Sports

Last week’s A Small Town Weekend event brought competitions for cars with both big and small wheels.

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Arcadia: Elevation is 1 ft. above normal and falling, water temperature 72°F and stained.
Saugeye fair on crankbaits around points. Channel and blue catfish good on cut bait and worms around riprap and shallows. Largemouth bass fair on plastic baits and spinnerbaits around brush structure, standing timber and weed beds.

Unlike a year ago when Shanon Eichholz rallied over the final stage to win his division of the Route 66 Triathlon Festival, the El Reno native defended his title over the weekend with everyone else chasing him.

Eichholz captured first place in the Olympic-Distance Duathlon by a double-digit margin on the clock while shaving more than seven minutes off his winning time from 2021.

The three-stage event is the sister to the regular triathlon but participants do not take part in the swimming stage. Instead, an extra running stage is added in its place.

El Reno’s Ashlyn Evans-Thompson dives for a loose ball in the first half of the Oklahoma Girls Basketball Coaches Association’s (OGBCA) Large School All-State Game over the weekend in Mustang.

See Saturday’s edition of the El Reno Tribune for a game recap of her efforts and that of former teammate Tetona Blackowl and head coach Jennifer Douglas.

SHAWNEE – While its company catch phrase says it “gives you wings,” a popular energy drink may have been one of the deciding factors that shacked El Reno’s Ashlyn Evans-Thompson to the bench.

Playing in the famed Faith 7 Bowl, the first El Reno female to ever do so, Evans-Thompson was forced out of the game by a stomach issue with less than a minute to play in the first half.

A successful partnership between the city of El Reno and the state’s oldest riding club may have helped secure a permanent home for a fan-friendly and wildly popular bull-riding event.

The El Reno Wranglers sponsored the 10th Annual Mustache Bash at Denny-Crump Rodeo Arena over the Memorial Day weekend.

The two-day event drew an estimated 700 fans.

“They want to make us their permanent home.

“They liked the response and we had a good turnout. It could have been better but it was the Memorial Day weekend. Next year we will pick a different weekend.

For the first time in two years due to COVID-19, El Reno High School’s boys basketball program held a youth skills camp at Jenks Simmons Field House.

A record-high 78 campers in second through ninth grades attended the three-day camp which was open to all boys and girls who could not attend the upcoming EHS girls youth camp.

There were two divisions for the team tournament, each crowning a champion. There were also awards given for the top free-throw shooter, hot spot shooter, speed dribble and ball handling.

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Arcadia: Elevation 2.5 ft. above normal and falling, water 72 and stained.
Largemouth bass fair on plastic baits and spinnerbaits around points and standing timber. Saugeye good on crankbaits and minnows around docks and points. Blue catfish and channel catfish good on chicken liver, punch bait and worms around points, rocks and shorelines.

Tyler Tignor admits he’s been fortunate to have three players selected for the Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association’s All-State Team, but his last just may be the most special of his career at Calumet High School.

Outfielder Jaxon Olive was one of 10 Canadian County players named to one of the seven OBCA West All-Star by Class squads, which is a prerequisite to being considered for All-State honors.

However, among those 10, only Olive, Mustang’s Kyle Mantooth and Piedmont’s Cole Riggs were elevated to All-State status.

Having had five of the most prolific female scorers in El Reno High School history play before her, El Reno graduate Ashlyn Evans-Thompson never felt like she was breaking new ground during her career.

That all changes Saturday.

Evans-Thompson will add yet another first to her record-setting story at El Reno when she becomes the first female player in school history to compete in the famed Faith 7 Bowl Basketball Game.