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Five players posted numbers in double figures as Calumet High School’s boys basketball team defeated Kremlin-Hillsdale 69-50 to win the Class B, Area I, Region A Championships.

The victory extended the Chieftains win streak to 23 games.

Fourth-ranked Calumet now takes a 25-1 record into the Area I championship game on Friday against No.8 Goodwell.

That game will be played in Woodward with the winner moving on to state.

El Reno High School’s baseball program held a pancake breakfast fundraiser recently.

More than 300 people were served pancakes and sausage, and in addition to decal and team hat sales, generated $3,200 for the program to use toward expenses.

Redlands Community College’s mascot tries to fire up the crowd during a recent home basketball game.

The face under the mascot is El Reno High School alum Campbell Eaton.

CALUMET – No matter the outcome of the regional finals, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team will be one of three Canadian County small schools automatically advancing to the area round of the postseason.

The Chieftains, ranked fourth in the state, secured the pass to area with a 74-47 win over 20th-ranked Lomega in the semifinals of the Class B, Area I, Region A Championships.

El Reno High School junior Pauline Black-Harmon mugs for the camera with head coach Jennifer Douglas as the two sort balloons marking Black-Harmon reaching 500 career rebounds during a recent game.

The post player has 504 career rebounds and is chasing LeeAnn Bezner’s school record of 656 caroms.

MUSTANG – The first tickets to the 2023 Oklahoma State High School Wrestling Championships were punched here last week for two El Reno High School grapplers.

Competing in the Girls West Regional, Kaylee Davis and Hannah Koen placed fifth or better in their weight classes to earn state spots. The pair combined for 43 of El Reno’s 54 points.

“I could not be prouder of those girls. From the moment their feet hit the ground on campus they started training and were 100 percent bought in. They embraced the process and trusted us coaches and worked their tails off every day.

It took six periods before the season series between El Reno High School’s boys basketball team and rival Bishop McGuinness ended in a non-amicable split on Valentine's Day.

The Irish scored the final three points to pull out a 74-72 double overtime victory and handed El Reno its second straight loss.

The Indians dropped a 59-33 road game to Class 4A’s top-ranked Kingfisher the night before.

El Reno was set to close out the regular season against the Oklahoma City Storm, a home-schooled program, which has beaten the Indians the past four seasons.

Meeting for a third time this season, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team had a love-hate type of contest with Bishop McGuinness on Valentine’s Day – one that did not end in heartbreak.

El Reno used an 18-1 run in the fourth period to shake off the upset-minded Irish and secure a three-game season sweep of McGuinness with a 56-34 non-conference victory.

“We got up big and then we just kind of thought we were going to stay up on them and relaxed a little bit and let them come back on us,” said sophomore guard Reagan Bugaj.

El Reno High School’s powerlifting teams kicked off the 2023 season recently with a pair of top 12 finishes at the Bethel Invitational held at the Heart of Oklahoma Expo Center in Shawnee.

The El Reno boys had three placers who produced 47 points to place the Indians 11th overall out of 20 schools.

Malachi Nicholson (181) led the effort with a first-place finish with a total weight of 1,190 pounds.

He won the squat with a lift of 455 pounds as well as the dead lift with a 510-pound effort. He added a 225-pound bench press.