KHC's SPORTS PHOTOS: Keiton Page

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Friday, March 20, 2009

OKLAHOMA 2A BASKETBALL SEMI-FINALS

On Friday, March 13th, we attended the Oklahoma Class 2A basketball semi-finals at Southern Nazerene University in Bethany OK. In the first semi, Talihina defeated Fairview and in the second semi, Pawnee downed Oktaha. Pawnee went on to beat Talihina in overtime on Saturday for consecutive state championships. Congratulations to Coach David Page (father of Oklahoma State's outstanding freshman guard Keiton Page) on his 500th victory and 5th state championship.

Saturday, August 2, 2008

ALL STATE BASKETBALL - KEITON PAGE - ROTNEI CLARKE

Another last minute idea this Thursday: let's go to the Oklahoma All State Basketball Game at Carl Albert High School in Midwest City OK and see the final high school game of Pawnee's Keiton Page and Verdigris' Rotnei Clarke, playing together on the Small East team. Keiton will play this season for Oklahoma State University, Rotnei for the University of Arkansas. Rotnei finished high school as the Oklahoma career scoring leader; Keiton finished as the single season scoring leader, second in career scoring and first in state championship scoring. Keiton and Rotnei played together in middle school.

The Daily Oklahoman reported that 2,000 fans attended the small school game, but that only 1,000 remained for the large school game. I wonder who the fans were there to see play?

As I've gotten older, I've discovered I would rather watch "the kids" play an NAIA soccer game, JV volleyball game, girls' softball game, high school basketball game, or minor league baseball game than watch a bunch of arrogant millionaires who have lost touch with the game and the fans (Manny Ramirez, Brett Favre, Pacman Jones, steriod cheaters).

I think one reason I have followed Keiton's career in the local newspaper and on-line is that he is from small-town Oklahoma, the experts have questioned his ability to play Division I basketball due to his size, it appears he's a respectful young man, and he has chosen to stay home and play for my school.

Then one day when I had to make a business trip northeast of Oklahoma City, on the way home we drove through Pawnee (I like to photograph courthouses, high school athletic facilities and historical sites). As we drove by the high school, we saw Keiton and his father and high school coach, David Page, outside the gym. Coach Page was very kind to speak with us for quite awhile about Keiton and his future at OSU. We told Coach Page that we had seen him lead Pawnee to the Oklahoma State Championship when Keiton scored 54 points in the state final at the Big House in OKC.

After the All State game, KAN and I spoke briefly with Rotnei, Keiton and David Page. Keiton and Rotnei are very polite and humble young men, despite their accomplishments to date. It is very refreshing to speak with such genuine young men. And after speaking with Coach Page, you realize where these values originate. Coach Page even said he had read the earlier posts about Keiton on this blog!!

I am confident that whether Keiton scores 2 points a game or 40 points for OK State, he will not embarrass his family, his home town, his fans or his university and alums, as another college athlete recently did. I have a feeling we will be proud to have him wear the orange and black. I hope Coach Page knows how proud we all are of him and his family.

Oh, by the way, Coach Page was named the Oklahoma basketball Coach of the Year, and Keiton was named the Player of the Year.

Friday, April 18, 2008

OSU BASKETBALL IN THE NEWS

It has been an interesting week to be a fan of the Oklahoma State University basketball team.

First, on April 17, we got our new coach, Travis Ford. He played at Missouri for 1 year and then finished his playing career at Kentucky. He began his coaching career at Campbellsville University (NAIA), moved to Eastern Kentucky University and most recently has been at the University of Massachusetts. Here is a link to the official announcement at the okstate.com website:

http://www.okstate.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=1463&SPID=145&DB_OEM_ID=200&ATCLID=1441900

Then today, I was driving through Pawnee Oklahoma, the home of Keiton Page of the Oklahoma State Champion Pawnee Black Bears. Keiton has sig

ned to play for OSU next year. As I drove by the high school gym, there was Keiton and his father/coach. I pulled over and Coach Page very graciously and enthusiastically spoke with Kelly and me for quite some time about his son's future at OSU playing for our new coach. Coach Page said that Coach Ford had talked to Keiton and was very encouraging regarding his future at OSU! Apparently, Coach Ford sees a lot of similarities between himself and Keiton. They are both small, played at small-town schools, were/are great shooters, got scholarships to big-time schools, met with a lot of scepticism as to whether they can play big-time basketball, but most importantly, they both made their teams better. It will be a lot of fun to watch our new coach and new recruit next season.

Coach Page told us that the school basketball team does not play at the high school gym, but rather at the Pawnee Nation fitness center, so we made the short drive there and took these photos.

Finally, we went to a really good place, "Pawnee Prints," and bought a couple of t-shirts of the state champion Black Bears basketball team.

To read my earlier entry about Keiton Page and see some interesting photos, videos and scans, go to my post for March 17, 2008, or click this link to the post. http://khcsportsphotos.blogspot.com/2008/03/keiton-page.html

Monday, March 17, 2008

KEITON PAGE

Future Oklahoma State University Cowboy basketball player Keiton Page of Pawnee, Oklahoma. Keiton scored 54 points (!) in the Oklahoma 2A State Championships on March 8, 2008. He has signed to play with OSU beginning with the 2008-2009 season.