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OKLAHOMA CITY – While it was not the desired color, putting any medal around your neck at the state’s premiere high school wrestling event is an honor within itself.

El Reno senior Hunter Davidson became the school’s 73rd state placer after taking the Class 5A 157-pound silver medal at the 113th Annual Oklahoma State High School Wrestling Championships.

“It’s an awesome honor and Hunter had a good state tournament. He fell a little short in the finals but I’m still really proud of him,” said El Reno head coach Anthony McDonald.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Four 3-point baskets in the first period helped extend a record-setting season for Calumet High School’s boys basketball team at least one more game.

The top-ranked Chieftains defeated No.10 Varnum 75-55 in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Class B Boys Oklahoma State High School Basketball Championships inside the State Fair Arena.

Calumet improved to 30-0 on the season to tie the school record for the most wins in a single season.

The previous mark was set in 2019 at 30-2 by another Jacob Mayfield coached team which reached the Class B title game.

Throughout a handful of preseason scrimmages, El Reno High School’s baseball team has been using gains made by veteran players from last spring and summer and blending it with new players making the jump to varsity action.

El Reno was slated to open the 2024 spring season Friday at Capitol Hill before traveling to Kingfisher on Saturday. The Indians first home game is Monday against Shawnee in the District 5A-1 opener.

Okarche High School’s girls basketball team fell two wins shy of earning a repeat trip to the state tourney, losing 50-43 to No.11 Garber in the Class A, Area I consolation semifinals.

The Warriors went into the area round needing three wins to make state and took the first step with a 51-46 decision over No.15 Texhoma. The loss to Garber, however, ended Okarche’s season with a 20-11 record.

El Reno native Ashlyn Evans-Thompson posted back-to-back 20-point scoring nights as Redlands Community College women’s basketball team split a two-game road trip.

The Cougars fell to Seminole State College (66-52) before rebounding for an 83-71 win over Murray State College. The split left Redlands with an 18-8 overall record.

Unable to break free of its losing streak, Redlands Community College men’s basketball team slipped a spot in the latest NJCAA Region 2 standings after back-to-back road losses.

The Cougars fell to Seminole State College (86-80) and Murray State College (89-65) to extend Redlands losing streak to seven straight.

The losses dropped RCC to 2-11 in league play and into the eighth spot in the standings.

Redlands Community College’s baseball team secured bookend wins around back-to-back losses to split a four-game road set with Dallas College-Cedar Valley.

The split with the Suns left Redlands with a 4-15 overall record heading into NJCAA Region 2, Division 2 play against Northern Oklahoma College of Tonkawa.

Redlands scored 52 runs in the series with Cedar Valley, winning 10-4 and 18-6. The two losses were by 18-17 and 10-6 scores. The Cougars went 53-of-124 from the plate for a .427 average.

A 10-point run to close the first period gave Guymon a spark of hope against top-seeded El Reno High School’s girls basketball team in the Class 5A West Region 1 Championships.

It also awoke a sleeping giant.

El Reno erased a one-point deficit with a 26-0 run to open the second period and rolled to a 73-33 victory of the Tigers to remain unbeaten on the season at 24-0.

The Indians have now tied the school record for the most wins in a single season, a mark set during a state run in 2021-22.

While it took a game longer than desired, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team made its way back to the area round of the Class 5A playoffs for an 11th straight year after posting a 2-1 record in regional play.

El Reno defeated Lawton MacArthur 57-48 to win the Class 5A West Region 4 Consolation Championship and ended the Highlanders season.

El Reno High School had seven wrestlers competing in the 2024 Oklahoma State High School Wrestling Championships.

Brooklynn Huggins sets up a pinning move on Tulsa Union’s Ma’Kadrian Titus during a pigtail match.

Niko Gonzalez works through a leg lock move by Chickasha’s Clint Longanacre to set up a takedown in the quarterfinal round.