Sports

Northwest

Canton: July 3.
Elevation is normal and stable, water temperature 85°F and clear.
White bass good on jigs and minnows around main lake.

Fort Supply: July 3.
Elevation is normal and stable, water temperature 80°F and murky.
Channel catfish fair around channels and main lake.

Foss: July 4.
Elevation is 2.5 ft. below normal and stable, water temperature 83°F and clear.
Striped bass hybrids good on live bait and topwater lures while surfacing. Walleye fair to good near rocks along the dam. Catfish good along shore.

From the boys soccer team picking up trash around the Adams Park fields to the volleyball program stuffing food boxes for Blessing Baskets, El Reno High School’s athletes have been giving back to the community.

The football program, under first-year head coach Russell Cook, was the latest to join the effort with a community day of service.

“El Reno is a great community to live in and has always supported the school and our extracurricular activities. The football team wants to show our appreciation for all that El Reno has done for us.

CHICKASHA – Coaches for winter and spring sports at El Reno High School have the luxury of sitting back and viewing data collected from summer league action for retooling their programs as needed.

That’s not the case for fall sports like volleyball, which will have less than a month before kicking off preparations for the 2022 season.

“We really don’t even have a month, it’s more like two weeks,” said El Reno head coach Kristen Koehler.

Holding a seven-run lead and playing under a scorching sun with temperatures hovering near triple digits, El Reno High School head coach Keith Hill had one simple request of his players.

“Let’s not go back out in the field again,” said Hill.

His players obliged.

Hernan Blanco hit a walk-off bloop single into shallow right field with the bases loaded as the Indians varsity 1 baseball team defeated Destiny Christian 8-0 to sweep the season series with the Wildcats.

While some of the names and faces may be changing from last year’s run to the Class 5A state championship game, the expectations of El Reno High School’s girls basketball program will not.

“We can still be successful in Class 5A and I would like to think we have the people to be successful and make it back to state. We just have to be more prepared and more diligent.

“We have to have specialized game plans to get us into that position. We have to be different and not just living off our talent level and experience,” said El Reno head coach Jennifer Douglas.

Only a prearranged five-run scoring limit per inning kept El Reno High School’s varsity 1 baseball team from posting an even larger winning margin in last week’s home series with Putnam City.

El Reno scored five runs in the bottom of the third inning with one out and went on to cruise to a 9-1 victory over the Pirates.

The game was called in the bottom of the fifth by run-rule.

The victory extended El Reno’s win streak to three games as the Indians improved to 3-1 on the season and in the Wooden Bat Division of the Red Dirt League.

CALUMET – Seeing his new players in action for the first time since taking over Calumet High School’s baseball program, Cody Thiessen guided the Chieftains to a 2-1 record in a scaled-down summer schedule.

The Chieftains, who will attend a camp this week at Frontier, defeated Hinton (15-0) and Arapaho-Butler (9-1) in the Calumet Festival.

Those wins were followed by a 7-0 loss to Class 5A’s Elgin.

CENTRAL

Arcadia: June 20.
Elevation is 1 ft. above normal, water temperature 82°F and stained.
Channel catfish excellent on punch bait, worms around dam, riprap and shallows. Largemouth bass fair on bill baits, buzz baits, lipless baits, plastic baits around riprap, rocks and standing timber. Crappie fair on jigs, minnows.

With a pair of runners in scoring position, freshman Mason Fulton struck out the final batter on four pitches to earn his first save of the summer season as El Reno High School’s varsity 1 baseball team defeated Heritage Hall.

The 4-0 win over the Chargers was the second victory in a row for the Indians, who improved to 2-1 in the Red Dirt League’s Wooden Bat Division standings.

El Reno is also 2-1 on the season.

After rains played havoc with on-field workouts during spring drills, El Reno High School head coach Russell Cook was not going to let Mother Nature get summer as well.

El Reno hosted both Guthrie and Kingfisher recently to kick off the first of three weekly 7-on-7 passing leagues with the two schools. The first week was canceled due to rain.

The Bluejays were supposed to host the event, but the opening night was moved to Kingfisher due to wet grass at Jelsma Stadium. Kingfisher faced similar field conditions.