The Oklahoma Coaches Association 2026 high school All-State athletic events began Monday across the state. Here’s a look at what happened.
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History was made Monday at KickingBird Golf Club in Edmond.
For the first time, the Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf event ended in a tie as the West and East teams each finished with an overall score of 24.
The event is a match-play tournament, and scores from the boys and girls teams are added to a cumulative total.
The West boys beat the East 13½-10½, while the East girls won by the same score.
For golfers like Heritage Hall standout Gabriella Gross, it was a fun day, although the brutal heat made it tough at times.
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West boys (red) and east boys (blue) have their team photos taken. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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West boys (red) and east boys (blue) have their team photos taken. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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A gold tee s stuck in the ponytail of a girls golfer. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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West boys practice on the putting green as sprinklers run in the background. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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West boys coach Matt Layman, Tuttle, gives last minute instructions to the players. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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Boys check in on hole number one for their 9:00 am tee time. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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West players RJ Roberts, Comanche, left, laughs as he talks with Wyatt Davison, Velma-Alma, as they get ready to tee off on hole number One. ,Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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West player Wyatt Davison, Velma-Alma, lines up his ball on hole number one. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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West player RJ Roberts, Comanche, watches his tee shot on hole number one. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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East player Canton Brown, Victory Christian,, watches his tee shot on hole number one. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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East player Jet Smith, North Rock Creek, Shawnee, gets ready for his tee shot on hole number one. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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Spectators drive ahead of the players as they walk down the number one fairway. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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Carts line up to follow the girls as they start on hole number ten. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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West girls coach Mike Morton, Edmond Santa Fe, walks back toward the tenth tee box. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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West girls coach Mike Morton, Edmond Santa Fe, gives instructions of how to play the tenth hole. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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Kenli Wade, Lawton MacArthur, tees off on the tenth hole. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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Kenli Wade, Lawton MacArthur, tees off on the tenth hole. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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Tatum Brown, Guthrie, , tees off on the tenth hole. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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Gracie Young, Ft. Gibson, tees off on the tenth hole. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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Teagan Graves, Ft. Gibson, tees off on the tenth hole. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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West girls Gabriella Gross, Heritage Hall, left, and Abbie Justiz, Edmond North, look at the medals they received. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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Kodee Bearpaw Pritchett, Sequoyah, Abbie Justiz, Edmond North, Gabriella Gross, Heritage Hall and Nikki Pitts, Stillwater, receive their scorecards as they prepare to tee off on number 10. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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The west’s Abbie Justiz, Edmond North, Gabriella Gross, Heritage Hall, list with the East’s Nikki Pitts, Stillwater, and Kodee Bearpaw Pritchett, Sequoyah and an official before starting their round on the tenth hole. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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The west’s Abbie Justiz, Edmond North, talks with the east’s Nikki Pitts, Stillwater, before starting play on the tenth. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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West Abbie Justiz, Edmond North, tees off on the tenth hole. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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West Gabriella Gross, Heritage Hal, tees off on the tenth hole. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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East Nikki Pitts, Stillwater, tees off on the tenth hole. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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Girl players head down the fairway on the tenth. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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East’s Code Bearpaw Pritchett, Sequoyah, pus up her club after her tee shot on the tenth hole. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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Fans sit under a large shade tree on the edge of the 13th green. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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Boys group players survey the 13th green. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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The west’s Grant Maher, left, and Benson Dieham, both Norman, walk up the 13th fairway. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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West player Benson Dieham, watches his putt on the 13th as Grant Maher looks on. Both are from Norman. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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West’s Grant Maher, Norman, watches his putt on the 13th. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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The west’s Benson Dieham, left, and Grant Maher, both Norman, watch as the east players put out. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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West boys coach Matt Layman, Tuttle. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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West girls coach Mike Horton, Edmond Santa Fe. Boys and girls Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State golf tournament at Kickingbird in Edmond, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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“We haven’t been playing as much as we did in high school season and stuff, but we were confident,” said Gross, who competed with Edmond North star and Jacksonville University signee Abbie Justiz. “We played yesterday and we played well, so it was more of like a try to minimize mistakes and just play good golf.”
Gross and Justiz played against Stillwater’s Nikki Pitts and Sequoyah-Tahlequah’s Kodee Bearpaw-Pritchett.
Gross and Justiz earned three points for the West, while Pitts and Bearpaw-Pritchett got one point.
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Gross finished in a tie for second place at the Class 3A state tournament in May and was named The Oklahoman’s All-City Golfer of the Year.
She had Division-I offers but won’t play in college, so Monday was special and had some similarities to her high school career as a whole.
“You get that team aspect,” Gross said. “I like that I got to do that one last time and it was fun and we got to do it with really good players.”
—Nick Sardis, Staff writer
This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: Oklahoma 2026 All-State week: Golf matchup ends in tie for first time
