By Byron Beers/Staff Writer Four players made their mark off the hardwood for El Reno this past season and they were each a big reason for the Indians strong finish to the regular season. Sophomore Fayzon Richey and juniors Taylor Wedman, Glenn Wedman and Jared Krittenbrink each earned Suburban Conference honors for head coach Rodney Haydon. El Reno went 7-14 overall and 4-10 in conference play before having its season came to a close in the opening round of regional play against Guthrie. But the Indians played their best basketball over a five-game stretch to close the regular season. Richey was a second-team selection, while Taylor Wedman, Glenn Wedman and Krittenbrink were each named as honorable mentions. “Those are good honors for these guys, but I don’t think they’re at all satisfied,” Haydon said. “They know that they can do better. It gives them some personal goals for next year. “As a team you don’t really care about that stuff as a coach. If you’re good and win a lot of games in conference, you’re going have a lot of guys on that list. Hopefully next year we can have some that make it on the first team.” Richey was second on the team in both scoring and rebounding behind Taylor Wedman. The 6-foot-4 guard/forward averaged 9.6 points and 4.6 rebounds. Richey led the team in blocked shots with 15 and steals with 26. Richey, who had a single-game high of 17 points on two occasions, shot 36.1 percent overall from the floor and was 22-of-89 from 3-point territory. “It’s a good honor for him to make second team all-conference,” Haydon said. “For a sophomore he played pretty well, especially toward the end of the year where he was more consistent. “He’s got a chance to be one of the better players in our conference by the time he graduates. He’s got a lot of potential and he’s a guy who will be able to take over a basketball game at some point. “He wasn’t able to do that this year just because he was inexperienced. But he’s going to get better at some things.” “Once Fayzon gets better off the ball and coming off screens he will move up on that list,” Haydon added. “The good thing about Fayzon is that he’s not satisfied. He’s happy with the honor but he knows he had the potential to be better than what he was. “Next year he will be more consistent for us and be that much better.” Taylor Wedman didn’t even start playing for El Reno until the second half of the season and he was an important piece of the puzzle in clogging up the middle and giving the Indians life after a slow 1-8 start. Wedman led the team in scoring with 11 points per game and pulled down a team-best 5.6 rebounds. He also showed he could step outside and consistently knock down perimeter shots which helped stretch opposing defenses. “Taylor helped us out a lot by just giving us that inside presence,” Haydon said. “We didn’t have that during the first half of the season and were putting people in there that were out of position. “When Taylor came in he just gave us that inside presence and opponents had to respect it. Plus, he could step out and shoot the ball from the perimeter so he gave people some mismatch problems. “Obviously he’s probably why we played better over the second half of the season. It took him a couple of games to get in a rhythm and get into game shape but he was a big difference. “He was able to open up the middle. He scored a lot of points in the paint, made shots from the outside and was a good free throw shooter. He’s going to be a good player for us and things will go through him.” Glenn Wedman was at his best over the final five games of the year where he averaged 13 points a game. He finished the season with a 9.6 scoring average and was second on the team in overall shooting percentage where he connected on 79-of-187 shots for 42.2 percent. He also grabbed 4.4 rebounds per contest. “Glenn didn’t play very well the first half of the year just because I felt he was trying to do too much when we were trying to find that go-to guy,” Haydon said. “During the second half of the season he was doing what he was more capable of. “His last four games he averaged 13 points a game for us. That’s the consistency we needed out of him. I told him at some point during the season he needs to be taking more shots because he’s a good shooter. “He started taking more shots and gave us better offense when he did that. The way he played over the final five games of the year is what he needs to bring back next year.” As the team’s point guard, Krittenbrink was solid in every area for El Reno. His assist-to-turnover ratio was respectable and it only improved as the year went along. He dished out a team-high 74 assists and committed 42 turnovers. Krittenbrink averaged just under eight points and was second on the team behind Richey in 3-pointers made with 15. “Jared ran the show for us every game,” Haydon said. “When you have the ball in your hands that many times you’re going to have some turnovers, but he improved on that as the season went along. “He was close to averaging in double figures and for a point guard that’s good. I think he has the potential to score more, but for a point guard it’s hard to do that when you’re doing so many things. “He did a good job defensively and got us in our sets like a point guard is supposed to do. He was a constant for us every night and played smart basketball.”