Lawton netted its first four penalty kicks in overtime to edge past El Reno High School’s girls soccer team 3-2 in the third-place match at the 2025 COPA El Reno Invitational.
El Reno slipped to 2-4 on the season with a 1-2 mark in the event, losing to Yukon’s freshman team (2-1) in the semifinals and defeating Crooked Oak (4-0) in the quarterfinals.
El Reno High School’s baseball team faced a stacked deck in the 2025 Chickasha Festival, splitting the three-game set with a 12-6 win over rival Shawnee.
The six-run win over the Wolves was wrapped by a 17-1 loss to defending Class 4A state champ Marlow and a close 11-10 setback to state-ranked Newcastle.
El Reno emerged from the event with an 8-2-2 season record.
El Reno High School’s tennis teams kicked off the 2025 season with a dual split against Harding Charter Prep at the Legion Park courts.
The boys squad was swept 5-0 by Harding as Jim Rinehart fell 6-0/6-0 to Andres Markey at No.1 singles.
Devlon Gaylon dropped his No.2 singles match to Brody Kirkpatrick 6-4/6-2.
El Reno’s Jacob Richey and Jonathan Albrecht fell in their doubles match 6-0/6-2 before Richey teamed with Jameson Tripp in a straight sets loss to Markey and Kirkpatrick.
Aydan Steffler and Nova Underwood lost 6-0/6-1 to Harding’s Ramos and Espinoza.
El Reno High School head girls coach Jennifer Douglas, shown here in the recent state tourney, was named the District 5A-1 Coach of the Year for a second straight season.
See Wednesday’s paper for a breakdown of the postseason honors.
With all five bags shooting season-low marks, El Reno High School’s girls golf team took fourth place in the 2025 Bishop Kelley Invitational held at LaFortune Park in Tulsa.
El Reno posted its best team score in three seasons with a 360 to place highest among the Class 5A schools in the field. The host (363), Collinsville (387) and Tahlequah (398) finished behind the Indians.
“Great day,” said El Reno head coach Cameron Wilkins.
“I believe that’s my best team score by 15-plus shots.
“I think we will really start rolling next week at our home tourney.”
UNION CITY – Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team got a solo home run from Kamryn Cook in the sixth inning but struggled for additional more big hits in key situations.
The Tigers dropped an 8-4 decision to Fort Cobb-Broxton, ranked No.8 in Class A, leaving 10 base runners stranded in the four-run loss. Seven of those runners were in scoring position.
The loss was the third in a row for the Tigers, who slipped to 4-9 on the spring.
Union City had 13 hits in the game but left the bases loaded in the third and sixth innings.
In what could be a preview of a fourth straight Class B championship game matchup, Calumet High School’s baseball team dropped an 11-3 decision to top-ranked Fort Cobb-Broxton. Calumet, ranked second in the same Class B poll, slipped to 2-2-1 on the spring.
The Chieftains had six base hits in the loss including a solo home run from Konnor Thiessen and a double by Carson Cooper.
Kaleb Thiessen and Cooper led all CHS batters with two base hits each, followed by a single from Kingston Arnold.
Redlands Community College’s baseball team jumped up a division last week to face Region 2 powerhouse Seminole State College, dropping a 12-1 decision to the Trojans. The loss came three days after Redlands ended a four-game set with the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain with a 22-11 loss.
The Cougars split the home set at Don Brown Field against the Bucks, winning the opener by a 12-4 margin.
OKLAHOMA CITY – On his 12th trip to the plate as a freshman, Davin Shamblin hit a solo home run to give his team an early lead in a district road game.
Spin forward 1,113 days and the El Reno High School senior did it again.
Shamblin’s second career home run gave the Indians a 1-0 lead in the opening game of a twinbill with Western Heights as El Reno went on to sweep the Jets to remain tied for the District 5A-1 lead.
“I hadn’t had that feeling in awhile,” said Shamblin of his home run.
Serving as one of five hosts, El Reno High School’s baseball team took on a pair of highly-ranked Class B programs in two varsity games of the 2025 Union City Spring Break Festival.
While the Indians did not win either contest, Keith Hill’s team remains unbeaten on the season.
Due to a strict two-hour time limit, El Reno battled Class B’s second-ranked Calumet to a 2-all tie.
The Indians followed that with a 5-all stalemate against Leedey, ranked sixth in the state.
The ties left El Reno with a 5-0-2 season record.
