Newcastle Public Schools Athletics department released a listing of what makes Newcastle elite.
They said the level of success across virtually every season — fall, winter, spring — is what separates elite athletic departments from schools that simply have one great team.
They said many schools win one state championship, but very few schools can claim multiple in the same year: State Champion (Boys Basketball) State Runner-Up (Girls Basketball) Football Final Four Baseball Final Four Multiple Individual State Champions State Champion Relays State Champion Swimmer Wrestling Top 10 Soccer Quarterfinalist Softball Quarterfinalist The following are results or post-season finished of the various seasonal sports programs.
High School Accomplishments (A–Z) BASEBALL
Team: Class 5A State Semifinalist (Top 4) Team: Class 5A District Champions, Regional Champions Individual: Kaden Longman and Tyler Frazier named OCA All-State BOYS BASKETBALL
Team: Class 5A State Champions (Ranked #1) Team: First Gold Ball State Title in School History Team: Regional Champions, Area Champions Individual: Kolton Brammer named OCA All-State BOYS GOLF
Team: 12th place overall at the Class 5A State Tournament Team: Full squad qualified via the Class 5A West Regional Tournament Individual: Cayden Viss – 23rd place at State (three-round score: 237) Individual: Connor Bussom – 48th place at State Individual: Radek McCaskill – 51st place at State Individual: Keaton Fuksa – 62nd place at State Individual: Carston Pueppke – 65th place at State BOYS SOCCER
Team: Class 4A State Quarterfinalist (Top 8) Team: Defeated Grove 3–0 in the opening round of the state playoffs Individual: Hudson Stewart, Brian Medrano, and Nick Miller named OSCA All-State BOYS TRACK & FIELD
Team: Class 5A Regional Champions Team: 4x100 relay Class 5A State Qualifier (Ben Rogers, Chris Brinlee, Ashton Shumard, Graham White) Team: 4x200 relay Class 5A State Bronze Medalists (Chris Brinlee, Graham White, Ashton Shumard, Alec Shumard) Team: 4x800 relay Class 5A State Champions (Liam Croy, Cross Owens, Luke Perkins, Alec Shumard) Individual: Alec Shumard – Class 5A State Champion (400m) Individual: Alec Shumard – Class 5A State Champion (800m) Individual: Ben Rogers – Class 5A State Qualifier (100m) Individual: Ashton Shumard – Class 5A State Qualifier (200m) Individual: Graham White – Class 5A State Qualifier (200m) Individual: Liam Croy – Class 5A State Qualifier (1600m) Individual: Chris Brinlee – Class 5A State Qualifier (Long Jump) Individual: Hayden Cooper – Class 5A State Qualifier (Discus) CHEER
Team: J and C Game Day State Champions Team: Class 5A State Qualifier Team: Class 5A Boys State Qualifier Individual: Hadlee Mann – Class 5A State Qualifier (Top 8) Individual: Hadlee Mann named OCA All-State FOOTBALL
Team: Class 5A State Semifinalist (Top 4) Team: Regional Champions Team: Ranked #3 in final Class 5A rankings Individual: Kaden Longman named OCA All-State GIRLS BASKETBALL
Team: Class 5A State Runner-Up (Ranked #2) Team: District Champions, Regional Champions, Area Champions Team: Bank 7 Holiday Invitational Champions Team: Sweet Pea Champions GIRLS FASTPITCH SOFTBALL
Team: Class 4A State Tournament Quarterfinalist (Top 8) Team: Co-District Champions, Regional Champions, Super Regional Champions GIRLS GOLF
Team: Regional Qualifier Individual: Maddox Meece – Class 5A State Qualifier GIRLS SOCCER
Team: Class 4A State Playoff First Round Qualifier (Top 16) Individual: Kaelynn Willis and Lexi Swetz named OSCA All-State GIRLS TENNIS
Individual: Courtney Stewart – State Qualifier GIRLS TRACK & FIELD
Team: Class 5A Regional Runner-Up Team: 4x100 relay State Qualifier (Jordie Brooks, Kaydence Rogers, Leighton Wooten, Gracie Haskins) Team: 4x200 relay State Qualifier (Leighton Wooten, Gracie Haskins, Kaydence Rogers, Maci McCann) Team: 4x400 relay State Qualifier (Leighton Wooten, Tatum Burke, Gracie Haskins, Madilynn Britton) Team: 4x800 relay State Qualifier (Hadlee Mann, Tatum Burke, Riley Hart, Madilynn Britton) Individual: Jordie Brooks – Class 5A State Runner-Up (Long Jump) Individual: Hadlee Mann – Class 5A State Qualifier (1600m and 3200m) Individual: Maci McCann – Class 5A State Qualifier (Long Jump) Individual: Kaydence Rogers – Class 5A State Qualifier (100m) Individual: Peytan Wilson – Class 5A State Qualifier (Discus) INDOOR TRACK
Individual: Jordie Brooks – Large School State Runner-Up Individual: Chris Brinlee – Large School State Qualifier Individual: Jason Johnson – Large School State Qualifier POM
Team: OSDTDA State Runner-Up POWERLIFTING – BOYS
Team: Regional Runner-Up Team: 4 high school state qualifiers Team: 17 middle school state qualifiers Team: 6 regional champions Team: 2 state champions Team: 2 state runners-up Individual: Thomas Barbee – Chickasha Meet Runner-Up Individual: Landin Judkins – Chickasha Meet 5th place Individual: Colton Wall – Regional Runner-Up and State Qualifier Individual: Thomas Barbee – Regional Runner-Up and State Qualifier Individual: Jace Ledoux – Regional Champion POWERLIFTING – GIRLS
Individual: Leighton Wooten – Jones Meet Champion (105 lb) Individual: Addie Hall – Jones Meet Runner-Up (113 lb) Individual: Leighton Wooten – Chickasha Meet Champion (105 lb) Individual: Leighton Wooten – Regional Runner-Up (105 lb) Individual: Leighton Wooten – Class State Champion (105 lb)
SWIMMING
Individual: Connor Leader – Class 5A State Champion (100yard butterfly) Individual: Connor Leader – Class 5A State Champion (200yard individual medley) Individual: Connor Leader named OCA All-State VOLLEYBALL
Team: Class 5A Postseason Contender WRESTLING
Team: Final ranking #7 Individual: Gage Stark – Class 5A State Runner-Up Individual: Colton Dobbs – Class 5A State Semifinalist (Top 4) Individual: Rylan Rinehart – Class 5A State Qualifier ALL-STATE HONORS Football- Kaden Longman Cross Country- Hadlee Mann Basketball- Kolten Brammer Baseball- Kaden Longman and Tyler Frazier Track- Alec Shumard, Cross Owens, Luke Perkins, Liam Croy Soccer- Nick Miller, Hudson Stewart, Bryan Medrano, Kaelynn Eillis and Lexi Swetz
