Redlands headed to nationals

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Redlands Community College is headed back to the National Junior College Athletic Association’s Women's Golf Championships after dominating the field at the 2021 Region 2 tourney hosted at Crimson Creek Golf Course.

The Cougars shot a 36-hole total of 626 to win the regional championship by 151 strokes over runner-up Seminole State College (777). Murray State College (835) was third - 209 strokes behind the Cougars.

Marvelyn Kartika watches her tee shot on the third hole

Calumet, UC find late wins

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It’s playoff time for slow-pitch softball teams in Canadian County and both Union City and Calumet High School head into the postseason on winning notes.

Union City takes an 18-12 record into the Class 2A, District 7 Championship at Fletcher – ranked 10th in the state.

The Tigers are coming off a 2-2 record in last week’s Fletcher Festival, beating Blair (17-1) and Big Pasture (12-2).

Union City lost to Class 3A’s 15th-ranked Boone-Apache (6-0) and Class A’s 18th-ranked Grandfield (10-4).

MaKenna DeLong prepares to snag a bouncing ball

Redlands unable to shake skid

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Redlands Community College’s soccer team is battling through a five-match losing streak after dropping the first two dates of its current road swing.

The Cougars slipped to 1-6 in the Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference standings with losses to Rose State College (7-0) and the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain (3-1).

Those losses came on the heels of a 4-1 setback to Northeastern Oklahoma A&M at Memorial Stadium.

Malia Maple chases down a loose ball

McGuinness does Irish jig on El Reno’s hopes

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Despite having five more minutes of possession time, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team had its four-match winning streak halted last week with a 6-0 loss to Bishop McGuinness.

The match was for the outright lead in the District 5A-1 title chase as El Reno slipped to 4-1 in the standings and into sole possession of second place with two matches remaining.

The Indians are now 8-4 on the season and were slated to play a makeup road match with Guthrie before closing out district play against Guymon.

Caroline Huber eyes a high-bouncing ball
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