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.
A shot at a key road win slipped through the grasp of El Reno High School’s volleyball team last week as the Indians fell to Shawnee 3-2 in league play.
The 18-26/25-22/25-22/22-25/7-15 cliffhanger loss dropped El Reno to 6-6 on the season and 0-2 in the Suburban Conference standings.
El Reno served at 95 percent for the five-game thriller as Qyra Jones had a team-leading five ace serves. Savannah Robinson followed with four aces and Emma Patswald with two.
The net offense produced 31 kills but was plagued by 29 errors.
Despite swinging the bats in step with that of league-leader Piedmont, El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team was unable to match the run production of the Wildcats.
El Reno was outhit by a close 8-7 margin, but managed less than a handful of runs in a 14-4 setback to the Wildcats.
The loss dropped El Reno to 4-6 on the season and 1-3 in the District 5A-2 standings and into fourth place by a half game over Guymon.
Redlands Community College’s soccer team lost yet another close early-season match after a 2-1 setback to the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain in the Cougars 2022 home opener.
The loss dropped Redlands to 0-3 on the year and 0-1 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings. All three matches have been decided by five combined goals, two of those being one-goal losses.
Redlands was led in shots by Amya Lindsay, Riley Robertson and Gladis Avalos with three each. Moriah Reed and Delila Palmer had two shots each, followed by McKenzie Simon and Courtney Roe with one apiece.
PIEDMONT – Russell Cook knew there was a chance his El Reno High School football team would struggle on defense against Piedmont's flexbone rushing attack.
Little did he expect the cross-county rivalry game would become a defensive nightmare.
Piedmont rushed for 387 yards and five touchdowns en route to a 42-8 win over the Indians. El Reno slipped to 0-2 on the season with the loss, while Piedmont improved to 1-1.
