A young El Reno High School wrestling team, which started four freshmen, kicked off the 2025-26 dual season last week by rallying from 10 points down to defeat Watonga.

El Reno posted a 58-21 victory by winning seven of the eight weights settled on the mat.

Both teams forfeited four weights with the Indians getting free wins from Zackary Pannell (165), Whylee Towns-Marquez (190), Turner Richardson (215) and Nick Mitchum at heavyweight.

Fast starts have been a key element to the success of El Reno High Schools girls basketball program under head coach Jennifer Douglas.

Last week the Indians, the two-time defending Class 5A state champions, kicked off the 2025-26 season with a 47-33 road win over the Lawton Wolverines.

It’s the eighth time in 10 years with Douglas at the helm for El Reno to win its season opener and the seventh in a row.

The only losses were to Piedmont (51-49) in 2016, Douglas’ first year, and to the Wildcats two years later by 16 points.

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.