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El Reno girls earn first District 5A-2 win over Spartans

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Doubling up Southeast in both shots and attempts on frame, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team snapped a two-match losing streak last week with a 4-0 win over the Spartans.

The shutout victory was the first for El Reno in District 5A-2 play as the Indians improved to 1-2 and into fifth place. Andrea Williams’ team took a 6-2 overall record into its match with Midwest City.

Reece Hardy twists her upper body as she sets up to kick a bouncing ball

Indians suffer road shutout

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El Reno High School’s boys soccer team remained locked in a three-way tie in the cellar of the District 5A-2 standings after last week’s 7-0 road loss to co-leader Southeast.

The setback extended El Reno’s losing streak to six matches as the Indians fell to 0-3 in the league standings and 1-7 overall.

Guthrie and Carl Albert are both winless in 5A-2 play and remain ahead of EHS on the schedule.

Kevin Frazier dribbles up the field

Tennis teams place in SC tourney

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El Reno High School’s tennis teams were back in action last week for the 2022 Suburban Conference Championships.

The boys fielded only singles players, earning seven points in the team standings to take seventh. Xiven Wallin, playing in the top bracket, lost in straight sets to Piedmont’s Bradley Carr, but rebounded with a 6-1/6-3 win over Del City’s Admir Deyu.

Wallin finished sixth after a 6-1/6-0 setback to Shawnee’s Hagen Wells.

Kambry Maifield hits a return shot

Terriers run away from Calumet; Union City hampered by storms

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CALUMET — Despite logging 12 base hits, Calumet High School’s slow-pitch softball team continues to look for its first win of the season after dropping a 17-4 game to Thomas/Fay-Custer.

Calumet trailed the Terriers 8-4 going into the fifth inning but allowed nine runs in the frame to slip to 0-12 on the season.

Jazmine Mayo went 2-for-3 from the plate with a run scored, while Paige Mayo and Kylee Smith logged two base hits each and combined for three runs scored. Tina Ortiz added a pair of base hits.

Mikah Mayo watches the ball hit the ground after she collides with Cierra McBroom

Union City, Calumet squads post victories ahead of tourney bids

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Union City High School’s baseball team climbed over the .500 mark for the season after snapping a two-game losing streak with a trio of road wins.

The Tigers moved to 7-6 on the spring with victories over Lomega (15-7), Alex (8-0) and Cement (13-6).

Union City hit 20-of-60 (.333) for the three-game win streak with seven doubles and triples from Aiden Ellington and Dalton Stout. Ellington added a home run to lead all Tigers hitters with a 5-of-8 (.625) effort with six runs batted in and three more scored.

Oklahoma HCE awarding two scholarships

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The Canadian County Association for Oklahoma Home and Community Education is awarding two $500 scholarships to students planning to attend a two- or four-year college or university.

Scholarships are available to any 2022 graduating senior or new G.E.D. certificate holder who resides in Canadian County, is registering for further education for the first time and will be attending an institution of higher education full-time. Recipients will be selected on the basis of financial need, academic record and character recommendations.

Nationally-ranked RCC golf team wins OCAC team, medalist honors

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Redlands Community College’s golf team, ranked ninth in the latest NJCAA national poll, is the best junior college squad in Oklahoma and has the scores to prove it.

The Cougars won the Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship last week by 128 strokes and took the top four spots in the individual medalist field.

Playing at Firelake Golf Course in Shawnee, Redlands carded a 36-hole total of 642 (324/318) for the runaway win. Seminole State College was second with a 750 tally and Murray State College was third at 836.

2022 Redlands Community College’s golf team

Redlands ends skid with split

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Splitting both its home and road doubleheaders against National Park allowed Redlands Community College’s baseball team to snap an 11-game losing streak.

The Cougars remain in last place in the NJCAA Region 2, Division 2 standings at 4-12 after beating National Park 2-0 and 4-2 in the opening games of both twinbills.

Redlands dropped the second game of each set by scores of 8-0 and 3-0 to take a 15-23 overall record into a four-game set with South Arkansas College.

Indians miscues aid Chickasha in U.S. 81 rivalry

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El Reno High School renewed the U.S. 81 Battle with Chickasha last week at the Hub Reed Complex, allowing 11 base hits to the Class 4A powerhouse in a non-district outing.

However, it was the self-inflicted wounds in the form of two fielding errors, two balks and a wild pitch that had major impacts in the Indians 14-1 loss to the Chicks.

The setback, the second in the series by EHS, extended the Indians losing streak to six games.

El Reno took an 8-9 overall record into this week’s District 5A-1 series with co-frontrunner Carl Albert.

Gabe Compton eyes a pickoff throw

Thinclads show better times in Piedmont event

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PIEDMONT – El Reno High School’s run-heavy track team took part in last week’s Piedmont Invitational without any participants in the field events for a second straight meet.

The El Reno boys did put together a relay team as Cole Strong, Shane Caso, Matthew Chaffee and Jacob Long competed in the two-mile event. The four placed 10th with a time of nine minutes and 53.94 seconds.

Long was the lone EHS runner in the 3,200-meter solo event, placing 14th with a time of 11:38.34.

Shane Caso runs a leg of the 3,200 relay at the Piedmont Invitational
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