Sports

An alum from one of the program’s two undefeated regular season teams in the 1990s, Shannon Carter has always kept a close eye on the progress of El Reno High School football – even if it was from hundreds of miles away.

“It had been 13 or 14 years since I had gotten to see El Reno play but I had always followed them and always will,” said Carter.

Unable to watch in person the team he once quarterbacked, Carter used social media platforms and the Internet to follow the Indians while coaching at different high schools throughout Texas.

El Reno High School’s wrestling program held its annual Blue/White exhibition and ranking dual last week.

The Indians kick off their dual season Nov. 29 against Midwest City inside Jenks Simmons Field House.
 

El Reno High School post player Lilly Thomas shoots over an Edmond Santa Fe defender during a scrimmage last week at the Jenks Simmons Annex.

The Indians are working toward their 2022-23 season opener Nov. 29 at Shawnee.

El Reno native Caroline Huber, back row seventh from left, recently played in the 2022 NJCAA National Women’s Soccer Championships in Georgia.

Huber plays for Seminole State College, winner of Region 2 and the West Plains District Championships to earn the fifth seed at nationals.

The Trojans, however, lost to Iowa Western and Polk State by duplicate 3-1 scores at nationals.

Held to single-digit scoring in each of the first three periods, Calumet High School’s girls basketball team suffered a third straight loss as Lomega posted a 55-25 win over the Chieftains.

The loss dropped Calumet to 2-3 on the season.

The Chieftains were 8-of-29 (28 percent) from the field with 15 of the team’s points coming from the 3-point line off 29 percent (5-of-17) shooting.

Allie Harris led the team with seven points, three rebounds, two assists and a steal.

Okarche High School’s boys basketball team made only a trio of 3-pointers and four free throws in last week’s road game with the Firehawks of Harding Fine Arts Academy.

None of those 13 points were needed.

The Warriors shot a blistering 62 percent (31-of-50) from 2-point range to extend their win streak to three games with a 75-14 victory. Okarche improved to 3-1 on the season with the 61-point blowout.

Okarche was 34-of-67 (51 percent) overall from the floor after making 3-of-17 3-pointers. The Warriors were 4-of-6 from the free-throw line.

Redlands Community College men’s basketball team will take a two-game win streak into its NJCAA Region 2 opener against Northern Oklahoma College of Enid after beating Strength in Motion 97-96.

The one-point win, which lifted Redlands to 4-3 on the year, came off two late free throws by Anthony Turner.

The Cougars have won three of their last five games, defeating Next Level Prep (102-52) and New Mexico Military (71-65).

The losses were to Frank Phillips College (71-63) and Clarendon College (106-66).

Riding a late scoring surge in the first period, Redlands Community College women’s basketball team rallied from an early deficit to defeat Paris Junior College 60-57.

The Cougars have won two games in a row to improve to 3-3 overall and split the season series with the Dragons.

Redlands defeated Southwestern College’s junior varsity (84-68) to begin its win streak after losing three in a row to Paris (65-51), Barton County (76-48) and Hutchinson Community College (64-58).

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OKLAHOMA CITY – As the snow stopped falling, so did El Reno High School’s football team’s luck with the Irish in the bi-district round of the Class 5A playoffs.

Bishop McGuinness quarterback River Warren threw touchdown passes of 13, 38, 42 and 63 yards over a 14-minute stretch over the second and third periods as the Irish defeated El Reno 46-24.

El Reno, making its fifth straight playoff appearance, saw its four-game win streak and season come to an end with a 5-6 record. McGuinness, now 10-1, advances to face undefeated Coweta.