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Unforced errors continue to plague El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team as the Indians wrapped up their home schedule with back-to-back losses to finish up the home portion of their 2024 schedule.

The Indians dropped an 8-1 game to Weatherford, losing the season series to the Eagles, before having a rally cut short in an 8-6 loss to Bridge Creek.

El Reno slipped to 13-12 on the season with the setbacks and will hit the road for the last two games before opening the Class 5A playoffs.

With more than 400 yards of offense last week, El Reno surpased 1,000 yards for the season.

Antawan Grayson (30) moved up to the third leading rusher behind Lathen Pruitt (25) and Elijah Fisher (6).

Xavier Elledge (55) is second in tackles.

It was a personal best day at two different meets for El Reno High School’s cross country team, including what is believed to be a school-record showing by Ethan Brooks.

Running in the prestigious 35th Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival in Fayetteville, Ark., Brooks ran the course at Agri Park in 16 minutes, 26 seconds to set what is thought to be the fastest 5-kilometer (3.1 mile) time in El Reno school history.

Brooks was one of 83 freshmen in the field of 731 runners for the multi-day Boys “El Caliente” Division.

Serving off large chunks of points in all three games, El Reno High School’s volleyball team snapped a five-match losing streak with a 3-0 victory over Hennessey.

The 25-8/25-14/25-14 win lifted El Reno to 11-16 on the season.

“We needed this win,” said El Reno head coach Kristen Koehler.

In game one, Mary Gonzalez served up 10 straight points, followed by Emercyn Looper with nine and Brantlie Charmasson with four points.

The trend carried over into game two as Looper had a string of eight points and Charmasson with four.

Calumet High School’s baseball team, which has held the top spot in the Class B poll the entire season, is now two victories away from a repeat trip to the OSSAA Fall State Baseball Championships.

The Chieftains, now 24-4-1 following a 5-5 tie with Amber Poscasset (No.5 in Class A) in a tuneup game last week, will host the Class B, Region 1 Championships.

State-ranked Sentinel (No.8) and Caney (No.9) are in the regional along with Vici. The winner advances to state as Calumet is seeking its third straight trip to the fall classic and fourth in school history.

Fueled by an offensive explosion, unranked Union City High School’s fast-pitch softball team took a step closer to its first-ever trip to state by winning the Class A, District 32 title.

The Tigers moved to 19-12 on the season with a win over Drumright (4-3) in extra innings and sweeping two games from Davenport (5-4/17-1) to win the district.

Union City was slated to play in the Class A, Region 5 Championship with the winner headed to state.

Redlands Community College women’s soccer team dropped the first two matches of a four-game road swing in NJCAA Region 2 action.

The losses came to Murray State College (8-1) and the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain (8-1) as Redlands slipped to 1-8-1 on the season and 1-5 in the region standings.

Ashanti Lewis led the Cougars for the two matches with five shots on goal and one assist.

Jordan Wentworth logged three shots and two goals, one off an assist by Elizabeth Bolton.

Having been gashed for more than 230 yards and 18 points in the second half, El Reno High School’s Blue Crush defense was on its heels while trying to protect a six-point lead.

Adding salt to the wound was a driving Altus team with a second-and-goal from the Indians 9-yard line.

They needed a big tide-turning play. It came with 4:05 to play and El Reno leading 36-31.

Altus wideout Jamele Alexander took a pitch out on a sweep play but was immediately hit by El Reno defensive back Xzavier Karty, jarring the ball loose.

Thirteen proved to be a lucky number for El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team last week.

After being held scoreless in the previous 12 innings of run-rule losses to Carl Albert and Piedmont, El Reno tallied a run in the first inning against Clinton and then rolled to a 10-2 win over the Red Tornadoes.

Snapping its two-game losing streak, El Reno improved to 13-10 on the season.

Facing its sixth ranked team in the last seven outings, El Reno High School’s volleyball team’s current losing streak hit five matches with a 3-0 setback to Duncan, ranked fourth in Class 5A.

The 25-15/25-23/25-21 setback dropped El Reno to 10-16 on the season.

El Reno’s offense was sparked at the net by seven kills from Lily Elliott and five from Meredick Martinez.

Michaela Reed followed with four kills, while Radley Miller, Trinity Black and Brantlie Charmasson had three apiece.