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Paige Primeaux has shot and made hundreds of baskets inside Jenks Simmons Field House over her El Reno High School career.

However, all those shots fall short in comparison to the one she took in the Indians regular-season finale against the Oklahoma City Storm.

No, it wasn’t a buzzer-beater attempt to win the game. It was just a simple shot from under the basket on the opening play of El Reno’s double-digit win over the home-school team.

What spoke volumes about the shot was the whirlwind journey Primeaux had been through the previous 72 hours.

Head coach Tyrone Lewis will have his second largest contingent on the mats this weekend as seven El Reno High School grapplers qualified for the 2022 Class 5A State High School Wrestling Championships.

Competing out of the recent Class 5A West Regional in Duncan, fifth-ranked El Reno placed second overall in the team race with 175.5 points. Eighth-ranked Guthrie rallied past EHS in day two of the regional to win the team title with 211 points.

Elgin (163.5), Lawton MacArthur (161.5) and Carl Albert (156) rounded out the top five of the 16-team field.

El Reno High School’s baseball team scrimmaged North Rock Creek and Minco last week at the Hub Reed Complex.

El Reno High School’s boys powerlifting team took fifth place at the 2022 Dave Tapp Invitational hosted in Chickasha.

El Reno had three lifters place, with Bradley Chavers winning the 123-pound weight class with a total weight of 930 pounds, up 35 pounds from his last outing. His breakdown was 365 pounds in the deadlift, 350 pounds in the squat and a 215-pound bench press.

Brother Bradeyn Chavers took first at 132 pounds with a total weight of 1,010 pounds - an increase of 20 pounds. His best was a 395-pound squat followed by a 370-pound deadlift and a 245-pound bench.

Okarche High School’s girls basketball team is now one win away from making a return trip to the Class A state tourney after defeating 20th-ranked Stuart 76-55 to win the Area II, Region A Championship.

The second-ranked Warriors improved to 23-2 on the year and were slated to play fifth-ranked Vanoss in Kellyville for the Area II Championship and a berth in the Elite Eight.

Okarche, with no losses in the postseason, could fall to Vanoss and make state through the consolation bracket.

The Warriors defeated Wellston (76-27) in their other regional game.

While it took an extra day, the area rounds of the Class A playoffs are now set and Calumet High School remains one of two programs in the county still left in the chase for the Big Dance.

But the sixth-ranked Chieftains will have to do it the hard way.

Calumet suffered its first playoff loss with a 59-56 setback to 10th-ranked Cyril in the Area III, Region C Championship. The Chieftains, who slipped to 21-7 on the year, face 19th-ranked Canute in the Area III consolation quarterfinals and need three wins to reach state.

Struggling with a full-court press from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, Redlands Community College women’s basketball team dropped a 64-55 home game to the Norsemen.

The loss moved Redlands to 12-11 on the season and 6-9 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings for sixth place. The loss came on the heels of an 83-65 road win over Western Oklahoma State College.

Shakira Patterson led all Redlands scorers for the set with 36 points, 11 rebounds and seven steals. Kristen Readel followed with 28 points, 15 rebounds and five assists.

Redlands Community College men’s basketball team jumped into a tie for sixth place in the NJCAA Region 2 standings with a 78-67 home win over Northeastern Oklahoma A&M.

The victory came a day after a 74-73 road loss to Western Oklahoma State College.

The split left Redlands with a 14-14 overall record and a 7-8 mark in Region 2 play.

Deng Deang led the Cougars in scoring over the two games with 39 points and a double-double in each outing with 23 rebounds. Elijah Herron followed with a line of 29 points, 16 rebounds and eight steals.

Utilizing nine different players to score points, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team locked up second place in the Suburban Conference standings last week with a 55-29 road win over Noble.

El Reno, the West’s second seed for the pending playoffs, improved to 18-4 on the season with the 26-point win over the Bears – the 12th seed in the East bracket.

Jennifer Douglas’ team completed Suburban Conference play with a 7-2 record, with losses to Del City and Carl Albert.

Only the Titans, unbeaten in league action, have a better win-loss record than EHS.

Scoring from all three phases of the game, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team wrapped up Suburban Conference play last week with a 73-51 road win over Noble.

El Reno, the West’s seventh seed for the upcoming playoffs, picked up its fourth win in a row to improve to 13-9 on the season.

El Reno closed Suburban Conference play in second place behind Del City with a 7-2 record, both losses coming to the top-ranked Eagles.