CALUMET – No matter the outcome of the regional finals, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team will be one of three Canadian County small schools automatically advancing to the area round of the postseason.
The Chieftains, ranked fourth in the state, secured the pass to area with a 74-47 win over 20th-ranked Lomega in the semifinals of the Class B, Area I, Region A Championships.
El Reno High School junior Pauline Black-Harmon mugs for the camera with head coach Jennifer Douglas as the two sort balloons marking Black-Harmon reaching 500 career rebounds during a recent game.
The post player has 504 career rebounds and is chasing LeeAnn Bezner’s school record of 656 caroms.
MUSTANG – The first tickets to the 2023 Oklahoma State High School Wrestling Championships were punched here last week for two El Reno High School grapplers.
Competing in the Girls West Regional, Kaylee Davis and Hannah Koen placed fifth or better in their weight classes to earn state spots. The pair combined for 43 of El Reno’s 54 points.
“I could not be prouder of those girls. From the moment their feet hit the ground on campus they started training and were 100 percent bought in. They embraced the process and trusted us coaches and worked their tails off every day.
It took six periods before the season series between El Reno High School’s boys basketball team and rival Bishop McGuinness ended in a non-amicable split on Valentine's Day.
The Irish scored the final three points to pull out a 74-72 double overtime victory and handed El Reno its second straight loss.
The Indians dropped a 59-33 road game to Class 4A’s top-ranked Kingfisher the night before.
El Reno was set to close out the regular season against the Oklahoma City Storm, a home-schooled program, which has beaten the Indians the past four seasons.
Meeting for a third time this season, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team had a love-hate type of contest with Bishop McGuinness on Valentine’s Day – one that did not end in heartbreak.
El Reno used an 18-1 run in the fourth period to shake off the upset-minded Irish and secure a three-game season sweep of McGuinness with a 56-34 non-conference victory.
“We got up big and then we just kind of thought we were going to stay up on them and relaxed a little bit and let them come back on us,” said sophomore guard Reagan Bugaj.
El Reno High School’s powerlifting teams kicked off the 2023 season recently with a pair of top 12 finishes at the Bethel Invitational held at the Heart of Oklahoma Expo Center in Shawnee.
The El Reno boys had three placers who produced 47 points to place the Indians 11th overall out of 20 schools.
Malachi Nicholson (181) led the effort with a first-place finish with a total weight of 1,190 pounds.
He won the squat with a lift of 455 pounds as well as the dead lift with a 510-pound effort. He added a 225-pound bench press.
Redlands Community College women’s basketball team is struggling with a season-high four-game losing streak following an 89-61 setback to Connors State College.
The Cougars fall to 10-15 on the year with the loss and 3-8 and seventh place in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.
Sydney Brown was the top scorer for Redlands in the loss, hitting 9-of-17 shots en route to her 25 points. She added nine rebounds and three assists.
Brooklyn Haywood made 7-of-14 shots to close with a line of 17 points, eight rebounds and three assists.
A 30-point road loss to Connors State pushed Redlands Community College men’s basketball team a half game deeper into last place in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.
The Cougars 91-61 setback to the Cowboys left Redlands with a 10-15 overall record and a 2-9 league mark.
RCC trails Murray State and Eastern Oklahoma (4-8) by a game and a half.
Jared White was one of three players in double digits with 16 points, six boards and four assists. Jordan Kwende followed with 15 points, seven rebounds and an assist.
After a fast start to the 2023 season, Redlands Community College’s baseball team has dropped six straight games to teams on a higher division than the Cougars. Redlands was swept by Texas-based Vernon College, an NJCAA Region 5 Division I program, by scores of 12-2, 15-1, 4-3 and 10-2.
The Cougars dropped a home set to Rose State College, 17-6 and 21-6.
The Raiders are a Region 2 team, same as RCC, but play out of Division I. The Cougars, who play out of Division II, slipped to 3-7 for the year.
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Largemouth bass fair on Alabama rigs and spinnerbaits around brush structure, docks and shorelines. Catfish, blue fair on cut bait, shad and shrimp below the dam, docks and main lake. Crappie fair on hair jigs, jigs and spoons around brush structure and docks.
