El Reno was slated to host the District 5A-3 Championships on Thursday.

The Indians will wrestle Blanchard, Carl Albert and Santa Fe South and need to win all three to punch a ticket to the Class 5A Dual State Championships in Tulsa in February.

Both EHS teams were off Tuesday but were scheduled to host Noble Friday night in District 5A-2 play.

Mother Nature has been the biggest opponent for area high school basketball teams as the recent bout of winter weather has forced postponements or cancellations.

Area schools lost eight games due to weather, while Union City had its two-team run in the Paden Pirates Classic postponed until this weekend.

The Union City boys defeated Carney (53-38) in the first round to move to 11-9 on the season. Jake Hamilton hit a 3-pointer and shared the team lead in scoring with Gavin Righter - each with 12 points.

Points left on the court and off the scoreboard came back to haunt Redlands Community College men’s basketball team in an 84-77 loss to Northern Oklahoma College of Tonkawa.

The seven-point setback dropped the Cougars to 8-12 on the season and 2-4 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.

Redlands sits in the eighth spot but is only two games out of first place.

The Cougars left 48 points unaccounted from the 3-point line after going 4-of-20 (20 percent) from the arc.