KINGFISHER – Not even a change in venue can slow down the hot start of Calumet High School’s baseball team as the Chieftains run-ruled Lomega 9-0 here last week.
The home game for Calumet was moved to Kingfisher due to wet field conditions. The win came on the heels of the Chieftains first state ranking of the fall season - No. 3 in Class B - and moved Cody Thiessen’s squad to 9-0.
Redlands Community College’s soccer team sputtered in its 2022 season openers, dropping two shutout road losses to Kansas-based opponents.
The Cougars lost a close 3-2 match to Pratt Community College before being shut out 3-0 by Garden City Community College.
Redlands logged 23 shots in the two matches, with Gladis Avalos and Amya Lindsay scoring goals. Avalos and Yesenia Rodriguez added an assist each.
Leading the way in shots was Avalos with nine, followed by Lindsay with four and three from Courtney Roe. Moriah Reed and Ariana Whitfield logged two shots each.
While he had coached with his predecessor Chuck Atchison in the past, Russell Cook made it clear from the first time he met with players that changes were in store for El Reno High School’s football program.
Now with the first official game of his EHS tenure on tap Friday night against U.S. 81 rival Chickasha, Cook feels the players are starting to see his vision.
The majority of the teams in District 5A-1, otherwise known as the West’s “South District,” are known to base their offensive attacks out of the spread formation.
El Reno High School will fall into the majority under new head coach Russell Cook, but don’t expect the Indians to get into the pass-happy mentality like other members such as Lawton MacArthur, Ardmore or Duncan.
“We base everything out of the spread. I grew up a wishbone guy and my first coaching job was out of the spread offense, yet I still like to run the ball and that is just who you are.
Though question marks exist at various spots in the El Reno High School football roster, the biggest concern for head coach Russell Cook rests with the players that will make up both lines of scrimmage.
Depth and overall playing experience is the biggest hurdle among trenchmen, with Cook penciling in several as two-way starters or taking snaps on both sides of the ball on a rotation basis.
“We have some good young linemen and some seniors that will help lead the way at those spots for sure. Most of those guys are sophomores or juniors and they will have to lead the way.
