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Just a little drink of water

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El Reno High School baseball player Garrett Moss pulls on the hose while waving a spray of water on the infield at the Hub Reed Baseball Complex following a recent home game.

The Indians won two out of three games over the weekend in the Putnam City tournament to get back to even ground on the season.

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Girls fall to PC, Pathways on goals late in each halves

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Closing out halves haunted El Reno High School’s girls soccer team in back-to-back losses at the 2026 COPA El Reno tournament.

El Reno took fourth and slipped to 2-4 on the season with setbacks to Putnam City (2-0) in the third-place match and an upset loss to Pathways (1-0) in the semifinals.

The Indians snapped a two-match losing streak in the first round with a win over Capitol Hill (4-0).

In the loss to the Pirates, El Reno allowed a goal in the final five minutes of the first half, then a second off a penalty kick with 29 seconds left in the match.

Lily Hayes follows through on a shot attempt past a Capitol Hill defender

Indians rally from first loss to take third

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El Reno High School’s boys soccer team is off to its best start in recent seasons after going 2-1 in the COPA El Reno tourney en route to a third-place finish.

Improving to 5-1 on the year, El Reno defeated Guymon (2-0) in the third-place match following a close loss to Yukon (2-1) in the semifinals, which stopped a four-game win streak.

The Indians opened the event with a win over Pathways (3-0). El Reno now has four shutout victories in six matches.

In the win over Pathways, Tristan Chandler scored a goal off one of his team-high five shots.

Vicente Saldana Barbosa collides with a Yukon player

El Reno downs No.7 Eagles in PC festival

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After having a four-game win streak snapped, El Reno High School’s baseball team rebounded to post one of its biggest victories of the season, closing the 2026 Bryson Cael Festival with a winning record.

El Reno defeated Class 2A-2’s seventh-ranked Oklahoma Christian Academy 12-0 to go 2-1 in the event. The Indians lost to Bethany (14-4) but bested host team Putnam City (5-4).

El Reno is now 6-6 on the season following an 0-4 start.

Garrett March eyes a pickoff throw to the bag

ER tennis teams drop home dual with HCP

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A gusting south wind played havoc with El Reno High School’s tennis team in its second and last home dual of the season, a shutout loss to Harding Charter Prep at the Legion Park courts.

El Reno slipped to 0-2 in duels with a 7-0 loss to the Eagles despite winning 47 of the 89 games played but winning just one set.

The girls lost 4-0 after falling on the short end of a 54-26 score in games won and lost. In No.1 singles play, Serenity Billings lost to Meera Assaiah (6-3/6-3), while No.2 singles player MaeKenna Wyrick fell in three sets to Regina Ramos (2-6/6-0/7-10).

Jacob Richey follows through on a serve

Ba takes hurdling gold, thinclads start under elements

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Rain, gusting winds and cold temperatures greeted El Reno High School’s track team in its kickoff to the 2026 season at the Southmoore Sabercats Relays.

The El Reno girls took fifth place in the team standings with 18 points, highlighted by a gold-medal effort in the 300-meter hurdles by junior Khadija Ba in a time of 57.31 seconds.

She was 1.31 seconds faster than Newcastle’s Riley Ann Wilmouth and three seconds quicker than third place.

Indians collar Saint Bernards with 5A-1 run-rule setbacks

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Senior Mason Fulton scored the game-winning run on a dropped ball as El Reno High School’s baseball team completed a two-game sweep of Santa Fe South to move back to even ground in district play.

El Reno took the series opener on the road by a 12-2 score, then capped off the sweep with an 11-1 decision at the Hub Reed Complex.

The Indians have won three straight games to move to 4-5 on the year.

Preston Ashford lets loose of a pitch

ER logs wins in 81 Classic, Richey medals

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Although winning games and sets in each bracket entered, El Reno High School’s tennis team brought home only one medal from the 2026 81 West Classic.

Playing at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center, El Reno placed seventh or better in seven divisions, yet only a runner-up finish by Jacob Richey garnered the hardware.

Richey, playing No.2 singles, had a quarterfinal bye before defeating Chisholm’s John Reed (7-5/4-6/10-8) in the semifinals. He would drop the title match to Elk City’s Ryker Coslow (6-2/6-1).

MaeKenna Wyrick reaches out to hit a forehand return shot

Boys remain undefeated, girls shut out

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El Reno High School’s soccer teams, dormant for close to two weeks, jumped back into action last week with a road split against the Noble Bears.

The El Reno boys move to 3-0 on the year with a season-high five goals in a shutout win over the Bears.

Jose Apracio logged two goals and an assist, while Angel Zarate scored twice and Philip Oakes added a goal.

Diego Reyes, Demarco Guzman and Tristan Chandler had an assist each.

Aldo De La Torre was in net for El Reno and made five saves.

Angel Zarate (7) runs after a loose ball

El Reno logs top 10 finish in opener

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El Reno High School’s girls golf team kicked off the 2026 season last week with a top 10 finish at the Putnam City North Invitational.

Playing the West Course at Lincoln Park in Oklahoma City, El Reno posted a team score of 403 to take eighth place.

The Indians edged out Yukon by a shot and Piedmont’s junior varsity by 32 shots to close out the top 10.

Sophomore Radley Miller led El Reno with a round of 92 (48-44) to place 17th in the individual medalist race.

Lily Elliott’s 97 (48-49) netted her a 31st spot, while Addysen Ashford carded a 99 (49-50) for 35th.

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