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Leaning hard on its defense to counteract an off shooting night, El Reno High School's boys basketball team earned a spot in the Sweet 16 of the Class 5A playoffs with a 25 point win over a scrappy Guymon team.

Hosting the West Region 3 Championships, El Reno's 62-37 win over the Tigers pushed the third-ranked Indians (16-6) into Saturday's title game where it will face Mount Saint Mary. Tipoff inside Jenks Simmons Field House is set for 7 p.m.

The Rockets defeated Altus, 54-49, in the other semifinal game.

Despite a 10-day layoff, El Reno High School's girls basketball team looked highly efficient in the opening round of the Class 5A playoffs with a 49-point win over Mount Saint Mary.

Hosting the West Region 3 Championships, El Reno shot 60 percent from the field en route to a 78-29 win over the Rockets to improve to 16-5 on the season.

“There was a lot of teamwork. We wanted to make sure everyone got a touch on the ball and not just one person on every play,” said El Reno junior Pauline Black-Harmon.

They are not the first girls to compete for El Reno High School’s wrestling program, nor are they the first to qualify for a state tournament.

Those glass ceilings were broken several years ago.

However, Friday morning, juniors Hannah Koen and Kaylee Davis are set to write a new chapter in the record books as the first El Reno female athletes to compete in the girls-only division at the Oklahoma State High School Wrestling Championships.

MIDWEST CITY – Tyrone Lewis quietly watched from the stands as his assistant coaches and El Reno High School wrestlers turned in their best postseason effort in more than a decade.

Wrestling in the Class 5A West Regional, El Reno qualified 10 wrestlers for this weekend’s Oklahoma State High School Wrestling Championship, which got under way Friday at the State Fair Arena.

After two road scrimmages, El Reno High School’s baseball team hosted Lawton Eisenhower last week at the Hub Reed Complex for its home scrimmage opener.

The Indians fell to the Eagles by a 2-1 score in seven innings.

El Reno High School’s boys basketball team snapped a four-game losing streak against the Oklahoma City Storm, closing out the 2022-23 regular season with a 72-44 victory over the home-school program.

The 27-point win came in the third game over four days for El Reno, which lost two previous contests to Kingfisher and Bishop McGuinness. The Indians, ranked third in the Class 5A West standings, took a 15-6 record into the regional round of the playoffs.

The Elite Eight is a term commonly associated with Okarche High School’s girls basketball program and the Warriors are once again on the doorstep of yet another berth in the state tourney.

The seventh-ranked Warriors defeated No.9 Arapaho-Butler 66-44 to win the Class A, Area II, Region C Championships. Okarche will take its four-game win streak into the area title game against third-ranked Vanoss Friday in Shawnee, with the winner punching a state ticket.

Okarche is now 22-5 on the season and sports an 11-0 record against other Class A teams.

Five players posted numbers in double figures as Calumet High School’s boys basketball team defeated Kremlin-Hillsdale 69-50 to win the Class B, Area I, Region A Championships.

The victory extended the Chieftains win streak to 23 games.

Fourth-ranked Calumet now takes a 25-1 record into the Area I championship game on Friday against No.8 Goodwell.

That game will be played in Woodward with the winner moving on to state.

El Reno High School’s baseball program held a pancake breakfast fundraiser recently.

More than 300 people were served pancakes and sausage, and in addition to decal and team hat sales, generated $3,200 for the program to use toward expenses.

Redlands Community College’s mascot tries to fire up the crowd during a recent home basketball game.

The face under the mascot is El Reno High School alum Campbell Eaton.