While both are ranked in the Class A polls, Calumet and Union City High School baseball teams trended in opposite directions last week.
Calumet, ranked 19th in the state at the time, won three straight home games including an 8-0 shutout of Southwest Covenant School. That win came on the heels of a 6-3 decision over Lookeba-Sickles, ranked 10th in Class B.
The Chieftains improved to 9-3 on the season.
Redlands Community College goalie Kennedy Hendren grimaces as she collides with a Northern Oklahoma College of Tonkawa player after sliding in to block a shot during the first half of last week’s season opener. After a year and a half hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, RCC returned to the pitch but fell to the Mavericks by a 4-1 score.
Pulling out a 59-58 win over Western Oklahoma State College over the weekend, Redlands Community College women’s basketball team will take a four-game win streak into the NJCAA Region 2 Championships.
The Cougars defeated Northern Oklahoma College of Enid (63-47), Eastern Oklahoma (70-63) and Connors State (66-58) ahead of the win over the Pioneers. Redlands closed Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference action in third place with a 10-6 record and a 13-6 mark for the season.
The Region 2 Championships for the women begin Thursday in Enid.
Redlands Community College men’s basketball team was scheduled to take the court Monday night for a spot in the NJCAA Region 2 against Arkansas Baptist in Little Rock.
The winner will be the eighth seed for the tourney, which starts Wednesday in Enid.
Redlands closed out Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference action as the eighth seed after splitting its final two games. The Cougars snapped a seven-game slide with a 100-94 win over Eastern Oklahoma State College but lost 84-66 to Connors State College.
Despite six homers and a combined team batting average over .300, Redlands Community College’s baseball team took just one of four games recently against the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain.
The Cougars took the first game 14-8 but dropped the final three to the Bucks by scores of 7-3, 14-5 and 16-10. Redlands is now 2-6 against Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic
Conference Division 2 teams and 8-18 overall.
Facing the two bottom schools in the latest District 5A-2 standings, El Reno High School’s baseball team used timely hits and a slew of free passes to sweep home doubleheaders from both Guymon and Southeast.
El Reno improved to 9-6 on the season and 6-0 in district play after beating the Tigers 27-5 and 24-3. A day later the Indians dispatched the Spartans by scores of 12-0 and 13-3 to extend their current winning streak to five games.
El Reno High School’s boys and girls tennis teams kicked off the 2021 season last week. Both teams visited the Oklahoma City Tennis Center on different days to take part in the Putnam City North Invitationals.
Between those outings, the EHS squads played host to the Piedmont Wildcats for a dual at the Legion Park courts, with the visitors winning the outing over the Indians.
Termed young squads by head coach Jennifer Myers, El Reno will be back in action Monday in Shawnee for the 2021 Suburban Conference championships.
Paced by Caroline Huber’s first hat trick of the season, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team rebounded from back-to-back tournament losses to defeat Southeast 5-1 last week at Memorial Stadium.
El Reno improved to 5-3 on the season and 1-0 in District 5A-1 action. The Indians are third in the district under the new ranking system behind Bishop McGuinness and Noble.
The Indians dominated Southeast in three key statistics, leading in total shots (35-4), on-goal shots (21-3) and corner kicks (7-0). The Spartans did hold a 41:31-37:12 edge in time of possession.
Breaking into the state rankings for the first time this season, Calumet High School’s baseball team has won four of its last five games including a runner-up finish in the recent Vici Invitational.
The Chieftains, ranked 19th in Class A, improved to 7-3 on the season after shutting out New Life Christian Academy.
Calumet defeated Fargo (12-2) and Seiling (9-0) in the tourney before losing to Vici 12-4 in the finals. The Indians are ranked 10th in the same poll.
Calumet batted .385 as a team for the four games, logging 30 hits, with 22 walks and 16 strikeouts.
After being shut out in the first game back from spring break, Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team has reeled off five straight victories to break into the double-digit win total for the season.
The Tigers, ranked 20th in Class A, improved to 12-7 on the season with wins over Ninnekah (10-9), Calumet (10-8), Verden (14-8), Fort Cobb-Broxton (11-10) and Watonga (10-3).
Union City hit .441 as a team for the five-game stretch, logging 64 hits, 21 of those going for extra bases. The Tigers had 44 walks and seven strikeouts.
