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While the goal of making the field for the NJCAA Region II, Division II Championships slipped its grasp, Redlands Community College’s baseball team closed the season as one of the hottest clubs in the league.

The Cougars won six of their final eight regular-season games including a series victory over Murray State College. Redlands defeated the Aggies 3-2, 7-5 and 10-3 after losing the opener 4-3.

Redlands’ 6-2 record over the final eight games tied for the second best mark with Southeast Arkansas in the 14-team Region II, Division II lineup.

Union City High School’s baseball team's lone win in a state tournament was a 5-4 decision over Stonewall in 2017.

Since then the Longhorns have had UCHS’ number, winning three out of the last five playoff meetings including last week’s two games to win the Class A-II, Region 8 Championships.

Stonewall, ranked No.8, advanced to the Elite Eight for the third time since that state loss to Union City.

The ninth-ranked Tigers spring season ended with a 26-9 record.

A nine-run first inning catapulted Calumet High School’s baseball team back into the Class B Spring State Baseball Championship for a third straight year.

The Chieftains, ranked second in the state, defeated No.15 Vici 16-0 in a five-inning run-rule to secure the state pass by winning the Region 2 Championship.

El Reno High’s girls soccer team was slated to start the Class 5A playoffs Tuesday night in Duncan.

During last week’s off week, El Reno had three players named to the Oklahoma Soccer Coaches Association’s Class 5A All-State West Squads.

Senior Ja’Niya Loreto (23) and senior Conley Knapp (8) were first-team picks at forward and midfielder, respectively.

Knapp earned the second highest votes for her position according to head coach Anthony Klipp.

Senior Lilyana Menijavar (15) was selected as an honorable mention All-Stater.

(Tribune photographer/Glen Miller)

Running against stiff competition from smaller classifications, El Reno High School’s track teams closed out the 2025 regular season with only a handful of medals from the 2025 Weatherford Eagles Invitational.

The El Reno boys took 12th place with 18 points, primarily from Ethan Brooks.

The freshman scored 16 points, 10 of those coming from a victory in the 3,200-meter run.

He posted a time of 10 minutes and 41.43 seconds, which was more than 17 seconds faster than runner-up Keon Lackey of Weatherford.

While as a team, El Reno High School missed a ticket to the Class 5A Boys State Golf Championships by 31 shots, Jacen Bear missed an individual pass by a few clicks on a cellphone screen.

Tournaments have been using a cellphone app, approved by the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association, to keep real-time scores for two seasons.

The data can be viewed by coaches, players or anyone purchasing the app subscription.

The app is being used in conjunction with the standard written scorecard.

OKLAHOMA CITY – After waiting out the at-large bid process the last two seasons to get passes to the NJCAA Women’s National Golf Championships, Redlands Community College punched its ticket outright.

Playing the North layout at the Lake Hefner Golf Course, Redlands won the 2025 NJCAA Central District Women's Golf Championship by three strokes over Texas-based Blinn College.

“They wanted to win and they were out there fighting for it. They stayed mentally tough and proved they wanted it,” said RCC head coach Taylor Sliauter.

Due to schedule voids due to weather, El Reno High School’s tennis teams picked up a home dual with Del City, defeating the Eagles by a combined 8-2 margin.

The El Reno boys won all six of their matches as singles player Jim Rinehart logged two wins by scores of 6-4/6-1 and 6-0/6-1.

Sergio Rosas lost just six games en route to a pair of wins by scores of 6-4/6-0 and 6-0/6-1.

Devlon Galyon and Aydan Steffler paired up for a 6-4/6-4 doubles win.

Nova Underwood and Jonathan Albrecht won their pairs match by a 6-1/6-3 tally.

Ethan Brooks added two more medals to his freshman season haul as El Reno High School’s track teams took part in the 2025 Suburban Conference Track and Field Championships. The El Reno boys took fifth overall with 40 team points, 16 of those from Brooks.

He earned second place in the 800-meter run with a time of two minutes and 1.03 seconds. He was a mere 36/100ths of a second behind winner Ayden Ringwald of Shawnee.

Brooks was second in the 1,600-meter run at 4:38 - three seconds behind Guthrie’s Isaiah Blevins.

Carter Roman Nose, El Reno boys basketball’s all-time career scoring leader, recently signed to play college basketball for the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond.

Roman Nose will be the next EHS star to play for the Bronchos following Callen Haydon.