Sports

While some of the names and faces may be changing from last year’s run to the Class 5A state championship game, the expectations of El Reno High School’s girls basketball program will not.

Only a prearranged five-run scoring limit per inning kept El Reno High School’s varsity 1 baseball team from posting an even larger winning margin in last week’s home series with Putnam City.

CALUMET – Seeing his new players in action for the first time since taking over Calumet High School’s baseball program, Cody Thiessen guided the Chieftains to a 2-1 record in a scaled-down summer schedule.

CENTRAL Arcadia: June 20. Elevation is 1 ft. above normal, water temperature 82°F and stained. Channel catfish excellent on punch bait, worms around dam, riprap and shallows. Largemouth bass fair on bill baits, buzz baits, lipless baits, plastic baits around riprap, rocks and standing timber.

With a pair of runners in scoring position, freshman Mason Fulton struck out the final batter on four pitches to earn his first save of the summer season as El Reno High School’s varsity 1 baseball team defeated Heritage Hall.

After rains played havoc with on-field workouts during spring drills, El Reno High School head coach Russell Cook was not going to let Mother Nature get summer as well.

Both El Reno High School varsity summer baseball teams got their first wins of the season in Red Dirt League action last week after sweeping a road twinbill against Destiny Christian. The Indians varsity 1 squad improved to 1-1 in the RDL Wooden Bat Division behind a 21-4 declawing of the Wildcats.

El Reno High School was represented by five graduates at the 2022 Oklahoma Soccer Coaches Association’s Class 5A All-State Soccer Games, played this year at Tulsa Bishop Kelley. The West team defeated the East 2-0 in the girls match, one of those goals coming from EHS’ Caroline Huber.

UNION CITY – Trying out a new line of metal bats, Union City High School’s summer baseball team flirted with a double-digit hit total en route to a home win over Watonga.

CENTRAL Arcadia: June 13. Elevation 1 ft. below normal, water 79 and stained. Largemouth bass fair on buzz baits, flukes and jigs around riprap, shallows, shorelines and standing timber. Black and white crappie good on jigs, minnows and PowerBait around the dam and docks.