Sports

Hundreds turned out for the community-wide celebration for El Reno High School’s girls basketball team.     The championship trophy sits at center court with the scoreboard lights showing the year, the final score of the 5A title game over Sapulpa and EHS’ season record.

Spurred by three sub-50 scores on the front nine, the Indians golf team took ninth place out of 16 teams at the 2024 El Reno High School Girls Invitational.

It was a mixed bag of results over a 24-hour period for El Reno High School’s boys golf team last week, driven mostly by a shift in playing conditions. In near perfect playing conditions, the Indians carded a 337 team score to place third in the 2023 Weatherford Boys Invitational.

Following a big rally for a run-ruled pool victory over Weatherford, El Reno High School’s baseball team dropped a close 6-5 game to Class A’s 14th-ranked Laverne in cross-bracket play in the 2024 Kingfisher Invitational.

In the only scheduled home action of the season, El Reno High School’s tennis teams were competitive but dropped a varsity/junior varsity outing to Harding Charter by an 11-1 score at the Legion Park courts.

Junior Davin Shamblin threw a complete game and El Reno High School’s offense squeezed out a pair of runs to defeat Chickasha last week 2-1 in the U.S. 81 baseball rivalry. The Indians win snapped a four-game losing streak to the Chicks dating back to a split in 2019.

Following a quick start, El Reno High School’s boys soccer team allowed two unanswered goals in a 2-1 loss to Del City and remains in the cellar of the District 5A-2 standings.

Conley Knapp logged her second straight home hat trick last week as El Reno High School’s girls soccer team returned to District 5A-2 play with a 6-0 win over Del City. The victory kept El Reno tied for first in the league standings with Southeast and Carl Albert at 2-0.

Both El Reno High School tennis teams finished in the top five last week at the 2024 Suburban Conference Tennis Championships hosted by Shawnee. The girls tied for fifth place with two team points, while the boys scored five points to tie with Elgin. Carl Albert won both team titles.

Two meets into the 2024 schedule and El Reno High School’s track teams are starting to show slight improvements in times and distances in both running and field events.