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Redlands Community College’s soccer team kicked off a four-match regional road swing last week with back-to-back losses by a combined five goals.

The Cougars dropped a close 4-3 match to the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain before being shut out by Rose State College (4-0).

The losses extended Redlands current losing streak to seven matches. The Cougars are 1-11 overall and 1-10 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings, which is eighth.

Redlands logged 21 shots for the two matches, three of those credited as team shots.

El Reno High School tailback Malachi Nicholson was having a career night running the football in the Indians game with Noble last week – but he had no clue just how big.

After bursting through Noble’s line untouched en route to a 56-yard touchdown run, the senior was still breathing hard when he carried in the 2-point conversion to give El Reno a 68-61 lead with 3:26 to play.

Running off the field, he stopped to ask me a simple question.

“You wouldn’t know how many yards I have, do you,” said Nicholson.

NOBLE – The biggest offensive effort of Malachi Nicholson’s career set up El Reno High School's football team for its first district win of the season.

Yet it was his biggest defensive play that sealed the deal as the Indians defeated Noble 68-67 after rallying from 18 points down late in the third period.

Noble made it a one-point game with 55.2 seconds left, scoring on a 14-yard touchdown pass from Joey Bear to Logan Kirby. Following a timeout, the Bears opted to go for a 2-point conversion.

El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team played its final road games of the regular season last week, dropping two games at Enid and a neutral site game to Edmond North.

The Indians fell to 15-15 overall with 12-4 and 4-1 setbacks to Enid, followed by a 4-2 loss to the Huskies.

El Reno went 14-of-57 (.246) from the plate over the three games, getting a double each from Iliana Ashford and Micah Woods. Maddie Moss (.556) and Ashford (.556) led with five hits each.

Justine Johnson, Maddie Brinkman, Woods and Ryah Hardy closed with a hit each.

Pictured are members of El Reno’s seventh-grade volleyball team, winners of the 2023 Suburban Conference Championships.

Ryah Hardy hit a walk-off double as El Reno High School’s softball team said goodbye to its four seniors with a 10-9 come-from-behind win over the Oklahoma City Broncos.

The game was the lone home outing for El Reno (15-12) in September as the Indians will wrap up the month with road games against Enid and Edmond North.

Head coach Jason Little said El Reno is trying to work out the officiating details to pick up a home tuneup game to end the regular season against Duncan on Monday, Oct. 2.

The Indians split road matches last week, snapping a nine-match losing streak by beating Del City 3-1.

EHS then fell to Cache by a 3-0 margin.

Calumet High School’s baseball team, ranked second in the state, walked into the regional round of the Class B playoffs with a 6-5 come-from-behind win over Amber-Pocasset.

The Chieftains, winners of 12 straight games, trailed Ampo 5-2 going into the bottom of the seventh before getting an RBI-single from Hunter Arnold.

Calumet would load the bases before drawing three straight walks from Brendon Voss, Kingston Arnold and Carson Cooper – the latter being the game-winning pass.

Union City High School’s baseball team had its fall campaign come to an end with a 9-1 loss to Sterling in the title round of the Class A, District 17 Championships.

The Tigers opened the playoffs with a 4-3 loss to Santa Fe South, before rebounding to defeat Ninnekah (13-5) and eliminate the St. Bernards with a 13-5 victory. That win pushed Union City into the championship round needing to beat the 12th-ranked Tigers twice.

The loss, however, left Ludy Griggs’ team with a 16-10 record for the season.

Both Union City and Calumet High School’s fast-pitch softball teams faced uphill battles in the district rounds of their respective postseason bids – which netted only one win.

Union City ended its season with a 4-16 record after dropping back-to-back games to 12th-ranked Binger-Oney in the Class A, District 10 Championships.

The Tigers were shut out 13-0 and 12-0, gaining only five hits over the two-game spread. Kamryn Cook and Skylar Morgan logged two hits each, followed by Clara Pregler with one hit.