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Union City High School rebounded from a loss to Class 2A’s fifth-ranked Oklahoma Bible Academy with back-to-back wins over Ninnekah and Cement.

The Tigers fell to OBA 59-27 before earning a forfeit win over the Owls 2-0, followed by a 33-point blowout of Cement (57-24).

Union City improved to 12-9 on the year.

Breanna Goad was the top scorer for Union City over the three games with 34 points, 25 of those in a game-high effort against Cement. Morgan Brothers added 14 in the win over the Bulldogs and 20 total.

Playing its third ranked opponent in seven days, Okarche High School earned bragging rights as the best small school in Canadian County following a 90-85 win over Class B’s top-ranked Calumet.

Okarche, the top-ranked team in Class A, moved to 23-0 on the season with the win over the Chieftains.

The seven-day stretch included a win over No.9 (A) Amber-Pocasset 99-68.

Jett Mueggenborg led the Warriors in scoring with 72 points including 44 against Ampo, while adding 17 rebounds and 12 steals. Easton Roby followed with a line of 35 points, 14 boards and five steals.

Outscoring Northern Oklahoma College of Enid 39-15 in the second half, Redlands Community College women’s basketball team completed a first-run sweep of the NOC teams with a 69-54 victory.

The 15-point win over the Jets, after trailing 39-31 at halftime, came on the heels of a 73-64 victory over NOC Tonkawa. That win snapped a four-game losing streak.

The Cougars, who will play both squads again to close out the regular season, moved to 11-8 on the season. Redlands improved to 4-4 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings for fifth place.

Redlands Community College men’s basketball team jumped into a three-way tie for third place in the NJCAA Region 2 standings with back-to-back wins over teams from Northern Oklahoma College.

The Cougars snapped a three-game slide with an 86-76 road win over NOC Tonkawa, before downing NOC Enid 79-62 at home. The wins moved Redlands to 17-5 on the season.

Improving to 5-3 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings, the Cougars are tied with Western Oklahoma State College and Northeastern Oklahoma A&M.

Emmary Elizondo played an intricate part in helping both current teammate Lilly Thomas and former All-Stater Pauline Black-Harmon reach the 1,000-point career scoring mark.

Now it was her chance to shine and she didn’t even know she was close to the spotlight.

Rodney Haydon became El Reno High School’s second-ever basketball coach to post 300 career wins and his Indians did it behind a strong defensive effort.

El Reno recorded 18 steals and blocked four shots en route to a 76-36 road win over Guymon to remain unbeaten in District 5A-1 play.

The 40-point win gave El Reno a sweep of the Tigers in 5A-1 play and moved the Indians to 17-1 on the year and 9-0 in district action. In doing so, EHS takes a full two-game lead over both Carl Albert and Lawton MacArthur (7-2) for the district lead.

Winning eight of the final 10 weights, El Reno High School’s wrestling team rallied to defeat 11th-ranked Del City on senior night, 45-26.

El Reno, ranked 13th in the same Class 5A poll, moved to 7-3 on the season with the victory.

The lead switched hands early after Del City’s Evan Colbert (106) scored a 12-0 major decision over Mason Hoffman. The teams swapped forfeits through 126 pounds that left the Eagles up 10-6.

Despite P.J. Hall’s forfeit win in the final match, El Reno High School’s girls wrestling team lost its last home dual of the season 44-28 to Del City.

El Reno, ranked sixth in Class 6A, dropped to 8-4 on the season.

Two early forfeits and Brooklynn Huggins (110) with a 22-0 technical fall lifted El Reno to an early 22-0 lead.

However, Del City began its rally with a 15-0 technical fall over EHS’ Elena Bowser (115), a forfeit win at 120 pounds and a fall over Kaatje Culp (125).

Senior guard Jonathan Reed wanted to tie his career-high scoring mark, falling short by a missed free throw, but says he can live losing that fight as long as his team won the war.

Which the Indians did.

El Reno High School’s boys basketball team took over sole possession of first place in the District 5A-1 standings with a 71-66 victory over archrival Carl Albert in the first of two league meetings.

Emmary Elizondo’s game-tying 3-point attempt hit off the front of the rim with 3.5 seconds left as El Reno High School’s girls basketball team dropped its first home contest of the season to longtime nemesis Carl Albert 52-48.

The setback was the second in the last three games for El Reno, which slipped to 14-2 on the season.

Carl Albert takes over the top spot in the District 5A-2 standings with an 8-0 mark, while El Reno slides back into second place at 7-1. However, the Indians still hold an edge in tiebreaker points 101-100.