Placing four of its five wrestlers in the top 10, El Reno High School’s girls wrestling team took 14th place overall at the recent 2023 Kansas City Stampede.
El Reno was one of five Oklahoma high schools entered, earning 78 points. Edmond North (143.5) was fifth, followed by Little Axe (112) in sixth and Harrah (103) in seventh place.
Westmoore edged out the Indians by six points.
Welcome to open hunting season in Oklahoma on high school coaches thanks in part to a cowardly unsigned two-page letter from “Concerned Members of the Town of Okarche” directed toward a well-respected leader.
The letter was a direct written assault (in our business it’s called libel) on the character and leadership of Okarche head girls basketball coach Haley Mitchel.
In the wake of the letter surfacing and spreading like an Oklahoma wildfire, Mitchel resigned her coaching duties as well as two of her assistant coaches, Kaylene Ullom and Skye Tilley.
CALUMET – Utilizing a two-platoon approach on offense and smothering defense, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team dominated Corn Bible Academy from the opening tipoff en route to an 80-37 win.
The 43-point decision sent the Chieftains, ranked No.1 in Class B for a third straight poll, into the holiday break with an 11-0 record.
Calumet has scored no lower than 62 points a game this season and the win over CBA was the 10th game with more than 70 points.
Union City High School’s girls basketball team slipped to the .500 mark in conference play, closing out the 2023 portion of its schedule with a 41-31 loss to Thomas/Fay-Custer.
The 10-point setback to the league’s newcomer left the Tigers with an 8-5 overall record and a 3-3 mark in the Washita Valley Conference standings.
The setback came on the heels of a 51-20 homecoming win over Mulhall-Orlando in non-conference action.
Calumet’s Hunter Arnold was honored recently for reaching the 1,000-point mark for career scoring.
Just a few games after teammate Hunter Arnold surpassed 1,000 career points, Calumet senior Dalton Belcher reached the milestone in the Chieftains win over Thomas/Fay-Custer in Washita Valley Conference action.
Jett Mueggenborg popped off a season-high 31 points as Okarche High School’s boys basketball team posted its best offensive night of the season to close out 2023.
The Warriors, ranked fifth in Class A, moved to 6-2 on the season with a 97-32 win over Watonga. It was Okarche’s highest point total of the season but the fifth game with more than 70 points and the second over 90 points.
The 65-point winning margin was the widest of the season, surpassing the 57-point decision (74-17) over Coyle and the 52-point win over Lomega (95-43).
Pauline Black-Harmon continued her quest to become El Reno High School’s all-time leading female rebounder with her third double-double of the season in the Indians road game against Elgin.
The senior’s 18 points and 12 rebounds, both team highs, led El Reno to a 63-40 win over the Owls as the Indians head into the holiday break undefeated for the first time under head coach Jennifer Douglas.
With playoff seedings in the upper divisions resting solely on the outcome of league games, winning each night in District 5A-1 has become a critical factor - especially on the road.
“District road wins are tough,” said El Reno head coach Rodney Haydon.
El Reno seems to have winning away from Jenks Simmons Field House down to a science as the Indians picked up a 66-45 victory over Elgin. The 21-point decision moved EHS to 5-0 in road games this season, two of those in district play.
