Sports

Body Fred Slaughter has spent hundreds if not thousands of hours walking the basketball court inside Jenks Simmons Field House as either an assistant coach or fulfilling his duties as assistant athletic director.

Body If you don’t favor the sports pages, you might have missed the girls wrestling team saga at Edmond North High School. And you perhaps have not given deep thought to its significance.

Body El Reno High School’s basketball teams went into last week’s home finales against Santa Fe South in the top two spots in the District 5A-1 standings.The boys defeated the St. Bernards 15-0 via a forfeit due to illness and ineligible players at the OKC school.

Body El Reno High School’s powerlifting teams recently took part in the Bethel Wildcats Invitational, with the boys squad taking fifth place in the Large School Division with 78 points.

Body For the first time since Aaron West returned to Okarche High School in 2012, the Warriors completed the rare double-double championship of the Three Rivers Conference.

Body Second-half turnovers on offense plagued Calumet High School in a regular-season 59-44 loss to Shattuck.The Chieftains slipped to 6-17 for the season.

Body Using a 21-point third period, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team pulled away from Lawton MacArthur for a 60-37 road win that secured a home regional for the defending Class 5A state champions.

Body A record-setting season which has already produced the program’s longest winning streak in two decades added yet another first for El Reno High School boys basketball and head coach Rodney Haydon.

Body Katie Parham knocked down a trio of 3-pointers as Okarche High School’s girls basketball team won its second straight game with a 49-34 decision over Minco.The Warriors, ranked 20th in Class A, improved to 16-8 on the season.Parham was the top scorer for Okarche with 17 points.

Body Kingston Arnold hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer as Calumet High School’s boys basketball team retained the crown from the 2025 Washita Valley Conference Shootout for a fourth straight year.The Chieftains, ranked No.