TULSA – While the outcome fell short of expectations, El Reno High School’s cheerleading squad improved in its second trip to the Class 5A Game Day State Championships.
“I’m excited that we got there. I think 5A is really hard to compete in. It’s really hard competition, but we did improve,” said El Reno head coach Jacqueline Smith.
El Reno placed 14th out of 15 teams to make the state field, competing at Tulsa Union.
Calumet High School’s boys basketball team is showing its offensive firepower early in the season after defeating Lookeba-Sickles 106-25.
The defending Class B state champion has outscored its first two opponents this season 202-82 to move to 2-0.
Calumet extended its current win streak to 11 games dating back to last year.
Hunter Mayfield was one of four players in double digits for Calumet with 21 points, followed by Brynston Fletcher and David Walling with 16 points each and Kaleb Thiessen with 13 points.
Calumet High School’s girls basketball team moved to 2-0 on the season for the first time since 2022 with a 64-54 road victory over Lookeba-Sickles.
The Chieftains were led in scoring by Hayden Mayfield with 20 points, followed by Randi Upchego with 17 points and Lila Winegeart with 13.
Union City 47, Binger-Oney 33
Union City’s defense held the Bobcats to single-digit scoring in three of four periods, while its offense flipped the script to jump back into the win column by a 47-33 margin.
Redlands Community College runners battled through freezing temperatures and snow recently to earn placings at the 2025 NJCAA Division II National Cross Country Championships in Iowa.
The Redlands men placed 35th as a team with 900 total points on the 8,000-meter course, led by Andres Mandujano.
The freshman posted a time of 27 minutes and 29.5 seconds to place 18th overall out of more than 300 runners.
Mandujano was just four seconds out of the top 15 and 17 seconds back of 10th place.
From the sidelines they supported El Reno High School through the heat, rain and cold of the 2025 football season, but now it’s their turn to switch spots and take the field.
El Reno’s cheerleading squad will compete in the 2025 Oklahoma Secondary School Activity Association's Class 5A Game Day State Championships Saturday at Tulsa Union after placing 15th in the regional round.
It’s the second time in three years for El Reno to make state.
“That’s not bad at all and I’m very proud of the girls,” said EHS cheerleading coach Jacqueline Smith.
Both El Reno High School basketball teams were home last week for preseason scrimmages, with the boys hosting Putnam City.
The girls welcomed in both Edmond and Enid to the Jenks Simmons Field House Annex.
One second and two free throws kept Redlands Community College men’s basketball team out of the win column for a second straight outing.
Neosho County College, based out of Kansas, drew a foul with a second left on the clock and made both free throws to cap off a rally over the Cougars 80-78.
Redlands slipped to 2-3 on the season with the loss and 1-2 at home after squandering a 41-30 halftime lead. The Cougars trailed early but used a pair of 10-0 runs over the last 10 minutes of the first half to build that 11-point margin.
Redlands Community College women’s basketball team kicked off a tough four-game road swing with an 89-35 blowout of Southwestern Christian University’s junior varsity squad.
The Cougars have won three straight games to improve to 3-1 on the season.
Redlands made 33-of-74 shots for 45 percent including seven 3-pointers off 24 percent shooting. The Cougars were 16-of-22 from the free-throw line for 73 percent.
It took only a few minutes for El Reno High School’s football team to dash any notions of a letdown after being eliminated from the playoffs a week earlier.
El Reno closed out its 2025 campaign with a 54-0 shutout of Western Heights to finish with a 4-6 overall record.
The shutout was the third in a row over the Jets and the seventh in the series dating back to 1972.
El Reno has now won seven straight games over Western Heights and closed the District 5A-2 race in fifth place with a 3-4 record.
Extending its winning streak over its cross-county rival, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team pushed five players into double digits in a 98-57 win over Union City.
With the season-opening win, the Class B’s defending state champion has won 12 straight games over the Tigers under head coach Jacob Mayfield.
Union City slipped to 1-1 on the season.
Calumet scored 20-plus points in all four periods including 29 in the second period to secure a 51-21 halftime lead.
