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Three El Reno High School seniors signed letters of intent to play softball on the college level.

Mattie Pritchett hit a deep 3-pointer with 3.3 seconds left as Calumet High School’s girls basketball team won its second straight game with a 41-40 decision over Hinton.

Calumet improved to 4-3 on the year heading into the Canton Invitational.

The trey gave Pritchett a team-high 12 points in the win to go along with two rebounds and a steal. Allie Harris followed with 10 points, six rebounds, four steals and four assists.

Keeping up the pressure to crack the top five in the Class B poll, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team won its fourth straight game with a 75-56 decision over Hinton.

The Chieftains, ranked sixth in the state, improved to 6-1 on the year heading into the Canton Invitational.

Hunter Arnold scored a team-high 23 points for Calumet and added two assists and a steal. Dalton Belcher had a double-double with 16 points, 12 boards, five steals and five assists.

Redlands Community College women’s basketball team fell to 1-2 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings with a recent 85-58 loss to Eastern Oklahoma State College.
The Cougars are now 5-6 on the season.
Brooklyn Haywood was one of two players in double digits with a line of 15 points, five rebounds and an assist. Hannah Harris led all scorers with 18 points, five boards, two assists and a steal.
Jaiana Wiggins followed with eight points and five caroms, while Macy Moore scored five points. Sydney Brown added four points and three rebounds in the loss.

After spotting Class 3A powerhouse Perry 15 points, El Reno High School’s wrestling team reeled off nine straight wins en route to a 45-25 victory over he seventh-ranked Maroons.
El Reno, ranked sixth in Class 5A, improved to 2-0 on the dual season.
The Indians got off to a slow  start in the upper weights as Kolt LaFoe (190) and Ruben Sharp (215) suffered falls and Ryan Sigler dropped a 3-1 match  to Cash Warren.

Two days after snapping a losing streak with a conference win over Eastern Oklahoma State College, Redlands Community College men’s basketball team dropped an 81-46 contest in Texas to Frank Phillips College.
Redlands slipped to 5-6 on the season with the road split after defeating the Mountaineers 74-64 to move to 1-2 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.

Scoring the first 23 points of the  game, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team opened up its 2022-23 home slate with an impressive 61-19  win over Lawton Eisenhower.
El Reno, now 2-0 on the season, dominated on both ends of the floor after holding the Eagles to 10 first-half points and blanking the Eagles offense in the first period.
The Indians led 18-0 after one period as five players contributed to the effort. Lilly Thomas and Nazhoni Sleeper scored six points each, while Emmary Elizondo, Pauline Black-Harmon and Bryhanna Blackowl scored a basket each.

Knocking down six 3-pointers in the first period,  El Reno High School’s boys basketball team posted a 78-43 wire-to-wire victory over Lawton Eisenhower last week in its 2022-23 home opener.
El Reno improved to 2-0 on the season after scoring the first 16 points of the contest, four of those coming off a technical foul against Ike. Carter Roman Nose made one of the two free throws, then buried a corner 3-pointer off the inbound play.

El Reno High School senior Ryan Sigler points to “Paula the Pin Pony,” the wrestling team's mascot for the season.  After every fall recorded, the wrestler getting the pin has to ride Paula off the mat. The mascot is a way to keep wrestlers and fans engaged in the dual according to head coach Tyrone Lewis. El Reno, ranked sixth in Class 5A, took a 2-0 record into Tuesday's match with cross-county rival Piedmont.

The guard-post combination of Carter Roman Nose and James Reveles combined for close to half of the scoring for El Reno High School’s boys basketball team in a 45-31 season-opening win over Shawnee.

The victory counts in the Suburban Conference standings since it's the lone non-tournament meeting.

Both teams struggled on offense as El Reno’s 29 percent shooting mark was six points higher than the Wolves. The Indians were 12-of-31 (39 percent) from 2-point range, while hitting 2-of-17 3-point attempts for 12 percent.