Running like head coach Anthony Klipp called “a man,” El Reno High School freshman Ethan Brooks punched his ticket to the 2024 Class 5A Cross Country Championships in record fashion.
Brooks outkicked a pair of Guymon runners to win the 5A West Regional Championships with a career-best time of 15 minutes, 54.57 seconds over the 5K (3.1-mile) at Moore/Norman Technology Center.
“He ran like a man today,” said Klipp.
While admitting there are areas of growth still needed from the top chair down, El Reno High School head softball coach Bri Michalicka could not be prouder of her team’s effort in her first season at the helm.
“This season was a trial run and I was proud of the girls. There were a lot of positive moments but our record did not reflect our potential as a team and program,” said Michalicka.
El Reno went 15-15 overall and made the regional championship round of the playoffs before being eliminated by Guthrie. The Indians were fourth in the District 5A-2 standings.
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.
