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El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team will look to get back into the win column after dropping its seventh straight game with a shutout loss at Piedmont.

The 6-0 defeat gave the Wildcats the regular-season sweep of El Reno, which slipped to 10-11 on the season. The Indians are nine games into a 13-game road swing, sporting a 2-7 record.

The loss dropped El Reno to 4-4 in the District 5A-2 standings for fifth place. The Indians remain a half game back of both Noble (4-3) and Guymon (5-4) for third place.

Playing its sixth straight road match, El Reno High School’s volleyball team suffered a 3-0 defeat to state-ranked Lawton MacArthur in non-conference action.

The 25-15/25-12/25-13 setback to the Highlanders, ranked seventh in Class 5A, was the second of the season. It was the seventh straight loss for El Reno, which slipped to 3-11 overall.

Kallie Maifield and Trinity Black led the team in kills with three each, while Qyra Jones posted two kills. Mary Gonzalez, Anessa Woods, Jewell Graham and Lily Elliott added one kill each.

Redlands Community College women’s golf team placed sixth in the recent Oklahoma Intercollegiate Invitational hosted by Cameron University.

The Cougars posted a 36-hole total of 632 after rounds of 315 and 317. Oklahoma Christian (590) won the event, followed by Texas A&M Kingsville (600), Lubbock Christian (603), Angelo State (606) and Cameron (616). The Cougars defeated North Central Texas College (687) by 55 strokes.

Daniela Espinoza led the Cougars with a 151 (74/77) tally to finish tied for 11th.

El Reno High School receiver Xzavier Karty (21) falls to the ground after making a catch in the third period against Weatherford last week which set up a touchdown for EHS in the 28-26 loss to the Eagles.

The play was ruled a catch by the fan in the background long before the officiating crew made the call.

El Reno was off this week but hosts Elgin for homecoming on Sept. 22.

Losing games to weather is not the perfect scenario for teams entering the latter stages of their season.

However, the rain this past week which forced the cancellation of at least one game for El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team has given the Indians some much-needed rest.

“We’ve had some good practices so it didn’t hurt us, especially after four games over the weekend in which we didn’t play very well.

El Reno High School’s volleyball team continues to play opponents tough but is struggling to turn the efforts into marks in the win column.

The Indians slipped to 3-10 on the season after dropping four matches in the recent Noble Invitational, winning one game off the host school en route to a 2-1 defeat.

The other losses were to Lawton MacArthur, ranked seventh in Class 5A, by scores of 25-15/25-14, and fourth-ranked Claremore 25-16/25-13. El Reno dropped a 25-12/25-18 match to Amber-Pocasset.

Redlands Community College women’s soccer team began the first of a three-game set against opponents holding the top four positions in the latest NJCAA Region 2 standings with a 6-0 setback to Murray State College.

The Aggies are second in the league and the loss to MSC dropped Redlands to 1-5 on the season and 1-4 in the Region 2 standings – which is seventh.

The Cougars were held to two shots in the loss, one each from Carlie Golden and Jaidyn Gonzalez.

Morgan Brothers belted out two extra base hits and drove in four runs as Union City High School’s fast-pitch softball team snapped a six-game losing streak with a 20-10 win over cross-county rival Calumet.

The win lifted the Tigers to 5-12 on the season.

Brothers logged a double and a triple and scored three times in the win after reaching base two more times via walks. Union City had eight hits in the win including a double from Kamryn Cook.

Lily Russell, Trestan Sutton, Skylar Morgan, Payslie Locke and Juliana Pappe added a single each.

It took a trip to Edmond and a turf stadium for Union City High School’s baseball team to beat the rain and get back into the win column with a 15-5 decision over Oklahoma Christian Academy.

Playing at Oklahoma Christian University’s Dobson Field, Union City took advantage of 13 walks and multiple hits from Rocky Carroll and Korbin Cook to improve to 13-8 on the season.

The Tigers dropped out of the top 20 in the latest Class A poll for the second time in three weeks, falling to 22nd despite winning two of its last three games.

Southwest

Ellsworth: Sept 9.
Elevation is 2 ft. below normal (stable), water temperature 91°F and murky.
Crappie fair on jigs and minnows around brush structure and docks. Blue catfish and channel catfish slow on chicken liver, cut bait, punch bait and shad around main lake and points.