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For the first time in five seasons, Redlands Community College advanced both teams to the semifinals of the NJCAA Region 2 Basketball Championships.

However, both teams were eliminated from the tourney a game short of title shots and tickets to the NJCAA National Championships.

The Redlands women, the third seed for regional, defeated Connors State (63-39) in the quarterfinals but fell to second-seeded Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (55-45) in the semifinals.

Battling a tough Bailey Ranch layout in Owasso, Redlands Community College women’s golf team finished as runner-up in the 2026 Hillcats Classic.

Rogers State, the host, won the 36-hole event with a 612 tally, followed by Redlands with a 649 after rounds of 322 and 327.

Indian Hills Community College, out of Iowa, was third, eight shots back of the Cougars at 657.

Ivanna Gerez led Redlands with a 157 effort (79/78), which placed her sixth in the individual medalist chase. Sophia Blake was a shot back (80/78) with a 158 to take seventh.

It took seven innings and the loss of an eight-game win streak over Guymon for El Reno High School’s baseball team to wake up both its offense and defense in a doubleheader with the Tigers.

They did both in a big way.

El Reno exploded for six first-inning runs and then seven in the seventh inning to defeat Guymon 16-3 and earn a District 5A-1 split.

The Tigers won the opening game 5-4 to snap an eight-game losing streak to the Indians, dating back to 2022, taking advantage of five EHS errors.

OKLAHOMA CITY – While both teams fell short of reaching the title game of their respective classes, Calumet and Okarche High School’s girls basketball teams served notice of things to come.

Calumet closed the season with a 22-8 record and a No.6 ranking following a 69-50 loss to fourth-ranked Turner in the quarterfinals of the Class B1 Oklahoma Basketball State Championships.

It was the first 20-win season for the Chieftains since 2020 and came after back-to-back seasons with single-digit win totals.

Calumet was making its ninth trip to state.

El Reno High School’s soccer teams lost out on home matches against Cache last week due to weather.

Athletic Director Rodney Haydon said coaches were working to set a makeup date.

Thirteen extra base hits capitulated Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team to a 2-0 start including a home shutout of Bray-Doyle.

The Tigers scored a 10-0 win over the Donkeys before going on the road to defeat Burns Flat-Dill City (8-5).

The extra base hits were paced by Mia Gambel with four doubles and two triples.

Kamryn Cook posted a double and a home run, followed by two doubles and a triple from Rylee Zacharias. Alyson Newman added a double and a triple.

Senior Aiden Williams has thrown just five innings but is 2-0 on the spring after Union City High School’s baseball team kicked off the year with a pair of lopsided wins.

The Tigers defeated Geronimo (15-1) and Binger-Oney (14-3) as Williams allowed no earned runs nor a hit in the two games.

He fanned 11 batters and issued three walks.

Union City was 19-of-46 (.413) from the plate for the set with eight doubles, led by Dawson Davidson with two. Jake Faerber added a triple, while Kyson Jenkins hit two home runs and Carson Biffle with one home run.

Redlands Community College women’s basketball team kicked off the 2026 NJCAA Region 2 Championships, being played in Muskogee, with a 63-39 decision over sixth-seeded Connors State.

Redlands, now 29-5 on the year, was slated to face second-seeded Northeastern Oklahoma A&M in the semifinals. The Cougars are the postseason tourney’s third seed. The winner of the tourney automatically advances to the NJCAA National Championship.

Redlands held Connors State to a free throw in the first period and led 13-1.

Paced by a medalist victory from sophomore Sophia Blake, Redlands Community College women’s golf team kicked off its spring schedule with a sixth-place effort in the 2026 Diffee Invitational.

Playing at Kickingbird in Edmond, Redlands was the lone two-year program in the 17-team field. The Cougars shot a 623 (308-315), 36-hole total, finishing six strokes out of the top five and 28 back of winner Southwestern Oklahoma State.

Blake carded a 142 total after rounds of 72-70 to win the medalist title by two strokes.

EDMOND – The third time against archrival Carl Albert was almost the charm as El Reno High School’s girls basketball team had its season halted a win shy of a 16th trip to the Class 5A State Championships.

Playing the Titans for a third time this season, El Reno dropped a 62-45 decision in the 5A West Area 2 Consolation Championship. The 17-point decision was the closest of the three meetings, the first two won by Carl Albert by a combined 54 points.