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Calumet, UC enter playoffs with victories

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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.

Kyler Thiessen leaps into the air to snag a high throw to second base

RCC takes Region 2 series over NOC Enid

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Redlands Community College’s baseball team wrapped a pair of wins around a 15-2 loss to Northern Oklahoma College of Enid to sweep the series from the Jets.

The Cougars wins were by scores of 13-3 and 8-6 to improve to 5-15 in the NJCAA Region 2, Division 2 standings for 11th place.

Chasing his shadow

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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.

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Indians drop trio in CA tourney

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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.

Gavin Tinsley leaps to make an over the shoulder catch behind second base

Patriotic pastime

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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.

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El Reno secures playoff berth with win over WH Jets

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El Reno High School’s girls soccer team clinched a playoff berth last week with a 7-0 road win over Western Heights as the Indians remain locked in a tie for first place in District 5A-2.

The win was El Reno’s fourth straight shutout in league play as the Indians are now 5-0 in the 5A-2 standings and tied with Carl Albert, which visits Memorial Stadium Thursday night.

El Reno currently holds a lead over the Titans in tiebreaker points, 20-17, with Southeast (4-1/12) lurking close behind in third after a loss to Carl Albert last week.

Conley Knapp leaps into the air as she follows through on a shot on goal

El Reno playoff hopes take hit with 5A-2 loss

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Chances of making the playoffs for El Reno High School’s boys soccer team took a major blow last week as the Indians dropped a 2-1 road match to Western Heights.

The loss was the second straight in league play for El Reno, which slipped to 3-7 on the season and 1-4 in the District 5A-2 standings. The Indians are sitting in seventh place with two matches left, needing to leapfrog to fourth place to make the playoffs.

El Reno hosts district leader Southeast (5-0) and third-place Carl Albert (3-2) this week.

Carlos Garcia passes the ball down the field

Koen signs

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El Reno High School senior and two-time state qualifier Hannah Koen (center) signed a national letter of intent last week to wrestle at Baker University in Kansas.

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Errors, stout Titans pitching turns into losses for Indians

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Running into a pitching buzz saw by front-runner Carl Albert, El Reno High School’s baseball team suffered its first league losses of the season at the hands of the Titans.

El Reno was a no-hit in the 11-0 setback to Carl Albert at the Hub Reed Complex, then managed just two hits in a 10-1 loss in Midwest City a day later.

It was the first series sweep allowed by El Reno this season, which slipped to 13-8 overall after having its three-game win streak halted. The Indians dropped to 6-2 in the District 5A-1 standings and into fourth place.

Dacien Ramos leaps at the wall of the Hub Reed Complex while trying to snag a fly ball

Bluejays rally past Indians in key 5A-2 battle

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Guthrie scored three unanswered goals in the second half to defeat El Reno High School’s boys soccer team 3-0 in a key District 5A-2 match at Memorial Stadium.

The win kept Guthrie in the fourth spot in the league standings at 2-2, while El Reno slipped into a fifth-place tie with Western Heights and Del City at 1-3.

The Indians emerged from the district cellar with a 5-3 overtime win over Midwest City ahead of the loss to the Bluejays. El Reno is 3-6 on the season with the two-match split.

Juan Fraire uses his chest to knock down a pass near the Indians goal
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