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Okarche High School’s girls basketball team bounced back from its first loss of the season to defeat Class 2A’s 12th-ranked Cashion 50-47 to take third place in the 2021 Garber Invitational.

The Warriors exited the tourney with a 10-1 record for the season after a 73-38 win over Ripley and a 55-51 loss to Class 2A’s seventh-ranked Hooker.

Emma Stover scored 24 points total in the win over Ripley and the Hooker loss, followed by 22 from Jalie Rother and 20 points from Jadyn Rother.

The key to running a successful uptempo transition offense is to control the defensive boards and outhustle your opponent to the basket on the other end of the floor.

El Reno High School’s girls basketball team, ranked third in Class 5A, did both like clockwork for three periods to spark a 55-39 win over fifth-ranked Bishop McGuinness.

The non-conference win pushed the Indians to 2-0 on the season heading into this weekend’s Arkansas Tournament of Champions in Fort Smith.

El Reno junior James Reveles’ tying 3-point attempt hit off the front edge of the rim with 1.2 seconds left as Class 5A’s 11th-ranked Bishop McGuinness escaped Jenks Simmons Field House with a 79-76 double overtime victory.

The loss dropped the Indians, ranked 10th in the same poll, to 1-1 on the season heading into this weekend’s Harrah Panthers Invitational.

The six-period marathon game was a see-saw affair which featured 10 ties and 14 lead changes. Neither team led by more than nine points at any time during the 40 minutes of action.

El Reno High School’s wrestling team earned its first win of the 2021-22 dual season last week with a 54-23 decision over Piedmont.

The Indians, ranked second in the state in Class 5A, improved to 1-2 on the year with their second win in a row in the series with the Wildcats.

El Reno never trailed as Niko Gonzalez (106) and Terry Guzman (113) earned forfeits. Piedmont got five points back with Cash Donnell’s 15-0 technical fall over EHS’ Hudson Brooks (120), but the Indians would reel off wins in the next five weights.

Holding Hinton to single-digit scoring for three of the four periods, Calumet High School’s girls basketball team picked up back-to-back wins for the second time this season.

The 56-28 win over the Comets lifted unranked Calumet to 4-4 on the season going into the Canton tourney.

Calumet shot 45 percent from the floor, while holding the Comets to eight made baskets for the night.

The Chieftains held the edge in made two-point (15-5) and 3-point (7-3) baskets, while Hinton led 9-5 in made free throws.

For the first time since 2017, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team has two losses before the holiday break after Hinton stunned the state-ranked Chieftains 73-67.

The loss dropped Calumet, which fell to No.8 in the latest Class A poll, to 6-2 on the season heading into the Canton tourney.

Calumet, with two setbacks before the holidays in both the 2016-17 and 2017-18 campaigns, has lost only one game in the months of November and December over the past two seasons.

Redlands Community College women’s basketball team bounced back from its worst loss of the season to defeat Southern Nazarene University’s junior varsity squad 81-63.

The non-conference win lifted the Cougars to 6-4 on the season.

Redlands shot 38 percent in the win, hitting 30-of-79 shots. Mixed into the figure was a 9-of-24 effort from the 3-point arc for 38 percent. The Cougars were 12-of-17 from the free-throw line for 71 percent.

In yet another high-scoring game, Redlands Community College men’s basketball team had its two-game win streak halted recently with an 89-72 loss to Dallas College North Lake.

The Cougars are now 8-6 on the year after the road loss, which came on the heels of an 89-58 victory over Southwestern Christian University in Bethany.

Redlands has now played in nine out of 15 games in which both teams have scored 60 or more points. Five of those outings have been 70 or more points.

Three well-spaced offensive runs helped El Reno High School’s girls basketball team, ranked third in the first Class 5A poll of the season, keep Shawnee at bay in a battle of top 10 teams.

The Indians defeated the ninth-ranked Wolves 51-30 in the season and Suburban Conference opener for both teams.

The 21-point victory extended EHS’ current win streak over Shawnee to six games. It’s the third straight year for El Reno to open the season on a winning note.

Oklahoma State came within inches of winning the Big 12 Championship over the weekend but was turned away 21-16 by Baylor.