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Seven turnovers in the second period, three of those shot-clock violations, hampered Redlands Community College women’s basketball team last week in a 71-50 loss to Eastern Oklahoma State College.

The Cougars are on a three-game losing skid which dropped them to 3-7 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings and down to seventh place. Redlands took a 10-14 overall record into a road game at Connors State.

The loss to Eastern came on the heels of a 64-54 setback to Northern Oklahoma College of Enid. The two losses were against two of the top four teams in the region standings.

A four-game losing streak has sent Redlands Community College men’s basketball team to the bottom of the NJCAA Region 2 standings following an 83-70 setback to Eastern Oklahoma State College.

The Cougars were coming off an 82-72 loss to Northern Oklahoma College of Enid and stand at 2-8 in the league and 10-14 on the season. Redlands trails NOC Tonkawa (3-8) by a half game and Murray State by a full game but are only two games back of fifth-place Western Oklahoma.

Redlands Community College’s baseball team kicked off its 2023 season by winning three of four games against Oklahoma Christian University’s junior varsity squad.

The Cougars split the first two games, winning 8-4 and losing by a close 4-2 margin. Redlands then took the series by sweeping both games over the second day with scores of 12-2 and 19-9.

Redlands’ 41 runs for the series came off a .400 batting average as the Cougars went 42-of-105 from the plate. Three of the four games were double-digit hit totals including 16 in the final game.

It took two periods to shake off the rust of a long break but El Reno High School’s boys basketball team did just what it needed to do in its final game before reporting date for playoff seedings – win and in a convincing fashion.

El Reno used a 26-5 run in the third period to pull away from a pesky Noble team for a 68-36 victory. The win, the third in a row, moved the Indians to 3-2 in the Suburban Conference standings.

Other than a tie early in the second period, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team held a comfortable lead over the Noble Bears and rolled to a 54-38 victory in the first action in 13 days due to winter weather.

The win pushed El Reno to 4-1 in the Suburban Conference standings and keeps Jennifer Douglas’ team in a tie for second place.

Darlington School’s girls basketball team will be making its 12th straight trip to the Oklahoma Rural Elementary Schools state tournament after winning the West Division III title with a 40-15 win over Maple.

The Chiefs open state Thursday at Shawnee, with tipoff set for 8 p.m.

Darlington School’s boys basketball team is headed back to the Oklahoma Rural Elementary Schools state tournament for a 10th straight season after winning the West Division III title with a 40-13 win over Oak Grove.

The Chiefs have won six state titles in a row and eight overall and open the 2023 run Thursday in Shawnee at 2 p.m.

Maple School’s girls basketball team earned a second straight trip to the Oklahoma Rural Elementary Schools state tournament with a runner-up finish in the Division III West Championship.

The Eagles open state Thursday at Shawnee against Moffett. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m.

While pushing its win streak to 20 games, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team clinched the title in the 2023 Washita Valley Conference Shootout with an 85-28 win over cross-county rival Union City.

Calumet, ranked fourth in Class B, improved to 22-1 on the season with the win over the Tigers. Union City had its six-game win streak snapped in the loss, slipping to 18-4 overall.

Dalton Belcher led the Chieftains in scoring with 18 points, while adding four steals, three assists and two rebounds.

Hunter Arnold chipped in 15 points and four rebounds.

CHICKASHA – There is no reason to hit the panic button after El Reno High School’s wrestling team posted a seventh-place finish in the 2023 Chickasha Classic.

El Reno, which was bumped from the top spot in the latest Class 5A rankings by Elgin, did not take its full varsity squad to the event.

The Indians, who are now ranked second in the state, rested five starters including Dailey Jennings and brothers Foxx and Kyler Kurtz.