The City of Oklahoma City hosted the Champions Parade to celebrate the Thunder’s first NBA Championship in franchise history.
Hundreds of thousands of fans lined the parade route and Thunder players regularly walked the parade route to high-five and celebrate with fans.
El Reno High School’s football program along with the EHS Quarterback Club and El Reno Youth Football League hosted a youth skills clinic recently at Memorial Stadium.
The multi-day event was free of charge and drew around 60 campers from El Reno and other towns in the county.
While visiting in Texas a few weeks ago, I struck up a conversation with a gentleman by the name of Mark Bennett, who now lives and works south of the Red River.
Having grown up in Oklahoma City, Bennett was glad to see an Oklahoma native. I was especially shocked that he knew about El Reno.
BETHANY – Calumet High School’s baseball team scored eight runs over the sixth through eighth innings to tie Bethany before falling 12-9 to the Bronchos in a nine-inning summer league contest.
The loss was the first of the season for Calumet, which slipped to 2-1-2 on the summer. The setback dropped the Chieftains to 2-1-1 in the Varsity Division of the Red Dirt League.
Calumet trailed 6-1 through five innings, getting an opposite field solo home run from Wyatt Cox in the second inning.
More than 30 youth soccer players from the area took part in a skills camp at Memorial Stadium.
The three-day camp was hosted by El Reno High School soccer coaches Anthony Klipp and Joe Patton.
Individual skills such as dribbling, passing and shooting were taught as well as team concepts. Games were played that tested those skills.
Campers run and slide through a wall of water and a rainbow to end a free three-day youth football skills camp conducted by El Reno High School’s football program, the EHS Quarterback Club and local youth football organizers at Memorial Stadium recently.
The water was shot from a cannon on one of the platform trucks used by the El Reno Fire Department and the rainbow was formed by the sun shining through the wall of water.
El Reno High School’s volleyball program held a youth skills camp recently at Jenks Simmons Field House.
Fifty-six campers were broken down into two sessions by age and skill levels.
Though it ended with an overtime shootout loss, El Reno High School graduate Conley Knapp is happy with the way she and classmate Ja’Niya Loreto closed out their high school careers.
The pair started for the West in the 2025 Oklahoma Soccer Coaches Association’s Class 5A All-State Game, with Knapp serving as one of the team’s captains.
“I think I played pretty well. It was hot outside so I felt like the game was pretty slow, but I still think I did pretty well,” said Knapp.
Four El Reno High School graduates made key impacts for their teams in the 2025 Oklahoma Native All-State Association’s Basketball Games played in Okmulgee.
Lilly Thomas and Emmary Elizondo played the second of three elite games, helping the girls Blue team to an 81-66 win over the Red.
For only the second time her senior year, Thomas was held scoreless but did pull down nine rebounds, with two steals and a blocked shot.
Calumet High School’s Cody Thiessen was looking forward to coaching his son, Kyler one last time in the 2025 Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association’s All-State Game.
Thiessen was selected to coach the Small West team along with Cashion’s Blake Mounce. His oldest son was picked as one of four infielders.
“Yes, it was emotional,” said Thiessen.
As it turns out, the father-son duo would get only three more innings together. A rainstorm in Enid halted the game after three innings.
