February 2025

TULSA – Logging only three wins, El Reno High School’s first trip to the Class 5A Dual State Championship since 2021 ended with a 58-14 quarterfinals loss to second-ranked Claremore.

With the setback to the Zebras, El Reno, ranked 12th in the state, closes its dual season with a 6-4 overall record.

El Reno got off to a fast start as Coleman Iker (190) ran out to a 3-1 lead after one period. He then caught Xavier Duncan in a second-period cradle and scored a fall (3:00) for a 6-0 lead.

For a third straight season, El Reno High School will have multiple entries at the 2025 Oklahoma Girls State High School Wrestling Championships.

Competing in the Class 6A West Regional Championships in Shawnee, freshman Remy Whitney and senior Brooklynn Huggins punched state tickets while helping El Reno to a 16th-place team finish with 51 points.

Whitney (100) was runner-up after losing a 6-0 decision to Westmoore’s Kyrain Perez for the gold. She posted a 3-1 record after falls over Lawton’s Makayla Minte (:51) and Western Heights’ Abigayle Spotler (:40).

Logan White scored a season-high 21 points to lead Okarche High School’s girls basketball team to the Class A, Area I, District 4 Championship with a 50-38 decision over Cherokee.

The Warriors, ranked 20th in the state, improved to 18-8 on the season.

Okarche moves into the double-elimination Region A winners bracket against Garber needing three straight wins to make a third straight trip to state.

Scoring 20 or more points in all four periods, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team took the first step toward its third straight trip to the Class B state tourney with a 97-55 win over Covington-Douglas.

The Chieftains third straight win came in the Area I, District 1 Championships, which moved Calumet to 22-3 on the season. The top-ranked team in the state moves to the Region A winners bracket to face Lomega.

Winning four of its last five outings, including two in a row, has vaulted the Redlands Community College women’s basketball team up two spots in the conference standings.

The Cougars defeated Eastern Oklahoma State College (58-38) and Western Oklahoma State College (64-58) to improve to 13-9 on the season.

Redlands moved up two spots in the NJCAA Region 2 standings to fourth with a 6-5 record.

Splitting a pair of conference games has left the Redlands Community College men’s basketball team alone in fifth place in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.

The Cougars defeated Eastern Oklahoma State College (67-61) at home before losing a road game at Western Oklahoma State College (76-72). The split left the Cougars with an 18-7 overall record and a 6-5 Region 2 mark.

Savon Myers led all Redlands scorers with 25 points, 11 assists, four rebounds and two steals. Glenn Bishop Jr. was close behind with 24 points, five boards and two steals.

Fred Slaughter has spent hundreds if not thousands of hours walking the basketball court inside Jenks Simmons Field House as either an assistant coach or fulfilling his duties as assistant athletic director.

Redlands Community College’s College and Career Fair has been moved to Feb. 26 after the original date collided with below freezing temperatures. 

Originally scheduled for Feb. 12, RCC's College and Career Fair has been moved to Wednesday, Feb. 26 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Redlands Austin Family Conference Center.

Open to both students and the general public, this event is designed to help students explore their future academic and career pathways.

OKLAHOMA CITY - Pro Tem Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle, advanced legislation that would add discharging a firearm at or into a dwelling or building used for public or business purposes to the state’s list of 85 percent crimes.

A cardinal and a blue jay had a chilly morning last week when temperatures plunged and winter precipitation moved into the area.

More winter weather is forecast this week.