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Union City High School’s boys basketball coach Kolton Brown has his first win streak after his Tigers defeated Wanette 61-22 last week in non-conference play.

The win wrapped up a four-game road swing to start the 2021-22 season as the Tigers improved to 2-2 overall.

Union City went 1-1 in the two Washita Valley Conference games on the swing.

Brown’s team had this game wrapped up early as J.D. Riley and Braydon Armstrong scored six points each in the first period to spark a 20-1 run by the Tigers.

MIDWEST CITY – El Reno High School’s football season came to an end last week with a 42-7 loss to five-time defending state champion Carl Albert in the bi-district round of the Class 5A playoffs.

El Reno, making its fourth straight playoff appearance, finished the 2021 campaign with a 4-7 record, while the Titans advance to the state quarterfinals to take on Coweta.

While the Indians loss looks like a blowout, the numbers show a different story – one of missed opportunities and costly turnovers by El Reno. It was a theme which started early.

El Reno High School senior Ashlyn Evans-Thompson signed a national letter of intent last week to play college basketball for East Central University in Ada.

Evans-Thompson is a four-year starter for the Indians at guard and a three-time first-team All-Suburban Conference selection.

Kolton Brown earned his first win as Union City High School’s boys basketball coach last week as the Tigers defeated Binger-Oney 37-32 in the third of four road games to open the 2021-22 season.

The Tigers improved to 1-2 on the year.

Union City scored 12 baskets from inside the 3-point arc, while shooting 7-of-10 from the free-throw line in the low-scoring game for 70 percent.

After starting the season on a high note, Calumet High School’s girls basketball team has suffered back-to-back losses after last week’s 47-30 setback to Lookeba-Sickles.

Calumet drops to 2-2 overall and 2-1 in the Washita Valley Conference standings.

The Chieftains were held to single-digit scoring in all four periods by the Panthers defense and a horrific shooting night, though Calumet did score nine points in both the second and third periods.

A third-place finish in the league title chase was good enough to net four El Reno High School players spots on one of the three 2021 All-Suburban Conference Volleyball Teams.

Outside hitter and setter Bailey Denwalt led the quartet with a first-team selection, followed by defensive specialist Ariana Ortega on the second team. Emma Patswald and Avery Peffer picked up honorable mention status.

It was the third straight year for Denwalt to earn first-team All-Suburban honors, while the other three are first-time selections.

MUSTANG – What was trending toward a forgettable Super Bowl Saturday for the El Reno Optimist Club ended up golden as its 10-year-old team won a fifth straight Central Oklahoma Football League title.

The Indians defeated the Mustang Broncos Black Squad 42-0 in a game that was called after three periods on the COFL 40-point rule. The win capped off a perfect 12-0 season.

It was the lone title for El Reno, which lost championship games in flag football as well as 6- and 7-year-old tackle divisions.

El Reno High School's football team closed out the regular season last week with a 42-7 win over Altus in a game which bolstered the Indians season stats.

El Reno was slated to play Friday night at Carl Albert in the first round of the Class 5A playoffs.

Calumet High School’s boys basketball team reigns as king of the west side of Canadian County among small schools after posting a 69-63 win over Okarche last week.

The win, on the heels of a 40-point victory over Union City two days earlier, lifted the Chieftains to 3-0 on the season. The Warriors, meanwhile, slipped to 0-2 on the year.

The OSSAA board of directors followed the recommendation of Executive Director David Jackson and the OSSAA staff today to approve the Lloyd Noble Center at the University of Oklahoma as the main site for the OSSAA’s Class 6A-5A Basketball State Tournaments for 2022, 2023 and 2024.

The tournament had been held at the Mabee Center on the campus of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa for the last 12 years.