After watching star quarterback Dorian Plumley put up back-to-back 1,000-yard rushing and passing seasons, El Reno High School head football coach Chuck Atchison felt it was time to start diversifying the Indians offensive portfolio.
It was a moved based on the potential of the Indians to make a deep run in the Class 5A playoffs with Plumley at the helm.
El Reno High School’s girls basketball program kicked off its preseason work last week with a scrimmage at Jenks Simmons Field House with Lawton Eisenhower, Edmond and Putnam City West.
Union City High School’s girls basketball team jumped out to a 10-point halftime lead over Verden and then held off a feverish fourth-period rally by the Tigers for a 47-40 win to kick off the 2020-21 season.
Verden trailed by 11 points going into the fourth period but outscored Union City 15-9 over the final eight minutes to keep the game close.
Daniel Anderson’s team made only three buckets in the fourth but two of those were 3-pointers from Kailee Jackson and a Kami Leonard bucket before fouling out.
Union City High School’s boys basketball team opened up the 2020-21 season last week with a 59-32 win over Verden.
Brayden Armstrong shoots in the lane.
J.D. Riley is fouled while shooting a layup.
Tyler Ross drives the baseline.
(Tribune photographer/Glen Miller)
While making just 20 shots from the floor, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team opened up the 2020-21 season with a 67-58 win over Binger-Oney with strong free-throw shooting.
The Chieftains moved to 1-0 in the Washita Valley Conference standings after padding an eight-point lead after three periods with a 13-of-17 ( 76 percent) effort from the line over the final eight minutes.
Calumet closed the game making 23-of-29 attempts from the charity stripe for 79 percent. Mark Castillo scored a game-high 20 points, highlighted by his 8-of-11 mark at the line.
Military veterans and active military members will be able to join youth hunters for the first time this year on exclusive waterfowl hunting days set aside especially for them.
These special days, slated for Nov. 7 and Feb. 6, 2021, statewide except the Panhandle, provide two extra hunting days outside of the regular waterfowl hunting seasons for hunters 15 and younger. Now, active and retired military members can also participate.
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Fort Gibson: Elevation above normal, water 57 with 1 foot of visibility. White bass good on in-line spinnerbaits, jigs, sassy shad and spoons in the main lake, around points, windblown rocky shorelines and flats.
With last week’s shutout of Southeast, El Reno High School’s football team clinched the District 5A-1 title outright, the Indians first league title since 2009.
However, that’s not good enough for El Reno head coach Chuck Atchison.
“There is no doubt we are district champions, but we don’t want to go out there and slip up and lose to Altus. We want to finish this thing up right and see who we play next in the playoffs,” said Atchison.
El Reno will host Altus Friday, with kickoff set for 7 p.m.
With three time and location changes and no real practices leading up to its game with Southeast last week due to a freak October ice storm, El Reno High School’s football team was missing its usual spark.
And it showed on Halloween day as the Indians looked sluggish early before powering through three turnovers en route to a 46-0 victory of the Spartans.
El Reno improved to 6-2 on the season and 5-0 in the District 5A-1 standings with the shutout.
After a 21-year hiatus from having a player elevated to elite status with a spot on the Oklahoma Coaches Association’s All-State Volleyball Team, El Reno High School has been honored yet again after voting from state coaches.
Senior Riley Connor became the third El Reno player in the last four years to earn a spot on the Large West team, which will take on the East July 27 during the annual OCA All-State Week.
