Charles Martin and three other men were wing foiling on the water thanks to a strong north wind.
The men use surfboards that are equipped with a foil on the bottom that allows, with the help of the wing-type sail, to rise out of the water.
The group normally rides on Lake Hefner but switches to Lake El Reno when the wind is right to practice sharp turning, said one of the riders.
OKLAHOMA CITY – El Reno’s first girls doubles team to make the final tournament of the season in more than five years fell into the tough side of the bracket at the 2021 Oklahoma High School Girls State Tennis Championship.
Seniors Riley Connor and Kenzie Holsted played the No.1 doubles bracket at state, which was held at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center. The pair drew top-seeded Lily Plaster and Annabell Treadwell of Heritage Hall in the first round.
While the El Reno duo won several points, the Chargers pair rolled to a 6-0/6-0 win over the Indians.
NOBLE – While El Reno High School did not emerge the winner of the Class 5A, West Region 1 Baseball Championship, it will go down as one of the more memorable postseasons for the Indians.
El Reno posted a 1-2 record, beating Southeast 16-0, to close the season with a 15-20 record. However, it was the two losses to Lawton Eisenhower, by scores of 4-0 and 9-1, which drew the most attention.
Nerves may have played a part in the outcome for El Reno High School’s two entries in the 2021 Class 5A Girls State Golf Championship.
Junior Shayne Castrop and sophomore Berkley Smith were making their first-ever appearance at state, playing the Chickasaw Point Golf Club Course in Kingston. Neither golfer was able to break into the top 45 of the individual medalist chase.
Three pitchers combined for a two-hitter as El Reno High School’s baseball team capped off the regular season with an 8-0 shutout of Santa Fe South.
El Reno, with its second win in the past 10 games, will now take a 14-18 season record into the postseason. It was the third win this season for EHS over Santa Fe South by a combined 16-3 margin.
The Indians were slated to start the Class 5A West Region 1 Championships on Thursday against Lawton Eisenhower in Noble. Southeast is the other team in the four-team bracket, with the winner advancing to state.
OKLAHOMA CITY – El Reno High School boys soccer team’s come-from- behind run to get into the postseason came to a halt last week as the Indians dropped a 4-0 match to Santa Fe South in the opening round of the Class 5A playoffs.
El Reno, which had won four of its last six matches to take the fourth seed from District 5A-1, ends its season with a 5-10 record.
PIEDMONT – El Reno High School’s track team split forces last week for the 2021 Suburban Conference Track and Field Championships, with several young thinclads competing in the freshman division.
Gracie Wieland was one of those ninth-graders who dropped down a division and went on to win the 400-meter dash with a time of one minute and 8.3 seconds. She also ran the 300-meter dash, placing fourth with a time of 30.41 seconds.
Ochien Gross joined her classmate with a silver-medal effort in the shot put with a throw of 28 feet.
A strong afternoon round was enough to send two El Reno High School golfers to the 2021 Class 5A Boys State Golf Championships.
Playing in the Class 5A West Regional at Duncan Golf and Tennis Club, Dallon Biswell and Bryan Richardson qualified for state as individual medalists. The pair was among the six golfers not on one of the state-qualifying teams to earn passes.
Richardson carded a 93 during his afternoon round, which was seven shots better than his opening round, to close with a 193.
For the first time in over five seasons, El Reno High School’s tennis team will be represented by a doubles squad at the Class 5A Girls State High School Championships.
Seniors Kenzie Holsted and Riley Connor took fourth place in No.1 doubles out of the Duncan regional. El Reno could also have a singles player at state as Carlota Monje earned an alternate spot with a fifth-place effort at No.1 singles.
The state meet started Friday at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center.
Redlands Community College’s baseball team won one of two games in Tishomingo recently to avoid being swept by Murray State College during NJCAA Region 2, Division 2 action.
The Cougars dropped both games in El Reno by scores of 4-2 and 19-5. Redlands won the seven-inning game at Tishomingo by a 13-4 tally, but lost the other contest 14-8.
Redlands slipped to 6-18 in conference play and 13-35 on the season.
The Cougars offense put up 28 runs over the four games off .348 hitting, going 46-of-132 from the plate. The team drew 13 walks but struck out 31 times.
