Both El Reno High School basketball teams will put their unbeaten records on the line this weekend in the 2025 Anadarko Warriors Classic.
It’s the second tourney of the season for EHS with both teams winning their first outings.
Ten of the 11 players on its game roster scored as Redlands Community College women’s basketball team tuned up for the start of NJCAA Region 2 play with a 72-37 win over Oklahoma Wesleyan University's junior varsity.
The victory was the second in a row for the Cougars, who improved to 7-4 on the season.
Three of Redlands scorers closed in double digits, led by Ellie Willard with 16 points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals.
Katelyn Harviston was one of two with a double-double, adding 11 points, 10 boards and three steals.
Twelve different players scored, seven of those in double digits, as Redlands Community College men’s basketball team closed out the non-conference portion of its schedule with a 68-point blowout.
The Cougars logged a season-high point total in their 122-54 defeat of Texas-based Loyalty College Prep. Redlands moved to 12-2 on the year and extended its current win streak to seven games.
Justice Johnson led all Redlands scorers with a line of 19 points, six rebounds and two steals.
A stalling technique backfired on Elgin as El Reno High School’s girls basketball team converted six first-period Owls turnovers, forced by its staunch half-court defense, into a 14-0 run.
That break sparked a 65-35 victory as the Indians moved to 7-0 on the season and maintained a share of the District 5A-1 lead. El Reno, winners of 35 straight games dating back to last season, is now 4-0 in the league standings and tied with Carl Albert, which holds a seven-point tiebreaker (60-53) lead over the Titans.
El Reno High School’s boys basketball team has been dominating opponents in the paint over the first six games of the 2024-25 season.
The Indians have scored 114 baskets in the paint off 51 percent shooting.
Dunks have become an early calling card for El Reno, with at least two in each outing and 38 total.
Senior guard Carter Roman Nose has 11 dunks on the season.
Senior Tre Davis has two or more dunks in each game and 22 on the season.
Kason Haydon is third on the team in dunks with five.
Calumet High School senior Kyler Thiessen (seated center) took advantage of the early signing period to ink with Cowley County College based out of Arkansas City, Kan.
The Tigers are a NJCAA Division I program playing out of Region 6.
When the Redlands Community College women’s basketball team jumps into NJCAA Region 2 play next week, it’s going to be a shootout from the first game to capture a postseason tourney berth.
The Cougars are slated to open the 2025 portion of their schedule Tuesday at Oklahoma Wesleyan before kicking off the 16-game run through Region 2 games.
The first will be at home Thursday with Northeastern Oklahoma A&M.
Redlands closed out 2024 with a 91-60 win over Southwestern Christian University’s junior varsity to improve to 6-4 on the season.
A high octane offense over the first half of the season has many thinking that the 2024-25 campaign could be the year the Redlands Community College men’s basketball team will make some postseason noise.
Redlands made the NJCAA Region 2 postseason tournament five of the last seven years, but head coach Jose Molina has yet to have a team post a playoff victory.
“We are aiming for our first playoff win this year,” said Molina.
With a quick scan of the team field, it’s easy to see that the Kansas City Stampede has become one of the premiere early-season tournaments for high school wrestling in the Midwest.
This year’s boys event drew 79 teams from 14 different states, with Oklahoma sending 10 squads including El Reno High School.
The Indians placed 59th overall with 37 points and were eighth among state schools.
Grapplers were assured matches in the main bracket and those not advancing out of the opening day dropped into the hard luck bracket for additional matches.
Although only five grapplers competed in the 2024 Kansas City Stampede, El Reno High School’s wrestling team netted four placers in the two brackets making up the girls field.
There were 58 total teams in the event, with El Reno being one of the 11 schools and 13 squads from Oklahoma. The Indians scored 70.5 points and placed 28th overall but were sixth best among Sooner State teams.
El Reno finished behind state schools Edmond North (163), Little Axe (130), Westmoore (116.5), Sand Springs (72.5) and Harrah (71.5).
