Friday Night Finals

07/03/2023

Oklahoma high school football radio institution 'Friday Night Finals' bids farewell

"Friday Night Finals" was a thread that knit together the high school football fabric in Oklahoma for 35 years. But it won't be on the air in 2023.

06/20/2023

After 35 seasons, I am saddened to report that Friday Night Finals will not be on the air this fall. A changing media landscape has made it impossible to continue the show in 2023. While the FNF team hopes to return in 2024, time will tell.
There are many people to thank after a run like this. It is amazing to see what this show became over the years. FNF was bigger than any person and so many people kept the show thriving. I would like to single out a handful of folks. Mark Christian started FNF's journey (even before 1988) with a show heard only in Oklahoma City on KTOK. Danny Henderson joined followed by my uncle, Jim Reagan. That duo became synonymous with high school football for many years. Jeff Gaddie joined in 1998 and was the glue behind the show through its final year. Greg Merick had a lengthy stint on the show and kept it going in his role as the ONN's Program Director. Media legend Randy Renner joined the show and helped make it better. So many others graced the microphones over the years. (You can see a list of all our past hosts at https://fridaynightfinals.com/about/.)
I think everyone involved saw our role as a caretaker, to keep the show going and thriving, and to highlight the many high school football players and teams that compete each Friday night.
Our affiliate stations and sponsors also made the show possible, reaching throughout the state every Friday night. Finally, our listeners made this happen by listening on the way home from ballgames in their cars, team busses and by calling in scores and reports for many years.
It was an honor and privilege for all of us to play a small role.
Thank you for listening.
Joel Reagan

06/08/2023

The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association Board of Directors unanimously approved in its Wednesday meeting a pay raise for Oklahoma high school athletic officials starting in the 2023-24 s…

05/10/2023

We are excited to announce our next Head Football Coach. Brad Robertson has been a key piece of our 🏈 staff for the past year and now he steps into the head role. We’re excited for the continued growth of the program under Coach Robertson’s leadership. WTD!

04/16/2023

More than 30 members of Coweta High School’s football team are heading to Florida this summer to help feed kids and put on a free sports camp.

02/24/2023

FNF alum Lawdog Sports Chuck Ramsey talks about Stall-gate.

By Glen Brockenbush Photo of Weatherford play-by-play voice Chuck Ramsey by Chuck Ramsey's Twitter page It’s been more than two weeks since one high school

02/21/2023

The interim tag is no more for new Enid head football coach Cameron Conder.

02/16/2023

Football Coach Jeremy Reed is returning to Altus High School where he will take over as the Head Coach of the Altus Bulldogs this Spring. The Altus Board of Education voted to hire Coach Reed at a special board meeting on Thursday, February 16th. A native of Marietta, Oklahoma, Reed has nineteen combined years of coaching football in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Kansas.

MEET THE COACH tonight at 5:30 p.m. at the Altus High School Cafeteria.

02/10/2023

Yukon Public Schools Athletic Department is excited to announce the hiring of Brent Barnes as the head football coach. Coach Barnes comes to Yukon with 21 years of coaching experience and a 57-32 record in eight seasons as a head coach. He has coached in 7 State Championship games. Of those 7, he has won 4 State Championship titles and has had 3 Runner-Up finishes. His awards include being named the 2020 FNF Arizona Coach of the Year, 2016 District and Conference Coach of the Year, and was honored as a guest speaker three times at the Nike Coach of the Year Clinic.

“We are extremely excited to bring Coach Barnes back to the state of Oklahoma and Yukon High School” Athletic Director, Brian Hinson said. “I look forward to the systems he will implement for the football program and the assistance he will provide, in the role of Assistant Athletic Director, as we continue to grow the Yukon Athletics Department.”

Coach Barnes is no stranger to the Yukon community. He served as the Assistant Coach at Yukon High School in the mid-2000s. He is married to his wife, Liz Barnes. Together they have two sons, Cooper, 12, and Cal, 7.

01/25/2023

Congrats to former OSSAA football official Jerod Phillips who has been selected to officiate Super Bowl LVII on February 12th in Glendale, Arizona. Phillips is in his 7th season as an NFL official and still continues to help as an OSSAA Area Football Official Coordinator for Northeastern Oklahoma.

01/24/2023

Woods is heading to Tyler, Texas.

❝I am thankful for the opportunity to work and coach for such a wonderful district and community here at Enid Public Schools.❞ — Rashaun Woods

01/19/2023

David Gore still remembers when Norman North and Norman high schools first played each other in football in 1997.