Sports

In the statistics book, El Reno High School’s volleyball team had the 2020 season end with a 3-1 loss to No.11 Glenpool in the title match of the Class 5A, Region 6 Championship.

MIDWEST CITY - Runners were greeted to warmer than expected temperatures here last week as the 2020 Suburban Conference Cross Country Championships netted a seventh-place finish for the El Reno High School boys team.

Traveling to Arkansas for a makeup meet, Redlands Community College’s cross country team got a chance to measure its progress against runners from several levels.

The 2020 August roadside quail observation survey shows the statewide quail index down from 2019, dropping from 2.88 to 1.68. This is 68.48 percent below the 31-year average of 5.33, and 45.28 percent below the 10-year average of 3.07.

El Reno High School’s softball team, the No.2 seed, staved off two elimination games last week in the Class 5A, Region 4 Championships before falling in the title round to Guymon. The Indians went 2-2 in the playoffs, losing both games to the Tigers by scores of 7-2 and 4-0.

On the back of El Reno High School’s football helmets for the 2020 season are the words “Take the next step,” which according to head coach Chuck Atchison, comes Thursday night. El Reno travels down U.S. 81 to take on Duncan in a game which now has district title implications for both teams.

El Reno High School’s volleyball team has taken the court at the Jenks Simmons Field House annex a dozen times this season, but come Monday, it will be a different feel for the Indians.

El Reno High School’s football team was left without a game Friday night after Capitol Hill was hit with a case of COVID-19 which left the Red Wolves without enough players to take on the Indians in District 5A-1 action. The Indians will head south Thursday to take on Duncan.

For the second straight year, Piedmont has stolen a win from the grasp of El Reno High School’s volleyball team. The Indians, ranked sixth in Class 5A, closed the regular season last week with a 3-2 loss to the No.8 Wildcats after squandering a two-game lead.

Three fall tournaments in the books and Redlands Community College’s golf team has brought back three championship titles, the latest coming last week with a 12-stroke victory at the Dornick Hills Classic.