State title games

on local television



Suddenlink will carry tonight’s Class 6A championship football game between Jenks and Union on FOX Sports Plus (Channel 75) in Muskogee and the surrounding area. The game is set for 7:30 at Tulsa’s Chapman Stadium.

Saturday’s Class 5A title game between Bixby and Midwest City Carl Albert and the 4A matchup featuring Star Spencer and Douglass will be on Fox Sports Oklahoma (Channel 37 for Suddenlink subscribers). The game is also offered on Dish Network and DirecTV satellite systems. The 5A game is set for 1:30 p.m. and the 4A game at 7:30 p.m., both at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater

Class 3A battle between Cascia Hall and Berryhill, scheduled for 7:30 tonight at Pickens Stadium, will be broadcast live only on Cox Communications in Tulsa. All championship games will be scheduled for replay. Check local listings for times and dates.



Taekwondo part

of benefit event



A benefit for Lynn Jackson, cancer patient, will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Oriental Lodge 430, 121 S. Sixth St.

Proceeds from the event will help the Jackson family with medical bills. Lynn Jackson has been diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer. A chili dinner will be served for $5.

In addition, a Dragonfly Dojo Interschool Challenge will have a Taekwondo sparing competition for children five to 18 years of age. Entry fee is $15.

Information: Andrea Guadarrma at 869-1304 or Sheila Dause at 616-2306.



Williams, Okung

AFCA All-Americans



Offensive tackle Trent Williams and Oklahoma State’s Russell Okung have been named named to the American Football Coaches’ Association 2009 All-America Team.

Williams, a Longview, Texas, native, led OU this season with 102 knockdown blocks and 885 plays despite missing the regular season finale due to injury. He is Oklahoma’s 149th All-American.

Okung, a senior left tackle, becomes OSU’s 12th AFCA All-American in school history. Okung has 127 knockdown blocks and 58 domination blocks. He’s played 836 snaps and has allowed only one sack and two quarterback pressures.



Mangino resigns

at Kansas coach



LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas coach Mark Mangino has resigned just two years after leading the Jayhawks to the greatest season in their checkered football history.

The university made the announcement Thursday as athletic director Lew Perkins met with players to give them the news.

The school said last month it would investigate Mangino's treatment of his players. In the following days, many former players described insensitive, humiliating remarks they claim he made to them in the heat of games or practice, often in front of others.

But next came a wave of support by former and current players who remained loyal, insisting Mangino had strengthened the long-struggling program with structure and discipline, crediting the rotund 53-year-old with making them better players and men. Mangino insisted he had done nothing wrong and intended to return for a ninth season.

After winning their first five games this year and rising to No. 16 in the rankings, the Jayhawks were favored by many to win the Big 12 North. But instead they failed to win another game, finishing the season with a 41-39 last-second loss to archrival Missouri. That final, hard-fought defeat kept them from becoming bowl eligible for what would have been a school-record third straight year.