Sports

Okarche High School’s girls basketball team reached the 20-win plateau for a second straight year with a 58-24 win over Canton in the title game of the Class A, Area 2, District 5 Championship.

After seeing his team squander a double-digit lead in their first meeting with Guthrie, which led to a three-point home loss, El Reno High School head basketball coach Rodney Haydon was determined to avoid a repeat.

Turnovers and defending the 3-point line turned out to be the thorn in the side of El Reno High School’s girls basketball team in last week’s 43-39 road loss to Class 5A’s seventh-ranked Guthrie in Suburban Conference action.

The EHS girls team will be at the 2023 Regional Wrestling Championships Monday and Tuesday in Mustang, with spots at state on the line.

After having its 12-game win streak snapped by Class 2A’s second-ranked Amber-Pocasset, Okarche High School’s girls basketball team closed out the regular season with a 54-40 win over Cashion. The Warriors, ranked seventh in the same Class 2A poll, improved to 19-5 on the season.

Okarche High School’s boys basketball team turned a double-digit steal count into a 20-6 scoring edge in points off turnovers en route to a 64-56 win over Class A’s 17th-ranked Cashion to close out the regular season.

Seven turnovers in the second period, three of those shot-clock violations, hampered Redlands Community College women’s basketball team last week in a 71-50 loss to Eastern Oklahoma State College.

A four-game losing streak has sent Redlands Community College men’s basketball team to the bottom of the NJCAA Region 2 standings following an 83-70 setback to Eastern Oklahoma State College.

Redlands Community College’s baseball team kicked off its 2023 season by winning three of four games against Oklahoma Christian University’s junior varsity squad. The Cougars split the first two games, winning 8-4 and losing by a close 4-2 margin.

It took two periods to shake off the rust of a long break but El Reno High School’s boys basketball team did just what it needed to do in its final game before reporting date for playoff seedings – win and in a convincing fashion.