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After starting the season on a high note, Calumet High School’s girls basketball team has suffered back-to-back losses after last week’s 47-30 setback to Lookeba-Sickles.

Calumet drops to 2-2 overall and 2-1 in the Washita Valley Conference standings.

The Chieftains were held to single-digit scoring in all four periods by the Panthers defense and a horrific shooting night, though Calumet did score nine points in both the second and third periods.

A third-place finish in the league title chase was good enough to net four El Reno High School players spots on one of the three 2021 All-Suburban Conference Volleyball Teams.

Outside hitter and setter Bailey Denwalt led the quartet with a first-team selection, followed by defensive specialist Ariana Ortega on the second team. Emma Patswald and Avery Peffer picked up honorable mention status.

It was the third straight year for Denwalt to earn first-team All-Suburban honors, while the other three are first-time selections.

MUSTANG – What was trending toward a forgettable Super Bowl Saturday for the El Reno Optimist Club ended up golden as its 10-year-old team won a fifth straight Central Oklahoma Football League title.

The Indians defeated the Mustang Broncos Black Squad 42-0 in a game that was called after three periods on the COFL 40-point rule. The win capped off a perfect 12-0 season.

It was the lone title for El Reno, which lost championship games in flag football as well as 6- and 7-year-old tackle divisions.

El Reno High School's football team closed out the regular season last week with a 42-7 win over Altus in a game which bolstered the Indians season stats.

El Reno was slated to play Friday night at Carl Albert in the first round of the Class 5A playoffs.

Calumet High School’s boys basketball team reigns as king of the west side of Canadian County among small schools after posting a 69-63 win over Okarche last week.

The win, on the heels of a 40-point victory over Union City two days earlier, lifted the Chieftains to 3-0 on the season. The Warriors, meanwhile, slipped to 0-2 on the year.

The OSSAA board of directors followed the recommendation of Executive Director David Jackson and the OSSAA staff today to approve the Lloyd Noble Center at the University of Oklahoma as the main site for the OSSAA’s Class 6A-5A Basketball State Tournaments for 2022, 2023 and 2024.

The tournament had been held at the Mabee Center on the campus of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa for the last 12 years.

While some see this week’s Class 5A bi-district round of the playoffs as a tall order for El Reno High School’s football team, Indians head coach Chuck Atchison sees it as an opportunity – one not many thought EHS would get.

After an 0-5 start, El Reno enters the postseason for a fourth year in a row with a “David vs. Goliath” battle against five-time defending state champion Carl Albert.

“With the season we have had so far, we are happy to be in the playoffs. Sure, we would love to be in a higher position but we are also glad to be in the postseason,” said Atchison.

ALTUS – With the Altus Bulldogs having reverted back to their old-school ball control, clock-chewing offense, El Reno High School’s football team was forced to make the most of every possession.

After a first-half scare, that’s exactly what the Indians did, putting up 28 points over the final two periods en route to a 42-7 road win over the Bulldogs.

The victory was the first in Altus for head coach Chuck Atchison as El Reno closed the regular season with a 4-6 overall record. The Indians also took the fourth-place playoff ticket from District 5A-1 with a 4-3 mark.

In the only scheduled regular-season meeting, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team defeated Union City 83-43 in the rivalry series between the two Canadian County small schools.

Calumet improved to 2-0 on the season and in the Washita Valley Conference standings, while Union City slipped to 0-2 for the year and 0-1 in WVC games.

The Chieftains shot 54 percent from the field, scoring 20 or more points in three of the four periods.

Fueled by seven made three-point baskets and a staunch defense, Calumet High School’s girls basketball team defeated Union City 57-29 to remain unbeaten on the season.

Calumet improved to 2-0 on the season and in the Washita Valley Conference standings, while the Tigers dropped to 1-1 overall and 0-1 in the league.

Calumet was 7-of-21 from behind the 3-point arc for 33 percent, while closing the game with a 39 percent overall shooting percentage. Brie Myers made three of those treys, followed by Allie Harris with two and one each from Lilly Thomas and McKinley Stilley.