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Breaking the recent chains on offense, Calumet High School’s girls basketball team snapped a three-game losing streak with a 72-23 victory over Crescent.

The Chieftains improved to 14-10 on the season with the win.

Calumet, which had not scored over 47 points in its three previous games, put up double-digit points in all four periods. Kyle Axton’s team led 16-13 after one frame but outscored Crescent 56-10 over the final three.

J.D. Riley knocked down a trio of 3-pointers en route to a team-high 30 points as Union City High School’s boys basketball team jumped back into the win column with a 76-42 decision over Cement.

The Tigers improved to 13-8 on the season with the win.

Riley scored 13 baskets in the win, 10 of those coming from inside the arc, but had just one bucket in the fourth period. He was 1-of-3 from the free-throw line.

The remaining 46 points were spread among 10 players, led by Kaden Cummings with nine points, Rustin Dawson with eight and Jaden Straka with seven points.

Redlands Community College women’s basketball team suffered its second straight loss last week following a 66-56 home setback to Seminole State College.

The Cougars slipped to sixth in the NJCAA Region 2 standings with a 4-5 record and 10-7 overall for the season.

Redlands went 3-3 for the month of January with wins over Connors State (77-66), Western Oklahoma State College (75-70) and Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (61-57). The other two losses were to Northern Oklahoma College of Tonkawa (80-53) and NOC Enid (65-49).

Following a positive start to the new year, the month of January proved to be a roller-coaster ride for Redlands Community College men’s basketball team.

The Cougars defeated Texas-based Frank Phillips College 80-75 in non-conference play to start the month, before posting a 2-4 record in the six games of NJCAA Region 2 action.

The 3-4 record for the month left Redlands with a 12-11 overall record and a 4-5 mark in the Region 2 standings. The Cougars defeated Western Oklahoma State College (79-68) and Northern Oklahoma of Enid (73-64).

Both the El Reno High School student section (first photo), and head coach Rodney Haydon (second photo) were puzzled by a call late in the Indians game with Kingfisher inside Jenks Simmons Field House.

After road games at Del City last week, El Reno’s two state-ranked basketball teams were set to return home to face cross-county rival Piedmont Tuesday night before hitting the road again to play Noble on Friday.

Both games are Suburban Conference outings.

The 100th day of classes for El Reno Public Schools ended with a triple-digit milestone for Jennifer Douglas and her high school girls basketball team.

The Indians pushed three players into double digits as El Reno went on the road to defeat Del City 50-36, and earned Douglas her 100th career victory as a head coach.

The 14-point win avenged an earlier loss to the Eagles and moved El Reno back into second place in the Suburban Conferences standings behind Carl Albert.

After dropping a 28-point game to Class 5A’s top-ranked Del City in their first meeting 17 days earlier, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team played the Eagles to their closest league contest to date in the rematch last week.

The Eagles needed double-digit scoring efforts in each of the first three periods to hold off the upset-minded Indians 48-38 to remain undefeated in Suburban Conference action.

El Reno, meanwhile, slipped to 3-2 in the league.

The Indians, ranked eighth in Class 5A among West-side teams for the upcoming playoffs, are now 8-8 overall.

Placing all seven grapplers taken to the 2022 Chickasha High School Classic, El Reno High School’s wrestling team placed fourth out of 18 teams in its final tournament before the Class 5A regional tournament.

El Reno, ranked second in Class 5A, logged 167 points to finish behind Carl Albert (205), Lawton MacArthur (191) and Duncan (180).

Rounding out the top 10 were Chickasha (152), Yukon (141.5), Piedmont (137), Norman (121), Putnam City (118.5) and Watonga with 101.5.

UNION CITY – Squandering a 15-point lead in the fourth period, Union City High School’s girls basketball team put the ball in the hands of point guard Taytim Woods down the stretch and the senior delivered.

Woods sparked a 10-2 run by the Tigers with six straight free throws as Union City went on to defeat Alex 54-49 in non-conference play.

The win lifted Daniel Anderson’s team to 11-9 on the season.

UNION CITY - Two days after picking up a huge road win over Corn Bible Academy in Washita Valley Conference play, Union City High School’s boys basketball team struggled on offense in the bookend periods against Alex.

The Tigers scored the first four points of the game but allowed a 17-0 run by the Longhorns. Union City trailed 17-6 after one period and 30-20 at the half.

Union City went on a 21-6 break in the third period to lead 41-36 going into the final period, but was outscored 20-3 en route to a 56-44 loss to Alex in the non-conference game.