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UNION CITY – For the second straight game, Union City High School’s boys basketball team has struggled with ball security, committing 36 turnovers in an 81-51 setback to Binger-Oney.

The loss dropped the Tigers to 0-3 on the season and 0-2 in the Washita Valley Conference standings.

Union City trailed by only a point, 11-10, on a free throw by Landon Barton in the first period. However, eight turnovers in the opening stanza allowed the Bobcats to outscore the Tigers 18-5 from that point.

Overcoming a technical foul on a game-opening slam dunk by Amaree Garmon, Redlands Community College men’s basketball team never trailed in a 93-68 win over Dallas College North Lake.

The win over the reigning NJCAA Division III national champion and top-ranked Blazers moved Redlands to 5-1 on the season.

It was the third straight victory for the Cougars and the second over one of the seven Dallas College teams.

OKLAHOMA CITY – With a playoff berth off the table and facing a one-win opponent, El Reno High School football coach Russell Cook used the four days leading up to the Indians 2024 season finale stressing two simple words – pride and legacy.

His seniors listened.

In their final game the senior classmen produced four turnovers on defense, logged 76 yards of offense and found the end zone three times en route to a lopsided 48-0 victory over Western Heights.

Union City High School’s girls basketball team is off to a 2-0 start for a second straight season after last week’s 36-20 win over Calumet in the battle of Canadian County’s two smallest schools.

The Tigers win kicked off Washita Valley Conference play for both schools as Calumet dropped to 0-1. It was the second straight win for Union City in the rivalry with the Chieftains, who had won five in a row over UCHS until last season’s loss.

Thirteen different players scored as Calumet High School’s boys basketball team kicked off the 2024-25 season with a Canadian County rivalry win over Union City.

The Chieftains, who have now won 26 straight regular-season games dating back to last year, moved to 1-0 in the Washita Valley Conference standings. Union City, meanwhile, slipped to 0-2 on the year and 0-1 in league play.

Calumet has now won 11 straight meetings with the Tigers, who last defeated their cross-county rival by six points (77-71) in 2015.

Redlands Community College women’s basketball team remains undefeated on the season with a 71-57 win over Southwestern Christian University’s junior varsity.

The Cougars are now 3-0 on the year after shooting 22-of-71 (31 percent) from the field. Redlands was 10-of-40 from the 3-point arc for 25 percent and made 17-of-28 (61 percent) free throws.

Mykyla Allen led the scoring with 12 points and five rebounds, followed by 11 points and 15 boards from Haven Joseph to go along with four steals. Ellie Willard added 11 points and six caroms.

Shooting a combined 56 percent over the three-game span of the Thunderbird Classic in Hobbs, N.M., Redlands Community College men’s basketball team moved to 4-1 on the year with back-to-back victories.

The Cougars opened the event with an 89-60 loss to No.13 New Mexico Junior College, but bounced back with a 120-50 win over the junior varsity squad from the University of Southwest.

Redlands pulled off its biggest win of the season with a 95-80 decision over No.11 Frank Phillips College out of Texas to close the event with a 2-1 mark.

Union City High School's basketball mascot watches the action from the sidelines as the Tigers kicked off the 2024-25 season last week.

Small schools in the state of Oklahoma not playing football were allowed to open their respective hoop seasons the first week of November.

El Reno High School senior Davin Shamblin recently signed a national letter of intent to play baseball just a few miles away from the Hub Reed Complex for Redlands Community College.

Shamblin becomes the second player in the past two seasons to stay home to play college baseball for the Cougars.

UNION CITY – Lily Russell scored five points in the final 21 seconds as Union City High School’s girls basketball team rallied to defeat Verden 50-45 and hand Leo Price a victory in his Tigers head coaching debut.

Despite leading for three and a half quarters, Union City found itself down 45-44 with 50.9 seconds left after two Verden free throws.

However, that deficit was short-lived as Morgan Brothers grabbed the offensive rebound off a miss by Breeana Goad on the next Tigers possession. The senior scored a put-back basket for a 46-45 lead.