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Yahoo
12-02-2025
- Sport
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OKC Metro HSSA: Transfer king Jaden Nickens at 4th school in 4 semesters
Basketball and football star Jaden Nickens, a Kansas recruit, is returning to Douglass High School, according to Jordan Davis of the Oklahoman. It's the third transfer since his junior year for Nickens, including twice to Douglass. OKC Sports Radio 105.3 and J. Swick had a great interview with Kansas football and basketball commit Jaden Nickens about his transition back to Douglass High School after attending Sierra Canyon High School in LA last PPBCTV — OKC Sports Radio 105.3 - KINB FM (@OKCCBSSPORTS105) February 8, 2025 See if you can follow this: Nickens started his junior year playing football at Millwood High School in Oklahoma. After the season, he was named an OKC Metro High School Sports Awards nominee. For the spring semester, he transferred to Douglass, also in Oklahoma. While there he was named an HSSA nominee in boys basketball after helping Douglass win the Class 4A state title. To start the 2024-25 football season, Nickens transferred to Sierra Canyon School in California. In December, he committed to Kansas. Great First game Last Night!! 💙@HomeTeamHoops @KUHoops — Jaden Nickens (@jaden_nickens) November 19, 2024 And now, he's back to Douglass, in time for another postseason run. Is your head spinning? Douglas is a 6-foot-3, 190 pound athlete who was once committed to Oklahoma. Now, he's hoping to play both football and basketball at Kansas. The 2024-25 OKC Metro High School Sports Awards are June 10 at the Young Family Athletic Center. Tickets will be available soon. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY High School Sports Wire: OKC Metro HSSA: Transfer king Nickens at 4th school in 4 semesters
Yahoo
06-02-2025
- General
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Dobyns-Bennett hosts African American History Seminar
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Dobyns-Bennett High School hosted an African American History Seminar on Thursday. The seminar highlighted the history of African Americans in Kingsport by exploring deep-rooted contributions, cultural impact and lasting legacy of the African American community through personal accounts, photographs and historical discussions, a release from the school said. Cost to sequester Boswell jury thousands per day for Sullivan County 'Kingsport has a rich history in the African-American community and the contributions that have shaped our city and have shaped just our state and our nation,' Social Studies Teacher James Scales said. 'We have much history here that is to be celebrated. Today we seek to pay homage to that and allow our students at the same time to learn of that history.' A student-led discussion with former Douglass High School alumni, a historical presentation by Calvin Sneed and more were part of the event. 'That's what makes it so special,' Scales said. 'The ones that are that are here today, they lived it. They gave us firsthand accounts of what it was like.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
