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OKLAHOMA CITY – Four 3-point baskets in the first period helped extend a record-setting season for Calumet High School’s boys basketball team at least one more game.

The top-ranked Chieftains defeated No.10 Varnum 75-55 in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Class B Boys Oklahoma State High School Basketball Championships inside the State Fair Arena.

Calumet improved to 30-0 on the season to tie the school record for the most wins in a single season.

The previous mark was set in 2019 at 30-2 by another Jacob Mayfield coached team which reached the Class B title game.

Throughout a handful of preseason scrimmages, El Reno High School’s baseball team has been using gains made by veteran players from last spring and summer and blending it with new players making the jump to varsity action.

El Reno was slated to open the 2024 spring season Friday at Capitol Hill before traveling to Kingfisher on Saturday. The Indians first home game is Monday against Shawnee in the District 5A-1 opener.

Okarche High School’s girls basketball team fell two wins shy of earning a repeat trip to the state tourney, losing 50-43 to No.11 Garber in the Class A, Area I consolation semifinals.

The Warriors went into the area round needing three wins to make state and took the first step with a 51-46 decision over No.15 Texhoma. The loss to Garber, however, ended Okarche’s season with a 20-11 record.

El Reno native Ashlyn Evans-Thompson posted back-to-back 20-point scoring nights as Redlands Community College women’s basketball team split a two-game road trip.

The Cougars fell to Seminole State College (66-52) before rebounding for an 83-71 win over Murray State College. The split left Redlands with an 18-8 overall record.

A 10-point run to close the first period gave Guymon a spark of hope against top-seeded El Reno High School’s girls basketball team in the Class 5A West Region 1 Championships.

It also awoke a sleeping giant.

El Reno erased a one-point deficit with a 26-0 run to open the second period and rolled to a 73-33 victory of the Tigers to remain unbeaten on the season at 24-0.

The Indians have now tied the school record for the most wins in a single season, a mark set during a state run in 2021-22.

While it took a game longer than desired, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team made its way back to the area round of the Class 5A playoffs for an 11th straight year after posting a 2-1 record in regional play.

El Reno defeated Lawton MacArthur 57-48 to win the Class 5A West Region 4 Consolation Championship and ended the Highlanders season.

El Reno High School had seven wrestlers competing in the 2024 Oklahoma State High School Wrestling Championships.

Brooklynn Huggins sets up a pinning move on Tulsa Union’s Ma’Kadrian Titus during a pigtail match.

Niko Gonzalez works through a leg lock move by Chickasha’s Clint Longanacre to set up a takedown in the quarterfinal round.

Calumet High School’s boys basketball team moved to within a victory of tying the school record for the most wins in a single season, beating Kinta 46-30 to win the Class B, Area I Championship.

The 16-point win, the 26th by double digits this season and the fourth of the playoffs, lifts the top-ranked Chieftains to 29-0 on the season.

It also returns Jacob Mayfield’s team back to the Elite Eight of the Class B state field for a second straight year and the 10th time since 2000. The Chieftains will be making their 12th state appearance since 1998.