On a night when discipline on offensive shot selection was a bit loose, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team used its defense to spark a wire-to-wire victory over Southeast.
El Reno logged 20 steals, 12 in the first half, en route to a 71-25 win over the Spartans and a sweep of the season series with Southeast by a combined 101 points. The Indians won the first meeting in December by 55 points.
A trio of double-digit runs over the first three periods allowed El Reno High School’s boys basketball team to reach double-digit wins in the District 5A-1 standings and move a game closer to the 20-win mark.
El Reno improved to 18-1 on the season and 10-0 in the district chase with an 89-58 victory over the Spartans to sweep the season series by a combined 84 points.
The loss dropped Southeast (5-5) to fourth in the standings, five games back of the Indians. Carl Albert and Lawton MacArthur remain tied for second at 8-2, two games back of El Reno.
Hillcrest kindergarten Helpfulness Award winners are Aiyanna Patton, Sarahy Gallegos, Deacon Faulkner, Indie Graham, Davina Kubica, Symphany Scott, Ricky Zepeda, Felix Webb, Elena Ballew, Erin Hunt, Kairi Richards, JJ La Pierre, Rudy Lamebull, Greyson Shields, Hazel Miller, Zach Havener and Logan Byrd, Silas Livingston, Axel Schaffer, Everleigh Kelly, Addalynne Ford, Jailene Naranjo, Theo Williams, Israel Berliner, Timberlynn Agee, Stella Sewell, Ryan Wallace, Sylas Gitzendanner, Ava Miller, Josh Williams, Samara Lopez, Olivia Mulholland, Andrea Avila, Samheer Taylor, Parker Felz, Madilynn
Hillcrest pre-kindergarten Helpfulness Award winners are Willow Hart, Elijah Burk, Lynn Davis, Declan Pewitt, Caroline Metcalf, Rhylan Curry, Alayna Stewart, Zoie Morris, Kallan Brittain, Romina Reyes, Braxton Schuldt, Olivia Abbe, Nayeli Gonzalez, Erin Kennedy Amirah Scott, Kinleigh Lynn, Brexlynn Richmond, Creed Huizar, Samson Diaz, Beau Berry, Daxton Clanton and Aubrey Marquez.
El Reno High School’s boys wrestling team wrapped up its regular-season tournament schedule with an eighth-place showing at the recent 2025 Chickasha Classic.
The Indians, ranked 13th in Class 5A, scored 104 points in the 18-team meet which was won by the host with 287.5 points.
Piedmont (201) was a distant second and Yukon (151) was sixth.
Mason Hoffman (106) scored 24 team points with a second-place finish following a 3-0 loss to Del City’s Evan Colbert.
Hoffman logged a 4-1 record including one fall over Southmoore’s Jayden Camua (2:37).
One of four county entries in the 30-squad field, El Reno High School’s girls wrestling team placed 23rd in the recent 2025 Sand Springs Girls Only Invitational.
El Reno logged 133.5 team points behind six placers. Remy Whitney (100) led the way with a runner-up finish and 38 points, losing in the finals to Westmoore’s Kyrain Perez by a 10-9 margin.
The freshman went 4-1 with three falls, the quickest in 1:54 over Tonkawa’s Jazmin Dollarhide.
Riverside January Citizens of the Month are Ivan Hernandez, Piper Sneed, Kyndall Thompson, James Hudson, Steele Wooten, Lexi Matias, Kathryn Trujillo, Elijah Crites, Lincoln Rinehart, Yitzel Casanova, Bridget Crites, Wyatt Buchanan, Slade Siler, Airamy Hernandez and Tristan Blakely. Not pictured: Ava McCall, Shane Funk and Lyric Lehman.
Union City High School rebounded from a loss to Class 2A’s fifth-ranked Oklahoma Bible Academy with back-to-back wins over Ninnekah and Cement.
The Tigers fell to OBA 59-27 before earning a forfeit win over the Owls 2-0, followed by a 33-point blowout of Cement (57-24).
Union City improved to 12-9 on the year.
Breanna Goad was the top scorer for Union City over the three games with 34 points, 25 of those in a game-high effort against Cement. Morgan Brothers added 14 in the win over the Bulldogs and 20 total.
Playing its third ranked opponent in seven days, Okarche High School earned bragging rights as the best small school in Canadian County following a 90-85 win over Class B’s top-ranked Calumet.
Okarche, the top-ranked team in Class A, moved to 23-0 on the season with the win over the Chieftains.
The seven-day stretch included a win over No.9 (A) Amber-Pocasset 99-68.
Jett Mueggenborg led the Warriors in scoring with 72 points including 44 against Ampo, while adding 17 rebounds and 12 steals. Easton Roby followed with a line of 35 points, 14 boards and five steals.
