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MIDWEST CITY – While El Reno High School’s track team was posting better times and measurements, it was Mother Nature that proved to be the fastest mover at the 2023 Suburban Conference Track and Field Championships.

Despite starting three hours early, a fast-moving rainstorm forced the meet to be called off with four events on the track and one field event left unsettled.

“With the regional meet so close, the coaches didn’t want the take the chance of someone getting hurt or pulling a muscle,” said El Reno head coach Graham Snelding.

El Reno High School’s boys golf team tuned up for Monday’s Class 5A West Regional Championships by shooting a 379 team score at last week’s 2023 Guthrie Bluejays Bash.

The Indians finished in the lower half of the stout team standings despite getting a squad-leading round of 88 from Baylor Pearson. Cooper Park and Jackson Albrecht both carded rounds of 93.

Charles Woolworth carded a 105, while Jett Ramsey rounded out the scoring with a 111.

The regional event is being held on the Aqua Canyon Course at Cimarron National Golf Club.

CALUMET – In a game that was over for all practical purposes after the first inning, Calumet High School’s baseball team defeated 13th-ranked Mulhall-Orlando 14-0 Sunday to win the Class B, Region 4 Championship.

The win sends the Chieftains, ranked fourth in the state, to the 2023 Class B Oklahoma State High School Baseball Championships for the first time in spring ball.

Calumet, which improved to 19-7 on the season with its seventh straight win, will be making its third state appearance in the sport after fall trips in 1975 and 2022.

Cody Schmidt’s last tournament as Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball coach will be the biggest of his career as well as the school’s, after the Tigers defeated Frontier 12-7 to clinch the runner-up spot at the 2023 Class 2A, Region 1 Championships.

The top two teams from each of the four regionals make the Class 2A State High School Slow-Pitch Championships, which start Wednesday at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.

Union City, ranked sixth in the state, will play at 10 a.m. against fourth-ranked Cyril.

DEL CITY – While other schools in the league were left scrambling to make up lost games due to rain, a little sacrifice by El Reno High School’s baseball team led to the Indians third straight sweep.

Giving up a home game to set up a road doubleheader, El Reno run-ruled Del City twice by scores of 11-1 and 19-1 to lock up fifth place in the District 5A-1 standings with a 6-8 record.

El Reno High School’s track teams took part in the first of two meets last week at the 2023 Weatherford Eagle Invitational, with the boys team taking 13th overall.

Bugg Elledge had the highest finish among the boys with a sixth-place effort in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.90 seconds. Latin Everheart took 10th place with a 25.11 effort.

After a series of near misses in recent years, El Reno High School is headed back to the Class 5A Girls State Golf Championships with a full squad.

El Reno took fourth place in the Class 5A West Regional played on the Aqua Canyon Course at Cimarron National Golf Club in Guthrie last week. The event was shortened to nine holes due to rain.

The Indians carded a 196 score, led by Skylar Ayers with a round of 45, followed by duplicate rounds of 49 from Kallie Maifield and Madison Patswald. Emma Patswald posted a 53 and Trinity Black a 67.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Despite holding a 14-6 edge in shots during the second half, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team dropped a 2-1 match to Mount St. Mary last week.

The loss was the third in a row for El Reno, which closes out the 2023 season with a 5-8 record.

The Rockets led 1-0 at the half following a goal in the first eight minutes.

El Reno tied the match with 24:57 left in the second half when Lily Hayes took a shot from the left side which was cleared by a MSM defender into the net.

OKLAHOMA CITY – In one of the quickest matches this season, El Reno High School’s boys soccer team dropped a 3-0 decision to Mount St. Mary last week to close out the 2023 season.

Both the boys and girls matches were trimmed back to a pair of 30-minute halves separated by a five-minute halftime. The move was done to avoid pending rainstorms.

The loss was the fourth in a row for El Reno, three by shutouts, dropping the Indians to 3-10 on the year.

The Rockets scored in the 25th and eighth minutes to lead 2-0 at the half, before adding a goal in the second half.

Redlands Community College’s golf team must wait for an at-large bid to the 2023 NJCAA Division I National Championships after placing third recently in the Southwest District Championships held in Arizona.

The Cougars carded a 910 total over 54 holes after shooting a 308 over the final 18 holes. Redlands posted scores of 300 and 302 in the first two rounds. Western Texas Community College (886) won the team title, while Odessa College (899) was second.