While both are ranked in the Class A polls, Calumet and Union City High School baseball teams trended in opposite directions last week.
Calumet, ranked 19th in the state at the time, won three straight home games including an 8-0 shutout of Southwest Covenant School. That win came on the heels of a 6-3 decision over Lookeba-Sickles, ranked 10th in Class B.
The Chieftains improved to 9-3 on the season.
Redlands Community College goalie Kennedy Hendren grimaces as she collides with a Northern Oklahoma College of Tonkawa player after sliding in to block a shot during the first half of last week’s season opener. After a year and a half hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, RCC returned to the pitch but fell to the Mavericks by a 4-1 score.
Pulling out a 59-58 win over Western Oklahoma State College over the weekend, Redlands Community College women’s basketball team will take a four-game win streak into the NJCAA Region 2 Championships.
The Cougars defeated Northern Oklahoma College of Enid (63-47), Eastern Oklahoma (70-63) and Connors State (66-58) ahead of the win over the Pioneers. Redlands closed Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference action in third place with a 10-6 record and a 13-6 mark for the season.
The Region 2 Championships for the women begin Thursday in Enid.
Redlands Community College men’s basketball team was scheduled to take the court Monday night for a spot in the NJCAA Region 2 against Arkansas Baptist in Little Rock.
The winner will be the eighth seed for the tourney, which starts Wednesday in Enid.
Redlands closed out Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference action as the eighth seed after splitting its final two games. The Cougars snapped a seven-game slide with a 100-94 win over Eastern Oklahoma State College but lost 84-66 to Connors State College.
Despite six homers and a combined team batting average over .300, Redlands Community College’s baseball team took just one of four games recently against the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain.
The Cougars took the first game 14-8 but dropped the final three to the Bucks by scores of 7-3, 14-5 and 16-10. Redlands is now 2-6 against Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic
Conference Division 2 teams and 8-18 overall.
MUNICIPAL COURT
Ebony Nicole Richey, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $295.
Bernabe Cenobio Robles, Springdale, Ark., speeding, $175.
Joel Mateo Tepetate, El Reno, speeding in a construction zone, $295.
Skylar Henry Nucosee, Ada, speeding, $165.
Catlin Alyxandra Moiser, Oklahoma City, expired tag, $165.
Mattie F. Owen, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $295.
Van Huy Bui, Oklahoma City, speeding, $165.
Thomas Marshall Weatherford, Edmond, expired tag, $165.
U.S. Sen. James Lankford sent a text message to West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin in February when Oklahoma was experiencing below zero temperatures.
“I told him thank you for the coal,” Lankford said, referring to Manchin’s home state being heavily involved in coal production. “Without it we would have frozen to death.”
Lankford was in El Reno Tuesday, meeting with constituents and city officials. He spoke to a luncheon group at Swadley’s where he related the story about Manchin, a Democrat considered one of the most powerful swing votes in an evenly divided Senate.
With the help of El Reno VFW Post 382, special education students from Etta Dale Junior High and EHS were treated to a visit from the bunny, which stopped by to say thanks to the students for helping with a class fundraiser in which students stuffed more than 3,000 plastic eggs full of candy.
The eggs were purchased by El Reno residents and will be delivered to yards around the city the night before Easter.
