With only four players, El Reno High School’s boys tennis team was short-handed in its first tourney outing of the season – the 2022 Putnam City North Invitational.
Playing at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center, Erik Vazquez and Lazaro Acosta were 14th in No.2 doubles with a 1-3 record. The pair lost to duos from Piedmont (6-4/7-5), Guthrie (6-2/6-3) and Midwest City (6-0/6-1).
Their win was a 6-1/6-2 victory over Putnam City West.
El Reno High School singles player Jayna Graham follows through on a forehand return shot during an early-round match at the 2022 Putnam City North Invitational.
The event was played at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center with Mother Nature providing brisk winds, cloudy skies and temperatures in the high 40’s at the start of the day.
See a recap in Wednesday’s edition.
El Reno High School’s track team opened up the 2022 season at the 59th Annual Ed Forester Bethany Invitational, competing in the running events only.
The girls were paced by Maria Moreno’s eighth-place effort in the 200-meter dash with a time of 29.21 seconds. Justine Johnson was 26th in the same event with a time of 31.28 seconds.
The pair also ran the 100-meter dash, with Moreno taking 15th at 14.21 seconds. Johnson (14.68) was 27th and teammate Madeline Taylor (16.17) was 44th.
Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team, ranked No.19 in Class 2A, had its three-game win streak snapped last week with an 11-9 loss to state-ranked Amber-Pocasset.
The two-run loss to the Panthers came on a walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh. Union City tied the game at 9-all with a three-run homer by Kaitlyn Linson in the top half of the frame.
Union City slipped to 14-8 on the season.
The recent state powerlifting meet proved to be more than just an economic windfall for both El Reno High School’s football program and the community. It helped secure the program’s next head football coach.
“I have been involved with the state powerlifting for years and El Reno has been a place on our radar as a city and a school we liked to raise our kids,” said Russell Cook.
Calumet High School’s baseball team jumped back into the win column last week with a 16-0 shutout of Lomega.
The Chieftains improved to 6-2 on the year with the shutout and 3-1 in road games this spring.
Okarche 9, Union City 6
The Warriors fielded a hard-hit ball off the bat of Braydon Armstrong with outs in the bottom of the seventh and the bases loaded to secure the three-run road win over Union City High School’s baseball team.
An 11-game losing steak has sent Redlands Community College’s baseball team to the bottom of the NJCAA Region 2, Division 2 standings with a 13-21 overall record.
The Cougars are 2-10 in the divisional standings after dropping a four-game set to second-place Western Oklahoma State College by scores of 8-0, 11-1, 12-4 and 9-7.
Redlands went 32-of-116 from the plate in the four-game set for a .276 batting average but scored just 12 runs. The team had eight extra base hits including a triple by Reece Burke and home runs from Nico Kuplik and Colton Clinesmith.
An open house last week was held to celebrate the new Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes El Reno Indian Health Center.
The 16,000-square-foot medical clinic on Parkview Drive is a partnership between the C&A and Indian Health Services. Capt. Joe Bryant of IHS was on hand as was C&A Gov. Reggie Wassana to welcome visitors to the spacious new clinic.
Tours were provided and refreshments were served. An official grand opening will be celebrated later.
