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Diving back into tourney play

Both El Reno High School basketball teams will put their unbeaten records on the line this weekend in the 2025 Anadarko Warriors Classic.It’s the second tourney of the season for EHS with both teams winning their first outings.
Jacob Nichols dives on the floor to grab a loose ball

RCC women dominate Oklahoma Wesleyan JV

Ten of the 11 players on its game roster scored as Redlands Community College women’s basketball team tuned up for the start of NJCAA Region 2 play with a 72-37 win over Oklahoma Wesleyan University's junior varsity.The victory was the second in a row for the Cougars, who improved to 7-4 on the...

Dozen score in Cougars rout

Twelve different players scored, seven of those in double digits, as Redlands Community College men’s basketball team closed out the non-conference portion of its schedule with a 68-point blowout.The Cougars logged a season-high point total in their 122-54 defeat of Texas-based Loyalty College Prep.

El Reno glides into ’25 with Owls sweep

A stalling technique backfired on Elgin as El Reno High School’s girls basketball team converted six first-period Owls turnovers, forced by its staunch half-court defense, into a 14-0 run.That break sparked a 65-35 victory as the Indians moved to 7-0 on the season and maintained a share of the...
Phallyn McHenry-Guzman (3) and Lilly Thomas (00) pressure an Elgin player into making a pass

Dunk the donut

El Reno High School’s boys basketball team has been dominating opponents in the paint over the first six games of the 2024-25 season.The Indians have scored 114 baskets in the paint off 51 percent shooting.Dunks have become an early calling card for El Reno, with at least two in each outing and 38...
Carter Roman Nose watches his dunk fall to the ground

Thiessen signs

Calumet High School senior Kyler Thiessen (seated center) took advantage of the early signing period to ink with Cowley County College based out of Arkansas City, Kan.The Tigers are a NJCAA Division I program playing out of Region 6.
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RCC women set to begin Region 2 play

When the Redlands Community College women’s basketball team jumps into NJCAA Region 2 play next week, it’s going to be a shootout from the first game to capture a postseason tourney berth.The Cougars are slated to open the 2025 portion of their schedule Tuesday at Oklahoma Wesleyan before kicking...
Allie Harris shoots a free throw

Redlands men ride high-paced offense to 11 wins before break

A high octane offense over the first half of the season has many thinking that the 2024-25 campaign could be the year the Redlands Community College men’s basketball team will make some postseason noise.Redlands made the NJCAA Region 2 postseason tournament five of the last seven years, but head...
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ER grapplers stampede into Kansas City

With a quick scan of the team field, it’s easy to see that the Kansas City Stampede has become one of the premiere early-season tournaments for high school wrestling in the Midwest.This year’s boys event drew 79 teams from 14 different states, with Oklahoma sending 10 squads including El Reno High...
Mason Hoffman posted a 4-2 mark in the main bracket at the Kansas City Stampede

El Reno girls place four in second tourney run

Although only five grapplers competed in the 2024 Kansas City Stampede, El Reno High School’s wrestling team netted four placers in the two brackets making up the girls field.There were 58 total teams in the event, with El Reno being one of the 11 schools and 13 squads from Oklahoma.
Claire Solansky
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