Sports

Despite the loss to Lawton, several El Reno High School football players moved up on the season statistics chart.

After going various directions following graduation, five El Reno High School shooting sports alums are once again breaking clay pigeons together under the same team banner.

Sisters Emma and Madison Patswald along with Aaron Broyles, Zac Johnson and Tucker Colby are now wearing orange and black as part of Oklahoma State University’s Shotgun Competition Team.

LAWTON – Two failed fourth-down conversion attempts and an interception kept El Reno High School’s football team out of the end zone and the win column in last week’s 33-20 loss to Lawton.

In the first meeting between the schools since 1961, the Wolverines, leading by a touchdown, fended off two fourth-down attempts by EHS before adding a late touchdown to secure the 13-point win.

Lawton (4-3) remains tied with Guthrie and Carl Albert for the District 5A-2 lead at 4-0. Meanwhile, El Reno slipped to 2-4 overall and 1-2 in the district standings with three games to play.

Despite putting up a double-digit shot total, Redlands Community College women’s soccer team dropped back-to-back NJCAA Region 2 outings.

The Cougars fell 2-0 in Miami to Northeastern Oklahoma A&M before dropping a 5-1 home match over the weekend to Rose State College.

The losses left RCC with a 1-13-2 overall record and a 1-11-1 mark in the region standings. The Cougars remain locked in the cellar with one match left.

In the loss to the Golden Norsemen, Redlands put up nine shots. Miya Ingram led the way with five, while Ashanti Lewis had four shots.

Coming off its first tournament win of the fall season, Redlands Community College women’s golf team took third place in the 36-hole Battle at Winter Creek.

Hosted by the University of Central Oklahoma, Redlands circled the Blanchard course to a three-day total of 954. The Cougars rounds of 318/309/327 came in behind Texas Wesleyan University (897) and Oklahoma City University (906).

Redlands bested Missouri’s Park University (968) by 14 shots, followed by the host (983) by 29 shots.

YUKON – The third time proved not to be the charm for Calumet High School’s baseball team as its archrival Fort Cobb-Broxton defeated the top-ranked Chieftains 6-1 to defend its Class B Fall State Baseball Championship for a third year in a row.

It was the third straight meeting in the Fall Classic between the two powerhouses, with Fort Cobb-Broxton holding the No.2 spot in the last regular-season state poll.

The Mustangs defeated CHS in the state semifinals in 2022 and in last year’s title game.

El Reno High School’s football team had some players move on the individual statistics charts despite last week’s shutout loss to Guthrie.
 

Isabelle Pina hunting with her dad in Calumet, harvested her first 10-point buck, shot with a crossbow.

She is the daughter of Megan and Juan Pina.

Ramping up toward the upcoming Class 5A regional meet, El Reno High School freshman Ethan Brooks spoiled a 1-2 finish attempt for a pair of Elgin runners on their home course.

Brooks posted a time of 16 minutes, 32.40 seconds to take the silver medal at the 2024 Elgin Invitational.

Brooks’ time was less than five seconds back of the Owls top runner and meet winner Zachary Williams (16:27.70), while beating EHS’ Ethan Jones (16:45) by over 13 seconds.

A second-place finish in league play helped net Union City High School five spots on the 2024 All-Southern Plains Conference fast-pitch softball team – including two superlative awards.

Senior Morgan Brothers was named the Pitcher of the Year, while junior Jaidyn Grandstaff earned the conference’s Most Valuable Player Award. Also named to the team were senior Skylar Morgan and sophomores Kamryn Cook and Mia Gambel.