Cougars nipped at FT line
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Redlands Community College men’s basketball team watched a much-needed win literally slip through its grasp at the free-throw line in the final 20 seconds. Northern Oklahoma College of Enid’s Rance
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RCC women handed loss
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Expect some movement when the next NJCAA Division I national poll is released as the 20th-ranked Redlands Community College women’s basketball team suffered its first league loss of the season.
Back to state
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El Reno High School’s wrestling team is going home.
One of the state’s prolific programs for more than a decade in the mid-1990s to 2000s snapped an 11-year hiatus away from the Class 5A Dual State Championships Thursday with a 44-36 win over No.6 Lawton MacArthur.
El Reno, ranked No.7 in the state, won the 2020 Class 5A, District 4 Championship with the win over the Highlanders and a 58-16 defeat of Carl Albert. Ardmore forfeited to all three teams.
El Reno matmen fifth at Malcolm Wade, tie DC for second in Suburban
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Paced by seven placers, El Reno High School’s wrestling team tied for fifth place over the weekend at the 54th annual Malcolm Wade Invitational hosted by Carl Albert. Skiatook ran
RCC women extend league lead with road victory over NEO A&M
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Redlands Community College women’s basketball team knocked off the first of three straight opponents nipping at the Cougars heels for the lead in the Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference. Reneya Hopkins
Cougars losing streak hits six
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Still seeking a win in both the new year and Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference play, Redlands Community College men’s basketball team suffered a 94-53 setback last week at Northeastern Oklahoma
Defense sparks El Reno boys past Jets as Indians pick up first Suburban Conference victory by 45
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Borrowing a page from the girls playbook, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team unleashed a full-court press on Western Heights last week which helped the Indians to their first win of the year against a Suburban Conference foe.
El Reno forced the Jets into 25 turnovers, 17 of those being steals, as the Indians rolled to a 78-33 victory. The win moved EHS, ranked No.13 in Class 5A, to 7-5 on the season.
Kale Simon’s team is now 1-3 against league teams but remains 0-1 in games which count in the Suburban Conference standings.
No fear of Heights
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El Reno High School’s girls basketball team forced Western Heights into 22 turnovers over the first two periods which were directly linked to the Indians full-court pressure defense.
As it turned out, El Reno needed every one of those possessions to get its offense stuck off high center. However, once it did the Indians rolled to a 69-26 win over the Jets.
Tuttle tested
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Two of the state’s most storied programs, with 24 dual state titles between them, took the mat last week as El Reno High School’s wrestling team hit the road to
CHS boys score 105 in blowout
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Yes, there are scoreboards in small school basketball that can show triple digits and Calumet High School’s boys basketball team has both the offense and the win to prove it.
