Sports

Union City runner-up in Waukomis tourney

1 year ago By Glen Miller

An eight-game run through the Waukomis Invitational left Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team with a 6-2 record and a runner-up finish.

The Tigers, now 10-4 on the season, defeated the host team 17-7 along with Dover (12-4), Arapaho-Butler (16-13), Woodland (6-5/22-6) and Frontier (18-7).

Union City dropped two games to Hydro-Eakly by scores of 13-3 and 29-6. For the eight-game stretch, Union City went 120-of-224 (.539) from the plate with 25 doubles, five triples and five home runs.

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Calumet, Union City drop bids over break

1 year ago By Glen Miller

Calumet High School’s baseball team ran into a tough slate of games in two separate spring break festivals, dropping three games over the break.

The Chieftains, ranked third in Class B, fell to 2-3 on the season after losing a 6-1 game to Class 2A’s 16th-ranked Haskell in the Union City Spring Break Festival.

Calumet then played two games in the Edmond Festival, losing to 5A power Piedmont (8-1) and 6A’s Moore (6-0).

The Chieftains went 14-of-73 (.192) for the three-game set with only two extra base hits, doubles from Hunter Arnold and Carson Cooper.

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Soccer tourney on tap

1 year ago By Glen Miller

Both the boys and girls teams were scheduled to play this week in the Noble tourney starting on Thursday.

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Cougars take three games from National Park College

1 year ago By Glen Miller

Taking three out of four games from National Park over the weekend, Redlands Community College’s baseball team moved to within a game of .500 for the season.

The Cougars won the first three games by scores of 4-1, 14-2 and 12-3 before the Nighthawks avoided a sweep with a 12-9 win in the series finale.

Redlands improved to 13-15 on the season with the victories and 5-3 in the NJCAA Region 2, Division 2 standings for fourth place.

The Cougars bats had a combined 32-of-116 (.276) effort over the four-game series with seven doubles and four triples.

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Spann signs soccer letter

1 year ago By News Staff

El Reno High School senior Bre Spann recently signed an NJCAA national letter of intent to play soccer for Redlands Community College.

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Money shots

1 year ago By News Staff

Calumet High School senior Allie Harris won the 3-point shooting contest at the Class B state tourney.

For her efforts she earned a $1,000 check for science and math supplies.

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Douglas nabs Suburban coaching honor, five players picked

1 year ago By Glen Miller

Jennifer Douglas can now check off one of the postseason honors that has eluded the veteran coach in her seven seasons at the helm of the El Reno High School girls basketball program.

Douglas was named by her peers as Coach of the Year on the 2023 All-Suburban Conference Girls Basketball Teams. The seven member coaches voted on three squads and honorable mention prior to the state tourney.

“I did not expect to get it. I thought Coach Carr (Eric) at Piedmont deserved it because this was his last year and they beat us and won the conference.

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Jennings, Heger earn All-State, Kurtz 5A All-Star

1 year ago By Glen Miller

Three El Reno High School wrestlers picked up the highest honors of their careers recently during voting by the selection committee for the 2023 Oklahoma Coaches Association’s All-State Wrestling Squads.

Will Heger and Dailey Jennings were elevated to All-State status and will wrestle for the Large West squad in the All-State Games. Those wrestling matches will be held at Tulsa Union High School on July 26 at 7 p.m.

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Indians open slate of break games with split

1 year ago By Glen Miller

Prior to a few days of rest ahead of the Union City Spring Break Festival, El Reno High School’s baseball team split a home doubleheader at the Hub Reed Complex.

El Reno dropped the U.S. 81 meeting with Chickasha by an 11-3 margin after allowing nine runs in the third inning – helped along by three Indians errors.

El Reno led the game 2-1 at that point despite leaving the bases loaded in the bottom of the first inning.

Rebounding from the loss, El Reno scored three runs in the bottom of the first en route to a 4-0 win over Clinton.

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Chieftains open spring with sweep

1 year ago By Glen Miller

Calumet High School’s baseball team, ranked third in the first Class B rankings of the season, kicked off its spring campaign with wins over Hammon and Cashion.

The Chieftains blanked Hammon 13-0 before posting a 10-7 win over the Wildcats, ranked eighth in Class 2A.

Calumet posted a .391 batting average for the two games, going 18-of-46 with six extra base hits. Kyler Thiessen logged two doubles, followed by one each from Carson Cooper, Dalton Belcher and Kaleb Thiessen.

Caleb Meschberger added a grand slam in the win over Hammon.