Sports

Redlands Community College’s basketball teams suffered first-round losses in the 2024 NJCAA Region 2 Championships held in Muskogee. The Redlands men lost to top-seeded Connors State College 107-67 to end the season with an 11-20 overall record. The Cougars dropped 11 of their final 13 games.

There were many firsts logged into the record books during the El Reno High School girls basketball team’s historic run to the Class 5A state championship. First-ever undefeated record for EHS girls basketball at 28-0. First-ever state championship in girls basketball.

The Hub Reed Complex is usually a main hub for the annual Union City Spring Break Festival, but with El Reno High School on a different break schedule than the host, games at the HRC were trimmed down.

Redlands Community College’s baseball team snapped a 10-game losing streak with a 12-6 win over Carl Albert State College to avoid being swept by the Vikings.

Nazhoni Sleeper is a young woman of God. The senior is also the starting point guard for El Reno High School’s state championship girls basketball team and will have the privilege of playing the sport at the next level at Seminole State College.

El Reno High School held a downtown parade last week to honor its girls basketball team which brought home the program’s first-ever state championship. It was the first basketball title won by either the boys or girls programs in 71 years.

Dominating the time of possession and touches in the middle part of the pitch, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team picked up its second straight win with a 6-2 decision over the Oklahoma City Storm. El Reno moved to 2-1 on the season with the wire-to-wire victory over the home-schooled program.

After logging seven goals in the win over Tuttle, El Reno High School’s boys soccer team’s offense has dried up as far as shots finding the net. El Reno slipped to 1-3 on the season with a 4-0 home loss to the Oklahoma City Storm.

Kingfisher scored 13 runs in the first four innings, then held off a late rally by El Reno High School’s baseball team to hand the Indians their first loss of the 2024 spring season, 15-12. El Reno slipped to 5-1 on the season with the non-district loss to the Yellowjackets.

Calumet High School’s baseball team, Class B’s state runner-up in the fall, kicked off its spring schedule last week with a 16-6 win over Lomega. The Chieftains are ranked second in the state in the first spring poll behind Fort Cobb-Broxton, which defeated CHS in the fall championship.