Story byClaremore Daily Progress, Okla. Kevin Green, Claremore Daily Progress, Okla. Sat, December 27, 2025 at 4:46 AM UTC·3 min readThis is something I’ve always wanted to do. For years, I’ve had the ambition to create true All-County teams for every sport. The problem was never the desire. It was figuring out how to tackle a project that big without cutting corners or doing it halfway. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBecause make no mistake: this is a massive undertaking. The idea finally became reality this school year after some inspiration from longtime Muskogee Phoenix sports editor Mike Kays — now a correspondent for that paper — whose approach helped crystallize something I’d been circling for a long time. With the amount of success Rogers County teams experienced this year, and with records and milestones falling at what felt like a record pace, it became clear this was the moment to act. How could we at the Claremore Progress not recognize what just happened?So I went all in. Nomination forms went out to every coach for every sport, and yes, I mean every sport. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThis isn’t a football-only venture. Softball, volleyball and cross country are all getting their due.
