Enjoying a week with a jump up in the district standings, El Reno High School’s baseball team took a step back after dropping two games to powerhouse Carl Albert.
The Indians took a brief 2-0 lead over the Titans in the home game at the Hub Reed Complex, only to allow 12 unanswered runs leading to a 12-2 run-rule loss. The two runs were the second most scored on Carl Albert in District 5A-1 games to date.
Space in the upper half of the District 5A-2 standings got a little more crowded as El Reno High School’s boys soccer team shut out Del City 2-0. The road win was the fifth shutout victory of the season for El Reno, which improved to 6-2 on the season.
The Indians also jumped three spots in the league standings into a tie for third place at 1-1. El Reno is tied with Classen SAS and Carl Albert for third, trailing Bishop McGuinness and Guymon by a game for first place.
El Reno High School’s girls soccer team snapped a three-match losing streak and climbed back into the District 5A-1 playoff picture with a 3-0 road win over Del City.
The Indians moved to 3-5 on the season with their third shutout victory. The win lifted El Reno to 1-1 in the district standings, tied with Guymon and Classen SAS for third place.
Lily Hayes sparked the offense with eight shots, four of those on frame, leading to a team-high two goals. Naomi Solis had the other goal off one of two shots, while Grisell Guzman and Haven Fleenor logged an assist each.
El Reno singles players MaeKenna Wyrick and Sergio Rosas combined to win 31 games over eight matches in the 2026 Guthrie Invitational.
The fields for both boys and girls were full of returning state qualifiers as the El Reno teams won a combined 71 games and each finished in 10th place.
Jacob Richey won nine games at No.2 singles, while the Indians No.2 doubles team of Kale Overholser and Kyler Graham won seven games.
In girls action, McKenzie Smith played No.2 singles, followed by the No.1 doubles team of Cali Mayo and Emma Resendiz, who won 12 games.
Getting an early look at the other course on tap to host a playoff event, El Reno High School’s golf teams posted a pair of top 10 finishes at the Class 5A Regional Preview.
Playing at the Oak Hills Country Club Course in Ada, which will host one of two regional tourneys later this month, the El Reno boys took sixth place with a round of 355 after posting no nine-hole score in the 50s for any of its five golfers.
Redlands Community College’s baseball team tuned up for a key weekend series in NJCAA Region 2, Division 2 play by dropping an 11-5 non-conference home game to Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College.
The loss to the Golden Norsemen, who play out of NJCAA Region 2, Division 1, left the Cougars with a 15-26 overall record.
Redlands was coming off a split with Northern Oklahoma College of Enid, losing to the Jets at home (11-1/17-5) but sweeping the road set by scores of 15-8 and 8-5.
After getting bumped from the top spot in the Class B rankings for the first time this spring, Calumet High School’s baseball team responded with wins over two ranked opponents within 24 hours.
Calumet moved to 8-4 on the season with an 18-6 blowout of Vici, ranked No.11 in Class B, and a 9-4 win over Class A-1’s third-ranked Arapaho Butler.
The Chieftains went 3-2 over their last five outings, all against ranked opponents, beating Colbert (4-2) and losing to Cashion (10-5) and Class A’s top-ranked Okarche (8-5).
El Reno High School’s trapshooting team narrowly missed a ninth trip to state in its 10th season of competing in the Oklahoma Scholastic Shooting Sports Program.
Competing in the North Regional Championships, one of two in the state, El Reno tied with Medford for ninth place with a team score of 182. The top eight squads earn state passes, with the cutoff being Pond Creek-Hunter with 186 points.
Shuffling lineups to cover missing players, El Reno High School’s tennis teams earned two top five finishes at the 2026 Elgin Owl Western Open, held at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center.
Jacob Richey, playing No.2 singles, was the highest placer in fourth following a 6-2/6-1 setback to Elgin’s Van Jameson in the third-place match. He defeated Woodward’s Cooper Gregory (6-2/4-6/10-6) in the quarterfinals but fell to Kingfisher’s J.P. Charqueno (6-2/6-1) to play for the bronze.
With lightning and rain bearing down on the Hub Reed Baseball Complex, Mother Nature made the final out in the El Reno bracket of the 2026 Kingfisher Festival.
Play was suspended with El Reno leading Altus 1-0 in the bottom of the fifth inning. The Indians had the bases loaded following a walk by Preston Ashford, a sacrifice bunt by Matthew Velarde, an error off an Austin Steffler pop-up and a fielder’s choice bunt by Coy Atkins.
Play was to resume after a 30-minute delay, but the Bulldogs opted to take the loss and head home.
