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El Reno High School’s volleyball team continues to struggle with consistency over the best of five head-to-head matches following a pair of 3-0 shutout losses.

A five-hit effort at the plate spelled the end of a six-game win streak for El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team as the Indians suffered a 4-0 non-district road loss to Duncan.

Senior Malachi Nicholson leads all El Reno High School running backs with 474 yards and six touchdowns in only two games. The Indians were hosting Weatherford Friday night.

The team from Oklahoma Peak Performance, including three El Reno sisters, recently won the USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championship in the 13-year-old USA Bracket. The event was held in Minneapolis, Minn. There were 36 teams in the USA Bracket with OP2 being the lone squad from Oklahoma.

Calumet High School’s fast-pitch softball team was able to break its recent run of scoreless games and turn hits into runs last week, splitting a two-game road set at Burns-Flat.

After watching a 14-game win streak snapped by another one-run affair against cross-county rival Okarche, Calumet High School’s baseball team rebounded with a 15-1 victory over Lomega. The Chieftains, now 15-1 on the season, remain second in the latest Class B poll behind Fort Cobb/Broxton.

Still seeking out its first win of the 2023 campaign, Redlands Community College women’s soccer team dropped a 5-0 match to Rose State College. The shutout loss was the second of the season for the Cougars, who slipped to 0-4 overall and 0-3 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.

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.

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.

While the outcome of El Reno’s first three games on the 2023 schedule means nothing when it comes to making the playoffs, the Indians are not devaluing the importance of their non-district slate. In fact, it’s just the opposite.