OMAHA, NE — At his postgame press conference on Wednesday night following Oklahoma’s violent elimination of Georgia, Sooners coach Skip Johnson gave a poignant shout out to a fallen colleague.
Longtime McKinney (TX) North coach Jim Gatewood, who retired in 2025 after winning 446 high school baseball games and led his final team to the state semifinals, passed away in February. The field at McKinney North was named in his honor upon his retirement.
It was especially meaningful to Johnson, as freshman Nick Wesloski, a star pitcher and quarterback at McKinney Boyd, was the winning pitcher for OU against the Bulldogs with 5 2/3 strong innings…