Sports

Both the El Reno High School student section (first photo), and head coach Rodney Haydon (second photo) were puzzled by a call late in the Indians game with Kingfisher inside Jenks Simmons Field House.

The 100th day of classes for El Reno Public Schools ended with a triple-digit milestone for Jennifer Douglas and her high school girls basketball team.

After dropping a 28-point game to Class 5A’s top-ranked Del City in their first meeting 17 days earlier, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team played the Eagles to their closest league contest to date in the rematch last week.

Placing all seven grapplers taken to the 2022 Chickasha High School Classic, El Reno High School’s wrestling team placed fourth out of 18 teams in its final tournament before the Class 5A regional tournament.

UNION CITY – Squandering a 15-point lead in the fourth period, Union City High School’s girls basketball team put the ball in the hands of point guard Taytim Woods down the stretch and the senior delivered.

UNION CITY - Two days after picking up a huge road win over Corn Bible Academy in Washita Valley Conference play, Union City High School’s boys basketball team struggled on offense in the bookend periods against Alex.

In a fitting conclusion to her record-setting night, El Reno High School’s Ashlyn Evans-Thompson sealed her team's win over Class 4A’s sixth-ranked Kingfisher with success at one of her self-proclaimed weaknesses.

Despite 89 games and more than 1,200 career points under her belt, Ashlyn Evans-Thompson had a freshman case of the butterflies going into the game with Kingfisher. “I was really nervous,” said Evans-Thompson. Who could blame her?

A pair of freshmen came up with two upperclassmen clutch plays in crunch time as El Reno High School’s boys basketball team pulled off an upset that could affect two classifications for the upcoming playoff pairings.

After losing to Guthrie in the 2022 Suburban Conference Championships earlier this month, El Reno High School’s wrestling team felt it had a score to settle. Mission accomplished.