, Flynn struck out 15, while allowing three hits in 10 innings pitched against 6A No. 5 Broken Arrow in the Sand Springs Wood Bat Tournament. Flynn reached a pitch count well over 100 in the game and gave way to Tyler Sparks in the 11th inning. Sparks struck out three in two innings pitched and did not allow a base runner while earning the win. The 6A No. 1 Rams won on a squeeze play as batter James Stanfield got a bunt down that slipped under Tiger relief pitcher Lance Rymel’s hand as Cody Carpenter reached home to clinch the game winning run. The Rams, ranked No. 1 the ESPN HIGH ELITE 25 high school baseball rankings, extended their win streak to 22-0. Flynn was also impressive in an 8-0 run rule win over Sperry, during the Nike Pro 9 tournament as he sat down 12 of the 18 batters he faced. Owasso offense was led by Carpenter and Austin Kirk, who doubled to score Colby Williams and Carpenter, in the third inning. Ginther impressed in the Nike Pro 9 tournament at Owasso against arch-rival 6A No. 10 Union. Ginther struck out 14, allowed two hits, and earned his sixth win of the season in the 1-0 game. The 6A No.6 Trojans run came in the top of the first inning when Graham McIntyre scored on an error by the Redskin third baseman. Jenks also recorded their second win over Union in two games this season. The Broken Arrow Lady Tigers soccer team ranked No.2 in the 6A rankings, went to the St. Louis Soccer Classic and came away as the champions. The Lady Tigers coached by Lorie Witherspoon, are led by senior forward Summer White who recorded six goals in the 10-0 win over Memorial and two more goals in the Lady Tigers 5-0 win against Sand Springs. The Lady Tigers stretched their record to 8-0-1. 6A No.1 Jenks Lady Trojans are regionally ranked No. 5 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/adidas high school rankings. In a 5-2 win over 6A No.7 Owasso, the Lady Trojans gave a balanced team effort with Miranda Zoller, Sarah Brown, Morgan Jones, Danielle Fuhrman, and Catherine Parish all scoring one goal a piece. The Bishop Kelley girls lead 5A led by midfielder Raquel Chavez. The Lady Comets will look to accomplish the three-peat after winning the 5A state title in ’06 and ’07. The Bishop Kelley boys look to stay atop the 5A rankings and win the state title for the second time in three years having won in 2006. In Boys soccer the Broken Arrow Tigers are ranked 14th nationally and 3rd regionally in the NSCAA/adidas high school rankings. Led by Memphis signee Thomas Shannon and Tulsa signees Austin Neil and Ben Petit, the Tigers are ranked fifth in the 6A coaches’ rankings. The Tigers have six college signees and look to be one of the state’s elite teams this season. Ranked No.2 in 6A and No. 5 regionally, the Jenks Trojans boast a large number of seniors, 13 to be exact, and look to win their second state title in three seasons. The Union Redskins ranked No.3 in 6A look to repeat as state champions. Junior Lucas Miller had three goals and an assist in a 7-0 win over Stillwater and another goal in a 2-0 victory over Booker T. Washington. At the John Jacobs Invitational at the University of Oklahoma’s John Jacobs Field, some of the best track and field teams in the state along with other teams in the region met. The Union boys finished fourth in the Division 1 team rankings behind Midwest City, Richardson Lake Highlands, and Moore. The Union and Broken Arrow girls finished fifth and sixth respectively in the Division 1 team rankings behind Midwest City, Richardson Lake Highlands, Edmond North, and Edmond Santa Fe. In Division 1 action, Union senior Sara Vaughn placed first in the Girls 800 Meter with a 2:17.62 finish. Jenks senior Sarah Stark finished with a time of 2:34.54 and in 8th place. Vaughn, who won the 5A Individual Girls cross country state championship this past fall, finished