Sports

Body El Reno High School’s girls basketball team moved to within a game of earning just its second 20-win season under head coach Jennifer Douglas after earning back-to-back road wins in District 5A-1 play.

Body Clutch free-throw shooting from Carter Roman Nose helped seal a pair of nail-biting victories for El Reno High School’s boys basketball team last week in District 5A-1 play. The junior hit the back end of a two-shot trip to the line with 37.

Body Thirteen different players scored as Okarche High School’s girls basketball team won its seventh straight game with a 59-19 decision over cross-county rival Calumet. The win pushed the Warriors to 15-7 on the year and 2-0 versus small schools inside Canadian County.

Body Pushed by a 16-12 run in the fourth quarter, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team is king of the hill among Canadian County’s small schools following a 55-51 win over Class A’s fourth-ranked Okarche.

Body Redlands Community College women’s basketball team had its three-game win streak snapped last week with a 65-40 road loss to region front-runner Connors State College.

Body Back-to-back losses have slipped Redlands Community College men’s basketball team two spots down in the latest NJCAA Region 2 standings.

Body El Reno High School girls basketball coach Jennifer Douglas presented senior Pauline Black-Harmon with a plaque last week honoring her accomplishment as EHS’ all-time leading rebounder. She broke the record set in 1996 by LeAnn Bezner.

Body Shaking off a series of first-half turnovers, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team led Altus wire to wire last week to remain unbeaten on the season. The Indians moved to 17-0 overall with a 66-39 decision over the Bulldogs and now are the only unbeaten team in Class 5A.

Body El Reno High School guard Carter Roman Nose went into last week’s game against Altus needing 29 points, more than he had scored in any game this season, to reach the 1,000-point career scoring mark. He needed less than two quarters to reach that mark.

Body MIDWEST CITY – After two date and time shuffles as well as three teams dropping out, the District 5A-3 championship came down to a decades-old rivalry between state powers.