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Tinkering with its lineup ahead of the pending playoffs, Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team dropped three of four games against all ranked opponents.

The Tigers, who hold the No.6 spot in Class 2A at 16-12 on the season, fell to Class 3A’s sixth-ranked Amber-Pocasset 15-0.

The other setbacks were to Class 2A’s top-ranked Shattuck (13-1) and 17th-ranked Okarche (9-4).

The win was a 9-0 shutout of Class 2A’s 14th-ranked Central.

Placing six golfers in the top seven spots of the individual medalist chase catapulted Redlands Community College’s golf team to the 2023 Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships.

Playing at Lake Murray State Park Golf Course in Ardmore, Redlands carded a 36-hole total of 653 to win by 85 strokes over Seminole State College. Murray State (806) took third.

The event also serves as the NJCAA Region 2 Championships.

League leader South Arkansas got a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat Redlands Community College 6-5 and sweep the four-game series over the Cougars.

Redlands slipped to 17-23 for the season after losing the first three games of the series by scores of 12-2, 12-1 and 11-4. The Cougars are now 9-11 in the NJCAA Region 2, Division 2 standings but retain the fifth-place spot.

Series hitting for the Cougars slipped to a .168 average after Redlands went 17-of-101 from the plate with five extra base hits.

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Arcadia: April 10.
Elevation is 1 ft. above normal, water temperature 59°F and stained.
Crappie fair on jigs and minnows around brush structure, docks and rocks. Largemouth bass good on plastic baits and spinnerbaits around brush structure and shorelines. Blue and channel catfish fair on cut bait and shad around points and rocks.

Carding both its lowest team and individual rounds since Cameron Wilkins took over the program, El Reno High School’s girls golf team took third place last week in its own invitational.

Playing at Crimson Creek Golf Course, El Reno shot a 397 - the first time under the 400-stroke barrier in two seasons.

Heritage Hall won the 10-team title with a 358, followed by Choctaw at 383.

El Reno was paced by Skylar Ayers who carded a 90 (45/45) for the lowest round by an EHS golfer under Wilkins. She was sixth overall in the individual medalist chase.

El Reno High School’s tennis team took part in the 2023 Suburban Conference Championships recently, with the girls taking sixth place and the boys squad placing seventh.

The girls were paced by Bri Barksdale, who took the consolation title in No.2 singles following a 6-0/6-0 sweep of Del City’s Lanise Robinson. Barksdale went 2-1 with a bye after a first-round loss.

Jayna Graham, playing No.1 singles, took sixth following a 6-4/6-0 loss to Elgin’s Grace Trueblood in the fifth-place match. Ireland Scott and Dalanda Robb placed sixth at No.2 doubles with a 1-2 record.

Hernan Blanco struck out the final batter to earn his first win of the season as El Reno High School’s baseball team defeated Weatherford 4-3 to close out the 2023 Bill Tipton Classic with back-to-back wins.

After losing 11-1 to state-ranked powerhouse Dale and 5-2 to Shawnee, El Reno rebounded with wins over Midwest City (4-1) and the Eagles. The 2-2 record lifted the Indians to 7-15 on the season.

Playing four players down due to suspensions from a controversial loss to Southeast, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team made some mid-game lineup shifts against Midwest City.

Bri Vickers came out of the net into an offensive position midway through the first half and scored the game-winning goal against the Bombers.

El Reno’s 1-0 victory snapped a three-match losing streak as the Indians improved to 4-5 on the season. The win lifted EHS into sole possession of seventh place in the District 5A-2 standings at 1-3.

Three players chipped in goals for El Reno High School’s boys soccer team as the Indians took over sole possession of seventh place in the District 5A-2 standings with a 5-1 decision over Midwest City.

El Reno improved to 3-6 on the season and 1-3 in the league with its highest goal count of the season.

Angel Martinez found the net twice, one of those on a penalty kick set up when teammate Jeremy Moreno was fouled inside the keeper box.

Martinez added two assists.

The term “Murderers Row” is forever linked to the New York Yankees, but El Reno High School’s baseball team completed its own version of the phrase last week with back-to-back losses to Carl Albert.

The 6-0 and 15-0 shutouts dropped El Reno to 0-8 in the District 5A-2 standings as the Indians, now 5-13 overall, played the top four teams in the league right off the bat.

Keith Hill’s program was slated to play in the Carl Albert tournament this weekend.