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Honoring its wrestling history, seeking more gold

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El Reno High School’s wrestling program has a combined 22 state team titles between dual state and the Oklahoma State High School Wrestling Championships.

In the past, 43 EHS grapplers have amassed 75 individual championships and the program recognized over two dozen of those former wrestlers during its annual Alumni Night before the duel with Comanche.

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El Reno girls earn bounce-back victory over Del City

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Bouncing back from a loss in its second tournament finale appearance of the season, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team went on the road to defeat Class 5A’s 17th-ranked Del City 51-39.

The win kept El Reno, ranked fourth in the same 5A poll, in the hunt for the Suburban Conference title at 2-1.

The Indians are second in the league standings behind Piedmont (1-0), while Shawnee and Del City are 0-1.

Noble, Carl Albert and Guthrie have yet to start league play.

Nazhoni Sleeper drives around a defender

Calumet snaps two-game slide with blowout of Gracemont

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Scoring in double digits for all four periods, Calumet High School’s girls basketball team uncorked its second highest point total of the season en route to a 65-18 home win over Gracemont.

The win snapped a two-game losing streak as the Chieftains improved to 10-6 on the season. Calumet remained in the thick of the Washita Valley Conference title chase with the 47-point win, which left CHS with a 5-1 record.

Calumet scored no fewer than 13 points in any quarter after opening with a 20-4 blitz over the first eight minutes.

Calumet’s Allie Harris shoots

Hot shooting Eagles keep streak over Indians intact

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Since joining the Suburban Conference four seasons ago the Del City Eagles have been the thorn in the side of El Reno High School’s boys basketball team, a trend which continued last week.

In a battle of top five teams in Class 5A, the third-ranked Eagles logged their seventh straight win over El Reno, 69-53, to kick start their league slate.

“They are good and that is all there is to it. They played and shot the ball about as good as you can and we didn’t.

“You cannot beat anyone if you don’t play up to your potential.

Carter Roman Nose scored 13 points in the Del City loss

El Reno matmen stunned by Comanche

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More than a dozen former grapplers were stunned last week as El Reno High School’s top-ranked wrestling team gave up 40 straight points to Class 3A’s sixth-ranked Comanche en route to a 43-34 loss on Alumni Night.

The setback snapped a four-match win streak and dropped El Reno, ranked No.1 in Class 5A, to 7-2 on the season and 6-2 inside Jenks Simmons Field House.

El Reno jumped out to a commanding 34-3 lead after Terry Guzman (106), Foxx Kurtz (113), Kylar Kurtz (126) and Will Heger (144) earned forfeit wins.

Spencer Davidson tries a pinning move on Logan Bair

Calumet offense tames Lions

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Calumet High School’s boys basketball team cranked up its offensive game plan last week as the Chieftains downed Gracemont 82-33 in a return to Washita Valley Conference action.

Jacob Mayfield’s team cracked the 70-point barrier for the 13th time this season in the 49-point blowout. It’s the 10th time for the Chieftains to score 75 or more points.

Calumet, ranked seventh in Class B, improved to 15-1 on the season with its 13th straight win. The Chieftains remain atop the WVC standings at 6-0.

Caleb Meschberger puts up a shot

Senior Reveles earns MVP award as Indians double up Highlanders

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ANADARKO – Senior James Reveles, the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, was one of three players in double digits as El Reno High School’s boys basketball team defeated Class 5A’s 13th-ranked Lawton MacArthur 67-33 to win the 2023 Anadarko Warriors Classic.

El Reno, ranked fourth in Class 5A, was making its second straight tournament championship appearance but claimed its first trophy.

The Indians are winners of four in a row and are now 9-1 after beating Capitol Hill (92-35) and Cache (64-37).

 James Reveles twists his body backward to shoot a basket

Lawton MacArthur hits late free throw to pull out one-point win

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ANADARKO – Reagan Bugaj’s one-handed 3-pointer at half-court sailed wide left as El Reno High School’s girls basketball team suffered a 51-50 loss to Class 5A’s 12th-ranked Lawton MacArthur in the finals of the 2023 Anadarko Warriors Classic.

El Reno, ranked fifth in Class 5A, was making its second tournament championship game this season but settled for runner-up again with the one-point loss. The Indians are now 7-3 on the year after beating Capitol Hill (64-15) and Chickasha (52-42) to make the finals.

Reagan Bugaj uses her body to protect the ball

El Reno grapplers cage Bluejays, take first steps toward District 5A-3 title

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El Reno High School’s wrestling team passed its biggest classification test of the season last week, defeating fourth-ranked Guthrie Bluejays 51-27.

The Indians, who hold the top spot in the same Class 5A poll, earned their first win of the year against a team on the same classification and fourth against a top 15 squad in five tries.

Guthrie led only once with a 5-0 win over EHS’ Terry Guzman (106) before El Reno got a forfeit win at 113 pounds from Foxx Kurtz.

Kylar Kurtz (120) followed with a 1:06 fall over Allyn Orndoff.

Will Heger, right, sweeps at the back leg of Guthrie’s Braden Hall

Calumet boys rope title in Longhorns Classic; Okarche, Tigers claim tourney hardware

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For the fifth time in six years, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team returned from the Alex Longhorn Classic with the championship trophy after defeating Class A’s 15th-ranked Cyril 58-48.

Calumet, ranked seventh in Class B, improved to 14-1 on the year with its 12th straight win. The Chieftains defeated Riverside Indian School’s junior varsity (90-28) and Mountain View-Gotebo (74-34) to reach the finals.

Over the three-game set, Calumet scored 222 points, 74 per game, while allowing 110 total or 36.6 per outing.

Kyler Thiessen tries to chase down a full-court pass
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