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For a third time this season, Calumet High School’s girls basketball team suffered back-to-back losses following a 52-47 setback to cross-county rival Southwest Covenant. The loss dropped Calumet to 13-9 on the season.

While taking just five free-throw attempts is never a good sign, Okarche High School’s boys basketball team didn’t need to score single points in its game with Crescent. That’s because the Warriors were knocking down shots away from the charity stripe in a 62-40 victory over the Tigers.

A bid for a third straight trip to the Class 5A dual state championships hit a pothole last week as El Reno High School’s wrestling team dropped a narrow 39-35 outing to Elgin in the finals of the 2022 District 3 Championships.

El Reno High School’s girls basketball team made its second straight tournament finals but fell short of another title with a 47-32 loss to Class 6A’s eighth-ranked Mustang in the 2022 Shawnee Invitational.

For the second time this month, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team has dropped two games in tournament play after losing a 69-60 rematch game with Shawnee. The loss to the Wolves, ranked 17th in Class 5A, came in the consolation finals of the 2022 Shawnee Invitational.

In the first of two meetings over seven days, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team dropped a 64-60 game to Class A’s top-ranked Hydro-Eakly in the finals of the 2022 West Central Tournament. Calumet, ranked sixth in the same poll, slipped to 16-5 on the season with the loss to the Bobcats.

Taytim Woods scored 14 or more points in all three games as Union City High School’s girls basketball team won the consolation championship at the 2022 Paden Pirates Invitational. The Tigers moved to 10-8 on the season with a 65-59 win over Carney in the consolation title game.

Dealing with both COVID-19 and injury voids in its lineup, El Reno High School’s wrestling team continued a grueling dual schedule last week against perennial powerhouse Tuttle.

Both El Reno teams were playing in the Shawnee Invitational this weekend, which is the last regular-season tournament of the year for the Indians.

Three guards combined for 35 points as Calumet High School’s girls basketball team jumped back into the win column with a 43-27 victory over Sentinel in the first round of the West Central Tournament.