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GUTHRIE – Completing a brutal opening salvo to the District 5A-2 race, El Reno High School’s football team suffered its third shutout loss of the 2025 season at the hands of state-ranked Guthrie.

The Bluejays, ranked fourth in the latest Associated Press Oklahoma High School Football Poll, remain tied for the district lead with a 42-0 decision over the Indians. It was the third straight league game for El Reno to face a team ranked in the top 10 of the AP poll.

DUNCAN - A six-game win streak spanning five years came to an end last week as Lawton MacArthur defeated El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team twice in the 2025 Class 5A Region 1 Championships.

El Reno had defeated the Highlanders 11-0 earlier this season and logged a 100-17 edge in runs scored over the win streak, dating back to 2020. Four of those wins came in the regional playoffs, two in 2023 and twice last season.

El Reno High School’s volleyball team closed out the regular season last week on a two-game losing streak after dropping a 3-2 decision to Class 5A’s No.11 Duncan.

El Reno, ranked No.14 in the same poll, headed into the regional round of the playoffs with an 18-13 season record.

The Indians took the first game 25-23 but dropped the next two games by a combined 16 points.

El Reno then forced a fifth game with a 25-19 victory in game four, but lost the tiebreaking fifth set 15-13.

Kaleb Thiessen has posted many highlight reel-worthy plays over the course of his high school career.

Yet the one play that showed just why Texas Tech showed interest in the Calumet High School senior and eventually landed his commitment came on the final pitch of the Class B State Championship game.

Okarche won the Class A state title with an 8-2 decision over Canute.

EDMOND – Seven defensive errors allowed Edmond Santa Fe to rally twice to defeat El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team 4-3 in the regular season finale for both schools.

El Reno slipped to 13-16 on the season with the one-run loss, its third of the year, and drops Bri Michalicka’s team to 3-7 against Class 6A programs.

The Indians were slated to join Lawton MacArthur (9-20) and host Duncan (25-9) for the Class 5A Region 1 Championship.

A strong serving effort by Carl Albert led the Titans to a 3-0 win over El Reno High School’s volleyball team and ended the Indians hopes of a tie for the 2025 Suburban Conference Championship.

The Titans, ranked No.7 in Class 5A, won the league title with a 6-0 record following the 25-21/25-16/26-24 decision. El Reno, ranked No.14 in the same poll, slipped to 18-12 on the year and into third in the conference standings at 4-2.

While drawing a small field, the inaugural El Reno High School cross-country meet brought about two team titles and three personal best marks for EHS runners.

The El Reno girls won gold with 24 points, while Chickasha (36) was second and Midwest City (69) third. There were four teams represented in the field.

El Reno’s Lily Owen set the course and meet record by running the 5,000-meter (3.1-mile) course through Adams Park in 22 minutes and 23 seconds – her personal record.

Freshman Raquel Seymour set her new personal best with a time of 23:21 to take second. 

The last four Class B state championships, between fall and spring seasons, have been decided between Calumet High School’s baseball team and archrival Fort Cobb-Broxton.

The fifth could be on the horizon.

Calumet, ranked second in the state, drew the No.2 seed for the 2025 Class B Fall State Baseball Championships after winning the Region 2 title with a sweep of No.16 Kiowa (12-0) and No.10 Tupelo (15-8).

Both Union City and Okarche High School’s fast-pitch softball teams reached the championship round of their respective Class A regional playoffs before seeing their seasons come to an end.

Union City, playing in the Region 3 Championships, defeated No.19 Pioneer-Pleasant Vale twice by scores of 7-2 and 13-12 but fell twice to third-ranked Canute (16-1/17-1).

The 2-2 split left the Tigers with a 25-11 overall record.