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While dropping back below the 400-stroke mark, El Reno High School’s boys golf team ran into a strong field at the 2023 Kingfisher Yellowjackets Invitational.

El Reno carded a round of 387 to place 21st in the 23-team field, beating Putnam City North (401) and Anadarko (442).

Oklahoma Christian School won the event with a 274, followed by Heritage Hall (291) and Elk City (297).

Cooper Park led El Reno’s effort with a 92, followed by Jackson Albrecht with a 94.

Tuning up for a run in the NJCAA Southwest District Championship, Redlands Community College’s golf team tied for third last week at the 2023 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic.

Playing at the Lincoln Park Golf Course in Oklahoma City, the Cougars carded a 36-hole total of 606 (305/301) to tie with Bellevue University.

Oklahoma City University won with a 573 and Texas Wesleyan University was second at 592.

Clara Peake paced Redlands with a 144 tally (74/70), which tied her for fifth in the individual medalist chase.

It took two days and an array of elements from Mother Nature, but El Reno High School’s baseball team earned its first district sweep of the 2023 season over the Southeast Spartans.

Originally set for a one-day doubleheader, El Reno took the first game by a 15-0 score. However, play was halted due to thunder and lightning and eventually called because of rain.

Game two was played a day later in mid-70-degree temperatures and a brisk south wind, which El Reno used to post a 20-1 victory. The Spartans avoided the shutout with a run in the final inning.

El Reno High School’s track team made the long trip north to Ponca City for the 2023 Jerry Runyan Wildcat Relays, turning in two top eight finishes in the team standings.

The El Reno girls placed fourth in the Large School Division with a season-high 48 points. The boys had two teams in the standings, with the varsity taking eighth with 12 points and the junior varsity earning two points and placing 12th.

Returning to the Oklahoma City Tennis Center for its third tourney of the season, El Reno High School’s girls squad ran into some tough brackets at the 2023 Guthrie Invitational.

El Reno logged a 13th-place finish, led by Jayna Graham at No.1 singles.

She posted a 2-2 record following a 6-1/6-2 win over Putnam City’s Van Sui. Graham had a bye following losses to Oklahoma Bible Academy’s Ashley Miller (6-0/6-0) and Carl Albert’s Zoey Shaw (6-0/6-2).

Bri Barksdale took 15th at No.2 singles with a 1-3 mark but logged six winning games in her three losses.

Playing shorthanded for the second of three matches due to red-card suspensions, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team stayed in contention for a playoff berth with a 3-2 road win at Guthrie.

El Reno improved to 5-5 on the season and 2-3 in the District 5A-2 standings for sixth place.

The Indians trail Southeast, Carl Albert and Guymon (2-2) by a game in the loss column for third place and have the latter two remaining on the schedule.

The top four teams in each district make the playoffs.

While not officially eliminated from postseason contention, El Reno High School’s boys soccer team will need to win out and get some help from other squads after dropping a 5-0 road match at Guthrie.

The shutout loss, the third in league play, dropped El Reno to 3-7 on the season and 1-4 in the District 5A-2 standings.

The Indians are sitting at seventh but are just a game and a half out of fourth place with two district matches left against Guymon and Carl Albert..

The top four teams in each district make the playoffs.

Slipping back over the 400-stroke plateau in its last two outings, El Reno High School’s boys golf team posted a pair of 15th-place mid-season finishes.

The Indians, playing down two starters, were 15th in the Carl Albert Invitational on the John Conrad Course in Midwest City with a round of 408. The event also served as the 2023 Suburban Conference Championships, with El Reno taking fifth among league schools.

Union City and Calumet high school’s baseball teams are riding late-season win streaks following recent tournament action.

Union City, ranked 18th in Class A, improved to 15-5 after winning three of its last four games. The Tigers went 2-1 in the Moss Pirates Classic with wins over Earlsboro (3-2) and Vanoss (10-2) and a 12-6 loss to Class B’s 12th-ranked Buffalo Valley. The Tigers then beat Binger-Oney 3-1.

An early trek around the layout for the Class 5A state tourney was not a memorable one for El Reno High School’s girls golf team as the Indians took 13th place in the 2023 Ardmore Invitational.

Playing Dornick Hills Country Club, El Reno shot a 447 team score after being plagued by four putts due to what head coach Cameron Wilkins called “lightning fast greens.”

“We should have been around 10th or so if we could have figured out the greens sooner,” said Wilkins.