Sports

The Jenks Simmons Field House Annex was the site for the Eighth Annual El Reno Archery Tournament over the weekend.The event hosted 760 archers representing 40 schools and is the first of two qualifying events for state that El Reno will host.El Reno High School was runner-up to Lawton MacArthur,...

Overcoming a dismal shooting night from the 3-point arc, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team extended its regular-season winning streak to 31 games in a row with a 27-point win over Hinton.The Chieftains, ranked second in the state in Class B, moved to 6-0 on the season with a 71-44 decision...

Held to a season-low 10 points in the second half, Okarche High School’s girls basketball team had its two-game win streak snapped last week with a 38-31 loss to Oklahoma Bible Academy.The Warriors, ranked 12th in Class A, fell to 3-2 overall with the loss to OBA, which held the No.8 spot in the...

El Reno High School landed two players on each of the three teams voted on by member coaches to make up the 2024 All-Suburban Conference Volleyball Team.The Indians were coming off a 13-17 season which saw the team win its final three regular-season matches before losing out in the Class 5A...

Okarche High School Guard Squad members Bailey Bomhak (left) and Kaytlin Steelman cheer with other squad members during a timeout at a recent home basketball game.

The time to celebrate the Class 5A state championship is over because the hunter has now become the hunted.El Reno High School’s girls basketball team will kick off the 2024-25 season Tuesday night at home with Guymon as the No.1 team in the majority of preseason polls.So has the hunted changed its...

OKARCHE – Rotating between a half- and full-court pressure defensive scheme, Okarche High School’s girls basketball team shook off the rust from the Thanksgiving break with a 54-17 victory over Coyle.The 37-point win was the second in a row for Okarche, which improved to 3-1 on the year.

OKARCHE – Aggressive play on both ends of the floor from the opening tipoff allowed Okarche High School’s boys basketball team to remain undefeated on the season.The Warriors moved to 4-0 on the year with a 93-42 decision over Coyle.

Missouri-based Crowder College completed a two-game sweep of Redlands Community College women’s basketball team last week, defeating the visiting Cougars 74-59.Crowder, which plays out of NJCAA Region 16, defeated Redlands by 14 points in their meeting in Oklahoma two weeks ago.

One advantage of running the same system each year is the ability to plug in new players to the lineup with little or no lost momentum from the previous season.“We have a system and everyone knows that system. It’s been here for years and we run it throughout the summer and in everything we do.