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OKLAHOMA CITY — A seasonal virus that takes a toll on young children and older adults has returned this fall with a vengeance.

Surges in respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, typically parallels flu season, running from late fall into the spring, but this year’s outbreak started earlier than normal.

This month, the Oklahoma State Department of Health reported rising case numbers and hospitalizations for RSV in many parts of the state.

The figures mirror national trends.

The guard-post combination of Carter Roman Nose and James Reveles combined for close to half of the scoring for El Reno High School’s boys basketball team in a 45-31 season-opening win over Shawnee.

The victory counts in the Suburban Conference standings since it's the lone non-tournament meeting.

Both teams struggled on offense as El Reno’s 29 percent shooting mark was six points higher than the Wolves. The Indians were 12-of-31 (39 percent) from 2-point range, while hitting 2-of-17 3-point attempts for 12 percent.

For 54 days, senior Ryan Sigler has stewed over El Reno High School’s only shutout loss of the football season at the hands of the Midwest City Bombers. Last week he got his revenge.

Sigler, wrestling at 215 pounds, pinned Midwest City’s Noah Haydon at the 2:41 mark for El Reno’s eighth and final fall as the Indians opened up the 2022-23 dual season with a 69-10 explosion over the Bombers.

Head coach Haley Mitchell feels her Okarche High School girls basketball team still has to earn the respect of pollsters on the court, which the Warriors did in the first game after the season’s initial rankings.

Okarche got double-digit scoring efforts from Scout Payne and Jalie Rother to lead the Warriors to a 71-23 win over Coyle. Ranked sixth in that first poll, OHS improved to 3-2 on the season.

Payne knocked down four 3-pointers en route to her 18 points. Rother scored 10 of her 18 points for the game in the first period, six of those off a pair of 3-pointers.

Hunter Arnold knocked down a trio of 3-pointers en route to his team-leading 26 points as Calumet High School’s boys basketball team went on the road to defeat Granite 69-62 in a top 15 battle.

Calumet, ranked sixth in the first Class B poll of the season, improved to 5-1 with its third straight win. Granite, ranked 14th in the same poll and coached by Okarche alum Kol Bomhoff, had its five-game win streak snapped by CHS.