“It’s a little nerve wracking but also exciting to be able to step up and help the others and encourage them because it feels good to have someone encourage you and know someone believes in you,” said Shanks who is vice-president of the sophomore class and a member of the National Honor Society.ĭue to the major spring flooding that damaged the Webbers Falls school and the gym, the Lady Warriors are behind in their preparations for this basketball season since they usually work a lot during the summer. Though just a sophomore, Samantha will take on more of a leadership role this year as the Lady Warriors will be young. Your heart stops just to be on the court and see how many people are sitting up there watching you and it just gives you such a rush,” said Shanks who is a VYPE Top 100 pick for 2019. “It’s hard to explain the feeling but I just know I want to feel it every year I play basketball. Going to the Big House in Oklahoma City last year was an experience that Shanks hopes to repeat. “I just like basketball best because it’s a really competitive sport and I can work closely with my team mates and it’s just always been my favorite,” said Shanks who speaks well beyond her sophomore years. “But with those seniors gone, she knows she’ll have a target on her back this year.”īut that doesn’t seem to concern Shanks much who admits that out of all her athletic endeavors, basketball is by far her favorite. “She was the missing piece that helped catapult us to the state tournament last year,” said Ward. At least five homes in Pottawatomie County were damaged from Wednesday's storms, but Seminole County officials still were assessing damage. Thursday night, according to the Oklahoma Emergency Management Department, including five cuts, 10 falls and six transportation-related injuries. Shanks was one of the “Four Horsewomen” that led Webbers Falls to it’s first trip to the state tournament in 21 years in 2019 averaging 17points per game as a freshman surrounded by a bunch of seniors. There were 21 storm-related injuries reported as of 7 p.m. “Of the basketball players I’ve coached over the years going back to the six-on-six era, she’s probably one of the top three as a freshman I’ve had including 13 All-Staters.” “She is an extraordinary athlete so whatever she plays, be it basketball, softball or track, she’s going to excel because she’s very driven and that’s one of things I like about her best,” said the veteran coach. But he counts Samantha Shanks, now a sophomore, as one of the best. We’re told the barges were carrying fertilizer.In his 40 years of high school coaching, Jerry Ward has seen a pretty good number of talented freshman girls on the basketball court. The force of the rushing watch caused the second barge to give way and sink as well.įortunately, it looks as though the integrity of the dam is still intact. However, the barges somehow broke loose from the rocks as crews tried to secure them. Webbers Falls had a scare last week that made national news, after floodwaters broke two barges loose from their moorings and sent them careening toward a dam just upstream from Webbers. They were still tied together and were stuck on a rock jetty. Initially, the Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Office confirmed on Facebook that the barges were located several miles upstream from Webbers Falls Lock and Dam 16. Officials became worried that the barges would hit the dam, which was already under strain from the flood waters. If you choose to stay you are doing so at your own risk,” officials wrote on Facebook. “Residents in the Town of Webbers Falls need to evacuate immediately.
FLOODING IN WEBBER FALLS OK FREE
The two barges broke free along the Arkansas River after historic flooding across Oklahoma in May. Army Corps of Engineers’ salvage crew was able to extract one of the two barges that crashed into the Webbers Falls dam back in May. Devastating flooding swept away homes in parts of.
Mireya Villarreal reports from Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, where the whole town was forced to evacuate. Use our Webbers Falls real estate filters or tour via. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Flood alerts are up across half the state. View photos, 3D virtual tours, schools, and listing details of 5 homes for sale in Webbers Falls, OK.
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Webbers Falls is a small town, rich in Cherokee History, that sits on the banks of the Arkansas River in Eastern Oklahoma.
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