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Two breakaway goals and a third off a header highlighted a seven-goal first half as Southeast handed El Reno High School’s boys soccer team a 10-0 defeat.

The loss dropped El Reno to 1-5 in the District 5A-2 standings, which is seventh, and officially eliminated the Indians (3-8) from postseason contention.

The Spartans scored first in the 33rd minute on the header off a corner kick. Southeast, which leads the district, added a rebound goal off a blocked save by El Reno keeper Aldo De La Torre for a 2-0 lead.

With all five bags breaking 90, El Reno High School’s boys golf team logged its lowest round of the season en route to a ninth-place finish at the 2024 Class 5A West Regional Preview.

The event was played at the John Conrad Municipal Golf Course in Midwest City, which will host the regional May 1. The preview also served as the 2024 Suburban Conference Championships.

Carl Albert won the event with a team score of 300, two shots better than Heritage Hall. Bishop McGuinness (317), Ada (317) and Choctaw (318) rounded out the top five.

Skylar Ayers fired a career-low round last week as El Reno High School’s girls golf team placed fifth in the Tecumseh Invitational, despite having one player down with sickness and another finishing her round feeling ill.

Ayers, a junior, carded an 86 on the Firelake Golf Course in Shawnee as El Reno logged a team score of 390. Ayers was seventh overall in the individual medalist race.

Durant won the tourney with a 338, followed by Perkins-Tryon (358), Ada (365) and Sulphur (384) ahead of the Indians.

El Reno High School’s tennis teams took part in the Henryetta Invitational over two separate days, with both squads competing tough on the consolation side of the brackets.

The El Reno boys took sixth place in all divisions as No.1 singles player Jacob Guerrero went 1-2 with losses to the host (6-0/6-1) and McAlester (6-0/6-0).

His win was a straight sets decision over Pryor’s Zander Newmann.

Jim Rinehart went 1-2 at No.2 singles with losses to Henryetta (6-1/6-0) and McAlester (6-4/3-6/10-8).

He defeated Okmulgee’s Nylem Gentry in two sets (6-1/7-5).

UNION CITY – Mother Nature was the hardest batter to strike out as Calumet and Union City’s slow-pitch softball teams closed out the regular season with the second installment of Canadian County bedlam rivalry. Swirling winds played havoc with pitchers from both schools which combined for 20 walks in a 16-5 win by Union City to split the series. Calumet won the first installment 10-4 six days earlier.

Calumet High School’s baseball team, the top ranked team in Class B, will take an eight-game win streak into the postseason after winning the Roff Invitational.

The Chieftains move to 14-3 on the spring with the title, beating Allen (8-0), Class B’s sixth-ranked Roff (4-1) and Class 4A’s Ada in the championship.

The win over the Cougars came in extra innings as Calumet scored four runs in the eighth, sparked by a Kaleb Thiessen double, a single by Kyler Thiessen, a Dalton Belcher sacrifice and an RBI-single from Brendon Voss.

El Reno High School senior Grady Lesperance and his shadow seem to have the same thing on their minds, chasing down a foul ball for an out during a recent home game at the Hub Reed Complex.

El Reno returns to the HRC Tuesday for a single game with Noble before hosting U.S. Grant in a twinbill Wednesday.

MIDWEST CITY ‒ Playing in its final regular-season tournament, El Reno High School’s baseball team posted a 1-3 record against a stout field at the 2024 Bill Tipton Classic hosted by Carl Albert.

El Reno was placed in the Midwest City pool, one of three in the event, going 1-2 with losses to Cache (11-1) and Midwest City (5-4) in eight innings. The win was a 9-1 decision over Del City.

In the cross-bracket game, El Reno dropped a 13-4 decision to Bethany.

El Reno High School’s baseball team held a Little League Night recently at the Hub Reed Complex.

Players from the El Reno Young Guns took the field with their high school partners for the national anthem and then snagged foul balls during the game.