Rotating two of its top three scorers due to an injury and foul trouble, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team used an abnormal lineup to produce another victory in a perfect season to date.
El Reno moved to 20-0 on the year with a 57-44 home victory over Elgin to sweep the league series over the Owls. It’s just the second 20-win season for head coach Jennifer Douglas and the first during the regular season.
Any notions of a letdown after upsetting the district leader two days earlier were quickly laid to rest as El Reno High School’s boys basketball team posted a 68-30 wire-to-wire victory over Elgin.
The win gave El Reno the regular-season sweep of the Owls and moved Rodney Haydon’s squad to 15-5 on the season.
The Indians gained some ground on the top three teams in the District 5A-1 standings as the 38-point blowout moved EHS to 7-4, but still remaining in fourth place.
El Reno High School assistant wrestling coaches (from left) Nick Brooks, Austin Mogg and Jaxen Gilmore react differently while yelling out instructions during a match at the recent Class 5A District 3 Championships.
EHS head coach Anthony McDonald (arms over head) waits out the final outcome as wrestler Matthew Snyder shouts encouragement.
Due to the loss to Carl Albert, El Reno will not be in this weekend’s dual state championships for a second straight season and will not wrestle again until the 5A West Regional Championships in Duncan Feb. 16-17.
Redlands Community College women’s basketball team jumped back into the win column last week with a 79-60 home victory over Northern Oklahoma College of Tonkawa.
The win moved the Cougars into a tie with Northeastern Oklahoma A&M and Connors State College for first in the NJCAA Region 2 standings at 5-2.
The three teams are a game in front of fourth-place NOC Enid.
Despite a feverish second-half rally, Redlands Community College men’s basketball team was handed its third straight league loss following an 87-86 loss to Northern Oklahoma College of Tonkawa.
The loss dropped the Cougars to 10-11 on the season and 2-5 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings. Redlands slipped to seventh in the league.
The Cougars trailed 48-35 at the break but outscored the Mavericks 51-39 over the final 20 minutes to erase the double-digit deficit.
With only six grapplers on the active roster, El Reno High School’s girls wrestling team has not won many duals this season after dropping a 42-24 decision to Noble last week on senior night.
It was still a positive outing as El Reno went 4-2 in matches settled on the mat after the Indians forfeited five weights in the 18-point loss.
Nylley Miller (105) was pinned in 46 seconds by Noble’s T’ea Plummer before Brooklynn Huggins (110) got those six points back on a 1:20 fall over Christina Vinson.
Having watched a trip to dual state slip through its grasp in the late matches of the Class 5A District 3 Championships, the upper weights for El Reno High School’s wrestling team felt there was something to prove.
“For sure. We felt like we had to redeem ourselves. We felt like we had something to prove to ourselves and our team,” said senior Hunter Davidson.
Five days removed from the loss to Carl Albert, El Reno’s upper weights went 5-0 as the Indians rallied from a six-point deficit to defeat No.15 Noble 45-24 on senior night.
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.
The Indians defeated Shawnee (39-30) and Crossings Christian (67-36) to remain undefeated on the season at 19-0, which ties the second most wins in a season under Douglas. El Reno posted a 24-5 mark for the 2021-22 campaign.
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 37.5 seconds left to give the Indians a three-point lead in what led to a 51-50 road win at Shawnee. A day later, Roman Nose made two free throws with 18.8 seconds left to give the Indians a four-point lead as El Reno stunned Crossings Christian 55-53 and handed the Knights their first league loss.
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.
The win was the third in four days for Okarche after beating Strother (55-23) and Amber-Pocasset (34-21).
Katie Parham paced the Warriors in scoring for the three-game set with 31 points after putting up 11 in the win over Calumet. Harper White added nine points in the win over CHS and 24 for the set.
