The clock is ticking slowly down to the start of the 2020 El Reno High School football season and it will hit zero Friday night.
That’s right, it’s zero week and the Indians are opening the season a week earlier than most schools across the state, hosting Cache at Memorial Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
With just one win outside of league play, El Reno High School’s softball team continues to find success among District 5A-1 opponents.
The Indians banged out 13 hits last week to defeat Duncan 5-1 to improve to 2-0 in the league standings and 3-3 on the season. El Reno opened the week with a 10-0 loss to Shawnee.
In the win over the Demons, El Reno got doubles from Bailey Brothers and Kira Taber. The big swing, though, was a solo home run by Chenoa White in the top of the third for a 3-0 lead.
Calumet High School’s baseball team opened up the season recently with the consolation title from the Arapaho/Butler tournament.
The Chieftains bounced back from a 9-7 loss to Amber-Pocasset to defeat Blair (13-2) and Okarche (9-1) to secure the 2-1 record.
Strong pitching led the comeback as Jaxon Olive struck out 16 in the win over Blair. He threw seven innings, allowing two runs off two hits and a pair of walks.
Calumet and Union City High School’s softball teams are trending in opposite directions, with the Chieftains seeing greener pastures after losing to the Tigers to open the 2020 season.
The Chieftains have won three out of four games to improve to 3-2 on the season. Calumet went 3-1 in the recent Verden Festival with wins over Rush Springs (9-0) and the host team (7-0) before getting a revenge win over the Tigers by a 14-3 margin.
El Reno High School’s volleyball team extended its win streak to seven matches last week, six of those coming in the EHS Invitational, en route to the Gold Bracket Championship – the first time the Indians have won the title of their home tourney.
Kristen Koehler’s team did not lose a set in winning the title, defeating Hennessey, Guymon and Chickasha in Pool A play by duplicate 2-0 counts to take the top seed. In the semifinals of bracket play, El Reno defeated Duncan for the second time in three days by scores of 25-18/25-12.
El Reno High School’s football team ran through some quick passing game scenarios during practice last week. The Indians were working through the sixth of eight two-a-day practices. The Indians were scheduled to end two-a-day practices on Thursday and put on the pads for the first time on Friday.
El Reno High School’s softball team uncorked the bats last week to give Kylee Webb her first career victory as head coach, defeating Ardmore 12-1 to kick off the 2020 season.
The win also counted in the District 5A-1 standings.
“Getting your first district win on the road is always going to be a good feeling. The girls played well both defensively and offensively to get the job done. They knew this game was incredibly important in setting the precedent for the rest of the season. We have a lot of games left,” said Webb.
El Reno High School’s volleyball team kicked off the 2020 season last week by splitting a triangular road series with Destiny Christian and Christian Heritage.
The Indians are 1-1 on the season after defeating Destiny Christian 2-1 by scores of 25-17/23-25/25-21. El Reno fell in three games to Christian Heritage by scores of 25-19/25-10/25-18.
El Reno served the ball well but could not turn the effort into a high ace count. For the two matches the Indians were 109-of-119 serving for 92 percent, but had 10 serving errors and 10 aces.
The first round of county small-school softball bragging rights went in favor of Union City as the Tigers defeated Calumet last week in nine innings 16-14 in the 2020 season opener for the Chieftains.
Calumet had 19 hits in the loss, led by doubles from Audrey Gathers, Allie Harris, Abby Nitzel, Tina Ortiz and Presley Stilley.
Sarah Nitzel and Abby Nitzel added a triple each.
Abby Nitzel led all hitters with five, followed by Sarah Nitzel, Harris and Stilley with three each. Gathers and Maklya Nitzel added two hits each.
Northeast
Birch: Elevation normal, water 80s and dingy. Crappie fair on jigs and minnows around brush structure and channels.
Ft. Gibson: Elevation above average, water 82 and less than 1 ft. visibility. White bass good on in-line spinnerbait, sassy shad, spoons and topwater lures around creek channels, points and river channel. Blue catfish slow on shad below the dam.
