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Three passing plays, all working against El Reno High School’s football team, proved to be the turning point in the Indians Canadian County rivalry game with Piedmont.

The Wildcats converted two of those passes into two touchdowns as Piedmont defeated El Reno for a third straight season 14-6. The non-district loss dropped the Indians to 1-1 on the season.

“A loss like this is hard to take but we are going to take it and learn from it and fix our mistakes. Hopefully our kids will grow from this,” said El Reno head coach Russell Cook.

Three goals allowed in the first 26 minutes came back to haunt Redlands Community College women’s soccer team in a 3-1 home loss to the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain.

The loss dropped the Cougars to 0-3 on the season and 0-2 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.

Redlands allowed goals in the seventh, 23rd and 26th minutes of the first half. The Cougars made it a 3-1 match just 51 seconds later (26:47) on an unassisted goal by Amya Lindsay.

In its closest match of the season, El Reno High School’s volleyball team held off a late run by Shawnee to post a 3-2 win over the Wolves in Suburban Conference action.

The Indians won by scores of 23-25/27-25/25-19/18-25/15-11 to improve to 3-4 on the season and 1-1 in the conference standings.

Qyra Jones led the offensive attack with 12 kills as the team finished with 41 total. Trinity Black closed in double digits with 11 kills, followed by Lily Elliott with six and four kills from Jewell Graham.

DEL CITY – A pair of big second-inning offensive explosions propelled El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team to back-to-back District 5A-2 victories last week while extending the Indians win streak in the process.

El Reno has won five games in a row for the second time after beating Santa Fe South (13-0) and Del City (16-2) to improve to 9-4 on the season.

The Indians remain fourth in the district standings at 3-3 behind Piedmont, Carl Albert and Noble.

Run production continues to be an issue for both Union City and Calumet High School’s fast-pitch softball teams as both squads earned only one win in eight combined games last week.

Union City slipped to 3-11 on the season with its lone win over four games, a 15-3 decision against Ninnekah.

The Tigers dropped games to Elmore City/Pernell (8-1), Rush Springs (14-1) and Empire (11-1).

The team went 21-of-78 (.269) from the plate with two triples and a double from Morgan Brothers. Victoria Stucks, Lily Russell and Trestan Sutton logged a double each.

CHICKASHA – While he was expecting a fast start on the 104th installment of the U.S. 81 Battle, El Reno High School head football coach Russell Cook admits he was impressed with what his team delivered.

Freshman Kaleb Blackwolf took the game’s opening kickoff back 47 yards and El Reno scored two plays later on a 28-yard run by senior Malachi Nicholson to kick-start a 64-24 win over Chickasha.

El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team snapped a three-game losing streak by winning a trio of games in the 2023 Shawnee Festival.

El Reno improved to 7-4 on the season by defeating Del City (12-1), Duncan (13-2) and McAlester (3-0). The win over the Eagles was the second of the season for EHS.

The Indians had the sticks working as the team went 26-of-73 (.356) from the plate with nine extra base hits. Jacy Little logged a double as did Maddie Moss, Micah Woods and Raley Hartley.