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There are four slices of the District 5A-1 playoff pie still on the serving plate, and with two games left in the regular season, El Reno High School’s football team is still sitting at the main table ready to eat.

El Reno's team of freshman and sophomore players beat Carl Albert 24-7 last week.

One of the goals El Reno head coach Chuck Atchison has preached numerous times in practice and on game nights has been to change the overall culture around the Indians program. A culture that believes any football team, no matter what grade, can step out on the field any given night and compete.

No matter what level of play, every defender has that dream of recovering a football and running it into the end zone for the game-winning touchdown. El Reno senior Layton Hockersmith is no different. “I like being around the football for sure.

After seven games, El Reno High School’s football team has a legitimate shot at winning a district title for the first time since 2009, so the Indians are treating each of the final three games of the regular season with kid gloves. Even the ones expected to be a blowout on paper.