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WEATHERFORD – Tyler Tignor thought that last week’s Western Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Game would be his last coaching stint with his former standout player – Calumet graduate Jaxon Olive.

The majority of football-playing schools across Oklahoma began knocking off the winter rust from their playbooks in preparation for the 2022 season – which starts in 92 days.

While edged out of the playoffs via tiebreaker points, El Reno High School’s boys soccer team was well represented on three postseason honors squads, including All-State accolades.

El Reno High School graduate Paige Primeaux recently signed a national letter of intent to play basketball for Haskell Indian Nations University. Primeaux is the fourth player off El Reno’s state runner-up team to sign a college scholarship offer.

Surrounded by teammates, El Reno High School state medalist Rylee Walborn (second from right) recently signed a national letter of intent to wrestle for St. Mary’s University. The private Catholic university is based in Leavenworth, Kan.

El Reno High School’s girls soccer team secured 10 spots on three separate postseason honors teams, including three selections by the prestigious Oklahoma Soccer Coaches Association All-State Committee.

Shooting the fourth highest team score in the final round, Redlands Community College’s golf team slipped to ninth place in the final standings at the 2022 NJCAA Women’s National Golf Championships.

Four area seniors, three from El Reno High School, have been selected to play in the 2022 Western Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association’s All-Star Games. El Reno’s Vincent Walker was named to the Large West team as a pitcher, while Brayden Fulton was picked as one of two catchers on the same squad.

El Reno High School seniors Tetona Woods, left, and Janae Black-Harmon signed national letters of intent to play basketball for Coffeyville Community College in Kansas last week.

Trimming 36 strokes from his total at state as a freshman, El Reno High School sophomore Bryan Richardson placed 74th in the medalist chase at the 2022 Class 5A Boys State Golf Championships.