Senior Raegan Bugaj and junior Eryn Roman Nose combined to make 5-of-6 free throws in the final 1:18 as El Reno High School’s girls basketball team rallied twice to defeat Choctaw 42-37 in the semifinals of the 2025 Anadarko Warriors Classic.
The win over the Yellowjackets moved El Reno to 9-0 on the season and avenged a five-point loss to the Class 6A power during the 2023 Harrah Panthers Classic.
A pair of 15-point runs wrapped around halftime allowed El Reno High School’s boys basketball team to rally and pull away from Lawton Eisenhower for an 85-55 win in the semifinals of the 2025 Anadarko Warriors Classic.
The 35-point blowout of the Eagles moved El Reno to 9-0 on the season and into the finals for a third straight season and the fourth time in five seasons.
However, as the event was postponed a day due to winter weather, there will be no championship game played in either the boys or girls divisions.
CALUMET – In the first game of 2025, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team had a lot to celebrate, including its first No.1 ranking of the season.
The Chieftains passed defending champion Wilson for the top spot in the Class B poll with 15 first-place votes and 1,660 total points. Wilson, which defeated Calumet for the state title in 2024, is a close second with 1,630 points, 66 first-place votes, but a 4-4 overall record.
CALUMET – Making only a pair of baskets in the fourth period, Calumet High School’s girls basketball team held off a rally by rival Geary at the free-throw line.
The Chieftains made 12-of-14 free throws over the final eight minutes, including 11 in a row, to secure a 54-33 win over the Bison.
The 21-point victory moved Calumet to 3-8 on the season and 2-3 in the Washita Valley Conference standings.
Calumet led 28-17 at the break despite Geary scoring the final six points before the break.
Both El Reno High School basketball teams will put their unbeaten records on the line this weekend in the 2025 Anadarko Warriors Classic.
It’s the second tourney of the season for EHS with both teams winning their first outings.
Ten of the 11 players on its game roster scored as Redlands Community College women’s basketball team tuned up for the start of NJCAA Region 2 play with a 72-37 win over Oklahoma Wesleyan University's junior varsity.
The victory was the second in a row for the Cougars, who improved to 7-4 on the season.
Three of Redlands scorers closed in double digits, led by Ellie Willard with 16 points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals.
Katelyn Harviston was one of two with a double-double, adding 11 points, 10 boards and three steals.
Twelve different players scored, seven of those in double digits, as Redlands Community College men’s basketball team closed out the non-conference portion of its schedule with a 68-point blowout.
The Cougars logged a season-high point total in their 122-54 defeat of Texas-based Loyalty College Prep. Redlands moved to 12-2 on the year and extended its current win streak to seven games.
Justice Johnson led all Redlands scorers with a line of 19 points, six rebounds and two steals.
A stalling technique backfired on Elgin as El Reno High School’s girls basketball team converted six first-period Owls turnovers, forced by its staunch half-court defense, into a 14-0 run.
That break sparked a 65-35 victory as the Indians moved to 7-0 on the season and maintained a share of the District 5A-1 lead. El Reno, winners of 35 straight games dating back to last season, is now 4-0 in the league standings and tied with Carl Albert, which holds a seven-point tiebreaker (60-53) lead over the Titans.
El Reno High School’s boys basketball team has been dominating opponents in the paint over the first six games of the 2024-25 season.
The Indians have scored 114 baskets in the paint off 51 percent shooting.
Dunks have become an early calling card for El Reno, with at least two in each outing and 38 total.
Senior guard Carter Roman Nose has 11 dunks on the season.
Senior Tre Davis has two or more dunks in each game and 22 on the season.
Kason Haydon is third on the team in dunks with five.
Calumet High School senior Kyler Thiessen (seated center) took advantage of the early signing period to ink with Cowley County College based out of Arkansas City, Kan.
The Tigers are a NJCAA Division I program playing out of Region 6.
