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More than a dozen former grapplers were stunned last week as El Reno High School’s top-ranked wrestling team gave up 40 straight points to Class 3A’s sixth-ranked Comanche en route to a 43-34 loss on Alumni Night.

The setback snapped a four-match win streak and dropped El Reno, ranked No.1 in Class 5A, to 7-2 on the season and 6-2 inside Jenks Simmons Field House.

El Reno jumped out to a commanding 34-3 lead after Terry Guzman (106), Foxx Kurtz (113), Kylar Kurtz (126) and Will Heger (144) earned forfeit wins.

Calumet High School’s boys basketball team cranked up its offensive game plan last week as the Chieftains downed Gracemont 82-33 in a return to Washita Valley Conference action.

Jacob Mayfield’s team cracked the 70-point barrier for the 13th time this season in the 49-point blowout. It’s the 10th time for the Chieftains to score 75 or more points.

Calumet, ranked seventh in Class B, improved to 15-1 on the season with its 13th straight win. The Chieftains remain atop the WVC standings at 6-0.

ANADARKO – Senior James Reveles, the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, was one of three players in double digits as El Reno High School’s boys basketball team defeated Class 5A’s 13th-ranked Lawton MacArthur 67-33 to win the 2023 Anadarko Warriors Classic.

El Reno, ranked fourth in Class 5A, was making its second straight tournament championship appearance but claimed its first trophy.

The Indians are winners of four in a row and are now 9-1 after beating Capitol Hill (92-35) and Cache (64-37).

ANADARKO – Reagan Bugaj’s one-handed 3-pointer at half-court sailed wide left as El Reno High School’s girls basketball team suffered a 51-50 loss to Class 5A’s 12th-ranked Lawton MacArthur in the finals of the 2023 Anadarko Warriors Classic.

El Reno, ranked fifth in Class 5A, was making its second tournament championship game this season but settled for runner-up again with the one-point loss. The Indians are now 7-3 on the year after beating Capitol Hill (64-15) and Chickasha (52-42) to make the finals.

El Reno High School’s wrestling team passed its biggest classification test of the season last week, defeating fourth-ranked Guthrie Bluejays 51-27.

The Indians, who hold the top spot in the same Class 5A poll, earned their first win of the year against a team on the same classification and fourth against a top 15 squad in five tries.

Guthrie led only once with a 5-0 win over EHS’ Terry Guzman (106) before El Reno got a forfeit win at 113 pounds from Foxx Kurtz.

Kylar Kurtz (120) followed with a 1:06 fall over Allyn Orndoff.

For the fifth time in six years, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team returned from the Alex Longhorn Classic with the championship trophy after defeating Class A’s 15th-ranked Cyril 58-48.

Calumet, ranked seventh in Class B, improved to 14-1 on the year with its 12th straight win. The Chieftains defeated Riverside Indian School’s junior varsity (90-28) and Mountain View-Gotebo (74-34) to reach the finals.

Over the three-game set, Calumet scored 222 points, 74 per game, while allowing 110 total or 36.6 per outing.

The Three Rivers Conference Championship will remain in the hands of the Okarche High School’s girls basketball team for a fourth straight year following a 61-54 win over Oklahoma Bible Academy.

Okarche, on a four-game win streak, beat Crescent (67-29) and Cashion (54-29) to reach the title game. The Class A’s ninth-ranked Warriors are 11-4 on the season.

For the three games, Okarche had 182 points on offense, 60.6 per game, and allowed 112 points or 37 per outing.

CALUMET – Jacob Mayfield wanted his Calumet High School boys basketball team to work on perimeter shooting heading into the second half of the season.

“If we can get it going from the perimeter, we will be tough to beat,” said Mayfield.

Geary got a firsthand look at the Chieftains offense with that perimeter game clicking as Calumet knocked down 16 3-pointers en route to a 117-28 rout of the Bison in Washita Valley Conference action.

Calumet, ranked seventh in Class B, improved to 11-1 on the season with its ninth straight win.

CALUMET – Senior Allie Harris sparked three multi-point breakaways as Calumet High School’s girls basketball team greeted the 2023 portion of its schedule with a 68-24 win over Geary.

The win was the fourth in a row for the Chieftains, who improved to 8-4 on the season and 4-1 in the Washita Valley Conference standings.

Geary led the contest 10-6 before Harris sparked the first 11-0 break with two free throws at the 2:18 mark of the first period.

El Reno senior Emma Patswald (center with vest) recently signed an NJCAA letter of intent with Redlands Community College for shooting sports under head coach Shelby Skaggs.

Patswald has been a member of the El Reno shooting sports program for six years and the Canadian County 4-H Shotgun Team for five years.