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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. Carl Albert, ranked ninth in the state, won the final four weights to rally past 11th-ranked El Reno for a 37-27 victory.

El Reno High School student King Samad shows his dislike for a call during a recent EHS home basketball game. The Indians were slated to host Altus Friday night inside Jenks Simmons Field House.

For just the second time in the past 24 years, El Reno High School has elevated a player to the Oklahoma Coaches Association’s All-State Football Game in back-to-back seasons. Senior Malachi Nicholson was named to the Large West offense last week after his record-breaking season.

In one of its longest-running rivalries, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team capped off a four-game road stretch with a 53-43 win over Carl Albert in its return to District 5A-1 play. The 10-point decision was the closet margin of victory this season for El Reno, which improved to 16-0.

El Reno High School’s boys basketball team suffered its second double-digit loss of the season, both at the hands of Carl Albert, following a 75-57 road setback to the Titans last week. The 18-point loss dropped El Reno to 11-5 overall and 0-2 against the Titans this season.

CALUMET – In its biggest test of the season, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team used a 19-0 run in the second period to rally past Southwest Covenant School for a 73-53 win.

CALUMET – A late run of baskets proved too little too late for Calumet High School’s girls basketball team in a 57-26 loss to Southwest Covenant School in the Chieftains final home game of the regular season.

A two-game offensive explosion has lifted Redlands Community College women’s basketball team into a tie for second place in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.

Deazhon Perkins scored a squad-high 22 points as Redlands Community College men’s basketball team jumped back into the win column with a 78-74 decision over Seminole State College. The victory came on the heels of a 103-98 setback to Western Oklahoma State College.

A few minutes into the fourth period of El Reno’s semifinal game of the Shawnee Invitational against Coweta, Jennifer Douglas called Pauline Black-Harmon to the end of the bench and asked her one simple question. “Do you want to get it today or tomorrow?” said Black-Harmon.