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Brothers Kyler and Kaleb Thiessen combined to go .500 from the plate and scored four runs as Calumet High School’s baseball team posted its second straight win with an 11-3 decision over Binger-Oney.

Calumet, the top-ranked team in Class B, moved to 8-3 on the season with the victory.

The Thiessens went 4-of-8 from the plate with two base hits each and scoring two runs apiece. Kyler Thiessen doubled for the team’s lone extra base hit.

Dalton Belcher and Brendon Voss each added a single as Calumet went 6-of-16 from the plate.

After being handcuffed to a pair of runs in the first two games of the Chickasha Baseball Festival, El Reno High School jumped back into the win column with an 8-0 run-rule shutout of Guymon. The blanking of the Tigers, the third win over Guymon in a week, moved El Reno to 10-4 on the season.

The shutout halted a two-game losing streak as the Indians lost to Bridge Creek (5-1) and Marlow (19-1) to open the event.

Calumet High School’s pitching staff showed a little vulnerability against some Class 4A hitters over the weekend in the 2024 I-40 Classic as the Chieftains posted a 2-2 record. The top-ranked team in Class B moved to 7-3 on the spring with the split, beating Weatherford (11-3) and Clinton (10-0).

The losses came to Tuttle (7-5) and Elk City (9-4) after Calumet squandered a 4-1 lead.

El Reno High School pitchers Gavin Tinsley and Davin Shamblin dominated Guymon from the mound last week as the Indians remain unbeaten in District 5A-1 with a home sweep of the Tigers.

The games were moved from Guymon to the Hub Reed Complex due to winter weather in the panhandle.

El Reno took the first game of the series 10-0 and backed it up with a 6-1 win for its third league sweep. El Reno is now 6-0 in the league standings and tied for first with Carl Albert, Guthrie and Noble.

The Indians have won four of their last five games to move to 9-2 on the year.

El Reno High School’s soccer teams dropped down a classification last week to face Chickasha as the two schools renewed the U.S. 81 Battle on the pitch.

The Fighting Chicks got the upper hand as the girls snapped El Reno’s two-match win streak with a 5-0 shutout.

The non-district loss dropped the Indians to 2-2 on the season.

The El Reno boys suffered their third straight loss, a 6-1 decision, to slip to 2-4 on the season.

The Indians goal was by Josh Gonzalez on his lone shot of the match.

OKLAHOMA CITY - Union City High School’s baseball team warmed up from the frigid temperatures at Dolese Park and a 4-2 deficit to score 13 unanswered runs to defeat Southwest Covenant 15-4.

Seven of those runs came in the third inning as the Tigers improved to 9-1 on the season with their seventh straight win.

Union City went 6-of-16 (.375) from the plate and took advantage of eight walks in the rally. Carson Biffle led the offense with a 2-for-3 effort with a pair of doubles leading to three scores and three runs batted in. Brycen Bilyea added a double and two ribbies.