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MIDWEST CITY - Two momentum-turning calls, both going in favor of Carl Albert, put El Reno High School’s football team behind the proverbial eight ball in its seventh straight trip to the postseason.
Both calls would lead to 14 points for the top-ranked Titans and were part of a run of 42 unanswered points as Carl Albert defeated El Reno 49-21 in the bi-district round of the Class 5A playoffs.
The loss snaps a two-game win streak for El Reno and ends its season with a 6-5 record.
El Reno High School’s cheerleading squad has qualified for the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association’s Class 5A Game Day State Championships after placing in the top 15 on the regional level.
El Reno will compete Saturday in Moore at 4:45 p.m.
It’s the first trip to state in the competition for El Reno.
El Reno High School’s postseason honors rolled in two by two as the Indians placed a pair of players on each of the three squads making up the 2023 All-Suburban Conference Volleyball Team.
Earning spots on the first team were middle blocker Jewell Graham and utility player Qyra Jones. Second team nods went to defensive specialist Bre Barksdale and setter Emercyn Looper.
Setter Daily Maples and outside hitter Trinity Black earned honorable mention status.
El Reno High School alum Caroline Huber was recently named to the 2023 NJCAA All-Region 2 Soccer Team.
A sophomore at Seminole State College, Huber was named to the first team as a defender.
She has made 18 starts for the Trojans, logging four total shots and three assists. Her primary role is a middle defender for SSC.
Seminole defended its NJCAA Region 2 crown as well as winning the South District title. The Trojans, now 19-0-1 on the year, posted a 16-0 record during the regular season in league games.
El Reno High School’s football team topped the 4,000-yard rushing mark last week against Altus.
Union City High School’s girls basketball team earned cross-county bragging rights over rival Calumet recently with a season-opening 62-30 win over the Chieftains.
The Tigers shot 41 percent, making 23-of-49 (47 percent) attempts from 2-point range. Union City was 5-of-19 (26 percent) from the 3-point arc and made just 1-of-4 free throws in the win.
Bree Goad led Union City with 13 points off 5-of-14 shooting, including two 3-pointers, while collecting three rebounds, three assists and three steals.
After having its 26-game win streak snapped in last season’s state title game, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team started out on another possible win streak.
The Chieftains kicked off the 2023-24 season with a lopsided 98-33 win over cross-county rival Union City. The Chieftains have now won 21 straight regular-season outings dating back through last year.
Calumet scored 25 points or more in three of the four periods against the Tigers including a 38-point second period leading to a 67-19 halftime lead.
In what is expected to be the final regular-season meeting between the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State for the foreseeable future, the Cowboys prevailed 27-24 to remain tied for the Big 12 lead.
Tucked away on the east end of Memorial Stadium, Gage Baeriswyl and Jacob Smith go through their daily drills just like every other member of El Reno High School’s football team.
The difference is neither of their names are commonly found on the lips of those talking about El Reno football as the Indians enter the final week of the regular season.
In fact, their names are often mistaken by announcers, both home and away, either by mispronunciation or the fact they wear jerseys with numbers only two digits apart.
