Oklahoma’s best high school girls basketball players: Meet the state’s top point guards

By Christian Potts 

Photo of Edmond Memorial’s Baylor Franz by Carlos Flores

We’re taking a position-by-position take a look at a few of the top gamers in Oklahoma high school girls basketball.

Oklahoma girls basketball is loaded with top expertise this season, with a giant listing of sturdy point guards getting issues began for his or her groups.

Eventually, we’ll dive into capturing guards, wings and end it up with posts.

There are a whole bunch of standout girls basketball gamers in Oklahoma, and these lists are usually not meant to be complete. If there are different point guards worthy of followers’ consideration in 2022-23, tell us.

In no explicit order:

Raven Jackson, 5-7, Sr., Choctaw

The senior was a giant a part of the Lady Jackets’ run to the Class 6A state match a yr in the past, bringing house all-city honors from The Oklahoman for her efforts throughout her junior yr.

This season, her Choctaw squad is out quick to a 6-0 begin.

Aaliyah Henderson, 5-7, Sr., Norman

Henderson will likely be headed to SMU after signing with the Lady Mustangs this fall.

But she has unfinished enterprise in Class 6A with a Lady Tigers’ squad that got here up simply in need of a state match berth a yr in the past.

Jayda Holiman, 5-6, Sr., McAlester

The senior was a significant participant in the Lady Buffaloes’ run all the method to the Class 5A state championship.

She’ll look so as to add some extra {hardware} to the school’s trophy case earlier than heading to Texas-Rio Grande Valley to play in faculty.

Boston Berry, 5-7, Sr., Jones

Berry scored 10 factors per recreation on a gifted Longhorns squad that captured a second straight Class 3A championship a yr in the past. The senior was named MVP of final yr’s state match run.

Elle Papahronis, 5-11, Sr., Edmond North

The senior was a significant cog in the Lady Huskies’ dominating state championship run a yr in the past. Now, she has much more of a key position as North seems to fend off a number of powerful challengers and defend the Class 6A crown.

Papahronis may also proceed her basketball profession at the subsequent degree, having just lately signed to play at the University of San Francisco.

Keziah Lofton, 6-0, So., Bethany

Of all the gifted sophomores in the state, Lofton could also be the highest-profile.

She’s already gotten a proposal and dedicated to play for the University of Oklahoma, and she or he and her Lady Bronchos sit at No. 1 in the season’s first rankings for Class 4A.

Gentry Baldwin, 5-5, Sr., Bixby

Baldwin is a part of the ultra-experienced beginning group for the Lady Spartans, coming into her fourth yr as a starter and having helped Bixby attain the state title recreation her sophomore and junior seasons.

She signed with Oral Roberts this fall to proceed her profession collegiately.

Halyn Browning, 5-4, So., Luther

Browning is one among many gifted sophomore guards in the state and a pacesetter for the Lady Lions, a top challenger in Class 3A.

She’s additionally a part of the gifted Trae Young Elite program, featured on their Class of 2025 squad.

Parker Stevenson, 5-7, Sr., Bethel

Stevenson is a senior who has helped catapult the Lady Wildcats to prominence in Class 3A with a robust all-around recreation.

She has her Bethel squad off to a 6-1 begin and a No. 2 state rating to begin this season.

Catyn Graham, 5-8, Sr., Pittsburg

The senior was the MVP of Pittsburg’s run to the 2022 Class B state championship, and since has signed to play collegiately at Oklahoma Baptist University.

Her squad already is 7-1 this season, together with three wins in opposition to Class 2A competitors.

Baylor Franz, 5-6, Sr., Edmond Memorial

The Lady Bulldogs have one among the state’s most talented squads, and Franz typically is the participant to get the offense going from the point guard spot.

The senior has signed to play collegiately at Air Force.

Albony Bryles, 5-6, Sr., Moore

The senior excels in the classroom and in addition on the flooring as the set off for the offense for the Lady Lions, who want to make a giant push towards the Class 6A state match this yr.

Jya Barksdale, 5-4, Sr., Midwest City

The senior could also be small in stature (5-foot-4), however her play is a giant a part of the success, night-in and night-out, for a Lady Bombers’ squad that returns to Class 6A this season after spending final yr in 5A, the place they fell in the quarterfinals of the state match to eventual state champion McAlester.

Amaya Grissom, 5-4, Jr., Edmond Santa Fe

The junior is one other 5-foot-4 speedster who brings fast ft and athleticism as the quarterback of the Lady Wolves’ squad.

Santa Fe faces a tall job simply in its personal school district with two of the best in the state on the town (North and Memorial), however Grissom and her crew have their very own huge targets.

Darcy Roberts, 5-7, Sr., Lomega

The senior is a four-year starter and one among the top small-school gamers in the state. She averaged 19.6 factors per recreation throughout Lomega’s run to the Class B state championship recreation final yr.

Karliey Parker, 5-6, Jr., Riverside

The multi-sport star and junior point guard has folks speaking about the Lady Indians and their prospects this yr in Class A. Riverside seems the half thus far, off to a 9-0 begin to start this season.

Braci Nyberg, 5-7, Jr., Seiling

The junior is one other high-level small-school expertise, serving to lead the Lady Wildcats to last year’s Class A state championship.

She was MVP of that state match and just lately scored her 1,000th profession point.

Jordan Hoffman, 5-7, Sr., Weatherford

Hoffman and her sister Addy are two of the top stars for a Lady Eagles’ crew that could be a huge contender in a deep and hard subject in Class 4A. Hoffman already has signed to play collegiately at Cal Poly.

Marcayla Johnson, 6-0, So., Tulsa Booker T. Washington

The sophomore was ranked in the Top 25 for her class by espnW and HoopGurlz recruiting rankings.

She’s already dedicated to Baylor, however earlier than that may have an enormous say in how far the Lady Hornets can go this season and her subsequent two after.

Presleigh Riggs, 5-4, Sr., Pocola

The senior is a good facilitator and defender for the defending Class 2A state champions.

She’s surrounded by a robust forged of returning teammates and has the Lady Indians in line to as soon as once more be a giant contender for a championship.

Hannah Fields, 5-11, Sr., Norman North

The senior is a flexible expertise who can contribute at both guard place for the Lady Timberwolves as they attempt to crash the celebration atop Class 6A. She’s additionally already signed to play collegiately with Houston Christian.

Ariana Diaz, 5-5, Sr., Midwest City Carl Albert

The Lady Titans appear to have good exterior shooters throughout the flooring, maybe none as regular as Diaz, who’s a gradual three-year starter for final yr’s Class 5A quarterfinalists.

Elise Hill, 5-7, Sr., Tulsa Holland Hall

The senior is half of an electrical backcourt for the Lady Dutch, who reached the state semifinals in Class 4A final yr. Hill already has a spot for faculty as effectively, signing this fall with Division I Tulsa.

Sania Richardson, 5-5, So., Ada

The sophomore already is very adorned, incomes a top 25 rating in espnW and HoopGurlz recruiting rankings, and in addition being named the Ada Evening News space participant of the yr in 2021-22 as a freshman.

Yeraldy Ruiz, 5-8, Sr., Guymon

Ruiz is one among the best gamers from the Oklahoma Panhandle in a variety of years.

The senior already had a 42-point recreation in opposition to Lawton Eisenhower this season, and has hopes of bringing her crew to the Class 5A state match in March.