Sports

Body Facing a bye week during what is now termed the play-in round of the Class 5A playoffs, El Reno High School’s football team needed a stellar performance in its regular-season finale to keep the momentum running high. “It was important that we keep our competitive edge going.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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)

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body Northeast 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.