PIEDMONT – After being denied a game-winning basket at the buzzer, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team, ranked seventh in Class 5A, went on a 10-4 run in overtime to defeat Piedmont.

The 62-56 victory over the third-ranked Wildcats lifted El Reno to 9-4 on the season and 3-1 in the Suburban Conference standings. The Indians are 2-0 in games which count toward the title.

El Reno trailed by as many as seven in the fourth period but made a late run. Ashlyn Evans-Thompson’s jumper with 2:14 left in regulation cut Piedmont’s lead to three.

PIEDMONT – A little over 24 hours after El Reno High School’s wrestling team defeated Piedmont, the boys basketball team made it a clean sweep of the Wildcats in Suburban Conference action.

Fueled by a 24-point blitz in the first period, El Reno rolled to a 78-54 win over Piedmont to sweep the season series on the hard court.

The victory moved El Reno, ranked 14th in Class 5A, to 7-7 on the season and 2-2 in the Suburban Conference standings. The Indians are 1-1 in games which count toward the title.

Sealed with key wins in the heavier weights, El Reno High School’s wrestling team earned its first win over cross-county rival Piedmont in more than five years.

The Indians, ranked sixth in the latest Class 5A dual rankings, defeated the Wildcats 42-33. The win over eighth-ranked Piedmont, postponed from early December, lifted El Reno to 6-1 on the season and 3-0 against Suburban Conference opponents.

It’s been said you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, a theory which Canadian County Deputy Robert Baysinger and his K-9 partner Bandit plan to put to the test.

The pair will have plenty of extra time as Bandit, a deputy as well, officially retired last week from his duties as a drug dog assigned to the Canadian County Children's Justice Center.

“We will have to try and see if we can do that (new tricks). He’s going to have free time now to be a dog and do whatever he wants,” said Baysinger.