Sports

Redlands Community College women’s basketball team is struggling with a season-high four-game losing streak following an 89-61 setback to Connors State College.

The Cougars fall to 10-15 on the year with the loss and 3-8 and seventh place in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.

Sydney Brown was the top scorer for Redlands in the loss, hitting 9-of-17 shots en route to her 25 points. She added nine rebounds and three assists.

Brooklyn Haywood made 7-of-14 shots to close with a line of 17 points, eight rebounds and three assists.

Members of the El Reno High School baseball team prepare plates full of pancakes and sausage during the program’s annual pancake breakfast fundraiser
over the weekend.

The event was held at the Jeff Mills STEM Center. Proceeds will go toward program expenses.

Pancakes and other items were donated by the El Reno McDonalds.

It’s been said practice makes perfect and El Reno High School’s girls basketball team has been shooting a bunch of free throws on non-game days.

“Coach Douglas (Jennifer) makes us shoot free throws every day,” said junior guard Nazhoni Sleeper.

Sleeper put that work to good use, hitting two clutch free throws with 22.1 seconds left to help secure El Reno’s 57-52 come-from-behind win over Carl Albert, ranked No.1 in the Class 5A West rankings.

El Reno High School’s Carter Roman Nose made a pair of game-changing plays in the final two and a half minutes which helped the Indians become the first Class 5A team to defeat Carl Albert this season.

The sophomore buried a 3-pointer from the left arc with 2:24 to play to put El Reno up by three points. He then came up with a steal with 3.1 seconds left that sealed the Indians 45-44 win over the Titans.

Double-digit scoring in all four periods helped Calumet High School’s boys basketball team extend its win streak to 21 straight games as the Chieftains defeated Carney 88-48 to win the Class B, Area 1, District 1 Championship.

Calumet, ranked fourth in the state, improved to 24-1 and will host 20th-ranked Lomega Thursday in the Region A Winners Bracket. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m.

The Chieftains 88 points came off 46 percent shooting as the team made 22-of-43 (51 percent) attempts from inside the arc. Calumet was 10-of-26 from the perimeter for 39 percent.

After seeing his team squander a double-digit lead in their first meeting with Guthrie, which led to a three-point home loss, El Reno High School head basketball coach Rodney Haydon was determined to avoid a repeat.

“Obviously we watched a lot of film from that game and talked about what happened and what we could do to make sure it didn’t happen again.

“Plus there was some extra motivation to get some revenge and learn from that first meeting,” said Haydon.