An eight-run second inning ignited a 14-2 home win over Verden last week as Union City High School’s softball team found its way back into the win column.
The Tigers improved to 6-5 on the season with the Verden victory and a 14-1 decision over Oklahoma Christian Academy.
The wins snapped a three-game losing streak for Union City which included losses to Luther (8-1) and Jones (4-3) in the Cashion tourney.
El Reno, ranked 10th in Class 5A and 6-1 on the year, was slated to play at No.3 Carl Albert on Thursday, before entering the Community Christian School tourney over the weekend.
Calumet High School’s baseball team was held to a single win in three recent outings, dropping the Chieftains to 3-4 on the fall season.
Tyler Tignor’s team defeated Lomega 10-1 before suffering losses to Class A’s No.17 Arapaho-Butler (10-0) and Drummond (11-2).
Calumet hit .328 (18-of-61) over the three games but had just two extra base hits, a two-run homer by Jaxon Olive and a double by Caleb Meschberger.
Olive went 4-of-9 (.444) for the set and drove in four runs.
Redlands Community College’s soccer team dropped its 2021 season opener recently, coming out on the short end of a 6-0 road score at the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain.
The Cougars had just three shots in the loss, one each from Marissa Kirkendall, Yalexy Rodriguez and Delia Palmer.
Kalie Winstead was in goal for the Cougars and faced 24 shots on goal by the Bucks, giving up all six goals but logging 18 saves.
Redlands is on the road for its first seven matches and will make its 2021 home debut Sept. 19 against Northern Oklahoma College.
For the first time since El Reno High School football moved to Memorial Stadium in 1949, a game will be played there on a non-natural grass surface as the first phase of renovations edge closer to completion.
That’s not the only first for El Reno football under head coach Chuck Atchison as the Indians enter the 2021 season in a new role as the hunted rather than the hunter.
El Reno is the defending District 5A-1 champ, winning last season’s title with an undefeated run through the league slate. It was EHS’ first district title in more than a decade.
It’s a question that El Reno coaches have avoided asking out loud but one that fans have been pondering for more than three years – “What to do when Dorian Plumley graduates?”
The time to answer that is now.
With the star quarterback now donning a University of Oklahoma jersey as a defensive player, El Reno begins the process of replacing the All-State signal-caller. Not to worry, the cupboard is not bare.
