Redlands Community College men’s basketball team dropped two of three games in recent NJCAA Region 2 action, which left the Cougars tied for sixth place.
The losses were to Murray State College (68-47) and Western Oklahoma State College (89-74), with the win over Northern Oklahoma College of Tonkawa (79-68).
The Cougars dropped to 10-11 on the season and 2-5 in the regional standings, tied with Eastern Oklahoma State College.
The third time proved to be the charm as El Reno High School’s girls basketball team knocked off two ranked teams in Class 6A en route to the championship at the 2023 Shawnee Invitational.
El Reno, ranked fourth in Class 5A, improved to 12-3 on the season with the three-game sweep, extending its current win streak to five games. The Indians defeated Ardmore 63-26 in the first round, then rallied from 10 points down in the first half to defeat Class 6A’s 15th-ranked Mustang 45-39.
The day after snapping a three-game losing streak, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team posted what head coach Rodney Haydon called a “huge win” with a 71-56 decision over Class 6A’s fifth-ranked Choctaw.
The win came in the consolation finals of the 2023 Shawnee Invitational and avenged a one-point loss to the Yellowjackets in the finals of the Harrah tourney in December.
An oversight in the weight assessment process will cost El Reno High School’s wrestling team a trip to the Class 5A Dual State Championships set for next month in Enid.
“We are not going to dual state,” said El Reno Superintendent Matt Goucher.
El Reno, the top-ranked team in Class 5A, won the District 3 Championship outright with victories over Woodward, Southeast and second-ranked Elgin.
The eight district champions across Oklahoma earn a spot in the dual state quarterfinals.
After having a two-year run at the Class 5A Dual State Championships halted on its home mat last year at the hands of Elgin, El Reno High School’s wrestling team returned the favor.
The top-ranked Indians traveled down the H.E. Bailey Turnpike to secure the District 3 Championships with a 3-0 record following a 43-33 win over the second-ranked Owls.
The win lifted El Reno to 8-2 on the season and punched its ticket to dual state, set for Feb. 10-11 in Enid.
The Indians have won 11 dual state titles, the last coming in 2007.
Two days after beating Elgin to win the Class 5A, District 3 title and clinching a spot at dual state, El Reno High School’s wrestling team lost a close battle with the Owls at the 57th Annual Malcolm Wade Invitational.
The event, hosted by Carl Albert, featured 22 teams, with Elgin taking the team title with 223 points. El Reno was second with 218 points and Lawton MacArthur third with 215.5 points. Carl Albert (205) and Duncan (155) rounded out the top five.
With both the interior and transition offense working smoothly, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team remain in the Suburban Conference title talk with a 57-45 win over No.15 Guthrie.
El Reno, ranked fourth in the same Class 5A poll, moved to 9-3 on the year with the 12-point win over the Bluejays. The Indians are 3-1 in the league standings and in second place behind Piedmont.
Alex Elizondo’s 3-pointer at the buzzer sailed long as El Reno High School’s boys basketball team dropped its second straight Suburban Conference game 67-64 to No.14 Guthrie.
El Reno, now 9-3 on the season, slipped three spots to No.7 in the same Class 5A poll heading into the Shawnee Invitational.
The Indians are now 2-2 in the league standings.
Hunter Mueggenborg hit three of four late free-throw attempts and Easton Roby added one free throw as Okarche High School’s boys basketball team avenged one of its earlier losses with a 63-60 home win over Hennessey. The Warriors, ranked sixth in Class A, improved to 15-2 on the season.
Okarche was coming off a 90-41 win over Thomas/Fay-Custer and battled through more than a dozen ties and lead changes in the first half with Hennessey before outscoring the Eagles 30-27 over the final two periods.
It took four overtimes before Union City High School’s girls basketball team defeated Geary 71-69 in Washita Valley Conference action to improve to 9-7 on the season.
The Tigers, now 2-4 in the WVC standings, were coming off a 58-39 non-conference loss to Burns Flatt-Dill City.
In that loss, Bree Goad scored a team-high 12 points, followed by Emily Griggs with 11. Mackinzie DeLong scored five points, while Megan Goad and Oceanna Schranz added four points each.
Warriors on win streak
