Heads-up plays put EHS girls in playoff hunt

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A pair of heads-up plays in the second half catapulted El Reno High School’s girls soccer team back into the playoff picture following a 2-0 victory over Guymon on senior night.

El Reno snapped a two-match slide with the shutout of the Tigers and moved to 4-7 on the season.

The Indians are currently 2-3 in the District 5A-2 standings, which is fifth, but can move to fourth with road wins over Western Heights and Guthrie.

The top four teams in each district make the playoffs.

Lily Hayes leaps into the air to steal a Guymon throw-in with her head

Indians hang tough in postseason chase

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Vicente Saldana Barbosa netted one of three breakaway scoring attempts in the first half to spark El Reno High School’s boys soccer team to a wire-to-wire 2-1 victory over Guymon.

It’s El Reno’s first win over the Tigers since 2022 and keeps the Indians in the hunt for one of four playoff spots from District 5A-2.

Joe Patton’s team is now 7-4 on the season and 2-3 in the district standings for fifth place. El Reno, with two matches left, is a game back of Carl Albert for fourth and a game and a half out in a tie for second with Classen SAS and Guymon.

Luke Lemke uses his head to deflect a pass as teammate Carlos Garcia tries to avoid contact

Redlands headed to nationals

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Redlands Community College women’s golf team punched its ticket to nationals by retaining the NJCAA Central Region Women’s Golf Championship for a second straight year.

The Cougars, playing at Woodlands Hills Golf Course in Nacogdoches, Texas, carded a 36-hole total of 641 (320-321) to beat out Texans Blinn (646) and Tyler (679) junior colleges to win the title.

Seminole State College (696) and Illinois-based John A Logan College (750) rounded out the top five.

RCC women’s golf team retained the NJCAA Central District title

El Reno linksters eighth at home

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Home course knowledge did not favor the Indians last week during the 2026 El Reno High School Boys Invitational held at Crimson Creek Golf Course.

El Reno took eighth place with a 366 total, with only one golfer breaking 90. Piedmont won the event with a 326, followed by Comanche (327), Plainview (331), Okarche (339), Byng (342) and Guthrie and Southwest Covenant tied for sixth at 363.

Charles Woolworth paced the Indians with seven pars en route to a round of 86 (41-45) to place 19th in the individual medalist chase.

Jonas McClure watches a chip shot
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