Elevation

Whether the rivalry elevates their game, or their game elevates the rivalry, Bill Blankenship’s Tulsa Union has ridden a wave of success to become one of America’s best high school football programs.
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Jenks or jinx, nothing could stop Bill Blankenship’s Tulsa Union team from running the table in 2002 for the school’s elusive first state championship in 11 seasons under his leadership.

A 52-3 thrashing of Broken Arrow stifled any chuckles about Blankenship and his veteran staff not being able to win the big one and validates what has been one of high school football’s better-kept secrets outside of the Sooner State.

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