El Reno High School freshman Ethan Brooks continued his assault on breaking the 16-minute barrier, running the 5-kilometer course at the 2024 Choctaw Invitational just 33 seconds shy of that feat.
Brooks posted a time of 16 minutes, 33.58 seconds to take first place over Yukon senior Austin Bucher, who posted a time of 16:50. They were the only runners in the field to break the 17-minute mark for the 3.1-mile course.
Road matches continue to be a tough path to the win column for El Reno High School’s volleyball team as the Indians dropped a close 3-2 match to state-ranked Santa Fe South.
El Reno won games two (25-10) and four (25-22) but lost the other three by a combined 17 points – including a 15-11 margin in the fifth-game tiebreaker.
The loss to the St. Bernards, ranked No.16 in Class 5A, left El Reno with a 10-13 overall record.
The Indians were slated to wrap up their current seven-match road swing at Noble, taking a 1-5 record over the stretch into the match with the Bears.
After having a win streak snapped with a tourney loss to cross-county rival Okarche, Calumet High School’s baseball team has strung together three straight victories.
The Chieftains improve to 19-3 on the fall with home wins over Lookeba-Sickles (8-0) and Arapaho-Butler (9-3). Those victories came on the heels of a 2-0 win over the host of the Amber-Pocasset (No.5/A) Invitational.
Calumet went 2-1 in the event, losing to Class A’s third-ranked Okarche (2-1) in the semifinals in extra innings. The Chieftains defeated Binger-Oney (No.18/A) 10-5 to open the tourney.
Union City and Calumet High School’s fast-pitch softball teams have fallen on hard luck in recent games, each posting back-to-back losses.
The Tigers slipped to 15-10 on the season with a cross-county rivalry loss to Okarche (9-4), followed by another home loss to Class A’s 19th-ranked Shattuck by a 12-4 tally.
Union City went 15-of-49 (.306) from the plate for the two games with only two extra base hits, a double and a triple off the bat of Jaidyn Grandstaff, who led all UCHS batters with three hits off a .500 average.
