El Reno High School’s tennis team closed out the regular season last week by scoring 32 points at the 2021 Lawton MacArthur Highlander Classic.

Played at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center, El Reno placed 10th overall, finishing ahead of Anadarko and Purcell. The Indians were a point behind Perry and six points back of Northwest Classen.

El Reno’s top placing was a runner-up effort by No.2 doubles team of Kenzie Holsted and Riley Connor. The pair defeated Tecumseh’s Kylie Thornton and Yanez Moore (6-0/6-1), followed by a three-set win over Elk City (6-4/3-6/10-6).

The Indians pitching staff was hit hard by the Yukon Millers in a 14-0 win over the Indians.

El Reno was slated to play a playoff tuneup game on Monday against Santa Fe South at the Hub Reed Complex.
 

While it pushed Canute to the limit, Calumet High School’s baseball team had its spring season halted by the top-ranked Trojans 5-3 in the title game of the Class A, Region 1 Championship.

Calumet, ranked 16th in the state, went 2-2 for the regional with wins over Oklahoma Bible Academy (7-3) and Hollis (13-0) – which defeated the Chieftains 12-10 in the opener.

The Chieftains ended the season with a 20-4 mark.

Calumet batted .325 as a team for the four games, going 37-of-114, with 33 runs, 31 walks and 27 runs batted in against 15 strikeouts.

Improvements will be made at El Reno parks and recreation courts after the city agreed to build several new pavilions and resurface basketball and tennis courts throughout town. Also, two pickleball courts will be added to the recreation inventory.

At the April city council meeting, the elected board agreed to spend $125,070 to build pavilions at Frank Knight Park, Legion Park, Burton Park, Gadberry Park, Adams Park and at Lake El Reno.

The Lake El Reno project will actually make improvements to the fishing pier. The pavilions at all the parks are to be lighted.