Sports

Following a rough spring break, Calumet High School’s baseball team has regained its footing with a three-game win streak and victories in four of its last five games.

The Chieftains, ranked fourth in Class B, improved to 7-4 with a 5-2 win over Class 2A’s eighth-ranked Cashion. The victory came on the heels of a 3-1 effort in the Vici Invitational which carried Calumet to third place.

The tourney wins were over state-ranked Leedey (15-3), Seiling (5-1) and Mooreland (12-4) and the loss to Class A’s ninth-ranked Laverne by a 2-1 score.

Last summer when Shelby Skaggs was hired to coach the newly formed Redlands Community College Shooting Sports Team, she was already at a recruiting disadvantage since many students had already signed with other colleges.

She made the decision to hold open tryouts for any Redlands students who were interested in joining the team. The gamble paid off, with five members of the nine-member team qualifying for the national competition.

Redlands Community College’s baseball team slipped into a tie for fifth place in the NJCAA Region 2 Division 2 standings after losing three of four games to Northern Oklahoma College of Enid.

The Cougars are now deadlocked with NOC-Enid at 6-6 in the league standings following losses of 2-1, 4-2 and 7-2 to the Jets. The win came at home by a 5-3 margin.

Redlands took a 14-18 overall record into a four-game set with the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain.

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CHOCTAW – While the contest produced only a few points toward the team standings, El Reno High School track coach Graham Snelding was pleased with both the effort and team numbers for the season opener.

Running in the 2023 Yellowjackets Invitational, El Reno took 47 thinclads to the meet and fielded two teams in the boys division and one in the girls, who took 10th place with two points.

“I’m proud of how our kids competed and with our numbers. We have a lot of work still to do and will focus on beating our old times at each meet,” said Snelding.

El Reno High School’s boys soccer team finished as runner-up in the 2023 Rose Rock Invitational hosted by Noble, following a 5-1 defeat by Shawnee in the championship game.

El Reno went 2-1 in the event to improve to 2-3 on the season.

The Indians lone score in the championship game was a Tristan Chandler goal off an assist from Edgar Perez.

El Reno earned its first win of the season in the opening round with a 4-3 defeat of Miami in sudden death penalty kicks. Scoring goals for the Indians were Chandler, Angel Martinez, Mauricio Ruiz and Diego Mateo.

Bouncing back from an opening round shutout loss to Ada, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team clinched the consolation championship from the 2023 Rose Rock Invitational.

The Indians defeated Del City 4-0 in the consolation championship game, getting goals from Lily Hayes, Joey Lierle, Lilyana Menjivar and Payton Brickey.

El Reno reached the match with the Eagles by way of a 3-1 win over the Miami Wardogs. Scoring goals for the Indians were Menjivar, Kristina Conner and Maddison Rochdi.

Hampered by what head coach Keith Hill called a “steady dose of secondary pitches,” El Reno High School’s baseball team struggled at the plate in losses to Comanche and Bridge Creek in the 2023 Chickasha Invitational.

El Reno went 1-2 in the event, dropping a 3-1 game to Comanche and an 8-1 decision to Bridge Creek. The Indians went a combined 5-of-42 (.119) in the two setbacks with nine walks against 21 strikeouts.

Hill said the pitchers faced in the two losses had average speed.

The inability to avoid big innings by opponents once again haunted El Reno High School’s baseball team as the Indians were swept by the Guthrie Bluejays in District 5A-1 play.

El Reno opened the series on the road with a 6-1 setback, before losing 9-1 at the Hub Reed Complex.

The sweep dropped the Indians to 3-7 on the season and 0-4 in the 5A-1 standings, for a tie for fifth with three other squads.

Gusting winds played havoc with pitching on both offense and defense last week for Calumet High School’s slow-pitch softball team as the Chieftains split games with Geary and Sentinel.

Calumet defeated the Bison 18-10 with 18 of the combined 28 runs being scored in the first inning, which took over 52 minutes to complete. There were just three base hits in the frame between the two schools but more than a dozen walks due to the wind.

The Chieftains were shut out a day later by Sentinel 8-0, to drop their season record to 2-4.