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Jordyn Littlebird, a fourth-grader at Darlington School, helped her Oklahoma Athletics 2021 team win the USSSA Midwest National Championship in Bettendorf, Iowa. Littlebird pitched a no-hitter, striking out the nine batters faced en route to claiming the Most Outstanding Pitcher Award.  

Calumet High School graduate Kaleb Melvin (8) helped the Enid Majors win the 2021 Connie Mack World Series, held recently in Farmington, N.M. The Majors went undefeated on the season at 36-0 including a 10-2 win over the Dallas-based D-Bat United squad in the title game.

NORTHWEST Canton: July 30. Elevation above normal, water 86 and clear. Striped bass hybrids, striped and white bass excellent on live shad in the main lake. Channel catfish good on shad and worms along the spillway. Foss: Aug. 2.

El Reno High School graduates Riley Connor and Jaylin Reveles represented their alma mater last week as members of the West squads during the 2021 Oklahoma Coaches Association’s All-State Games. Other than football, the games were contested in venues around the Tulsa area.

The Indians have had one road scrimmage at Rush Springs and will play a preseason festival at Mustang on Friday and open the season Aug. 10 against Bishop McGuinness.

The Enid Outlaws recently won the 2021 The Basketball League (TBL) Championship in their first year of existence. The Outlaws defeated the Syracuse Stallions 129-108 and 120-107 to sweep the title series of the 29-team league. Ten more teams are set to join the TBL in 2022.

Well no, it wasn't for the gold medal in Tokyo, but El Reno’s Kingston Ba (center) and his sister Khadja Ba could not be happier to see the ball fall in front of their brother Malakai Ba during a fun family game of sand volleyball last week at the courts located near the main pavilion at Lake El...

Last year’s changes to the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association’s manual for volleyball is giving El Reno High School’s program a slight break from chaotic pressures of preseason workouts.

Matt Miller is having the best season of his drag boat racing career and now the El Reno driver can add two more titles to his bounty – both on his home course. “This is my best season so far and I’m happy with the changes I’ve made,” said Miller.

El Reno High School’s softball team hit the ground running last week with two-a-day practices as the Indians have less than three weeks to get ready for the 2021 opener. “We don’t have a lot of time to waste so we have hit the ground running.