The temperature, racing toward 100 degrees, was past that on the artificial surface of Indian Bowl.

A slight breeze made it somewhat pleasant, what with five straight days of century marks on the heat scale.

But there stood Muskogee football coach Matt Hennesy, in a sweat shirt during the second day of the Green Country Football Camp.

More or less, he was the official heat monitor.

“This way,” he said, “If it is getting to me, I know it’s getting to them.”

Contrast that to Sequoyah’s Brent Scott in a tank top. When the contrast was mentioned to him, he jokingly suggested he to was suffering by using limited sunblock.

Recent years have shown cooler temperatures in June, but eight schools — Muskogee, Sequoyah, Gore, Tulsa Central, Afton, Warner, Pocola and Poteau — worked their way through Friday’s scorcher with a mix of short and long breaks.

“Then again, it’s been this hot in August and September, so we might as well get used to it now,” Scott said.

Hennesy thinks his team was used to it, and credited the new offense for helping that.

“Running the no-huddle all spring probably has helped our conditioning,” he said. “I’m real pleased with that right now.”

It looks as if the Roughers may go heavier on the no-huddle using the Wildcat formation that rotates three quarterbacks — Mitch Stevenson, Victor Williams and Kyler Harris. When not taking snaps, all three will work in receiver spots.

“We’re going to use what works best in each situation,” Hennesy said. “All three of these guys have looked equally good catching the football.”

Sequoyah’s fortunes begin with Chris Littlehead, the two-way All-Phoenix lineman who is getting offers, Scott said, from several Division I schools.

“He’s our bellcow,” he said. “We’re developing around him and I’m pretty optimistic about the level of potential we have to be pretty good this year.”

Warner coach Curt Denton is searching for potential hole-fillers. The Eagles must fill eight starting positions on both sides of the football.

That made for some tough challenges in the heat.

“With skill people, it’s not as physical but those linemen going both ways can struggle in this heat,” Denton said. “Small schools usually have that problem and we’re certainly no different.”

Today’s portion will consist of a team tournament. Muskogee will play Tulsa Central, Poteau and Sequoyah in succession in 20-minute halves starting at 9:30 a.m. Those four will rotate against each other in that time with Sequoyah taking on Poteau at 9:30 a.m.

Central has quarterback Demarco Cobbs, ranked by Rivals.com as the top prospect in the state. Scout.com has him as the nation’s No. 3 wide receiver prospect.

Among the small schools, Pocola plays Gore and Afton takes on Warner at 9:30 a.m. The camp concludes just after noon.