Sports

ALTUS – Though snapping an 11-quarter offensive scoring drought, El Reno High School’s football team wound up on the short end of a 56-22 score in its District 5A-2 opener against Altus.

El Reno has now lost three games in a row to slip to 1-3 on the season. The Indians head into the toughest stretch of the district slate against Carl Albert, Guthrie and Lawton.

Russell Cook’s team got off to a fast start on the second play of the game when Antawan Grayson picked off a pass from Altus quarterback Jeymon Reed and returned it 66 yards for a touchdown.

Freshman right-hander Zoey Pawnee fell a hit and a walk shy of throwing back-to-back perfect games as El Reno High School’s softball team closed out league play with a sweep of Santa Fe South.

El Reno finished fourth in the District 5A-2 standings with a 5-5 record after winning its final three league outings. That run included shutout wins (12-0/14-0) over the St. Bernards.

In game one, Pawnee struck out the first three batters before allowing a walk to lead off the second inning. She lost the no-hitter with a single in the third but no SFS runners made it past second base.

El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team had its three-game win streak snapped over the weekend with a 13-5 non-district loss to 20-game winner Newcastle.

The setback dropped El Reno to 12-13 on the season.

The four hits for the Indians included doubles by Brailynn Pawnee and Taylor Acosta as the pair combined for three runs scored and a fourth driven in. Daisy Hall had a two-run single and Alyssa Duran added a one-bagger.

Redlands Community College goalie Jordan Wentworth gets both feet off the ground as she follows through on a goal kick in a recent match with Eastern Oklahoma State College.

See Saturday’s paper for a roundup of Redlands matches.

Brailynn Pawnee singled home a run in the bottom of the ninth inning as El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team threw a wrench into the District 5A-2 standings with a 5-4 win over Midwest City.

Pawnee’s single was the second straight walk-off hit by the Indians in a 24-hour period and dropped the Bombers into a tie with Guthrie for second place in the league standings.

El Reno High School’s volleyball team, ranked No.12 in Class 5A, had its two-match win streak halted last week with a 3-2 road loss to Newcastle in Suburban Conference action.

The 25-10/25-17/16-25/18-25/15-11 loss dropped El Reno to 13-11 on the season and 3-1 in league action and out of a first-place tie.

The Indians served at 90 percent and held a 13-9 edge in aces, led by Ava Felton and Jaida Richardson with four each.

Deyana Cookston and Brantlie Charmasson had two aces each and Daily Maples with one.

El Reno High School’s Lily Owen ran a personal best time to pace all El Reno High School runners at the 2025 Edmond Santa Fe Wolf Pack Run – one of the largest mid-season races.

Owen posted a time of 23 minutes and 10 seconds to place 40th overall.

She was one of 20 runners to cover the 5-kilometer (3.1- mile) course in the 23-minute range.

She surpassed her previous best 5K time of the season by a minute and 38 seconds and missed the top 35 by 10 seconds.

Six extra base hits over a three-game stretch helped push Okarche High School’s fast-pitch softball team into the playoffs on a two-game win streak.

The Warriors defeated Okeene (9-1) and Thomas/Fay-Custer (9-1) but fell to Garner (5-2) to close the regular season with a 17-13 overall record.

Callie Cramer posted two singles, a double, a triple and a home run.

Bella Hufnagel doubled and Lawson Geheb slugged two homers.

Cramer’s five hits led the team, while Kate Baustert and Chesney Black had three hits each.

Union City High School’s baseball team earned its highest ranking of the season last week, moving up to the No.8 spot in the latest Class A poll of the regular season.

The Tigers, now 18-10 overall, won three of four games to close out the regular season with the loss coming to Binger-Oney (2-1), the No.13 team in the same poll.

The wins were over Paden (7-0), Hydro-Eakly (8-4) and Sentinel (9-1).

Union City batted .256 (20-of-78) for the four-game stretch with a home run by Carson Biffle.

Redlands Community College’s soccer team hosted Eastern Oklahoma after a recent slate of road games.