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What seemed a distant target date at the end of spring drills in May has become a quickly approaching fact of life. Football season is almost here. “We will start two-a-day drills at 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 7,” said El Reno head coach Russell Cook.

Carrying a two-year win streak into the 2023 Smoke on the Water Drag Boat Races, El Reno’s Matt Miller wanted nothing more than to take the checkered flag once again in his signature event – Pro Stock.

NORTHEAST Birch: July 15. Elevation is 2 ft. below normal and stable, water temperature 80°F and stained. Crappie fair on minnows around brush structure. Largemouth and spotted bass fair on plastic baits around creek channels and standing timber.

This is the second story in a recap of El Reno High School’s baseball team's work over the summer.

After guiding El Reno High School’s wrestling program back from the brink of extinction, Coach Tyrone Lewis has resigned his position and is headed back to the college ranks.

For two seasons Josh Finnigan has served as crew chief for Matt Miller and his child, Radley, as the father-daughter duo race on the Southern Drag Boat Association series. However, this year the crew added a new member who has made the trips to Texas even more of a family affair.

NORTHEAST Birch: July 9. Elevation is 2 ft. below normal and stable, water temperature 80°F and stained. Blue and channel catfish fair on cut bait around channels and points. Crappie fair on jigs and minnows around brush structure.

This is the first of a two-part series recapping the summer baseball season for El Reno High School. Consistency in the key basics of the game is what El Reno High School baseball coach Keith Hill was looking for during the month-long Red Dirt Summer League.

Losing players to graduation is nothing new to Kristen Koehler, but even the veteran El Reno High School volleyball coach can see the 2023 season will be a different venture.

Pictured are the youth along with players and coaches who took part in last month’s El Reno High School’s Baseball Skills Clinic at the Hub Reed Complex. Campers learned tips for better running, hitting, fielding and throwing.