April 2024

Junior Davin Shamblin threw a complete game and El Reno High School’s offense squeezed out a pair of runs to defeat Chickasha last week 2-1 in the U.S. 81 baseball rivalry. The Indians win snapped a four-game losing streak to the Chicks dating back to a split in 2019.

Following a quick start, El Reno High School’s boys soccer team allowed two unanswered goals in a 2-1 loss to Del City and remains in the cellar of the District 5A-2 standings.

Conley Knapp logged her second straight home hat trick last week as El Reno High School’s girls soccer team returned to District 5A-2 play with a 6-0 win over Del City. The victory kept El Reno tied for first in the league standings with Southeast and Carl Albert at 2-0.

Both El Reno High School tennis teams finished in the top five last week at the 2024 Suburban Conference Tennis Championships hosted by Shawnee. The girls tied for fifth place with two team points, while the boys scored five points to tie with Elgin. Carl Albert won both team titles.

Two meets into the 2024 schedule and El Reno High School’s track teams are starting to show slight improvements in times and distances in both running and field events.

Battling gusting winds and occasional spritzing rain throughout the day, Redlands Community College’s golf team defended its title for a third straight year at the 2024 Women’s Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships.

El Reno High School seniors Pauline Black-Harmon (left of 5A state championship trophy) and Nazhoni Sleeper (right) signed national letters of intent to play basketball next season for Seminole State College.

Rallying from an 8-0 deficit, Redlands Community College’s baseball team posted a 10-8 win over Randall University’s junior varsity to complete a sweep of the Saints. The Cougars took the first game of the doubleheader 11-0, which snapped a six-game losing streak.

Calumet High School’s slow-pitch softball team defeated Ninnekah 11-2 for its fourth straight win to move to 5-7 on the season. The Chieftains, now 5-7 overall, went 23-of-38 (.479) from the plate with a double from Payton Barnes and a triple by Mikay Mayo.

Brothers Kyler and Kaleb Thiessen combined to go .500 from the plate and scored four runs as Calumet High School’s baseball team posted its second straight win with an 11-3 decision over Binger-Oney. Calumet, the top-ranked team in Class B, moved to 8-3 on the season with the victory.