Bixby celebrates record-breaking win, earns seventh state football championship

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BIXBY, Okla. — The Bixby High School shot squad won its seventh consecutive authorities shot title successful 8 years Thursday night. That triumph came with a caller authorities grounds for the Spartans.

“I don’t deliberation it volition ever get aged conscionable knowing like, ohio my gosh, we conscionable won the authorities championship," said Ella Fryer, a elder astatine Bixby.

Thursday night’s 63-14 triumph implicit Deer Creek is the Spartans' 4th authorities title successful a row. It was a nighttime seniors similar Fryer and Jolie Kirk won't forget.

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“We conscionable instantly each ran retired there," Kirk said. "I started crying actually, conscionable tears of joy. I was conscionable truthful excited.”

Winning authorities championships isn’t caller to Bixby Head Coach Loren Montgomery, but helium continued his contented aft the crippled of staying up for the greeting paper. And then, helium acceptable it and the newest trophy with the others for a photograph op.

“Well, it’s a small spot surreal, but I archer you what, it’s enjoyable," Montgomery said.

Bixby broke a grounds successful the process of winning their authorities championship. It’s their 49th consecutive win, the astir successful the state. Their past nonaccomplishment was their play opener successful 2018.

“I couldn’t beryllium much arrogant of our squad and their quality to enactment focused connected a crippled astatine a time," said Rob Miller, superintendent of Bixby Public Schools. "They ne'er truly focused connected achieving that winning streak, but they knew if they kept winning astatine the complaint they were that they’d yet get determination and they did.”

49 is simply a fortunate fig for the Spartans. Their 49-point triumph Thursday tied the largest borderline of triumph successful a 6A authorities rubric game. Coach Montgomery said their occurrence is simply a squad effort.

“Our spot and conditioning programme I consciousness is 1 of our biggest competitory advantages and our continuity wrong our program," Montgomery said. "Our coaching staff. Our kids, administration, assemblage that arsenic I mentioned contributed to the occurrence of this program.”

From the set to the cheerleaders and creation squad to the students and fans, the assemblage proudly supports the Spartans each the mode to the top.

“Whether we’re going to Mansfield, Texas to play oregon cardinal Oklahoma oregon surely our games here, they’re conscionable truthful supportive, they’re rowdy, they person a bully clip but each astatine the aforesaid clip conscionable ace respectful and a large bunch," Montgomery said.

“You’re making memories that are going to past a beingness and the experiences are truthful unforgettable," Fryer said.

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