When you are the head coach of the two-time defending state champion, it's fair to say there is one question Jennifer Douglas will get asked over and over throughout the course of the 2025-2026 season.
Will there be a three-peat?
“This is like last year when I wasn’t even thinking about back-to-back but literally like one game at a time.
“All I’m thinking about is let’s get through the first game,” said Douglas.
El Reno High School catcher and utility player Maddy Brinkman (center) signed to play college softball with Oklahoma Wesleyan University.
Brinkman was a first-team All-District player and multi-year starter for El Reno.
El Reno’s 11-under Little League football team won the Silver Super Bowl over Mustang Black.
Myracle Washington hit a 2-point jumper with one second left as Redlands Community College women’s basketball team extended its current win streak to eight games.
The Cougars moved to 8-1 on the season with a 58-56 win over National Park. The victory came on the heels of an 89-45 thrashing of Mid America Christian University’s junior varsity.
Washington’s basket gave her 16 points for the two games to go along with seven assists and three rebounds. Katelyn Harviston was one of three players with 18 points each along with Haven Joseph and Heaven Haywood.
Redlands Community College men’s basketball team earned its second victory in the last five games, defeating Loyalty College Prep 86-44.
The 42-point non-league blowout moved the Cougars to 4-4 on the season.
Redlands shot 43 percent from the field (35-of-81) and made 11 3-point baskets off 31 percent shooting. Jayden Forrest knocked down four of those treys, followed by Camren Hunt with three.
Jarren Cargil added two treys and RCC got one each from Cristian McElveen and Madden Padilla.
OKARCHE – Senior Jett Mueggenborg added his name to the school and state record books as Okarche High School’s boys basketball team cruised to a pair of lopsided home wins.
The Warriors moved to 3-0 on the season with victories over the Bison (92-33) and Burns Flat-Dill City (99-26).
Okarche has now won 44 straight games dating back to the end of the 2023-24 season.
Mueggenborg became the school’s newest player to eclipse the 2,000-point career scoring mark behind Barry Schwarz (2,674).
He’s now the 147th player in state history to reach the milestone.
El Reno High School senior Ariana Estrada (center) recently signed with Friends University to be a part of the Falcons dance team.
Calumet High School senior Kaleb Thiessen (seated center) recently signed a scholarship to play baseball for Big 12 Conference powerhouse Texas Tech.
OKARCHE – Putting on a clinic in both half- and full-court defense, Okarche High School’s girls basketball team forced 52 turnovers in a sweep of Geary and Burns Flat-Dill City in less than 24 hours.
Okarche defeated the Bison 64-19 and Burns Flat-Dill City 59-29 to move to 2-1 on the season.
The majority of those turnovers were steals, 49 between the two games, leading to 57 of the team’s 123 combined points. Katie Parham led Okarche in steals with 13, followed by Callie Cramer with six.
Kate Baustert added five steals and Logan White posted four steals.
UNION CITY – A trio of missed 3-point shots in the final 30 seconds knocked Union City High School’s girls basketball team out of the win column in a 37-34 setback to Asher.
The loss dropped Union City to 2-2 on the season.
The Tigers tied the game at 34-all with 2:43 left on one of two free throws by Kamryn Cook.
Asher then fired back with the last of its nine 3-pointers in the game to go up by three with 1:17 left.
