Redlands Community College women’s basketball team jumped back into the win column last week with a 79-60 home victory over Northern Oklahoma College of Tonkawa.
The win moved the Cougars into a tie with Northeastern Oklahoma A&M and Connors State College for first in the NJCAA Region 2 standings at 5-2.
The three teams are a game in front of fourth-place NOC Enid.
Despite a feverish second-half rally, Redlands Community College men’s basketball team was handed its third straight league loss following an 87-86 loss to Northern Oklahoma College of Tonkawa.
The loss dropped the Cougars to 10-11 on the season and 2-5 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings. Redlands slipped to seventh in the league.
The Cougars trailed 48-35 at the break but outscored the Mavericks 51-39 over the final 20 minutes to erase the double-digit deficit.
With only six grapplers on the active roster, El Reno High School’s girls wrestling team has not won many duals this season after dropping a 42-24 decision to Noble last week on senior night.
It was still a positive outing as El Reno went 4-2 in matches settled on the mat after the Indians forfeited five weights in the 18-point loss.
Nylley Miller (105) was pinned in 46 seconds by Noble’s T’ea Plummer before Brooklynn Huggins (110) got those six points back on a 1:20 fall over Christina Vinson.
Having watched a trip to dual state slip through its grasp in the late matches of the Class 5A District 3 Championships, the upper weights for El Reno High School’s wrestling team felt there was something to prove.
“For sure. We felt like we had to redeem ourselves. We felt like we had something to prove to ourselves and our team,” said senior Hunter Davidson.
Five days removed from the loss to Carl Albert, El Reno’s upper weights went 5-0 as the Indians rallied from a six-point deficit to defeat No.15 Noble 45-24 on senior night.
El Reno High School’s girls basketball team moved to within a game of earning just its second 20-win season under head coach Jennifer Douglas after earning back-to-back road wins in District 5A-1 play.
The Indians defeated Shawnee (39-30) and Crossings Christian (67-36) to remain undefeated on the season at 19-0, which ties the second most wins in a season under Douglas. El Reno posted a 24-5 mark for the 2021-22 campaign.
Clutch free-throw shooting from Carter Roman Nose helped seal a pair of nail-biting victories for El Reno High School’s boys basketball team last week in District 5A-1 play.
The junior hit the back end of a two-shot trip to the line with 37.5 seconds left to give the Indians a three-point lead in what led to a 51-50 road win at Shawnee. A day later, Roman Nose made two free throws with 18.8 seconds left to give the Indians a four-point lead as El Reno stunned Crossings Christian 55-53 and handed the Knights their first league loss.
Thirteen different players scored as Okarche High School’s girls basketball team won its seventh straight game with a 59-19 decision over cross-county rival Calumet.
The win pushed the Warriors to 15-7 on the year and 2-0 versus small schools inside Canadian County.
The win was the third in four days for Okarche after beating Strother (55-23) and Amber-Pocasset (34-21).
Katie Parham paced the Warriors in scoring for the three-game set with 31 points after putting up 11 in the win over Calumet. Harper White added nine points in the win over CHS and 24 for the set.
Pushed by a 16-12 run in the fourth quarter, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team is king of the hill among Canadian County’s small schools following a 55-51 win over Class A’s fourth-ranked Okarche.
Calumet, the top-ranked team in Class B, improved to 24-0 on the year and extended its regular-season win streak to 44 games dating back to last season.
Redlands Community College women’s basketball team had its three-game win streak snapped last week with a 65-40 road loss to region front-runner Connors State College.
The 25-point loss dropped Redlands to 14-5 overall and back into a tie for second place in the NJCAA Region 2 standings with a 4-2 mark – even with Northeastern Oklahoma A&M.
The Cougars entered the game with the Cowboys after beating Murray State College (68-65) to extend their win streak to three games.
Back-to-back losses have slipped Redlands Community College men’s basketball team two spots down in the latest NJCAA Region 2 standings.
The Cougars dropped a home game to Murray State College (94-83) before taking to the road for a 105-63 blowout loss to Connors State College, leaving RCC with a 10-10 overall record.
Redlands is now seventh in the regional standings with a 2-4 record.
Deazhon Perkins scored 33 points against Murray State and led all Redlands scoring for the two-game set with 60 points. He added five rebounds and a steal.
