Sports

Body Trading second-half scoring blitzes, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team outscored Union City 20-19 in the fourth period to hang on to defeat its cross-county rival 68-63. The late-season meeting was for third place in the 2022 Washita Valley Conference Shootout.

Body In a rather stunning outcome, Union City High School’s girls basketball team dropped a 35-29 decision to Gracemont in the fifth-place game of the 2022 Washita Valley Conference Shootout, hosted by Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

Body Prior to the game with Kingfisher, El Reno High School girls basketball coach Jennifer Douglas told her players they needed to win the next four games to assure themselves a home regional.

Body Using both its small and large lineups in the second half, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team held off two comeback attempts by No.11 Piedmont to complete the season sweep of the Wildcats.

Body From the small town of Union City where they first started their playing careers, all the way to state and national Hall of Fame inductions, brothers Lloyd and Wendell Simmons are considered baseball royalty in Oklahoma.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.