Indians trap Bears

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El Reno High School’s softball team dropped its third doubleheader series in District 5A-2 play last week as the Guthrie Bluejays completed a sweep of the Indians with a narrow 5-3 win.

The loss to the Bluejays comes on the heels of an 11-10 win over third-place Noble as El Reno moved to 2-6 in the 5A-2 standings and 6-13 on the season. The Indians are currently at sixth place in the district.

In the loss to Guthrie, El Reno logged seven hits, with Chenoa White going 3-for-3. Kira Taber, Bailey Brothers, Maddie Moss and Julie Holdcraft added singles.

Bailey Brothers grabs the ball out of her glove after blocking a throw to home

Union City rebounds, CHS sliding

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Bouncing back from a three-run home loss to Class A’s 20th-ranked Ninnekah, Union City High School’s softball team ripped off two lopsided wins over Calumet and Geary.

The Tigers lost 10-7 to the Owls before sweeping the season series with Calumet by a 19-1 score. Union City then defeated Geary 19-0 to improve to 13-9 on the season.

Cody Schmidt’s team went 25-of-56 (.446) from the plate for the three-game set, getting two doubles each from Makinzie and Makenna DeLong. Alexis Archer and Oceanna Schranz added one double each.

Makinzie DeLong just misses a sweep tag on a base runner

UC Tigers win at home; Olive seals CHS victory

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After giving up two runs in the top of the first inning, Union City High School’s baseball team went on a 7-1 run to rally past Geronimo for a 7-3 victory.

The Tigers were slated to play Ninnekah, but the Owls were in quarantine for COVID-19 issues. The win over Geronimo lifted Union City to 10-6 on the season heading into its own wooden bat tournament this weekend.

Union City went 7-of-26 from the plate (.269) in the win with Corbin McKinney going 3-for-3 with a pair of runs scored. J.D. Riley was 2-for-3 with a pair of runs batted in.

J.D. Riley keeps a close eye on the plate as he follows through on a pitch

Redlands men sixth in Aggie Duals; women run four harriers

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Redlands Community College’s cross country team traveled to Lawton recently to compete in the 2021 Cameron University Aggie Duals, with the men’s team placing sixth overall.

The Cougars posted an overall time of 2 hours, 33 minutes and 58 seconds over the 8,000-meter course, for an average time of 30:47.56.

Braden Swearingen had the fastest time for Redlands at 29:35 to place 35th overall.

He was followed by teammates Kyle Zielinski (29:40) in 36th place and Liam Johnson (29:46) in 37th place.

Drake Holland
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