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Vote: The Oklahoman's high school athletes of the week poll for January 10-16

Voting is open for the oklahoman.com high school athlete of the week ballot for Jan. 10-16.

The poll closes at noon Friday. This week’s ballot includes nominees for boys and girls basketball, swimming and wrestling.

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Instructions on how to nominate someone are listed at the bottom of the story.

Here are the nominees.

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Boys basketball

Tymier Adkins-Freeman, Sr., Crooked Oak: Adkins-Freeman poured in 31 points to lead Crooked Oak to a 72-55 victory over Southwest Covenant on Friday. The senior guard also stuffed the stat sheet with five steals, four assists and six rebounds.

Kaidon Rayfield, So., Putnam West: Rayfield had a double-double, scoring 13 points and setting the tone defensively with 10 blocks, as Putnam West shattered Putnam North’s undefeated record last Tuesday. The sophomore forward also added eight rebounds in the 64-60 win.

Dylan Warlick, Jr., Edmond North: Warlick recorded a monster double-double with 22 points and 26 rebounds as Edmond North rolled past Deer Creek, 60-49, on Friday. The junior forward set the Huskies’ single-game rebounding record.

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Bethel's Parker Stevenson (left) tries to get around Idabel's Micah Young during the Class 3A tournament last March.
Bethel's Parker Stevenson (left) tries to get around Idabel's Micah Young during the Class 3A tournament last March.

Girls basketball

De’Yanna Douglas, Jr., Midwest City: Douglas turned in 18 points and eight rebounds in Midwest City’s overtime win over a highly-ranked Choctaw team. She’s averaging 15 points and 10 rebounds this season as Midwest City holds an 8-3 record.

Kiara Smith, Jr., Harding Charter Prep: Smith put in 18 points in a win over Shawnee and then 14 points in one half against Heritage Hall. She’s helped lead Harding Prep to a 13-2 record this season.

Parker Stevenson, Sr., Bethel: Stevenson made eight of nine 3-pointers to turn in 32 points against North Rock Creek. She also had six rebounds, assists and steals. Stevenson followed the performance with 21 points and eight steals in a win over Harrah on Tuesday.

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Boys swimming

Andrew Burgess, Jr., Edmond Memorial: He won the 500-yard freestyle (4 minutes, 59.31 seconds) and helped Edmond Memorial place first in the 200 freestyle relay (1:35.75) in a meet against Edmond North, Edmond Santa Fe, Harrah and Shawnee on Tuesday.

Garrett Levendofsky, So., Edmond North: He was dominant at the Edmond meet Tuesday, winning the 100 backstroke (56.82) and 200 individual medley (2:02.83) along with playing a part in Edmond North winning the 200 medley relay (1:44.20) and 400 freestyle relay (3:25.07).

Nick Shaffer, Sr., Westmoore: He won the 100 backstroke in 56.14 at the Putnam City Invitational on Tuesday. Shaffer was also a member of Westmoore’s 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay that won with times of 1:43.85 and 3:34.20, respectively.

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Girls swimming

Kaida Bradley, Fr., Norman: She won the 400-meter short course race in 4:56.34 and helped Norman win the 200 freestyle relay (2:14.08) during Tuesday’s meet in Stillwater against Norman North, Piedmont and Stillwater.

Jadie Brister, Sr., Norman North: She won the 100-meter short course backstroke race (1:12.50) and the 200 individual medley (2:34.96) at Tuesday’s meet in Stillwater.

Gracyn Simpson, So., Shawnee: She beat the defending Class 6A 100 butterfly state champion, Edmond North’s Caroline Glover, during Edmond’s meet Tuesday. Simpson finished the race in 1:02.48 and also helped Shawnee win the 400 freestyle relay (3:52.56).

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Boys wrestling

Shane Lundy, Sr., Bridge Creek: He captured the 190-pound crown at the Greg Henning Invitational in Tuttle on Saturday.

Devon Miller, So., Westmoore: He won the 120-pound title at the Central Oklahoma Athletic Conference Tournament Saturday at Southmoore. Miller had a 3-1 tiebreaker victory against Stillwater senior and Oklahoma State signee Sam Smith in the championship.

Payton Thomas, Sr., Moore: Another 190-pounder, he claimed the championship at the COAC Tournament. Thomas, who plans to continue his career at Navy, defeated two-time Class 6A state champion and Oklahoma State signee AJ Heeg in the finals. Thomas trailed 5-1 at one point but battled, and the match ultimately ended with an injury default.

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Girls wrestling

Rayleigh Fisher, Sr., Tuttle: She claimed the 140-pound championship at the Greg Henning Invitational in Tuttle last week.

Jackie Hernandez, So., Putnam City: She captured the title at 110 pounds at Putnam North’s Panther Open on Saturday.

Blayklee Vasquez, Jr., Southmoore: She won the 100-pound crown at Putnam North’s Panther Open.

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Last week’s results

Here are The Oklahoman’s Fans Choice athletes of the week for Jan. 3-9:

Boys basketball: Evan Barber, Westmoore

Girls basketball: Keziah Lofton, Bethany

Boys swimming: Clayton Berg, Yukon

Girls swimming: Macy Lewis, McGuinness

Boys wrestling: Layton Schneider, Edmond North

Girls wrestling: Addison Morse, Harrah

Want to nominate someone for athlete of the week? Email their name, year, sport and stats to hhart@oklahoman.com, jjackson@oklahoman.com and nsardis@oklahoman.com before 9 a.m. Monday each week with info from the previous week.

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