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Ryah Hardy hit a walk-off double as El Reno High School’s softball team said goodbye to its four seniors with a 10-9 come-from-behind win over the Oklahoma City Broncos.

The game was the lone home outing for El Reno (15-12) in September as the Indians will wrap up the month with road games against Enid and Edmond North.

Head coach Jason Little said El Reno is trying to work out the officiating details to pick up a home tuneup game to end the regular season against Duncan on Monday, Oct. 2.

The Indians split road matches last week, snapping a nine-match losing streak by beating Del City 3-1.

EHS then fell to Cache by a 3-0 margin.

Calumet High School’s baseball team, ranked second in the state, walked into the regional round of the Class B playoffs with a 6-5 come-from-behind win over Amber-Pocasset.

The Chieftains, winners of 12 straight games, trailed Ampo 5-2 going into the bottom of the seventh before getting an RBI-single from Hunter Arnold.

Calumet would load the bases before drawing three straight walks from Brendon Voss, Kingston Arnold and Carson Cooper – the latter being the game-winning pass.

Redlands Community College women’s soccer team allowed a trio of goals within a 10-minute period of the second half as Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College rallied for a 3-1 win over the Cougars.

The loss was the fourth in a row for Redlands, which slipped to 1-8 overall.

The Cougars dropped to 1-7 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings, which is eighth.

Redlands took a 1-0 lead into the half after getting a goal from Avery Turner off an assist from Payton Brickey. However, the Cougars did not score over the final 60 minutes of the match.

Elgin did not dominate El Reno High School’s football team like a 54-21 final score might indicate.

In fact, only 40 yards separated the two schools in total offensive output.

So what was the biggest factor in the Owls 33-point win over El Reno in the District 5A-1 opener for both schools?

Bad luck on the part of the Indians.

More specifically, bad luck on four separate instances which played a direct factor in points being put on the scoreboard for both teams.

Senior Raley Hartley belted out three extra base hits as El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team closed out a 14-game road slate with an 8-5 win over Clinton.

El Reno went 6-8 over the road trip, which started Aug. 29, following a 10-3 loss to Carl Albert the day before to close out District 5A-2 action.

The Indians finished third in the standings with a 7-5 record behind the Titans and Piedmont.

The Indians won four of the final five games of the road slate, three of those wins coming in district play to make the jump from fifth to third.

Putting games and eventually matches into the win column continues to elude El Reno High School’s volleyball team after a close 3-1 loss to Noble last week.

The 23-25/19-25/25-16/22-25 setback dropped El Reno to 3-13 on the season. The Indians are now 1-2 in the Suburban Conference standings with their ninth straight loss.

El Reno had opportunities to win the first two games but blew a 9-2 lead in the opening game.

The Indians then held a 23-21 lead before allowing four straight points by the Bears, three of those on errors.