Sports

Running on a fast Texas course in Wichita Falls, Redlands Community College’s cross country team posted a pair of 12th-place finishes at the 2022 Mustang Derby, hosted by Midwestern State University.

“It was a fast course and we had some great times and faced some great higher division competition,” said RCC head coach Natalie Graves.

The Redlands men ran the 8-kilometer (4.97-mile) course with an overall time of two hours and 30 minutes, with an average runner time of 30:03 en route to a 320 points total.

Fall break is traditionally the time football programs across the state compress a week’s worth of preparation into three days ahead of a Thursday night ball game.

However, that’s not the case for El Reno High School’s football team which will keep a normal schedule in the days leading up to Friday’s road trip to Ardmore – despite the district being out two days for fall break.

“We are on fall break but Ardmore is not and they wanted to play on Friday night since the game is at their house. So we get an extra day of practice.

Midwest City’s size and speed proved to be a toxic combination as El Reno High School’s football team suffered a 34-0 loss at the hands of the Bombers in District 5A-1 play.

The loss dropped El Reno to 1-5 on the season and 1-2 in the district standings. It was the first shutout loss of the year for the Indians and the third time to be held to under 10 points.

“They were very big and athletic and I think a few of our kids were intimidated.

MIDWEST CITY – Perennial powerhouse and seven-time state champion Carl Albert was given a scare by El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team in the championship round of the Class 5A, Region 1 Championships.

El Reno, needing to beat the Titans twice to make a third trip to state in the past four seasons, took a 3-2 lead into the seventh inning of game one.

However, the Indians watched Carl Albert score two runs in its final at bat to pull out a 4-3 win over El Reno. The Indians season ends with a 14-18 overall record.

El Reno High School’s volleyball team went into the Class 5A, Region 1 Championships having faced a gauntlet of ranked teams over the final 10 days of the regular season.

Three of the four opponents over that period were ranked, including 3-0 losses at Class 5A’s 12th-ranked Newcastle (25-17/25-23/25-17) and No.5 Piedmont (25-12/25-9/25-20) in Suburban Conference action.

Tuning up for the 2022 Suburban Conference Cross Country Championships later this week, El Reno High School took nine runners to the Elk City Invitational – bringing home five medals.

The El Reno girls were led by an 11th-place finish by Cielo Estrada with a time of 15 minutes and 41 seconds over the 3,200-meter course.

Kaylee Pawnee (17:15) took 20th place, followed by Emma Pawnee (20:14) in 26th place.

Calumet High School’s baseball team reached the semifinals of the Class B State Championships before losing to Fort Cobb/Broxton.

See Saturday’s paper for a recap.

MIDWEST CITY – A repeat trip to the Class 5A State Fast-Pitch Softball State Championships will have to come through the consolation bracket as El Reno High School suffered an 11-1 loss to Carl Albert.

The Indians went 1-1 on the first day of the Region 1 Championships on the Titans home turf, run-ruling Ardmore 11-0 in five innings. El Reno, now 13-17 on the season, will face the Tigers again in an elimination game.

If successful, the Indians will have to defeat Carl Albert twice to earn their third trip to state in the past four seasons.

While giving up a noticeable height difference across the net, El Reno High School’s volleyball team rode a series of unforced errors by Del City to a 3-0 win over the Eagles.

The 25-13/25-11/25-15 victory was the third in the past five matches for El Reno, which improved to 11-14 on the season and 2-2 in the Suburban Conference standings.

El Reno trailed only once in the match as Del City committed 11 unforced errors out of the first 12 points in game one. The Eagles had a total of 51 errors over the three games including a service miscue on match point.

Last week’s 41-40 win over Noble came with a season-high 423 yards of total offense which put El Reno High School’s football team over the 1,000-yard mark for the season.