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El Reno High School head coach Jennifer Douglas keeps adding new entries to her list of accomplishments after being named assistant coach for the Large West squad for the 2025 Oklahoma Coaches Association’s All-State Girls Basketball Teams.

She will assist Cache’s Bo Thompson in the game to be played July 29 at Tulsa Memorial High School. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m.

It's Douglas’ second elite postseason coaching assignment after guiding the Large West team in the Oklahoma Girls Basketball Coaches Association game several years ago.

MIDWEST CITY – Five games in four days, including a district twinbill against its archrival, finally took a toll on the pitching staff for El Reno High School’s baseball team.

Playing in the Midwest City bracket of the 2025 Bill Tipton Classic, El Reno rolled out the lower half of its rotation in a 9-1 setback to Elgin in the final game of pool play.

El Reno went 2-1 for the event after beating Midwest City (6-3) and Bishop McGuinness (8-7). The effort left the Indians with a 12-5-2 record for the season.

El Reno High School soccer player Jose Apracio helps stretch the hamstring of a Guthrie opponent during a recent match at Memorial Stadium.

The Guthrie player had fallen to the ground before a timeout was called and Apracio helped with his injury until trainers could reach the two players and take over.

The eight-hour round-trip bus ride to the Oklahoma panhandle resulted in a split of District 5A-2 matches for El Reno High School’s soccer teams.

The El Reno girls stayed tied with Bishop McGuinness for the league lead with a 2-1 overtime victory over the Tigers. It was the first extra period win for the Indians in three tries this season. El Reno is now 5-4 on the season and 3-0 in the 5A-2 standings.

The match was scoreless at the break before Guymon scored on a shot that was stopped by keeper Samantha Curtis but just past the goal line early in the second half.

Pushing four of its five players to sub-par 80 scores, El Reno High School’s boys golf team shot its season-low round to take third place in the 2025 Tecumseh Invitational.

Playing at Firelake Golf Course in Shawnee, El Reno carded a 305 to finish 20 strokes back of meet winner McAlester with a 285.

North Rock Creek was runner-up with a 302.

Jackson Albrecht led the Indians with a 3-over par round of 73 (34-39) to place fifth in the individual medalist chase. Charles Woolworth (37-40) and Baylor Pearson (38-39) tied for 17th with duplicate 77s.

Both on the road and at the Hub Reed Complex, El Reno High School’s baseball team was one hit away from making some big noise in the District 5A-1 standings.

El Reno dropped a 2-1 road decision to league leader Carl Albert, leaving six base runners stranded, including the bases loaded in the sixth inning.

Five of the unaccounted runners were in scoring position.

In the home rematch with the Titans, El Reno left nine runners stranded in a 4-1 loss, including the bases jammed in the second inning. Five of those left were potential runs.

Juniors Lily Hayes and Madison Rochdi each scored a hat trick to lead El Reno High School’s girls soccer team to a 7-0 shutout of Guthrie to remain tied with Carl Albert for the District 5A-2 lead.

El Reno improved to 4-4 on the season and 2-0 in the league standings with its second straight shutout and fourth on the season.

Hayes scored two of her three goals in the first half. Rochdi and Conley Knapp added one each as El Reno led 4-0 at the break.

Despite winning the shot count in the second half, El Reno High School’s boys soccer team struggled to find the net in a 2-0 loss to Guthrie in District 5A-2 play.

The loss dropped El Reno to 3-5 on the season and 0-2 in the district standings, tied with Western Heights for seventh.

El Reno trailed 1-0 at the half after Guthrie scored with 7:40 left after getting one of 14 shots past EHS keeper Aldo De La Torre, who had eight saves in the first half.

Class 5A’s third-ranked El Reno High School’s girls golf team posted back-to-back runner-up finishes last week within a 24-hour period.

El Reno placed second at the 2025 Elk City Invitational with a season-low 343 tally, finishing 10 strokes back of Clinton, the top-ranked team in Class 4A.

Freshman Radley Miller led the way for El Reno with her season-low round of 77, placing third in the individual medalist race.

Lily Elliott carded an 82 to close in ninth place, followed by Skylar Ayers in 17th place with a round of 91.

Carson Cooper logged Calumet High School’s lone base hits in a 4-0 loss to top-ranked Fort Cobb-Broxton as the Chieftains had a two-game win streak snapped in the shutout loss.

Calumet, ranked second in the same Class B poll, slipped to 6-4-1 with its second loss this spring to the Mustangs. The Chieftains were coming off wins over Class A-I’s eighth-ranked Okarche (5-1) and Blackwell (15-3).

The Chieftains went 20-of-66 (.303) from the plate for the three games with only two extra base hits on doubles by Kyler Thiessen and Kingston Arnold.