Missed shots and turnovers in the final 10 minutes cost Redlands Community College men’s basketball team a shot at beating reigning NJCAA Region 2 champion Connors State.
The Cowboys erased a deficit behind five RCC turnovers leading to 12 points and a 56-all tie with four minutes to play. Connors State outscored the Cougars 14-10 the remainder of the game for a 70-66 victory.
SHAWNEE – All-tournament selection Raegan Bugaj made 5-of-6 free throws in the final 1:17 as El Reno High School’s girls basketball team defeated the host team 45-34 in the third-place game of the 2025 Shawnee Invitational.
El Reno improved to 14-1 on the season after having its 41-game win streak snapped a day earlier in a semifinal loss to Yukon (52-48). The Indians extended their program-best win streak in the first round with a blowout win over Northwest Classen (55-8).
SHAWNEE - An untimely shooting drought spelled the end to El Reno High School’s boys basketball team’s longest win streak in over two decades as the Indians fell to Broken Arrow 55-46 in what proved to be the finals of the 2025 Shawnee Invitational.
With only six teams on the boys side, the event was switched to a round-robin format as both the Indians and Tigers entered the matchup undefeated in their two previous games.
El Reno High School’s wrestling team, ranked 11th in the state, will enter this week’s Class 5A, District 3 Championships coming off a 10-day break.
The championship is being hosted by Carl Albert and will be settled between the No.7 Titans, El Reno and Bishop McGuinness.
Woodward and John Marshall are also in the district but will not wrestle according to sources.
The district winner earns a trip to the 2025 Dual State Championships.
Judging from the number of friends, colleagues and former players filling the pews at First Baptist Church for his memorial service, Ken Posey touched countless lives in his 83 years on this earth.
Mine was one of those.
Both its offense and defense look to be running at full strength as El Reno High School’s girls basketball team picked up its first District 5A-1 sweep of the season with a 68-27 road win over Elgin.
El Reno was coming off a 76-3 win over Santa Fe South, which set season-best marks for both scoring and points allowed. The 73-point blowout was the largest winning margin of the year and featured 24 steals.
Over a tough five-day stretch, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team came two points shy of fulfilling a team defensive goal of holding each opponent to under 50 points.
The Indians moved to 13-0 on the year with an 80-52 road decision over Elgin to earn a season-sweep of the Owls in District 5A-1 play. The 28-point victory came two days after El Reno posted wins over Tulsa Memorial (45-43) and Santa Fe South (87-46) in less than 24 hours.
Okarche High School guard Jett Mueggenborg celebrated with teammates after hitting 1,500 career points.
Redlands Community College women’s basketball team suffered back-to-back losses for just the second time this season after dropping games to Seminole State College (62-47) and Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (64-53).
The two-game slide moved the Cougars to 9-6 on the season and 2-2 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings. Redlands is tied for fourth with Northern Oklahoma College of Tonkawa.
Thirteen missed layups and a 2-of-22 effort from the 3-point line signaled an end to a 10-game win streak as Redlands Community College men’s basketball team lost a road game at Seminole State College 85-61.
The loss to the Trojans dropped Redlands to 15-3 on the season and came on the heels of a 103-90 victory over Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, ranked third in the nation, three days earlier.
Redlands is now 3-1 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings and tied with NEO and Murray State for the lead.
