April 2023

In what could be the final meeting between the Canadian County rivals, El Reno High School’s boys soccer team was unable to take full advantage of its scoring opportunities. Piedmont did.

Sophomore right-hander Gavin Tinsley struck out Putnam City North’s Daymien Martinez swinging with a 2-2 fastball as El Reno High School’s baseball team held off the Class 6A Panthers for an 8-7 road victory.

El Reno High School’s tennis teams kicked off the spring with mixed results at the 2023 Putnam City North Invitational held at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center.

Playing the only time this season in the same tourney, El Reno High School’s golf teams posted a pair of top five finishes at the 2023 John Marshall Invitational, played at the Cedar Valley Golf Club in Guthrie.

Mother Nature may have benched area baseball teams with high winds last week but she struck out a day earlier with cooler temperatures and spritzing rain. Both Calumet and Union City high schools battled those conditions to earn wins for the state-ranked clubs.

Payslie Locke threw a three-inning shutout as Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team defeated Geary 16-0. The Tigers, ranked sixth in Class 2A, improved to 15-8 on the season. Locke allowed three base hits but no walks and two strikeouts.

Clara Peake’s eighth-place medalist effort helped Redlands Community College’s golf team place fourth overall at the 2023 Kyle Blaser Invitational, played at Gaillardia Country Club. Peake posted rounds of 73-79-80 for a 54-hole total of 232, missing the top five by six strokes.