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A feverish comeback attempt in the fourth period fell short as El Reno High School’s boys basketball team dropped a 77-67 game to archrival Carl Albert in the first of two District 5A-2 meetings.

The loss drops El Reno to 5-9 on the season.

Despite the 10-point setback, El Reno retains the fifth seed in the 5A-2 standings with a 3-5 mark. The Indians are ahead of Guthrie, Southeast and Guymon but trail Noble for fourth by a game and a half.

Six turnovers in the first period derailed early momentum and a surprise lead as El Reno High School’s girls basketball team was held to its second lowest point total of the season in a 52-28 loss to Carl Albert.

The loss drops El Reno to 7-7 on the season and 2-2 inside Jenks Simmons Field House.

Carl Albert earned its 10th win of the year and maintains a tie with Midwest City for the District 5A-2 lead.

A 21 percent overall shooting effort caused Redlands Community College women’s basketball team to drop a 67-37 home game to league-leading Northeastern Oklahoma A&M.

The loss, which was Redlands lowest point total of the season, leaves the Cougars with a 15-3 overall mark and a 2-2 record in the NJCAA Region 2 standings. Redlands slipped into sole possession of fourth place.

The Cougars were 10-of-48 from the floor (20.8 percent), which included a 10 percent effort (1-of-10) from the 3-point arc. Redlands was 16-of-24 (67 percent) from the free-throw line.

Allowing an opponent to reach the century mark for a third time this season, Redlands Community College men’s basketball team suffered a 100-67 loss to Northeastern Oklahoma A&M.

The 33-point loss drops the Cougars to 7-11 on the season and 1-3 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings at eighth place.

Redlands shot 39 percent (24-of-61) from the field but made only 2-of-15 (13 percent) of its 3-point attempts.

The Cougars were 17-of-25 (68 percent) from the free-throw line.

El Reno High School assistant girls wrestling coach Kyler Walton (right) joked with team members that he could pass as former Olympic gold medalist and WWE Champion Kurt Angle (left) after the girls found a 2023 meme on the Internet of Angle.

Looks like Walton may be on to a side gig, what do you think?

Scoring on seven of 10 Southeast turnovers in the first period, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team jumped back into the win column with a 61-10 victory over the Spartans.

The 61 points is the second highest of the season for El Reno, which improved to 7-6 on the year. The Indians retain the third spot in the District 5A-2 standings at 5-2 with the 51-point win, its largest winning margin of the season.

The smallest player on the court delivered some of the biggest baskets down the stretch for El Reno High School’s boys basketball team in a 72-64 win over Southeast.

Senior guard Bradley Island scored 12 of the team’s 17 points over the final four minutes as the Indians move to 5-8 on the season and snapped a two-game losing streak.

More importantly, the eight-point win lifted El Reno into fifth place in the District 5A-2 standings.

Completing a stretch of three road dates against ranked opponents, El Reno High School’s boys wrestling team went 0-2 against powerhouses Tuttle and Guthrie in a triangular dual.

El Reno slipped to 1-4 on the season after falling to Tuttle, ranked No.1 in Class 4A, 54-17. The Indians dropped a 49-24 match to the Bluejays, ranked sixth in Class 5A, for their fourth setback in a row.

Against Tuttle the Indians logged three wins as Turner Richardson (215) earned a forfeit and heavyweight Nick Mitchum scored a first-period fall (1:39) over Jesse Abston.

Calumet High School's boys basketball team, bumped from the top spot in the Class B-1 poll, responded by welcoming Class 2A’s Cordell to the Washita Valley Conference with a 100-24 road victory.

It’s the third game this season for the Chieftains to top the 100-point margin and the eighth time to score 90 or more. Calumet, now the No.2 team in the state, improves to 13-2 on the year and 6-1 in the WVC standings.

Mariah Ailey led a trio of players in double digits as Union City High School’s girls basketball team defeated Dover 48-41 to extend its current win streak to four games.

The unranked Tigers move to 11-6 on the season.

Ailey netted a pair of 3-pointers in the win over the Longhorns and closed with 14 points. Lilly Russell followed with 13 points and Keely Riley added 11 points.