Sports

Tying its season-low round of the season, El Reno High School’s boys golf team finished in the middle of the pack at its own 2023 EHS Invitational hosted at Crimson Creek Golf Course.

El Reno carded a team score of 381 to place eighth in the 16-team field. The Indians junior varsity team posted a round of 491 to take 14th place.

“We played OK. We are getting better and Cooper (Park) is taking a leadership role and trying to get us to state. That’s our goal,” said El Reno head coach Marc Peters.

Getting a feel for the course in which it will play the Class 5A West Regional Championship later this month, El Reno High School’s girls golf team posted another top five finish.

Playing the Aqua Canyon Course at Cimarron National Golf Club, El Reno carded a 415 total to place third in the 2023 Griffin Golf Classic.

“Still short of our best round by eight shots, but by far our best round with everyone shooting in triple digits,” said El Reno head coach Cameron Wilkins.

Southeast scored a put-back goal with 6.6 seconds left in double overtime as the Spartans defeated El Reno High School’s girls soccer team 1-0 in a match marred by penalties.

With the loss, El Reno fell to 3-5 on the season and 0-3 in the District 5A-2 standings, tied with Midwest City for seventh place.

Several lapses in defense by El Reno High School’s boys soccer team over the final eight minutes of the first half allowed Southeast to break open a close match en route to a 10-0 shutout win over the Indians.

The Spartans, tied for the league lead, handed El Reno its fourth straight loss as the Indians slipped to 2-6 on the season and 0-3 in the District 5A-2 standings.

A walk-off double by Hunter Arnold earned Calumet High School’s baseball team its fifth straight win as the Chieftains rallied for an 8-7 decision over Class A’s 14th-ranked Hydro-Eakly.

Down 7-6 going into the bottom of the seventh, Calumet got a lead-off single from Kingston Arnold, followed by a walk by Kyler Thiessen.

Both runners moved up a base on a passed ball before the game-winning two-bagger to left field.

Calumet, ranked fourth in Class B, improved to 9-4 on the season.

Despite a 19-hit attack, Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team wound up on the short end of a 22-14 offensive slugfest with Class A’s 18th-ranked Fort Cobb/Broxton.

The Tigers, ranked sixth in Class 2A, slipped to 15-9 on the year with the loss.

The two teams combined for 39 base hits.

Union City went 19-of-43 (.442) from the plate with two doubles from Emily Griggs. The senior led all batters with a 4-of-5 effort with four runs batted in.

Redlands Community College’s baseball team climbed into fifth place in the NJCAA Region 2, Division 2 standings after winning a four-game series from the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain.

The Cougars won three of the games by scores of 10-1, 4-2 and 9-5. The Bucks lone win came by a 9-1 decision.

Redlands improved to 17-19 on the season and 9-7 in the divisional standings, one game ahead of Northern Oklahoma College of Enid.

While playing 80 minutes, the outcome of El Reno High School’s girls soccer team’s match with rival Piedmont was settled in a little over eight minutes.

From the 1:20 mark of the first half to the 33:08 mark in the second, a span of 8:12, Piedmont scored two goals en route to a shutout win over the Indians in District 5A-2 play.

The loss, its second in a row, dropped El Reno to 3-4 on the season and 0-2 in the league standings.

In what could be the final meeting between the Canadian County rivals, El Reno High School’s boys soccer team was unable to take full advantage of its scoring opportunities.

Piedmont did.

The Wildcats scored five goals off 23 first-half shots en route to an 11-1 win over the Indians in District 5A-2 play. The loss slips El Reno to 2-5 on the season and 0-2 in the league standings.

Piedmont scored first off a cross-kick in the 37th minute, then followed it with a shot off the hands of El Reno keeper Aldo De La Torre for a 2-0 lead.

Sophomore right-hander Gavin Tinsley struck out Putnam City North’s Daymien Martinez swinging with a 2-2 fastball as El Reno High School’s baseball team held off the Class 6A Panthers for an 8-7 road victory.

Tinsley got the save after entering the contest with two outs and runners at second and third base with the Indians clinging to a two-run lead. He fell behind 2-0 in the count, one of those leading to a score, which moved the tying run to third.

Tinsley battled back with three straight strikes, two of those swinging.