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Two goals in the final 23 minutes spoiled the home opener for El Reno High School’s girls soccer team as Woodward handed the Indians their first defeat of the season, 2-0. El Reno slipped to 1-1 on the year after a 3-1 road win over Western Heights last week.

Woodward scored a goal in the first five minutes and rolled to a 5-1 win over El Reno High School’s boys soccer team as the Indians continue to search for their first win of 2023. El Reno is 0-2 on the season after a 1-0 setback at Western Heights.

Starting out with back-to-back wins, Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team is battling a two-game losing steak after setbacks to Hinton and Binger-Oney. The Tigers dropped a 25-17 shootout to the Comets before losing 11-3 to Binger-Oney.

Union City High School’s baseball team kicked off the spring season with back-to-back shutout wins over Oklahoma Christian Academy and Geary. The Tigers downed OCA by an 11-0 margin before blanking the Bisons by a 19-0 score.

For just the sixth time in history, both El Reno High School basketball teams earned their way to the Elite Eight for the 2023 Class 5A Oklahoma State High School Basketball Championships. “This is just the thing you want.

Being one of a handful of seniors on the El Reno High School boys basketball roster, Diante Palmer figured at some point this season he would be expected to take on some sort of a leadership role. “I expected to be a leader at some point.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Is it a jinx? Some may think that after Calumet had its 26-game win streak snapped via a 68-52 loss to top-ranked Fort Cobb-Broxton in the finals of the 2023 Class B Boys Oklahoma State High School Basketball Championships.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Okarche played a solid game in last week’s semifinals of the Class A Girls Oklahoma State High School Basketball Championships. The seventh-ranked Warriors scored in double digits in all four periods and shot 45 percent from the field.

El Reno High School qualified four varsity lifters for the 2023 Oklahoma Powerlifting Coaches Association’s State Championships during the Northwest Regional meet in Woodward. Earning state passes were Dion Kaulaity (275), Latin Everheart (123), JaRon Irving (157) and Malachi Nicholson (181).

El Reno High School’s baseball team kicked off the 2023 spring season last week by splitting non-district games with Kingfisher and Lawton MacArthur.