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A strong serving effort by Carl Albert led the Titans to a 3-0 win over El Reno High School’s volleyball team and ended the Indians hopes of a tie for the 2025 Suburban Conference Championship.

The Titans, ranked No.7 in Class 5A, won the league title with a 6-0 record following the 25-21/25-16/26-24 decision. El Reno, ranked No.14 in the same poll, slipped to 18-12 on the year and into third in the conference standings at 4-2.

While drawing a small field, the inaugural El Reno High School cross-country meet brought about two team titles and three personal best marks for EHS runners.

The El Reno girls won gold with 24 points, while Chickasha (36) was second and Midwest City (69) third. There were four teams represented in the field.

El Reno’s Lily Owen set the course and meet record by running the 5,000-meter (3.1-mile) course through Adams Park in 22 minutes and 23 seconds – her personal record.

Freshman Raquel Seymour set her new personal best with a time of 23:21 to take second. 

The last four Class B state championships, between fall and spring seasons, have been decided between Calumet High School’s baseball team and archrival Fort Cobb-Broxton.

The fifth could be on the horizon.

Calumet, ranked second in the state, drew the No.2 seed for the 2025 Class B Fall State Baseball Championships after winning the Region 2 title with a sweep of No.16 Kiowa (12-0) and No.10 Tupelo (15-8).

Both Union City and Okarche High School’s fast-pitch softball teams reached the championship round of their respective Class A regional playoffs before seeing their seasons come to an end.

Union City, playing in the Region 3 Championships, defeated No.19 Pioneer-Pleasant Vale twice by scores of 7-2 and 13-12 but fell twice to third-ranked Canute (16-1/17-1).

The 2-2 split left the Tigers with a 25-11 overall record.

Redlands Community College women’s golf team placed 14th overall at the 2025 Grace Shin Invitational hosted by The Golf Club of Edmond.

The Cougars were the lone NJCAA squad among the field of 19 teams. The remaining were NCAA Division 2 teams including three former RCC players.

Redlands carded a 633 (316-317) for the 36-hole event and beat five other teams including Northwestern Oklahoma State, Southern Nazarene and East Central.

The Cougars were just 16 shots out of the top 10.

Despite losing the second of a four-match road swing to powerhouse Seminole State, Redlands Community College women’s soccer team remains sixth in the latest NJCAA Region 2 standings.

The Cougars dropped to 5-5-1 overall and 3-5 in the regional standings with an 8-0 loss to the Trojans.

Redlands was held without a shot in the setback, with goalie Jordan Wentworth allowing all eight goals to Seminole.

The sophomore from Lakeland, Fla., did log a season-high 23 saves, her seventh double-digit effort of the year.

Only one other District 5A-2 member shares the same burden as El Reno High School’s football team, having to play the top three squads in the standings over consecutive weeks.

El Reno continued that daunting task last week with a 49-7 loss to Carl Albert, ranked No.1 in Class 5A according to the latest Associated Press poll, to slip to 0-2 in the standings. The Indians are tied with Western Heights for seventh.

The setback dropped El Reno to 8-37 overall in the series with the Titans, dating back to 1970, and 1-4 on the season.

El Reno High School’s volleyball team remains in the hunt to force a tie for the 2025 Suburban Conference Championship following a 3-0 road win over Del City.

The 25-14/25-12/25-12 win over the Eagles moved the Class 5A’s 13th-ranked Indians to 18-7 on the season and 4-1 in the Suburban Conference standings.

El Reno is tied with Newcastle for second in the league at 4-1, both chasing No.7 Carl Albert (5-0), which the Indians will play in their regular-season finale.

Despite logging a dozen base hits, El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team dropped its second straight home game to a Class 6A program with a 13-8 setback to Mustang’s junior varsity.

El Reno slipped to 13-15 on the year with the loss, which capped its home slate.

The Indians belted out the 12 base hits off a .353 average and were aided with seven walks, two each from Maddy Brinkman and Kyla Killingsworth.

Leilani Niles, Daisy Hall and Bridgette McReynolds had a free pass each.

A hard-hitting Enid squad, a 28-game winner out of Class 6A, scored eight runs in the fifth inning to enact a 21-8 run-rule victory over El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team.

The loss, which gave the season series to the Pacers, came on the heels of El Reno’s 7-3 road win over Clinton a day earlier.

The split left the Indians with a 13-14 season record.

Enid bats tagged El Reno pitchers Zoey Pawnee and Taylor Acosta for 21 runs off 17 hits and five walks over five innings. The pair had just one strikeout.