Press Box
Game, Set, Impact: A Q&A With Our New Development Director, Emmy Hufnagel
Emmy Hufnagel is an avid tennis player, former triathlete, and the newest addition to the Fields & Futures team. As our Development Director, Emmy brings a wealth of experience in youth sports advocacy and nonprofit leadership. Having seen firsthand the impact of sports on young lives, Emmy is dedicated to helping us take the next big step—from building fields to filling them with kids.
Meet Cody Laurendi, Fields & Futures’ New Director of Soccer
Cody Laurendi is a former OKC Energy FC goalkeeper and the newest member of the Fields & Futures team. As Director of Soccer & Youth Sports Advocate, Cody has shifted his focus from playing the game to growing it. With his passion for the game and vision for increasing youth participation in Oklahoma City, Cody is a key player in helping us keep our goal of creating more opportunities on and off the pitch.
What Drives Capitol Hill and U.S. Grant Football?
U.S. Grant and Capitol Hill may be rivals, but their football programs have more in common than their annual "Southside Bedlam" rivalry game. From 2014-2020, the OSSAA allowed both programs to play as independents so they could create their own schedules and rebuild their programs. Now playing in Class 6A, neither team has found success in district play, but they also know the scoreboard isn't the only standard of success.
The Moment: Curtis Thompson
When Southeast High School Site Athletic Director Curtis Thompson first arrived at SEHS in 1982, the athletic fields were in such bad shape that it was embarrassing for the Spartans to host other teams. Today, they are a source of pride and motivation for the Southeast Spartans.
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Fulfilling a dream: Fields and Futures’ mission goes beyond sports
By: Heide Brandes The Journal Record December 26, 2019 OKLAHOMA CITY – Tim and Liz McLaughlin knew firsthand the benefits of playing on team...
Meet the man moving heaven and lots of earth to rebuild fields in Oklahoma City schools
by JENNI CARLSON on TheOklahoman.com Photo Credit: Nate Billings/The Oklahoman Tommy Noble hates sitting still. He’s a construction man who...
Fields & Futures to Upgrade School Athletic Fields, Build Futsal Courts
by NURIA MARTINEZ-KEEL on Oklahoman.com Behind F.D. Moon Middle School sits an empty excavated field and a slab of concrete. But Fields &...
How keeping coaches has changed Northwest Classen
by JENNI CARLSON on NewsOK.com Jason Jack preaches consistency to his basketball team. The coach is forever telling his players to always make...
Why Southeast High Had a Day as Glorious as Its New Fields
by JENNI CARLSON (posted on (NewsOK.com) The pitch sailed over Perla Vick's head and smacked into the chain-link fence surrounding the bullpen....
Cal Ripken Jr. Dedicates New Field at Southeast High School
Posted on NewsOK.com https://newsok.com/article/5596405/high-schools-sports-notebook-cal-ripken-jr.-dedicates-new-field-at-southeast-high-school...