Sports

Meeting for a third time this season, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team had a love-hate type of contest with Bishop McGuinness on Valentine’s Day – one that did not end in heartbreak.

El Reno High School’s powerlifting teams kicked off the 2023 season recently with a pair of top 12 finishes at the Bethel Invitational held at the Heart of Oklahoma Expo Center in Shawnee. The El Reno boys had three placers who produced 47 points to place the Indians 11th overall out of 20 schools.

Redlands Community College women’s basketball team is struggling with a season-high four-game losing streak following an 89-61 setback to Connors State College. The Cougars fall to 10-15 on the year with the loss and 3-8 and seventh place in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.

A 30-point road loss to Connors State pushed Redlands Community College men’s basketball team a half game deeper into last place in the NJCAA Region 2 standings. The Cougars 91-61 setback to the Cowboys left Redlands with a 10-15 overall record and a 2-9 league mark.

After a fast start to the 2023 season, Redlands Community College’s baseball team has dropped six straight games to teams on a higher division than the Cougars. Redlands was swept by Texas-based Vernon College, an NJCAA Region 5 Division I program, by scores of 12-2, 15-1, 4-3 and 10-2.

NORTHEAST Grand: Elevation is normal, water temperature 42°F and clear. Largemouth bass fair on Alabama rigs and spinnerbaits around brush structure, docks and shorelines. Catfish, blue fair on cut bait, shad and shrimp below the dam, docks and main lake.

Members of the El Reno High School baseball team prepare plates full of pancakes and sausage during the program’s annual pancake breakfast fundraiser over the weekend. The event was held at the Jeff Mills STEM Center. Proceeds will go toward program expenses.

It’s been said practice makes perfect and El Reno High School’s girls basketball team has been shooting a bunch of free throws on non-game days. “Coach Douglas (Jennifer) makes us shoot free throws every day,” said junior guard Nazhoni Sleeper.

El Reno High School’s Carter Roman Nose made a pair of game-changing plays in the final two and a half minutes which helped the Indians become the first Class 5A team to defeat Carl Albert this season.

Double-digit scoring in all four periods helped Calumet High School’s boys basketball team extend its win streak to 21 straight games as the Chieftains defeated Carney 88-48 to win the Class B, Area 1, District 1 Championship.