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Honored and undefeated

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Seniors on El Reno High School’s girls basketball team were honored last week prior to the start of the final regular season game.

Each senior was given a wooden jersey-shaped plaque and a Pendleton blanket provided by C&A Tribes District 2 legislators George Woods (Cheyenne) and Kendricks Sleeper (Arapaho).

El Reno would then defeat Shawnee to cap the school’s first girls undefeated regular season. 

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Calumet, Okarche, Union City win district titles

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Three is now the popular number for Calumet, Union City and Okarche High School’s boys basketball teams as the trio enter the regional round of the postseason unscathed.

All three schools claimed district titles and will carry win streaks into regional play. Each needs to win three straight games to make their respective state tournaments, or more if a contest is dropped in this stage of the postseason.

“One game at a time,” said Okarche head coach Aaron West.

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RCC women drop road bid

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Room near the top of the NJCAA Region 2 standings got a little more crowded last week as Redlands Community College women’s basketball team lost a 70-57 road game at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M.

The 13-point loss drops Redlands to 16-6 on the season and 6-3 in the Region 2 standings. The Cougars remain second in the league but only by half a game over both NEO and Northern Oklahoma College (Tonkawa, Enid).

Isabella Stafford was one of two Redlands players in double digits with 27 points and completed a double-double with 12 rebounds and an assist.

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Defensive woes extend Cougars slide

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Limiting teams on defense continues to haunt Redlands Community College men’s basketball team as the Cougars dropped the second of a three-game road trip to Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, 93-57.

The loss was the fifth straight for Redlands in NJCAA Region 2 action as the Cougars have given up 87 or more points in each of the outings in that losing streak.

The Golden Norsemen swept the regular-season series over RCC with duplicate 93-point scoring efforts, while the Cougars offense managed only 124 points (62 per game) for the set.

Cougars split with Rose State, earn second victory

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Redlands Community College’s baseball team split a road series with Rose State College last week, marking the second doubleheader rift with the Raiders this month.

The Cougars took the opening game of last week’s set by a 3-1 margin but dropped game two by an 11-1 score.

Redlands is now 2-10 on the spring after being swept in the four-game series by both Vernon Junior College and Seward County College.

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Celebrating 1,000

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Family members from left, Sherwin Harmon (dad), Billie Black (mom), Latreece Black-Harmon (sister), Kathrine Black (grandmother) and Mary Kenney (aunt) hold up banners honoring El Reno High School senior Pauline Black-Harmon, who surpassed the 1,000-point career scoring mark last week in a road game at Western Heights.

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El Reno girls a victory away from perfect regular season

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El Reno High School’s girls basketball team, the only undefeated team in Class 5A, is now one game away from logging a perfect regular season following a 52-40 road win over Guthrie.

The Indians improved to 22-0 on the season and swept the series over the Bluejays with the 12-point win – the 21st double-digit decision of the year for El Reno.

The win moved El Reno to 13-0 in the District 5A-1 standings. The Indians lead both Shawnee and Carl Albert (13-0) by three games in the standings with one game left – a home date with Shawnee.

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Bluejays snap El Reno win streak with late rally

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El Reno High School’s boys basketball team had a season-long five-game win streak snapped last week as the Guthrie Bluejays handed the Indians a 67-61 setback in their final road game of the regular season.

The loss dropped El Reno to 16-6 on the season as the Bluejays swept the regular-season series with EHS by a combined nine points. However, the setback did not hurt the Indians in District 5A-1 play as far as seeding.