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OKLAHOMA CITY – Tied at halftime against Western Heights, El Reno High School girls soccer coach Anthony Klipp uttered a simple but clear message to his players.
“You can lose one of these last two matches and still make the playoffs, but this is not the one you can lose,” said Klipp.
His players responded with five unanswered goals in the second half en route to a 6-1 victory over the Jets.
Two days later the Indians then locked down a spot in the postseason with a 3-1 win over Guthrie.
El Reno High School’s boys soccer team could finish in a tie for the fourth spot in the District 5A-2 standings, but the squad will not be going to the playoffs.
The Indians dropped a 2-1 match to Western Heights before closing the regular season with a 3-0 shutout of Guthrie.
The split left El Reno with an 8-5 record on the year and a 3-4 mark in the league standings.
El Reno is currently tied for fifth with Western Heights. Carl Albert, which has a match left with Guthrie, is fourth at 3-3 but holds the tiebreaker edge over both EHS and the Jets.
El Reno High School’s tennis team had one of its strongest showings of the season last week at the 2026 Elgin Owl Classic.
The boys fielded a full squad for the first time this year and took fifth in the team standings with 12 points, highlighted by its singles players who were both consolation champs.
Sergio Rosas, playing the No.1 bracket, lost to Weatherford’s Carson Bonner (7-5/6-1) but rebounded to defeat Kingfisher’s Wyatt Long (6-0/6-2) and Southeast’s Miguel Garcia (6-0/6-1).
El Reno High School catcher Austin Steffler said it best when describing senior right-hander Jonathan Shelley’s first varsity start of the season.
“Jonathan’s fast ball is moving,” said Steffler.
Shelley, who missed two-thirds of the season with a hamstring injury, pitched five innings of three-hit baseball as the Indians snapped a six-game losing streak with a 9-1 run-rule of Putnam City.
Shelley allowed one run and a walk, while fanning six batters. He retired the first eight batters in order, allowed the free pass, then retired four of the next five batters faced.
Closing out the regular season, El Reno High School’s boys golf team put up a pair of top 15 finishes including a fifth-place effort in the Marlow Invitational.
El Reno carded a 319 on the Generations Golf Course, led by a three-birdie infused round of 73 (37-36) by Baylor Pearson, which placed him fifth in the medalist race.
Jacen Bear closed in 10th with a round of 78 (41-37), while Charles Woolworth’s 80 (44-36) netted him 17th. Kamden Haydon shot an 88 (49-39) to take 41st and Hollis Gore with a 91 (46-45) placed 48th.
