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The Oklahoma Runners third- and fourth-grade girls basketball team took the title in the recent 24th Annual Warriors Showcase in Henryetta.

The Oklahoma Runners third- and fourth-grade boys basketball team made the Final Four in the recent 24th Annual Warriors Showcase in Henryetta.

The Oklahoma Runners fifth- and sixth-grade girls basketball team won its division in the recent 24th Annual Warriors Showcase in Henryetta.

The Oklahoma Runners fifth- and sixth-grade boys basketball team took runner-up in the recent 24th Annual Warriors Showcase in Henryetta.

While their coaches wore matching sweatshirts with the logo “Merry Swishmas,” it was El Reno High School’s girls basketball team lighting up the bottom of the nets.

The Indians turned eight first-period turnovers by Guthrie into a 17-0 run to kick-start a 64-30 victory over the Bluejays in the final home game before the Christmas break.

The win snapped a two-game losing streak for El Reno, which improved to 4-3 on the year. The season-high point total lifted the Indians to 3-1 in District 5A-2 play and into third place.

Gabe Osborn made two free throws with eight-tenths of a second left as El Reno High School’s boys basketball team pulled off its biggest comeback since large schools in Oklahoma shifted to district play.

El Reno rallied from 15 points down after one period to defeat Guthrie 62-58 and earned its first District 5A-2 victory of the season.

The four-point win pulled the Indians out of the cellar in the league standings to 1-3 and tied for fifth.

El Reno High School senior Mason Fulton recently signed a national letter of intent to play baseball for Redlands Community College.

The Mid America Nationals in Enid is annually one of the toughest events on the schedule for El Reno High School’s wrestling team and the final scores proved it.

El Reno was 26th as a team with 81.5 points despite placing eight of its 13 wrestlers in the top 24 of respective brackets. There were 38 teams overall from Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas, and five of those squads did not score a point.

Riding consistent numbers from its top scorers, Okarche High School’s girls basketball team knocked off two ranked teams en route to the title from the 2025 South Canadian Classic.

Okarche, now 6-2 on the year and ranked No.5 in Class A, defeated Turpin (63-41) before downing Class B-2’s third-ranked Leedey (47-39). The Warriors toppled Cheyenne/Reydon (49-47) in the finals.

Katie Parham was named the Most Valuable Player after putting up a three-game line of 49 points, 15 rebounds and six steals.

Okarche High School’s boys basketball team, ranked No.1 in Class A, steamrolled its way to the title from the 2025 South Canadian Classic – winning by an average of 54 points.

The Warriors move to 8-0 on the year and now have won 49 straight games dating back to 2023.

Okarche defeated Lookeba-Sickles (99-21) before beating Class B-2’s 13th-ranked Leedey (99-45) and second-ranked Vici (83-53). The Warriors had a total point output of 281-119.