El Reno High School’s boys basketball team kicked off the 2025-26 season and District 5A-2 play on the wrong side of a 66-39 score in a road game at Lawton.
It’s just the third time since 2013 for the Indians to drop their season opener with the 27-point setback to the Wolverines being the worst of the three. The others were a 17-point loss to Carl Albert (2023) and a 20-point loss to Shawnee (2019).
Calumet High School’s girls basketball team knocked down 10 3-pointers to highlight an 82-35 win over The Academy to earn back-to-back wins for the second time this season.
The Chieftains, ranked No.8 in the first Class B-1 poll of the season, move to 4-1 overall.
Calumet shot 46 percent from behind the arc, 10-of-22, with Hayden Mayfield knocking down four treys and Randi Upchego three treys. Lila Winegeart had two 3-pointers and Angela De La Cruz added one 3-pointer.
Okarche High School’s boys basketball team continues its assault on the 66-year-old state record for most consecutive wins with a 98-51 blowout of Coyle.
The two-time defending state champion moves to 4-0 on the year with the 47-point blowout and the team now has won 45 games in a row dating back to the 2023-24 season.
The state record for the longest winning streak is 67 set by Byng (1957-59).
Showing little hangover from the recent holiday break, Redlands Community College women’s basketball team extended its current win streak to 10 games with a 91-38 blowout of Southern Nazarene University’s junior varsity.
Redlands is now 10-1 on the season.
The Cougars shot 51 percent from the floor (37-of-73) including a 7-of-18 effort (39 percent) from the 3-point arc. Redlands made 10 free throws off a 53 percent effort.
Four players closed in double digits, led by Myracle Washington with 16 points, seven assists, three rebounds and three steals.
Eight points separated Redlands Community College men’s basketball team from the win column as the Cougars dropped two outings inside a 24-hour period.
Redlands fell at home to Fort Scott Community College (74-72) before dropping a road game to Dallas College North Lake (91-85).
The Cougars are now 4-6 on the year.
Treston Gage paced all scorers for the two games with 32 points and added eight rebounds. Glen Bishop followed with 17 points, 12 rebounds and four steals.
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The City of El Reno will hold its annual Christmas parade downtown Saturday starting at 5 p.m.
The “Christmas Kicks on Route 66” parade had 47 entries as of Monday including the El Reno Cruisers, El Reno Wranglers, El Reno High School, Redlands Community College, C&A Tribes, churches, city departments and the Grinch.
Newly re-elected Mayor Steve Jensen will serve as the Grand Marshal and Santa Claus will be riding in a 1959 Ford F-100. The city’s Christmas tree will be turned on following the parade.
The song “Amazing Grace,” played by bagpiper David Marshal of the Tulsa Pipes and Drums, resonated with a lamenting sound.
The German national flag, Deutschlandfahne, moved slowly through the German and Italian Prisoner of War (POW) Cemetery at Fort Reno, carried by one of three uniformed German Air Force Honor Guard members stationed at Fort Sill’s Air Defense Training Center.
