Sports

Body Lila Winegeart and Angellyne De La Cruz knocked down a 3-pointer each as Calumet High School’s girls basketball team snapped a five-game losing streak with a 41-29 win over Harding Fine Arts.The win left Calumet with a 2-8 record.

Body Putting together back-to-back games with an offensive output over 90 points, Okarche High School’s boys basketball team closed out the 2024 portion of its schedule undefeated.The Warriors defeated Watonga (98-27) and Seiling (90-18) to move to 11-0.

Body Designing plays to feature a specific player is nothing new for El Reno High School’s boys basketball coach Rodney Haydon.Yet when the outcome of the play is believed to be a career milestone, Haydon is going to go the extra mile.

Body Though it was a different season, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team started out the 2024 calendar year with a 58-point tournament win.Last week the Indians ended the 2024 calendar of games with a 68-21 victory over Noble in district play.

Body Three multi-point runs kept El Reno High School’s boys basketball team in the win column and undefeated heading into the holiday break following an 87-27 victory over Noble.El Reno moved to 6-0 on the season with the 60-point win, its second largest winning margin of the season.

Body El Reno High School honored two of its players to surpass the 1,000-point career scoring mark in the month of December.

Body Nick Owen has no problem with college athletes getting a little extra money in their pockets each month given the time commitment required to play college sports.

Body El Reno High School senior Izzy Choat (seated center) recently signed an National Letter of Intent to play softball for Kansas-based Independence Community College.Choat is the second player from EHS to sign with a college program this school term.

Body El Reno High School’s basketball teams were slated to wrap up the 2024 portion of their schedules at home against Noble.Both teams entered the District 5A-1 battles with the Bears with undefeated 5-0 records.See Saturday’s edition for complete coverage of the contests with Noble.

Body Points were hard to come by for two of the county’s three small schools in their first games back from tournament action as both were dealt with road losses.Union City High School’s girls basketball team tied its season-low point total in a 60-31 loss to Hydro-Eakly.