MIDWEST CITY - Runners were greeted to warmer than expected temperatures here last week as the 2020 Suburban Conference Cross Country Championships netted a seventh-place finish for the El Reno High School boys team.
The Indians top five runners posted an overall time of one hour, 43 minutes and 56 seconds, with an average finishing time of 20:47.25 per runner over the 5-kilometer (3.11-mile) course at Carl Albert.
Traveling to Arkansas for a makeup meet, Redlands Community College’s cross country team got a chance to measure its progress against runners from several levels.
The 2020 Lions Club Bucks Overland Classic was held on the Mena Lions Disc Golf Course, hosted by the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain.
“It was a challenging and hilly course, but that didn’t stop our men from getting some personal records against schools from the NAIA, NJCAA and NCAA Division 2.
The 2020 August roadside quail observation survey shows the statewide quail index down from 2019, dropping from 2.88 to 1.68.
This is 68.48 percent below the 31-year average of 5.33, and 45.28 percent below the 10-year average of 3.07.
However, when evaluated by ecoregion, Oklahoma’s quail index went up over last year in five of the state’s nine ecoregions.
El Reno High School’s softball team, the No.2 seed, staved off two elimination games last week in the Class 5A, Region 4 Championships before falling in the title round to Guymon.
The Indians went 2-2 in the playoffs, losing both games to the Tigers by scores of 7-2 and 4-0. El Reno, which closed the season with a 15-22 record, was held to eight total hits in 14 innings against Guymon, the No.1 seed.
“Everyone in our regional was good and it was anyone’s game. We fell a little short and everything went right for Guymon,” said El Reno head coach Kylee Webb.
On the back of El Reno High School’s football helmets for the 2020 season are the words “Take the next step,” which according to head coach Chuck Atchison, comes Thursday night.
El Reno travels down U.S. 81 to take on Duncan in a game which now has district title implications for both teams.
“This game for Duncan, if they win, means the district title. After us they have Capitol Hill, Southeast and Altus and they will win all three of those games if they get played.
El Reno High School’s volleyball team has taken the court at the Jenks Simmons Field House annex a dozen times this season, but come Monday, it will be a different feel for the Indians.
Kristen Koehler’s team, ranked sixth in the final state poll, was awarded one of the four host sites on the west side of the state. The Indians will welcome 11th-ranked Glenpool along with Del City and Guymon for the Class 5A, Region 6 Championship.
El Reno High School’s football team was left without a game Friday night after Capitol Hill was hit with a case of COVID-19 which left the Red Wolves without enough players to take on the Indians in District 5A-1 action. The Indians will head south Thursday to take on Duncan.
For the second straight year, Piedmont has stolen a win from the grasp of El Reno High School’s volleyball team.
The Indians, ranked sixth in Class 5A, closed the regular season last week with a 3-2 loss to the No.8 Wildcats after squandering a two-game lead. Piedmont rallied for the five-set win by scores of 23-25/23-25/25-9/25-20/15-10.
El Reno heads into the playoffs with a 22-6 record, while Piedmont improved to 16-13. Both schools will be hosting regional championships on Monday as top seeds.
Three fall tournaments in the books and Redlands Community College’s golf team has brought back three championship titles, the latest coming last week with a 12-stroke victory at the Dornick Hills Classic.
The Cougars circled the famed course in Ardmore with a three-round total of 962, leading wire-to-wire over Texas Wesleyan University, which was second at 974. Redlands had team scores of 330/318/314.
The lights at Memorial Stadium will be off Friday night as El Reno High School's football game with Capitol Hill has been canceled. The decision to cancel the game was made late Monday.
Oklahoma City Public Schools informed El Reno Athletic Director Rodney Haydon by letter that a player on the Red Wolves squad had tested positive for COVID-19.
