Despite losing six games to rain, Calumet High School’s baseball team remains undefeated on the summer season following a 6-2 road win over Arapaho-Butler.
The Chieftains moved to 3-0 on the summer with the win. The other victories were over Sentinel (11-1) and Clinton (8-1).
Hunter Arnold picked up the win on the mound over Arapaho-Butler, scattering a hit and two walks over three innings, while striking out six batters.
Under new head coach Jason Little, El Reno High School's softball team will travel to Piedmont on Tuesday to take part in the second date of the Piedmont Summer League.
El Reno defeated Edmond Memorial and tied the Wildcats in the first day of the league earlier this month.
UNION CITY – Breaking up a marathon 10-inning contest into five-inning blocks, Union City High School’s varsity team defeated El Reno’s Varsity 2 squad 9-8 and 9-1 in a rare meeting of county schools.
The teams were slated to play a doubleheader two days earlier but the opening game of that set was halted four innings in by lightning, with the Tigers leading 5-4.
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Arcadia: June 5.
Elevation is 1 ft. above normal and stable, water temperature 72°F and stained.
Blue and channel catfish fair on cut bait, hot dogs, shad, shrimp and stinkbait around channels, points, riprap and rocks. Crappie slow on jigs, minnows and tube jigs around brush structure, coves, docks and standing timber.
After winning his age group in the Duathlon bracket of the Route 66 Triathlon Festivus the past two years, El Reno’s Shanon Eichholz made the switch to the full three stages of last weekend’s event.
And without surprise, he won yet again.
“Saturday’s race was a good one. Had good weather and good competition,” said Eichholz.
El Reno High School’s Varsity 1 baseball team remains undefeated in Red Dirt League action with a 14-1 win over Heritage Hall last week at the Hub Reed Complex.
The Indians moved to 3-0 in the Wooden Bat Division of the RDL standings. The second game of the doubleheader with the Chargers was a mix of Varsity 1 and Varsity 2 players and ended in a 3-3 tie after five innings.
In the opener, Heritage Hall scored a run before El Reno rallied for three runs in the bottom of the first.
Gabe Compton walked and scored on a double to the wall by Davin Shamblin.
While he stops short of calling it a rebuild, El Reno High School boys basketball coach Rodney Haydon calls the month of June critical to his program’s rebound from the loss of a large graduation class.
“We are grinding things out and putting in the time. We went to Mustang team camp and played six games with the varsity and then took the junior varsity to Okarche. The varsity will go back there this week.
Hernan Blanco hit a walk-off triple as El Reno High School’s Varsity 1 baseball team kicked off its summer schedule with a 9-0 win over Crossings Christian School.
The victory was part of a Red Dirt League doubleheader, with El Reno sweeping the Knights via a 9-3 decision in the nightcap. El Reno is playing in the RDL Wooden Bat Division.
El Reno High School’s boys basketball program held its youth skills camp last week inside Jenks Simmons Field House and Annex.
Campers worked on fundamentals such as dribbling, passing, shooting and free throws. There were also individual and team competitions.
The Route 66 Triathlon was held over the weekend around Lake El Reno and along Route 66.
The three-stage event featured several distance races.
Brad Tilman of Oklahoma City flexes his muscles as he heads out on the running stage.
See Saturday’s edition for a wrap-up of the event, which celebrated its 18th year in El Reno.
