El Reno High School’s softball program kicked off its preseason slate last week with a 10-7 setback to Clinton in a scrimmage in which both teams rotated players at different positions and experience.
El Reno will host Union City and Shawnee this week in scrimmages.
El Reno High School’s all-time male career scoring leader closed out his prep career on a winning note as the West swept the 2025 Oklahoma Coaches Association’s All-State Boys Basketball Games.
Carter Roman Nose played in his third postseason elite game of the summer, scoring a basket in the Large School Game, which was won by the West squad 78-57.
Roman Nose did not start but entered the game on the first rotation. He blocked a shot with 1:26 left in the first period as the West took a 17-12 lead. He started the second period and missed a 3-pointer.
TULSA – The architect and two keystones of El Reno High School’s historic back-to-back state championships took to the court together one last time.
El Reno head coach Jennifer Douglas served as assistant coach for the West squad in the 2025 Oklahoma Coaches Association’s Large School All-State Girls Basketball Game.
Two of the West starters were El Reno graduates Emmary Elizondo and Lilly Thomas.
The silver anniversary of the Smoke on the Water Drag Boat Races drew interest from coast to coast as the Outlaw-style event continues to gain popularity after two and a half decades.
“It went really well. We had good weather and didn't have a whole lot of issues. It was a great weekend.
“I kept waiting for that moment for something to happen and it never did and it turned out fantastic,” said race co-organizer Josh Finnigan.
Missing the sounds and thrills of boat racing on Lake El Reno?
Well, you won't have to wait until next July to hear engines humming, waves crashing and side-by-side racing. All those return this weekend, just on a smaller scale.
The North America Model Boat Association has sanctioned a remote control racing event for Saturday and Sunday on the west shore of Lake El Reno.
The event, a first for El Reno, is being sponsored by the Oklahoma City Remote Control Power Boaters.
Drivers are coming from Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, Kansas, New Mexico and California.
With his pit area near the fishing pier at Lake El Reno, Matt Miller has a front row seat of sorts for most passes during the Smoke on the Water Drag Boat Races.
Yet when he has his head down working on his boat or being shuttled back and forth between races, the veteran El Reno driver is always listening to the races he can’t see.
“You can tell by the pitch of the motor how many RPMs they’re running if you’re really paying attention. You know when there’s a quick pass being made,” said Miller.
So why such a keen ear?
Opponents on the Class B level know that Calumet High School senior Kaleb Thiessen has the skills to play at the next level.
Now the rest of the state and perspective college coaches do as well.
Thiessen was one of two Canadian County small-school players picked to compete in last week’s 2025 High Plains Shootout in Enid.
The other was Union City pitcher Aiden Williams, who according to his father, was held out due to soreness in his forearm which needed rehab.
Dressed as an astronaut, El Reno resident Cody Shropshire runs around the edge of the infield at the Bricktown Ballpark during a fan-involved race.
Shropshire was one of many El Reno residents attending the Oklahoma City Comets game to cheer on EHS graduate Rhett Kouba during a recent Triple A game.
Bri Michalicka can’t wait to see her team together on the field at the same time, even though her El Reno High School softball program kicked off preseason drills last week.
Michalicka moved the first four days of team practices to one-on-one instruction sessions since she had only six available players. Ten varsity players were at church camp and four more were with their travel ball teams at national tournaments.
El Reno’s Brecken Haglund recently competed in the Sub-Regional qualifier at Lincoln Golf Course in Oklahoma City.
He advanced to the Regional Finals in Frisco, Texas, set for Oct. 5. He competes in the 12-13 age division.
The Drive, Chip and Putt competition comprises three stages: Local Qualifier, Sub-Regional Qualifier and Regional Finals. The winner of the Regional Finals earns a spot to compete in the National Finals at Augusta National the week preceding the Masters.
This achievement marks Brecken’s fifth consecutive qualification to the Regional Finals.
