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El Reno High School’s football team (2-5) has three games left in the regular season.

The Indians were slated to play John Marshall at Memorial Stadium.

Here is the latest Associated Press’ Oklahoma High School Football Poll. Records through Oct. 21.

El Reno Tribune Sports Editor Glen Miller is a voting panel member.

Class 6A-I
Place/Team (Rec) Previous
1. Bixby (7-0) 1
2. Jenks (6-1) 2
3. Owasso (5-2) 3
4. Broken Arrow (5-2) NR
5. Mustang (5-2) NR
Others receiving votes: 6, Edmond Memorial 5. 7, Norman 4.

Redlands Community College women’s soccer team closed out the regular season with a 2-0 win over Northeastern Oklahoma A&M at Memorial Stadium.

The Cougars made the NJCAA Region 2 Championships for the first time since 2018 and play Thursday (10/30) in Enid.

Two long scoring plays in the second half and a fourth-down stop by the defense secured El Reno High School’s football team’s 30-22 win over Lawton and snapped a five-game losing streak.

El Reno, in just its second meeting with the Wolverines since 1961, moved to 2-5 on the season with the eight-point victory and climbed back into the playoff hunt at 1-3.

The Indians are now tied with Noble for fifth place in District 5A-2.

Both El Reno and Noble trail Lawton (2-2) by a game and a half for the fourth and final 5A-2 playoff spot, but each have defeated the Wolverines.

While three games remain in the regular season, the path to the postseason has never been more clear for El Reno High School’s football team.

In fact, the answer to a recent question I fielded, “Can El Reno still make the playoffs?” can be answered in just one word – win.

El Reno High School collected three medals and a sixth-place team finish from the boys at the 2025 Suburban Conference Cross Country Championships.

Running in Shawnee, the boys posted 139 points to finish three points back of Del City for fifth. The effort was led by sophomore Abraham Scarritt, who took 10th place on the 5,000-meter course, earning All-Suburban Conference honors, with a time of 18 minutes and 34.54 seconds.

Shannon Russell got an all-conference nod with his 27th-place time of 20:20, followed by Dominick Steinbruck (21:28) in 38th place.

El Reno High School volleyball player Victoria Ibarra digs up a shot from the back row during the Indians playoff match with Suburban Conference rival Guthrie.

The Indians defeated the Bluejays in three games but were eliminated by Oklahoma Christian School.

See Wednesday’s edition for a playoff wrapup.

CALUMET – Cody Thiessen has a coaching philosophy that may seem harsh on the outside at first, but if you follow Calumet High School’s baseball team long enough, you’ll see it’s a proven winner.

Capping off a four-game road swing, Redlands Community College women’s soccer team was shut out by Rose State 2-0 as the Raiders swept the NJCAA Region 2 series over the Cougars.

Redlands was coming off a 4-0 win over Connors State, which gave the season series to the Cougars – both by shutouts.

The split left the Cougars with a 1-3 mark on the road trip and a 6-6-1 overall record.

Redlands dropped to 4-6 in the overall Region 2 standings for sixth place.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Be it the third try or even the fifth, Calumet High School’s baseball team feels its first-ever state title is nothing but a charm, says head coach Cody Thiessen.

“It took us a while but it’s still a charm with this being the first one for the school and the town. Hard work pays off. These guys have sacrificed so much and worked so hard to be in these situations.

“It’s not like we are new to the situation (state title games), it’s just we've finally overcome and got the win in this game,” said Thiessen.