Running is defined as the “act of a person, animal or thing that runs.”
El Reno High School football coach Russell Cook calls the ground game of his program by another term – bread and butter.
While basing the offense for the 2023 season out of the spread formation, Cook says moving the chains by foot will be the Indians calling card.
Running the ball may be the foundation of El Reno High School’s offensive attack for 2023, but for the Indians “Blue Crush” defense, it’s just the opposite.
“We’ve got to stop the run, which is something we didn’t do a good job of last year. We expect that is what people are going to try and do against us, so hopefully we can give them a taste of their own medicine,” said head coach Russell Cook.
It’s a win-win scenario for EHS if the run game is a priority.
There is little time to dwell on the negatives or bask in the positives from the first preseason scrimmage as El Reno High School’s football team is less than five days from the 2023 kickoff.
Known commonly as Zero Week, the Indians will play at Chickasha Friday night to open their 10-game regular-season slate under second-year head coach Russell Cook.
“We are going to focus on us each and every day in practice. We’re going to try and get better 1 percent each day. This is a non-district game and we would like to go get a win, but we are going to focus on us.
El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team had its four-game win streak snapped last week with an 11-1 setback to defending state champion Piedmont. The loss dropped El Reno to 4-2 on the season and 1-1 in the District 5A-2 standings.
The Indians are now fourth behind the Wildcats, Carl Albert and Noble – both visiting El Reno this week.
El Reno’s run in the loss to Piedmont came in the fourth inning. Jacy Little singled down the third-base line and moved to second on a sacrifice groundout by Ryah Hardy.
El Reno High School hosted its own early-season volleyball tournament over the weekend at Jenks Simmons Field House.
The Indians went 2-2 for the event and now sit at 2-3 for the season.
See Saturday’s edition for a complete wrap-up of the tourney.
While Elvis made the phrase TCB famous, it was El Reno High School’s softball team taking care of business in its District 5A-2 opener last week against Del City.
El Reno moved to 4-1 on the season with a 21-0 shutout of the Eagles, to extend the Indians win streak to four.
“We have been talking a lot about playing on our level and not down to the level of our opponent. I thought we did a good job of staying on our level,” said El Reno head coach Jason Little.
