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Calumet High School’s girls basketball team kicked off the new year by extending its current win streak to two games last week with a 68-43 decision over Geary in Washita Valley Conference action.

The unranked Chieftains improved to 7-6 on the season and 4-1 in the WVC standings.

Calumet scored in double digits in all four periods, including a game-high 21 points in the second frame. The team closed with a 49 percent shooting percentage after hitting 4-of-14 attempts from the perimeter for 29 percent.

Knocking down 35 baskets from the field, Okarche High School’s boys basketball team logged its third-highest winning margin of the season last week in a 90-49 victory over Cordell.

The 41-point non-conference win sends the Warriors, ranked No.18 in Class A, into this weekend’s Three Rivers Conference Championships with a 10-4 overall record.

Okarche was 25-of-36 from 2-point range against Cordell for 69 percent, but then added a 10-of-26 (39 percent) effort from the 3-point arc. The Warriors closed the game shooting 56 percent (35-of-62) from the floor.

Redlands Community College men’s basketball team started the second half of its season last week with an 80-75 road win over Texas-based Frank Phillips College.

The non-conference win was the fourth in the past six games for the Cougars, who improved to 10-7 on the season. Redlands remained tied for second in the NJCAA Region 2 standings at 2-1 heading into Thursday night’s league game at Connors State.

Opening the season with more questions than answers as to what type of ball team Rodney Haydon would field for the 2021-22 season, the veteran skipper could not be more pleased with his Indians start.

El Reno kicks off the second part of the regular season Thursday in the Anadarko Classic with a 4-2 record, a three-game win streak and a No.12 ranking in the Class 5A poll before the holiday break.

A famous quote from the basketball movie Hoosiers is: Five players on the floor functioning as one single unit: team, team, team - no one more important than the other.

It's a phrase that El Reno High School's girls basketball team has been living out over the first six games of the 2021-22 season.

While the All-State teams will not be decided until January, El Reno High School's football program should have several players in contention for Oklahoma's highest prep honor after a strong showing in recent voting for All-District.

El Reno had five seniors named to the All-District 5A-1 team, all first-team picks, following a season in which the Indians had to forfeit a pair of non-district games due to COVID-19.

EDMOND – After a run through the junior college ranks, including surgeries and rehab stints for both a wrist and knee injury, El Reno native Callen Haydon says he finally feels at ease with his basketball career.

“I’m comfortable and I feel like I’m at home. I’m in a happy place right now and my body feels good and Ivm confident in my game,” said Haydon.

That’s good news for the University of Central Oklahoma men’s basketball team as Haydon, in his second year here, has started the first 11 games of the season at point guard.

El Reno High School sent 11 wrestlers to the 2021 Kansas City Stampede, with nine posting one victory or more and the Indians earning one placer in the stout field.

There were 54 schools and more than 425 wrestlers representing several states including Oklahoma, Iowa, Alabama, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana and Minnesota.

El Reno High School senior Caroline Huber recently signed a national letter of intent to play soccer next season for Seminole State College. Huber is a returning three-year starter for the Indians.

Jaxon Olive signed with Northern Oklahoma College recently for a baseball scholarship starting with the 2022-23 term.

Olive is a senior at Calumet High School and was joined by family, Anthony Bryner, Jadon Olive, Jaclyn Bryner and Layne Olive.