Sports

El Reno High School’s baseball team needed, but did not get, just one or two clutch hits in last week’s non-district clash with Class 6A’s Ponca City – which ended in a 2-0 loss to the Wildcats. The Indians had six base runners in the game and left five of those stranded on base.

Back-to-back setbacks will leave El Reno High School’s girls soccer team in sixth place in the final District 5A-2 standings following a 6-0 road loss to Carl Albert.

El Reno High School’s boys soccer team dropped its third straight match last week with a 3-0 setback to Carl Albert to end District 5A-2 action. The Indians slipped to 3-9 on the season and 1-6 in league play, leaving El Reno in seventh place.

El Reno High School’s track team found success with its relay teams and throwers at the 2023 Woody Bearden Invitational in Pauls Valley. The boys team placed seventh in the final standings with 22 points, aided in part by a fourth-place toss of 37 feet, 1 inch by R.J. Parker in the shot put.

El Reno High School tennis player Bri Barksdale reaches out to hit a return shot at the net during a recent doubles match at the Putnam City North Invitational. El Reno was scheduled to play Piedmont, weather permitting, this week in a dual at Legion Park.

Big timely hits carried El Reno High School’s baseball team to its second straight District 5A-1 sweep as the Indians scored 30 runs en route to victories over Guymon at the Hub Reed Complex.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Mixing up the lineup for the Putnam City North Tournament produced El Reno High School’s first team title of the 2023 tennis season. The El Reno girls won the doubles-only event after placing third or higher in all three divisions.

Union City High School base runner Tyler Norton tries to step on second base before getting tagged by a Southwest Covenant School infielder, who dropped the ball in the process. The two schools opened up the Class A, District 18 Championship being hosted by Union City.

El Reno High School’s golf teams continue to look for consistency in overall scoring after three events last week produced mixed results. The El Reno girls were sixth in the 2023 Suburban Conference Golf Championships, held in conjunction with the Carl Albert Invitational.

El Reno High School’s track team split meets recently, with the field events taking part in the 2023 Yukon Classic, while the runners headed north for the Langston Invitational. Eryn Roman Nose cleared the bar at 4 feet, 8 inches in the high jump but did not make the finals.