Redlands Community College freshman Ruby Sifuentes (8) and a University of Arkansas Rich Mountain player look to be in step as each tries to control a bouncing ball during their NJCAA Region 2 match at Memorial Stadium last week.
It was the home opener for the Cougars, who host NEO Sunday at 2 p.m.
Redlands Community College’s cross-country teams kicked off the 2022 season recently with a pair of third-place finishes at the Bucks Invitational hosted by the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain.
The women’s team ran the 5,000-meter course with an overall time of two hours and 13:19 seconds, with the average time per runner being 26:29. Alicen Williams was the top finisher in 10th place with a time of 25:29 after running a mile pace of 8:12.
There are several reasons why Piedmont’s football team is causing El Reno High School’s coaching staff to spend extra preparation time this week ahead of Friday night's first road game of the 2022 season.
Those reasons stem from the Wildcats flexbone offense.
“It’s all about misdirection. It’s the triple option and you’ve got to pick up not only the quarterback but the dive man and the pitch man,” said El Reno head coach Russell Cook.
The extra preparation, from a defensive standpoint, comes from the fact it's an offense not seen much.
Errors against a hard-hitting Carl Albert team, ranked eighth in Class 5A, took its toll on El Reno High School’s volleyball team in Suburban Conference action last week.
After a close 25-19 tally in game one, the Titans handed 5A’s 16th-ranked El Reno a 3-0 loss by scores of 25-9 and 25-17.
The setback dropped the Indians to 4-3 on the season and 0-1 in Suburban Conference standings.
El Reno committed 30 errors in the loss, six of those off Carl Albert serves. Three errors came from the Indians own serving line and three more off wide block attempts.
In games such as the U.S. 81 Battle between El Reno High School's football team and its oldest rival Chickasha, a handful of plays can be the thin line between winning and losing.
Unfortunately for the Indians, those plays fell in favor of the Chicks.
After an apparent tie-breaking touchdown catch by El Reno was waved off, Chickasha went on a 10-play, 85-yard scoring drive late in the fourth period to pull out a 20-14 win over the Indians.
The El Reno Tribune’s Football Preview for 2022 contains the following:
After sweeping through pool play undefeated at its own 2022 El Reno High School Invitational, the Indians varsity volleyball team ran into an old foe in the semifinals of Gold Bracket play, losing 2-1 to Tecumseh.
The 25-21/18-22/15-11 loss dropped Class 5A’s 16th-ranked El Reno to 4-2 on the season. It was the second setback in less than a week to the Savages.
The Indians went 3-0 in Pool A play with 2-0 victories over Seminole (25-21/25-20), Santa Fe South (25-18/25-17) and Chickasha (25-19/25-22).
Despite a pair of three-hit outings from two of its seniors, El Reno High School’s fast-pitch team suffered a second straight road loss last week with a 6-2 setback at Guthrie.
El Reno is now 4-3 on the season and 1-2 in District 5A-2 and fifth place in the league standings.
Seniors Kira Taber and C.C. Medders had three hits each and combined to score both El Reno runs. In the third inning, Medders doubled and scored on a single by Taber.
In the fifth, Medders hit a single ahead of an RBI-double from Taber.
El Reno High School’s cross country team kicked off the 2022 season recently with four girls and a full boys team running in the Weatherford Invitational held at Radar Park.
The boys team placed 14th overall with 376 points, which is calculated off the finish of each runner in the field, with lowest team score taking first. There were 154 runners in the boys field.
Logan Singletary led El Reno’s effort on the 3,200-meter course with a time of 13 minutes and 22.9 seconds and crossed in 86th place.
UNION CITY – Taking advantage of five walks, an error and a hit in the top of the first inning, Calumet High School’s fast-pitch softball team built a four-run lead and never trailed en route to a 10-5 win over cross-county rival Union City.
Calumet’s victory snapped a three-game losing streak in the county series, which started in 2019 when Union City added fast-pitch softball. The Tigers still hold an overall lead of 5-4.
