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While the roster had only five grapplers, it produced close to 150 points as El Reno High School’s girls wrestling team placed seventh in its first tournament outing of the season. El Reno posted 147 points in the Wrestle Like a Girl Invitational hosted by Cache.

El Reno High School’s wrestling team took 12 grapplers to the 2023 Mid-America Nationals in Enid, with the entire squad placing 28th or better at their respective weights. The 37-team field featured 21 schools from Oklahoma as well as teams from Kansas, Texas and Washington.

Haley Mitchel is no longer a part of the program in which she’s had a major impact as both a player and coach over the span of two decades. Mitchel informed Okarche Superintendent Josh Sumrall on Sunday that she was resigning her duties as girls basketball coach, effective immediately.

Just days before earning the lion’s share of first-place votes in the second Class B poll of the season, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team defeated 18th-ranked Lomega 62-52 to win the 2023 Canton Invitational.

Despite rebounding from a sub-par offensive effort in the tourney-opening loss to Lomega, Calumet High School’s girls basketball team suffered back-to-back losses in the 2023 Canton Invitational.

HARRAH - Jennifer Douglas has been waiting to see what the outcome would be when her talented group of El Reno High School basketball players came together as a team. It took just five games to get that answer.

HARRAH – Having scrimmaged Classen SAS during the preseason, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team used that knowledge of the Comets to post a win when it counted for real.

El Reno High School’s wrestling team suffered its worst loss of the dual season last week, dropping a 63-9 decision to Class 4A’s top-ranked Tuttle Tigers. The Indians, ranked seventh at the time in the Class 5A poll, slipped to 2-2 on the year with its second straight setback.

One quarter proved to be the difference in a tight contest as El Reno High School’s boys basketball team overcame a slow shooting night to earn its first victory of the season.

While Jennifer Douglas will take what she terms an “ugly win” over the alternative, the El Reno High School girls basketball coach knows her team has the skill level to do better. El Reno overcame 21 turnovers and 20 fouls to defeat Altus 59-32 in its first road contest of the season.