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OKLAHOMA CITY – What had the potential to be a see-saw battle, given the first two minutes, turned into a lopsided blowout for El Reno High School’s boys basketball team.

The Indians used a pair of multi-point runs in the first two periods to break through Southeast’s defense for a 93-40 victory. Matching its season-high offensive output, El Reno moved to 5-0 on the season.

More importantly, the Indians remain in step with Carl Albert (3-0) for the lead in District 5A-1 with a 2-0 mark - the same as Lawton MacArthur. Noble (2-1) is currently fourth in the league.

Freshman Remy Whitney was one of three placers for El Reno High School’s girls wrestling team, which placed 13th at the 2024 Wrestle Like a Girl Invitational, hosted by Cache.

El Reno logged 123.5 points in the 46-team field.

Whitney (100) won her weight class with a 4-0 record that included three first-period falls en route to the finals. There she scored a 19-4 technical fall over Broken Arrow’s Alina Peralta, securing 29.5 team points.

Pushing six grapplers into the top 15 and placing 10 overall, El Reno High School’s boys wrestling team finished 19th overall out of 35 teams at the 2024 Mid-America Nationals in Enid.

El Reno scored 157 points, with 59 of those coming from Theron Davis (175) as the freshman took fourth place with a 5-1 record. Davis logged three falls and a pair of major decisions, with his fastest fall being 41 seconds over Collinsville’s Sean Ross.

Coleman Iker (215) and Nick Mitchum (heavyweight) both placed 10th with duplicate 4-4 records and combined for 41 team points.

Five El Reno High School players were named to the 2024 All-District 5A-2 Football Team during recent voting by the eight schools making up the league lineup.

Representing El Reno on the senior-only squad were first-team selections Daylin Pruitt (halfback), Xavier Elledge (defensive line), Lathen Pruitt (strong safety) and Xzavier Karty (cornerback).

Keaton Dennis was named to the second team as an offensive lineman.

Breanna Goad scored a team-high 16 points to lead two players in double digits as Union City High School’s girls basketball team defeated Verden in the third-place game of the 2024 Binger-Oney Invitational.

It was the second win of the season over Verden as the Tigers went 2-1 for the tourney to improve to 7-3 overall.

Union City defeated Wayne (49-43) but lost in the semifinals to Hinton (55-53).

Goad scored in double digits in all three games to close with 47 points. Morgan Brothers scored 11 in the win over Verden and had 24 points overall.

Calumet High School’s boys basketball team can now claim a decade of dominance on the basketball court after winning the 2024 Canton Invitational with an 83-47 decision over Lomega.

The second win of the season over the Raiders gave Calumet the Canton title for the 10th straight year, nine of those under head coach Jacob Mayfield. The Chieftains defeated Cashion’s JV (90-25) and Arnett (80-32) to reach the championship game.

Calumet, ranked second in the state in Class B, moved to 9-0 on the season and extended its regular-season win streak to 34 games.

WASHINGTON — As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to the Oval Office, the Republican goal to abolish the Department of Education is back on the table with the support of Oklahoma’s U.S. House delegation and the state’s superintendent of public instruction.  

Students at El Reno High School take part in several charitable missions over the course of any given school year, but one of the most popular has been running locally longer than any other school in the nation.

The Gifts for the Yanks program turned 79 at El Reno, believed to be the only high school in the nation to continuously honor the program which started in World War II.