El Reno High School’s boys and girls tennis teams both took fifth place last week at the 2021 Suburban Conference Championships hosted by Shawnee.

The boys team had only two entries as Xiven Wallin and Jacob Guerrero both finished in sixth. Wallin played No.1 singles, losing to Guthrie’s Auden Wandt (6-0/6-1) and Carl Albert’s Grayson Guild (6-2/6-0).

Guerrero played No.2 singles, losing in straight sets to both Piedmont’s Jacob Curtis and Carl Albert’s Brandon Enterling.

A small group of golfers faced large wind gusts last week as four teams took part in the 2021 El Reno High School Boys Invitational at Crimson Creek Golf Course.

El Reno was one of the four schools but did not field a full team this season. Altus won the team title with a 357 tally, followed by Guymon (377) and Weatherford (456).

The Indians did have three golfers in the individual medalist field, led by Dallon Biswell’s nines of 54-46 for a 100 total. He placed eighth overall, 10 shots out of the top five, but had a lower score than all of the Weatherford squad.

Tyler Norton scored from third on a botched pickoff move in the bottom of the seventh inning as Union City High School’s baseball team snapped a three-game losing streak with an 11-10 win over Hydro-Eakly.

The Tigers, ranked 14th in Class A, improved to 13-4 on the season.

Norton singled and went to second on a relay throw from the outfield. Tyler Ross reached first on a bunt which sent Norton to third.

“They tried a pickoff and the kid overthrew third and Tyler pretty much walked home,” said Union City head coach Ludy Griggs.

With gusting winds over 30 miles per hour from the south, the game plan for last week’s District 5A-1 showdown between El Reno High School’s girls soccer team and Noble was simple – take advantage of Mother Nature’s gift.

El Reno did just that, punching in two second-half goals to defeat the Bears 2-0. The Indians, ranked third in District 5A-2, improved to 6-3 on the season and 2-0 in the league.

Noble, ranked second in the district, suffered its first loss of the year and slipped to 1-1 in league action.