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Pictured: (sitting, left to right) Greg Davis, Bacone offensive line coach, Mac Farris, Brenda Farris. (standing, left to right): Kent Luck, Bacone offensive coordinator, Larry Grigg SHS athletic director, Kyle Braudrick, SHS offensive coordinator, John Farris, Dusty Delso, executive director of education for Cherokee Nation.

TAHLEQUAH, OK - Sequoyah High School kicker Mac Farris signed a letter of intent to play for Bacone College at a ceremony today at SHS.

“We’re fortunate to be able to compete with larger schools for an athlete of this caliber,” said Kent Luck, Bacone’s offensive coordinator. “(With Farris kicking) you get to the 30 and you’re almost guaranteed points.”

Farris has been working for an opportunity to play football in college for quite a while.

“After last year I knew I could and I wanted to,” Farris said. “I wanted to work real hard so I could.”

Farris played a key role in Sequoyah’s first district championship team in 49 years.

“He likes pressure,” said Kyle Braudrick, SHS’ offensive coordinator. “He won two games for us this year. He’s a good student too.”

Farris’ parents are just happy he’ll be playing close to home.

“He’s close to home,” said John Farris, Mac’s father. “We can watch him, his grandparents can watch him. And I think he can contribute right away.”

“He’s ready to fly the coop,” said Brenda Farris, Mac’s mother. “I don’t know if I am, but he is.”

Farris was an All-District kicker for Sequoyah in 2002, a two-time Muskogee Phoenix Kicker of the Year, and the OKHSS.com 2A kicker of the year. He is a member of the National Honor Society, the Oklahoma High School Honor Society and is in the top 10 of Sequoyah’s graduating class this spring.

Sequoyah High School "Home of the Indians!"             Sequoyah High School, an Indian boarding school, originated in 1871, when the Cherokee National Council passed an act setting up an orphan asylum to take care of many orphans that came out of the Civil War. Sequoyah High School's approximate 300 enrollment represents 42 tribes and 14 different states. Students are eligible to attend if they are members of federally recognized Indian tribes or one-fourth blood descendants of such members.