Sports

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.

Both El Reno High School varsity summer baseball teams got their first wins of the season in Red Dirt League action last week after sweeping a road twinbill against Destiny Christian.

The Indians varsity 1 squad improved to 1-1 in the RDL Wooden Bat Division behind a 21-4 declawing of the Wildcats.

El Reno logged 18 hits in the blowout win.

“I thought we played really well. We had two home runs in this game and we hit the ball hard,” said El Reno head coach Keith Hill.

El Reno High School was represented by five graduates at the 2022 Oklahoma Soccer Coaches Association’s Class 5A All-State Soccer Games, played this year at Tulsa Bishop Kelley.

The West team defeated the East 2-0 in the girls match, one of those goals coming from EHS’ Caroline Huber.

The Seminole State College signee scored the West’s opening goal in the first 10 minutes of the match.

Huber started at right wing and played a total of 50 minutes. She finished with three total shots and had several crossing passes.

UNION CITY – Trying out a new line of metal bats, Union City High School’s summer baseball team flirted with a double-digit hit total en route to a home win over Watonga.

The Tigers 10-4 win over the Eagles lifted Union City to 4-2 for the summer heading into its own tournament which started Thursday.

“We tried out some demonstration metal bats.

’Some kids with good bat speed could handle them,” said Union City head coach Ludy Griggs.

CENTRAL

Arcadia: June 13.
Elevation 1 ft. below normal, water 79 and stained.
Largemouth bass fair on buzz baits, flukes and jigs around riprap, shallows, shorelines and standing timber. Black and white crappie good on jigs, minnows and PowerBait around the dam and docks. Saugeye slow on jigs and worms along flats and main lake.