Sports

El Reno High School’s powerlifting teams have found mixed results during the first meets of the 2024 season. The boys varsity squad placed three in the Little Axe Invitational, led by a gold-medal effort of 810 pounds from Jeremiah Ortiz in the 123-pound bracket.

Jacob Mayfield admits that keeping a zero in the loss column was not a preseason goal of his Calumet High School boys basketball team when the season started in November. “Sure, we wanted to win every game we played, but going undefeated was not a goal,” said Mayfield.

Calumet High School’s girls basketball team will charge into the postseason on a high note after snapping a seven-game losing streak with a 41-35 win over Gracemont in the Washita Valley Shootout. The win lifted the Chieftains to 2-20 on the season.

After having its 13-game win streak snapped by a four-point loss to Class 2A’s fourth-ranked Hennessey, Okarche High School’s boys basketball team rebounded with back-to-back wins.

Rotating two of its top three scorers due to an injury and foul trouble, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team used an abnormal lineup to produce another victory in a perfect season to date.

Any notions of a letdown after upsetting the district leader two days earlier were quickly laid to rest as El Reno High School’s boys basketball team posted a 68-30 wire-to-wire victory over Elgin.

El Reno High School assistant wrestling coaches (from left) Nick Brooks, Austin Mogg and Jaxen Gilmore react differently while yelling out instructions during a match at the recent Class 5A District 3 Championships.

Redlands Community College women’s basketball team jumped back into the win column last week with a 79-60 home victory over Northern Oklahoma College of Tonkawa.

Despite a feverish second-half rally, Redlands Community College men’s basketball team was handed its third straight league loss following an 87-86 loss to Northern Oklahoma College of Tonkawa. The loss dropped the Cougars to 10-11 on the season and 2-5 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.

With only six grapplers on the active roster, El Reno High School’s girls wrestling team has not won many duals this season after dropping a 42-24 decision to Noble last week on senior night.