WCWS Photo Gallery: Oklahoma-Florida State 2

View the AllSooners photo gallery of Thursday's WCWS championship series game between the Sooners and Seminoles.

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WCWS Photo Gallery: Oklahoma-Florida State 2

Jordy Bahl

Jordy Bahl

Jordy Bahl

Jordy Bahl

Jordy Bahl

Jordy Bahl

Jordy Bahl

Jordy Bahl

Jordy Bahl

Jordy Bahl

Jordy Bahl

Jordy Bahl

Jordy Bahl

Jordy Bahl

Jordy Bahl, Alyssa Brito

Jordy Bahl

Jordy Bahl and the Sooners

Rylie Boone

Rylie Boone

Alyssa Brito

Alyssa Brito

Alyssa Brito

Alyssa Brito

Alyssa Brito

Alyssa Brito

Alyssa Brito

Alyssa Brito

Jayda Coleman

Jayda Coleman

Jayda Coleman

Jayda Coleman, Patty Gasso

Sooners dogpile

Sooner Nation

Sooner Nation

Patty Gasso, J.T. Gasso

Patty Gasso, Grace Lyons

Kinzie Hansen

Kinzie Hansen

Kinzie Hansen, Jordy Bahl

Kinzie Hansen, Jordy Bahl

Kinzie Hansen

Jayda Coleman, Tiare Jennings

Jayda Coleman, Tiare Jennings

Haley Lee

Sooners greet Grace Lyons

Grace Lyons

Grace Lyons

Grace Lyons

Grace Lyons

Grace Lyons

Grace Lyons

Nicole May

Cydney Sanders

Cydney Sanders

Sooners greet Cydney Sanders

Cydney Sanders, Alyssa Brito

Cydney Sanders, Tiare Jennings

Cydney Sanders, Tiare Jennings

Cydney Sanders, Sophia Nugent

Cydney Sanders

Alex Storako

Alex Storako, Tiare Jennings

Alex Storako

Grace Lyons HR celebration

Boomer Sooner

Boomer Sooner

Holding the Championship Trophy

Holding the Championship Trophy

Jordy Bahl

Jordy Bahl, Jen Rocha

Rylie Boone

Alyssa Brito

Alyssa Brito

Jayda Colemann

Confetti angels

Confetti angels

Confetti celebration

Confetti celebration

Confetti celebration

Patty Gasso

Patty Gasso

Patty Gasso

Patty Gasso, Cydney Sanders

Kinzie Hansen, Alex Storako

Tiare Jennings

Haley Lee

Grace Lyons

Grace Lyons

Grace Lyons

Grace Lyons

Grace Lyons

Hannah Sparks, Cydney Sanders

Cydney Sanders

Cydney Sanders

Cydney Sanders

Cydney Sanders

Alex Storako

Alex Storako

Alex Storako

Alex Storako

Alex Storako

Alex Storako

Alex Storako

Alex Storako

Alex Storako

Alex Storako

Alex Storako

Alex Storako

Alex Storako, Rylie Boone

Alex Storako, Jayda Coleman

Alex Storako, Kinzie Hansen

Alex Storako, Tiare Jennings

Boomer Sooner

Team trophies

Team trophies

Alynah Torres

Published Jun 9, 2023

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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