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Uncorking a summer-high 12 base hits, El Reno High School’s Varsity 1 baseball team rebounded from its first loss of the summer to defeat Crossings Christian School 13-12 in a Red Dirt League shootout.

The Knights defeated El Reno 1-0 in the opening game of the series at the Hub Reed Complex.

The split left the Indians with a 4-1 record for the Wooden Bat RDL standings. El Reno is now 3-1 against the Knights this summer after going 12-of-27 (.444) from the plate in the second game.

Union City played host to a wooden bat tournament last weekend but it was Mother Nature that ended up striking out the field of teams after one day.

“We have a lake,” said Union City head coach Ludy Griggs on field conditions after overnight rains forced the cancellation of the event.

Union City played several games the first day to fill in for Southwest Covenant and Hydro-Eakly, which backed out due to the pending storms. One of those was a 3-2 win over El Reno High School's Varsity 2 team.

Other than winning a state title, there are few firsts that have eluded El Reno High School’s girls basketball program under the watch of head coach Jennifer Douglas.

Douglas’ teams have been the first in school history to win a state tournament game, first to win a semifinal contest and the first to bring home hardware from the Class 5A Oklahoma State High School Championships – both runner-up trophies.

Each one of those entries in the record books has been with a different lineup.

“Usually we graduate one or two starters every year,” said Douglas.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Three pitchers combined for a two-hit performance as El Reno High School's Varsity 2 team defeated Capitol Hill 5-1 to split a Red Dirt League series here last week.

It was the first win for the Indians in RDL action to improve to 1-1-1 on the summer. The Indians dropped the opening game of the series 4-2 after allowing the Red Wolves four unanswered runs over the final two frames.

Despite losing six games to rain, Calumet High School’s baseball team remains undefeated on the summer season following a 6-2 road win over Arapaho-Butler.

The Chieftains moved to 3-0 on the summer with the win. The other victories were over Sentinel (11-1) and Clinton (8-1).

Hunter Arnold picked up the win on the mound over Arapaho-Butler, scattering a hit and two walks over three innings, while striking out six batters.

Under new head coach Jason Little, El Reno High School's softball team will travel to Piedmont on Tuesday to take part in the second date of the Piedmont Summer League.

El Reno defeated Edmond Memorial and tied the Wildcats in the first day of the league earlier this month.

UNION CITY – Breaking up a marathon 10-inning contest into five-inning blocks, Union City High School’s varsity team defeated El Reno’s Varsity 2 squad 9-8 and 9-1 in a rare meeting of county schools.

The teams were slated to play a doubleheader two days earlier but the opening game of that set was halted four innings in by lightning, with the Tigers leading 5-4.

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Arcadia: June 5.
Elevation is 1 ft. above normal and stable, water temperature 72°F and stained.
Blue and channel catfish fair on cut bait, hot dogs, shad, shrimp and stinkbait around channels, points, riprap and rocks. Crappie slow on jigs, minnows and tube jigs around brush structure, coves, docks and standing timber.

After winning his age group in the Duathlon bracket of the Route 66 Triathlon Festivus the past two years, El Reno’s Shanon Eichholz made the switch to the full three stages of last weekend’s event.

And without surprise, he won yet again.

“Saturday’s race was a good one. Had good weather and good competition,” said Eichholz.

El Reno High School’s Varsity 1 baseball team remains undefeated in Red Dirt League action with a 14-1 win over Heritage Hall last week at the Hub Reed Complex.

The Indians moved to 3-0 in the Wooden Bat Division of the RDL standings. The second game of the doubleheader with the Chargers was a mix of Varsity 1 and Varsity 2 players and ended in a 3-3 tie after five innings.

In the opener, Heritage Hall scored a run before El Reno rallied for three runs in the bottom of the first.

Gabe Compton walked and scored on a double to the wall by Davin Shamblin.