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The Indians pitching staff was hit hard by the Yukon Millers in a 14-0 win over the Indians.

El Reno was slated to play a playoff tuneup game on Monday against Santa Fe South at the Hub Reed Complex.
 

While it pushed Canute to the limit, Calumet High School’s baseball team had its spring season halted by the top-ranked Trojans 5-3 in the title game of the Class A, Region 1 Championship.

Calumet, ranked 16th in the state, went 2-2 for the regional with wins over Oklahoma Bible Academy (7-3) and Hollis (13-0) – which defeated the Chieftains 12-10 in the opener.

The Chieftains ended the season with a 20-4 mark.

Calumet batted .325 as a team for the four games, going 37-of-114, with 33 runs, 31 walks and 27 runs batted in against 15 strikeouts.

El Reno High School’s tennis team closed out its dual season last week by hosting Kingfisher at the Legion Park courts, getting mixed results in both singles and doubles action.

Xiven Wallin played No.1 singles for the EHS boys and lost both of his matches in pro sets by scores of 3-8 and 2-8. Jacob Guerrero dropped both of his No.2 singles matches by scores of 0-8/3-8.

The two then teamed up for doubles, losing 0-8.

For the second time in four days, Mother Nature threw a curve ball at El Reno High School’s baseball team as a steady rain forced a stoppage in play during the Indians District 5A-2 series with Guthrie.

With the score tied at 3-all, El Reno’s Grady Lesperance drew a lead-off walk in the bottom of the fourth inning before play was halted. El Reno head coach Keith Hill said the game will not be restarted since the outcome will not affect the final district outcome.

El Reno High School’s boys soccer team played through the rain recently to defeat Guymon 2-1 in its final match of the regular season.

El Reno will now travel to Oklahoma City to play Santa Fe South in the first round of the Class 5A playoffs, set for Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team fell one win shy of advancing to the regional round, losing 7-2 to Fort Cobb-Broxton in the title game of the Class 2A, District 7 Championship.

The Tigers went 3-2 in the postseason to close out the season with a 21-14 record.

“Our girls put it all on the line. I’m sad the season ended but we left it all on the field,” said head coach Cody Schmidt.

While notching a thrilling win in the postseason, Calumet High School’s slow-pitch softball team had the daunting task of beating top-ranked Binger-Oney twice in order to advance.

The Bobcats had other plans.

Binger-Oney tagged Calumet’s defense for 32 runs en route to 15-0 and 17-1 wins to claim the Class 2A, District 1 Championship.

The Chieftains season ends with a 5-12 record, with Calumet earning a 6-5 playoff win over Sentinel.

Sarah Nitzel hit a walk-off triple in the bottom of the seventh inning to score Jazmine Mayo – on with a single.

Riverside Public Schools recently took part in the 2021 Oklahoma Rural Elementary Schools State Track meet at North Rock Creek in Shawnee.

Eight Riverside athletes competed in various events, bringing home three medals. Zaida Kraft took the silver in the 800-meter run with a time of two minutes and 48.46 seconds, while placing fourth in the mile with a time of 6:22.99.

Riverside’s 4x200 relay squad comprised of Brylee DuPris, Drew Kraft, Zaida Kraft and Nataly Arellano took third place with a time of 2:13.13.

Offense played center stage for both teams recently as Redlands Community College’s baseball team split a four-game series against National Parks College based out of Hot Springs, Ark.

The teams combined for 105 runs, with Redlands winning the first two games of the series by scores of 6-1 and 10-9.

The Nighthawks rallied to win both games on day two by scores of 21-12 and 28-18.

The split left Redlands with a 12-21 record for the spring and a 5-15 mark and eighth place in the NJCAA Region 2, Division 2 standings.

After dropping an overtime match by one goal in their first meeting, Redlands Community College’s soccer team was looking for some revenge last week against Eastern Oklahoma State College.

Despite matching their season-high goal total, the Cougars could not find such satisfaction, suffering a 4-2 loss to the Mountaineers at Memorial Stadium.

The setback extends Redlands losing streak to eight matches.

The Cougars slipped to 1-9 on the season and in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.