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RCC linksters fifth in opener

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Redlands Community College women’s golf team opened up its fall schedule with a fifth-place effort in the 2024 Oklahoma Women’s Intercollegiate.

Played on the Lawton Country Club Course, Redlands carded a 638 (317-321) tally, which was 16 strokes back of the University of Texas at Dallas (622).

Cameron (593) won the event, followed by Angelo State (611) and Northwestern Oklahoma State (613).

Back out on the road

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Redlands was scheduled to open a three-match road swing Sunday at the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain.

Brionna Spann makes a throw-in during a recent home game

A Noble chase to the end

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Making a late push for one of the top two spots in the district standings and hosting rights for the regional round of the playoffs, El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team defeated Noble 10-6 last week.

The Bears, who defeated El Reno six days earlier, entered the game in the second spot in the District 5A-1 standings. The Indians win edged EHS closer to that spot at 7-3 with two games left in the league hunt – road games at Piedmont and Carl Albert.

Izzy Birdsong slaps the ball down the third-base line

Numbers holding

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El Reno is off this week and will open district play at home Sept. 27 against Altus.


 

Grant First runs after taking a handoff from Elijah Fisher

Brooks runs away with CHS race; Elizondo medals for ER

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El Reno High School freshman Ethan Brooks continued his assault on breaking the 16-minute barrier, running the 5-kilometer course at the 2024 Choctaw Invitational just 33 seconds shy of that feat.

Brooks posted a time of 16 minutes, 33.58 seconds to take first place over Yukon senior Austin Bucher, who posted a time of 16:50. They were the only runners in the field to break the 17-minute mark for the 3.1-mile course.

Ethan Brooks and Emmary Elizondo medaled at the recent Choctaw Invitational

Road weary Indians fall to SFS Bernards

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Road matches continue to be a tough path to the win column for El Reno High School’s volleyball team as the Indians dropped a close 3-2 match to state-ranked Santa Fe South.

El Reno won games two (25-10) and four (25-22) but lost the other three by a combined 17 points – including a 15-11 margin in the fifth-game tiebreaker.

The loss to the St. Bernards, ranked No.16 in Class 5A, left El Reno with a 10-13 overall record.

The Indians were slated to wrap up their current seven-match road swing at Noble, taking a 1-5 record over the stretch into the match with the Bears.

Meredick Martinez and Brantlie Charmasson attempt a double block

State-ranked Chieftains, Tigers log late-season wins

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After having a win streak snapped with a tourney loss to cross-county rival Okarche, Calumet High School’s baseball team has strung together three straight victories.

The Chieftains improve to 19-3 on the fall with home wins over Lookeba-Sickles (8-0) and Arapaho-Butler (9-3). Those victories came on the heels of a 2-0 win over the host of the Amber-Pocasset (No.5/A) Invitational.

Calumet went 2-1 in the event, losing to Class A’s third-ranked Okarche (2-1) in the semifinals in extra innings. The Chieftains defeated Binger-Oney (No.18/A) 10-5 to open the tourney.

Kyler Thiessen drops down a bunt attempt

Union City, Calumet lose consecutive bids

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Union City and Calumet High School’s fast-pitch softball teams have fallen on hard luck in recent games, each posting back-to-back losses.

The Tigers slipped to 15-10 on the season with a cross-county rivalry loss to Okarche (9-4), followed by another home loss to Class A’s 19th-ranked Shattuck by a 12-4 tally.

Union City went 15-of-49 (.306) from the plate for the two games with only two extra base hits, a double and a triple off the bat of Jaidyn Grandstaff, who led all UCHS batters with three hits off a .500 average.

Breck Bowers looks up after tagging out a Vici runner

Two second-half goals lead to RCC’s first win

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The proverbial monkey is off the back of Redlands Community College women’s soccer team as the Cougars picked up their first win of the season and in NJCAA Region 2 play last week.

Redlands scored two goals in the second half to defeat Northeastern Oklahoma A&M 2-1 at Memorial Stadium.

The Cougars improved to 1-6-1 on the season and 1-4 in regional action.

Both goals came from Ashanti Lewis off assists by Miya Ingram and Gaby Figueroa. Redlands had 11 shots in the match, led by Lewis with four.

Ashanti Lewis dribbles the ball past a NEO defender

Football Poll (Sept 10, 2024)

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Here is The Associated Press Oklahoma high school football poll with first-place votes in parentheses, records, points through Sept. 10.

Class 6A-I
1. Owasso (10) (3-0) 50.
2. Bixby (3-0) 37.
3. Tulsa Union (2-1) 23.
4. Deer Creek-Edmond (3-0) 22.
5. Jenks (1-2) 9.
Others receiving votes:
6. Mustang 6.
7. Norman 2.
8. Edmond Memorial 1.

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