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A day after having its efforts in the Putnam City North Invitational cut short by rain, El Reno High School’s girls tennis team was able to return to the courts to defeat Western Heights by a 3-1 score.

The win gave the El Reno girls a 1-1 season record and helped split the duel with the Jets, who won the boys side by a 3-0 count.

El Reno won both girls singles matches as Kambry Maifield defeated Amanda Arrenondo by scores of 6-1/6-0. Alyssa Weston added a 6-0/6-2 win over Alexia Martinez at No.2 singles.

El Reno High School’s girls soccer team is still looking for its first District 5A-2 win after going into overtime at Piedmont last week before falling to the Wildcats 3-2.

“They were very good. We gave them everything we had,” said El Reno head coach Andrea Williams.

The loss was the second straight for El Reno, which slipped to 5-2 on the season. The Indians fell into a tie for seventh with Guthrie in the league standings at 0-2.

The contest was close in the final stats as well with Piedmont holding a 16-12 edge in shots and a 13-12 margin in shots on goal.

Allowing two goals in each half, El Reno High School’s boys soccer team dropped a 4-0 road match to Piedmont last week in District 5A-2 play.

The loss was the fifth in a row for the Indians, who slipped to 1-6 on the season. El Reno is 0-2 in the district standings and tied for sixth with Guthrie and Carl Albert.

El Reno was outshot 22-7 by the Wildcats, who also held a 13-1 edge in shots on goal. Piedmont dominated possessions 65-35 and had a 3-1 edge in corner kicks.

Sporting two teams for the John Marshall Invitational, El Reno High School’s girls golf team carded a pair of top 12 finishes at the event played at Cedar Valley Golf Club in Guthrie.

El Reno’s varsity placed ninth in the team standings with a 425 tally, while the junior varsity took 12th with a 464 round.

Kallie Maifield had the low round for El Reno’s varsity squad with a 98, followed by Madison Patswald with a 104 and a 109 from Berkley Kidd-Smith.

Emma Patswald was close behind with a 112, while Trinity Black carded a 128.

Redlands Community College’s golf team, ranked ninth in the latest NJCAA rankings, placed sixth in the recent Kyle Blaser Invitational at Gaillardia Country Club.

The tourney was the first of the spring for Redlands to face fellow NJCAA opponents. Western Texas (971) and McLennan (989) Community Colleges, both top 10 teams as well, placed fourth and fifth, respectively.

Redlands carded rounds of 329, 328 and 352 for the 54-hole event to close with a 1,009 tally. The Cougars were 48 strokes better than seventh-place finisher Kansas Wesleyan.

Bishop McGuinness made the most of its scoring chances as the returning state runner-up handed El Reno High School’s girls soccer team its first home loss of the 2022 season.

The Irish’s 5-0 win at Memorial Stadium kept McGuinness at the top of the District 5A-2 standings at 2-0, while El Reno slipped to seventh after its first league contest and 5-1 on the season.

After pitching a shutout over the first 40 minutes, El Reno High School’s boys soccer team allowed three second-half goals to Bishop McGuinness en route to a 3-0 shutout loss.

The Indians have now lost four matches in a row to slip to 1-5 on the season and 0-1 in the District 5A-2 standings – which is sixth. The Irish improved to fourth in the league at 1-1.

El Reno’s defense held off 10 shots by the Irish in the first half as goalie Angel Gonsales logged six saves, including a sliding kick clear out in the 25th minute.

While producing 11 hits in its two-game series against league leader Piedmont, El Reno High School’s baseball team was unable to score any runs against the Wildcats.

El Reno slipped to 8-7 on the season and 3-2 in the District 5A-1 standings after back-to-back shutout losses by scores of 6-0 and 15-0.

The Indians dropped to fifth in the league.

In the six-run road loss, El Reno left nine runners stranded – including the bases loaded twice.

The Indians left six unaccounted in the loss at the Hub Reed Complex.

With only four players, El Reno High School’s boys tennis team was short-handed in its first tourney outing of the season – the 2022 Putnam City North Invitational.

Playing at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center, Erik Vazquez and Lazaro Acosta were 14th in No.2 doubles with a 1-3 record. The pair lost to duos from Piedmont (6-4/7-5), Guthrie (6-2/6-3) and Midwest City (6-0/6-1).

Their win was a 6-1/6-2 victory over Putnam City West.

El Reno High School singles player Jayna Graham follows through on a forehand return shot during an early-round match at the 2022 Putnam City North Invitational.

The event was played at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center with Mother Nature providing brisk winds, cloudy skies and temperatures in the high 40’s at the start of the day.

See a recap in Wednesday’s edition.