first in the 1600 Meter run with a time of 5:10.71. Freshman teammate Sarah Daggett finished 22 seconds behind Vaughn for second place. Daggett placed second in the 3200 Meter run behind Norman junior Angelica Martinez. Sarah Simpson, a Sapulpa senior, finished first in the Girls 100 Meter hurdles while Broken Arrow senior Kristina Sednev finished .05 seconds behind Edmond Santa Fe junior Natasha Kotey for second place. Claremore senior Bailey Winters finished third in the 300 Meter hurdles two spots ahead of Simpson from Sapulpa. The Broken Arrow Girls 4x200 Meter relay, team of Monaye Williams, Vanessa Guess, Marissia Cunningham, and Saskia Taylor, finished third. While the Tahlequah-Sequoyah 4x400 Meter relay team of Brandi Walker, Nikki Lewis, Taylor Johnson, and Alisa Riddle finished second. In the girls discus throw, Jenks junior Jessika Littlehead finished second behind Yukon junior Kelsie Deckard. The Boys Division 1 1600 Meter race had Broken Arrow senior Ryan Farrar, who finished second in the cross country state championship, finishing third. While Union senior David Jones finished fourth, less than a second behind Farrar. Jones finished second in the 3200 Meter run and Sapulpa senior Nathan Ellis finished fourth. Broken Arrow freshman Adam Johnson and Union junior Taylor Monoghan finished fifth and sixth respectively. The Union 4x800 team of sophomores Brice Brown and Alex Webb, junior Monoghan, and senior Jordan Gullic finished first. Nearly three seconds ahead of the second place team from Moore. The High Jump winner was multi-sport senior Mike Soap from Tahlequah-Sequoyah. Tulsa Memorial senior Kelvin Chaplin finished third in the long jump while Union teammates Anthony Foster and James Roberson finished sixth and seventh. The top five of the discus throw had three local athletes with Bartlesville’s Holden Mitchell, Broken Arrow’s Brian McGuire, and Sapulpa’s Corwin Dugan finishing three, four and five. In the Boys Division 2 team rankings East Central finished first led by junior multi-sport athlete David Gordon who finished first in the 100 Meter and 200 Meter runs. Gordon was the anchor of the Cardinals 4x100 Meter relay team that also consisted of Jamal McDaniel, Derio Long and Brooklyn Fox. In the 4x400 relay the Cardinal team of Jacob Fields, Montray Whayne, Fox and Gordon finished second behind the squad from Ada. Cardinal junior Donva Adkism won the long jump of 21-06. The East Central girls track team finished second in the Division 2 team rankings. East Central junior Cornisha Wilkerson won the 100 Meter and 200 Meter dash. Stilwell junior Kristen Carson finished fifth in the 100 Meter dash ahead of East Central sophomore Ronika Hunter. Tamra Grayson, a senior at East Central finished first in the 400 Meter dash, while East Central freshman Derian Williams finished sixth. Tulsa Central Earriel Willis finished ninth in the 400 Meter dash finishing in 1:07.23. Tahlequah-Sequoyah senior Kate Scott with a high jump of 4-11 vaulted herself into first. Carson finished first in the long jump with a jump of 16-03.50. Broken Arrow senior golfer Crystal Reeves, a Texas A&M signee, won three consecutive tournaments. Winning the Muskogee Azalea Invitational, the Jenks Invitational, and the Lady Bruin Invitational; Reeves now has 14 tournament victories in her four year career. The Lady Tigers won the rain shortened nine-hole Lady Bruin Invitational with a team score of 165. At the Boys Tulsa 7 Conference Tournament at Mohawk Park, Oologah’s Brett Swindell shot a 78 and finished in first, one stroke ahead of Bristow’s Trevor Montgomery. In the girls tournament Collinsville’s Brittni Schmauss placed first with a 44 for nine holes, three strokes ahead of teammate Amy Garrett. Collinsville won the girls team title while the Bristow boys shot a collective 349 to win the boys title.