State-ranked Calumet hoopsters sweep pair from Hinton
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Calumet High School’s boys basketball team has now become the hunted as the Chieftains defended their new No.1 ranking in Class A with a 63-40 win over Hinton. The Chieftains
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The ‘D’ in All-District
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Opposing coaches knew El Reno High School’s football team had improved its defense over a year ago and it showed by the Blue Crush holding teams to 1,300 fewer yards and 164 fewer points than its own offense. Those stats were a big reason behind El Reno’s defensive players being among the Indians selections to the 2019 All-District 5A-1 team in voting by league coaches last week.
El Reno landed six players on the senior-only team to go along with one offensive player.
Indians hurt by miscues on both ends of floor in loss
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While waiting to get everyone healthy and find an identity with new faces, El Reno High School boys basketball coach Kale Simon knew his team would struggle in some areas.
ER girls lean on veterans in crunch time to beat Wolves
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El Reno High School’s girls basketball team, ranked No.2 in Class 5A, opened the season last week with a top 10 matchup against No.8 Shawnee and leaned on its veteran
Free throws lift OHS
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Hitting 71 percent from the free-throw line in overtime helped Okarche High School’s boys basketball team extend its current win streak to three games as the Warriors defeated Watonga 69-59.
Union City falls in OT
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Lookeba-Sickles, ranked No.8 in the state in Class B, dodged an upset-minded Union City High School boys basketball team last week with a 13-9 overtime scoring edge for a 61-57
Seven scorers combine to fuel Okarche girls win
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Okarche High School’s girls basketball team defended its first state ranking of the season with a 52-40 win over Watonga last week. The Warriors, ranked No.7 in Class A, improved
Tough time
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Union City High School guard Taytim Woods looks to make a pass during a recent game. Woods scored 18 points and Laila Goad had nine in the Tigers recent 56-33
Wrestlers open dual season with lopsided win over Jets
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El Reno High School’s wrestling team, ranked 10th in the state in the first Class 5A poll, kicked off the dual season last week with a beat-down of the Western Heights Jets 77-12.
The win also counts in the Suburban Conference standings as EHS was slated to continue that part of the schedule with a road trip to No.14 Del City before traveling to Piedmont this Tuesday to take on the third-ranked Wildcats.
Tyrone Lewis’ team will wrestle the first of four home duals on Thursday against U.S. Grant.
RCC women extend win streak to 12
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With back-to-back wins in less than 24 hours, Redlands Community College women’s basketball team extended its winning streak to open the season at 12 straight. The Cougars downed Western Oklahoma