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OKARCHE – Rotating between a half- and full-court pressure defensive scheme, Okarche High School’s girls basketball team shook off the rust from the Thanksgiving break with a 54-17 victory over Coyle.

The 37-point win was the second in a row for Okarche, which improved to 3-1 on the year. The Warriors pulled into the No.12 slot in the first Class A poll of the 2024-25 season.

Okarche’s defense dominated the Bluejackets with 23 turnovers for the game, leading to a 17-2 edge for the Warriors in transition points and a 29-8 margin in points off miscues.

OKARCHE – Aggressive play on both ends of the floor from the opening tipoff allowed Okarche High School’s boys basketball team to remain undefeated on the season.

The Warriors moved to 4-0 on the year with a 93-42 decision over Coyle. It was the fourth game for Okarche to put up 70 or more points on offense, three of those breaking the 90-point barrier.

The defending champion holds the top spot in the first Class A poll of the 2024-25 season, garnering 58 of the 74 first-place votes cast.

Missouri-based Crowder College completed a two-game sweep of Redlands Community College women’s basketball team last week, defeating the visiting Cougars 74-59.

Crowder, which plays out of NJCAA Region 16, defeated Redlands by 14 points in their meeting in Oklahoma two weeks ago. The Cougars dropped to 5-4 on the year with the setback.

Redlands missed all eight of its 3-point attempts in the road loss and went 26-of-55 (47 percent) from inside the arc. The Cougars were 7-of-11 from the free-throw line.

One advantage of running the same system each year is the ability to plug in new players to the lineup with little or no lost momentum from the previous season.

“We have a system and everyone knows that system. It’s been here for years and we run it throughout the summer and in everything we do. We have guys come in here and they know their roles, they know the system and they know what their expectations are.

“From there we just plug in any holes we have the best we can,” said El Reno head coach Rodney Haydon.

El Reno High School senior Maddie Moss recently signed a NAIA letter of intent to play softball for the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma.

The Drovers are ranked second in the nation in the latest NAIA preseason poll.

Allie Harris made only two free throws on the night but the shots came at a critical time as Redlands Community College women’s basketball team jumped back into the win column with a 68-56 decision over National Park.

The Nighthawks, based in Hot Springs, Ark., had trimmed Redlands’ lead into single digits before the Calumet native made her two clutch free throws.

Ellie Willard followed with a 3-pointer on the next possession as the Cougars lead never dipped below double digits again.

Pictured are players and coaches for El Reno’s 7-and-under football team which recently won the 2024 Central Oklahoma Football league Super Bowl Championships with a 7-6 win over Mustang Black.

The Indians went 9-3 in the regular season with all three losses coming to Mustang.

In the Super Bowl game it was scoreless after regulation but in overtime, El Reno got a touchdown from Jaxon Flowers and a conversion from Tyson Winter to claim the title.

Justice Johnson logged a season-high 32 points as Redlands Community College men’s basketball team closed out the first nine games of the 2024-25 season with an 89-72 win over South Central Prep.

The 17-point victory over the Bixby-based program moved the Cougars to 7-2 on the season.

Johnson, a freshman from Hobart, was 11-of-17 (65 percent) from the field, with two of those baskets coming from behind the 3-point arc. He made 8-of-9 free throws to lead the Cougars en route to his seventh double-digit scoring game.

Pushing three players into double digits, Calumet High School’s girls basketball team scored its season-high point total en route to logging its first win of the season.

The Chieftains improved to 1-3 on the season with a 51-44 win over Binger-Oney. The seven-point decision moved Calumet to 1-2 in the Washita Valley Conference standings.

Calumet shot 38 percent from the floor with a 16-of-38 mark (42 percent) from 2-point range.

The Chieftains offense knocked down four 3-point baskets off 27 percent shooting and was 7-of-17 (41 percent) from the free-throw line.

Easton Roby logged a double-double as the defending Class A state champion Okarche High School’s boys basketball team remains undefeated on the season with a 78-22 win over Geary.

The Warriors moved to 3-0 on the year with the 56-point blowout.

Okarche shot 31 percent (27-of-86) from the floor with a 10-of-40 effort (25 percent) from the 3-point line. OHS made 14-of-19 free throws for 74 percent. 

Okarche outrebounded Geary (53-33) and recorded 24 steals.

Roby scored a team-high 22 points and added 15 rebounds, three assists and three steals.