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Over a tough five-day stretch, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team came two points shy of fulfilling a team defensive goal of holding each opponent to under 50 points.

The Indians moved to 13-0 on the year with an 80-52 road decision over Elgin to earn a season-sweep of the Owls in District 5A-1 play. The 28-point victory came two days after El Reno posted wins over Tulsa Memorial (45-43) and Santa Fe South (87-46) in less than 24 hours.

Okarche High School guard Jett Mueggenborg celebrated with teammates after hitting 1,500 career points.

Redlands Community College women’s basketball team suffered back-to-back losses for just the second time this season after dropping games to Seminole State College (62-47) and Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (64-53).

The two-game slide moved the Cougars to 9-6 on the season and 2-2 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings. Redlands is tied for fourth with Northern Oklahoma College of Tonkawa.

Thirteen missed layups and a 2-of-22 effort from the 3-point line signaled an end to a 10-game win streak as Redlands Community College men’s basketball team lost a road game at Seminole State College 85-61.

The loss to the Trojans dropped Redlands to 15-3 on the season and came on the heels of a 103-90 victory over Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, ranked third in the nation, three days earlier.

Redlands is now 3-1 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings and tied with NEO and Murray State for the lead.

What do you do with 43 turnovers by your opponent?

El Reno High School's girls basketball team answered that question with a 76-3 road victory over Santa Fe South last week to move to 11-0 on the season and remain tied with Carl Albert for the District 5A-1 lead.

The Indians took a 6-0 district mark into this week's road game at Elgin as well as a 39-game win streak dating back to last season. El Reno leads the Titans in the tiebreaker category by a positive 90-81 margin.

Both El Reno basketball teams have reached double-digit wins for the year and will be on the road for the next four games.

The Indians will be back at Jenks Simmons Field House next on Jan. 28 to face archrival Carl Albert.

Senior Matthew Snyder was recently honored for topping the 100 career win mark.

El Reno High School’s boys wrestling team snapped a three-match losing streak last week as the Indians pulled out a 39-34 road win over Class 4A’s 15th-ranked Weatherford.

The Indians, ranked 13th in Class 5A, improved to 2-3 in duel matches following two losses earlier in the week. El Reno fell to Class 4A’s top-ranked Tuttle (70-6) and Class 5A’s eighth-ranked Guthrie (48-20).

El Reno won seven matches against Weatherford including a 16-1 technical fall by Coleman Iker (190). Diesel Baker (126) turned a 9-0 lead over Dakota Nichols into a fall as did Matthew Snyder (136).

Nearing a full-strength roster, El Reno High School’s girls wrestling team moved to 4-0 on the season with a triangular sweep against Guthrie and Tuttle.

El Reno, ranked No.7 in the state in Class 6A, defeated Guthrie 66-12 and edged out the Tigers in a see-saw battle by a 42-38 margin.

In the victory over the Bluejays, El Reno picked up forfeit wins from Zoey Prestridge (100), Remy Whitney (105), Elana Bowser (115), Emma Resendiz (190) and Patricia Hall (235).

Lila Winegeart buried a 3-pointer en route to a team-high 13 points as Calumet High School’s girls basketball team jumped back into the win column with a 38-22 victory over Gracemont.

The Chieftains improved to 4-9 overall with the 16-point win.

Adelyn Davis and Alice Park scored nine points each, followed by Brenlee Voss with four points and three points from Peyton Watson.

Okarche rallies for third in Three Rivers