Still seeking out its first win of the 2023 campaign, Redlands Community College women’s soccer team dropped a 5-0 match to Rose State College.
The shutout loss was the second of the season for the Cougars, who slipped to 0-4 overall and 0-3 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.
Redlands had 15 shots in the Raiders loss, eight of those by Amya Lindsay. Miya Ingram followed with three shots, while Carlie Golden and Jaidyn Gonzalez added two shots apiece.
Three passing plays, all working against El Reno High School’s football team, proved to be the turning point in the Indians Canadian County rivalry game with Piedmont.
The Wildcats converted two of those passes into two touchdowns as Piedmont defeated El Reno for a third straight season 14-6. The non-district loss dropped the Indians to 1-1 on the season.
“A loss like this is hard to take but we are going to take it and learn from it and fix our mistakes. Hopefully our kids will grow from this,” said El Reno head coach Russell Cook.
Three goals allowed in the first 26 minutes came back to haunt Redlands Community College women’s soccer team in a 3-1 home loss to the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain.
The loss dropped the Cougars to 0-3 on the season and 0-2 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.
Redlands allowed goals in the seventh, 23rd and 26th minutes of the first half. The Cougars made it a 3-1 match just 51 seconds later (26:47) on an unassisted goal by Amya Lindsay.
While the outcome of El Reno’s first three games on the 2023 schedule means nothing when it comes to making the playoffs, the Indians are not devaluing the importance of their non-district slate.
In fact, it’s just the opposite.
El Reno went 0-3 during the non-district slate in Russell Cook’s first season, losing close games to Chickasha and Weatherford and being blown out by Piedmont.
The Indians did rebound to make the Class 5A playoffs with a third-place district finish, but the sting of those losses lingered.
In its closest match of the season, El Reno High School’s volleyball team held off a late run by Shawnee to post a 3-2 win over the Wolves in Suburban Conference action.
The Indians won by scores of 23-25/27-25/25-19/18-25/15-11 to improve to 3-4 on the season and 1-1 in the conference standings.
Qyra Jones led the offensive attack with 12 kills as the team finished with 41 total. Trinity Black closed in double digits with 11 kills, followed by Lily Elliott with six and four kills from Jewell Graham.
DEL CITY – A pair of big second-inning offensive explosions propelled El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team to back-to-back District 5A-2 victories last week while extending the Indians win streak in the process.
El Reno has won five games in a row for the second time after beating Santa Fe South (13-0) and Del City (16-2) to improve to 9-4 on the season.
The Indians remain fourth in the district standings at 3-3 behind Piedmont, Carl Albert and Noble.
Run production continues to be an issue for both Union City and Calumet High School’s fast-pitch softball teams as both squads earned only one win in eight combined games last week.
Union City slipped to 3-11 on the season with its lone win over four games, a 15-3 decision against Ninnekah.
The Tigers dropped games to Elmore City/Pernell (8-1), Rush Springs (14-1) and Empire (11-1).
The team went 21-of-78 (.269) from the plate with two triples and a double from Morgan Brothers. Victoria Stucks, Lily Russell and Trestan Sutton logged a double each.
Calumet High School continues to make its case to be the top-ranked team in Class B after winning the recent Okarche/Binger-Oney Tournament and sweeping both games of its own festival.
The Chieftains, now 13-0, moved up a spot in the latest poll to No.2 behind Fort Cobb-Broxton (13-3).
Calumet defeated Binger-Oney (19-0) and Class A’s 10th-ranked Okarche (1-0) in tournament play before taking the title with a 3-1 win over Class A’s fifth-ranked Amber-Pocasset.
Redlands Community College women’s soccer team has had a rocky start to the 2023 season with back-to-back losses including a 4-1 setback to Kansas-based Garden City in its home opener.
The Cougars are 0-1 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings after a 4-0 loss to Northern Oklahoma College of Enid.
Amya Lindsay had the lone goal for the Cougars out of five total shots through two matches.
Payton Brickey had three shots, followed by Miya Ingram with two. Jaidya Gonzalez and Bri Spann added a shot each.
CHICKASHA – While he was expecting a fast start on the 104th installment of the U.S. 81 Battle, El Reno High School head football coach Russell Cook admits he was impressed with what his team delivered.
Freshman Kaleb Blackwolf took the game’s opening kickoff back 47 yards and El Reno scored two plays later on a 28-yard run by senior Malachi Nicholson to kick-start a 64-24 win over Chickasha.
