Sports

El Reno High School’s football team is riding a four-game winning streak over Altus, its longest in the series with the Bulldogs, and head coach Russell Cook is stressing it’s better to let a sleeping dog lie.

NORTHEAST Fort Gibson: Elevation is 1 ft. below normal and stable, water temperature 68°F and clear. Paddlefish good snagging around channels and main lake. Crappie good on minnows, spoons and tube jigs around brush structure, docks and main lake.

Having coached for over half a century in various sports, not only for El Reno Public Schools but three other educational groups, there are very few honors that Ken Posey has not achieved.

A third-place finish in league play helped six El Reno High School players land spots on the 2023 All-District 5A-2 Softball Team during voting last week by member coaches.

El Reno High School’s football team sports an offense on pace to crack 4,000 total yards for the first time in over a decade. Quarterback Elijah Fisher and running back Malachi Nicholson have combined for more than 2,600 yards rushing.  

El Reno High School’s cross-country team watched its season come to an end last week as the Indians did not advance a runner out of the Class 5A West Regional Championships. Running at Wildhorse Park in Mustang, the El Reno girls took 15th place in the team standings with 443 points.

LAWTON – A balanced no-huddle Lawton MacArthur offense kept El Reno High School’s defense on its heels last week as the Highlanders posted a 46-7 win over the Indians in a key District 5A-1 battle.

Last week’s loss to Lawton MacArthur not only ended El Reno High School’s three-game win streak but for all practical purposes took the Indians out of the chase for the District 5A-1 crown.

More than two decades separate their senior seasons, but El Reno High School running back Malachi Nicholson shares an eerie resemblance to the player whose record he is chasing – Marshell Chiles. “I see a lot of me in him and his running style.

El Reno High School’s football team eclipsed the 3,000- yard mark on offense after last week’s win over Ardmore. The defense logged two interceptions.