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Playing a fall schedule chock-full of ranked squads, Calumet High School’s baseball team posted a 3-2 record over a five-game slate ahead of this weekend’s Hammon Tourney.

All five games were in the Elk City Invitational and were against ranked foes as the Chieftains have faced 10 opponents in 19 games that appear in one of the state’s two polls.

Calumet, ranked third in Class B, took a 16-3 record into weekend play after defeating Sterling (12th/A) 11-8, Drummond (18th/A) 9-3 and Vici (16th/A) 11-3.

While staying close in the majority of ball games, El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team is struggling to find its way back into the win column on a consistent basis.

El Reno went 1-4 over the weekend in the Bixby Invitational, defeating the host school 7-6 as Maddie Moss singled and scored the winning run behind two errors by the Spartans.

The losses were to Perry (10-7), Sand Springs (4-2), Tulsa Union (8-7) and Skiatook (5-2).

El Reno High School’s volleyball team went into the Noble Invitational looking to rebound from 3-1 losses to Duncan, ranked 13th in Class 5A, and unranked Chickasha.

The close losses to the Chicks were by scores of 24-26/19-25/25-19/22-25.

Trinity Black led the team in kills for the two matches with 12, followed by Savannah Robinson with 11.

Jewell Graham led those in single digits with seven kills, while Emma Patswald and Bri Barksdale added five each and Pauline Black-Harmon with four kills.

WEATHERFORD – It's been said lightning doesn't strike the same place twice, which is a hard theory to sell El Reno High School's football team.

For the second time in three weeks the Indians have had a win snatched from their grasp in the final minute, this time by Weatherford, which scored a touchdown with 22 seconds to play to steal a 20-19 victory.

The loss closed out non-district play for El Reno with an 0-3 record, while the Eagles improved to 1-1.

El Reno High School's football team was scheduled to travel down Interstate 40 Friday night to play Weatherford to wrap up the non-district portion of its 2022 schedule.

El Reno is 0-2 on the year following a 42-8 loss at Piedmont.

The Indians dropped two matches to the Demons and Chickasha last week.

Redlands Community College’s soccer team made a pair of first-half goals stand up en route to a 2-1 win over Northeastern Oklahoma A&M.

It was the first win of the season for the Cougars, who improved to 1-3 overall and 1-1 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.

Moriah Reed scored an unassisted goal to get Redlands on the scoreboard.

Amya Lindsay made it a 2-0 match with a goal off an assist from Stephany Soto.

Since dropping its first loss of the fall season, Calumet High School’s baseball team has rebounded with a six-game winning streak over several notable ranked squads.

The Chieftains, holding steady at third in Class B with a 15-1 overall record, defeated Hammon (20th /Class B) 12-6 and Ripley (11th/Class A) 1-0 in the Dover Festival along with a 12-5 decision over cross-county rival Okarche (21st/Class A).

Union City High School’s fast-pitch softball team has logged only three wins in its last seven games, but head coach Cody Schmidt can see signs of the Tigers becoming a tough opponent come playoffs.

Among the four losses were narrow setbacks to Binger-Oney 4-3, Leedey 4-2, Empire 4-3, and a 9-1 loss to an under-rated Rush Springs.

Union City’s wins came in the Dover Festival against Enid’s junior varsity 13-5, Pioneer/Pleasant Vale 12-0, and the host school 15-3. The Tigers are 14-13 on the season after the seven-game run.

While some coaches would like to have what is termed as a “weak sister” somewhere on their non-district schedule in order to pick up early-season wins, El Reno High School head coach Russell Cook has a different philosophy.

“You don’t get better playing those games,” said Cook.

Those games will not appear on El Reno’s schedule as the Indians head to Weatherford Friday night to take on the Eagles to close out the non-district portion of their 2022 schedule.