Sports

Rebounding from a rough outing in its last tourney, Redlands Community College women’s golf team closed out the fall schedule with a third-place team finish in the 2023 Rangers Invitational.

Redlands Community College’s soccer team closed out the 2023 season on a three-match losing streak which included home shutout losses to Seminole State College and Eastern Oklahoma State College.

On a night when all eyes were on Malachi Nicholson’s quest to break the 2,000-yard rushing mark for the season, the senior served as a decoy on the most critical snaps – scoring chances.

Entering the latter stages of the regular season, the phrase “coach speak” tends to pop up in just about every aspect of high school football. Coaches use phrases like “one game at a time,” “control our own destiny” or “can’t overlook anyone” in interviews and team meetings.

Soccer has grown into the fourth most popular sport in the United States with over 31 percent of all Americans considering themselves a fan, according to a 2019 Gallup survey.

Steady play on both offense and defense, which carried Calumet High School’s baseball team through a 16-game late-season winning streak, abandoned the Chieftains when it was needed most – the state title game.

Though the end goal of reaching the Class 5A State Championships slipped his team’s grasp, El Reno High School fast-pitch softball coach Jason Little was proud of the way his players competed.

MIDWEST CITY – With Piedmont jumping up to Class 6A, the door was left wide open for a new champion at the 2023 Suburban Conference Cross Country Championships – and Guthrie stepped through it. The Bluejays won both the girls and the boys titles by a margin of 30 points or more.

Despite winning two of the final four matches to close the regular season, El Reno High School’s volleyball team had a short stay in the Class 5A playoffs.

El Reno football, now 3-3 on the year and 2-1 in the District 5A-1 standings, was slated to host Ardmore Friday night. The team is close to passing 3,000 total yards after last week’s win over Midwest City.