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Redlands Community College’s baseball team stayed in the thick of the chase for a spot in the postseason tournament by splitting a recent four-game set with Carl Albert.

Each team won a home game, with Redlands logging wins by scores of 14-3 and 7-1.

The Cougars losses came by way of 10-4 and 14-5 margins.

The split left Redlands with a 19-25 overall record and an 11-13 mark and fifth place in the NJCAA Region 2, Division II standings.

The Cougars 30-28 lead in runs scored came off a 38-of-119 (.319) batting average with nine extra base hits.

El Reno High School’s baseball team lost the consolation finals at the 2023 89ers Classic in Guthrie by way of a 4-1 loss to Perkins-Tryon, but the big story came a day earlier.

Sophomore pitcher Gavin Tinsley threw his first-ever perfect game in the Indians 8-0 shutout win over Kingfisher.

It was El Reno’s second win of the year over the Yellowjackets.

“I was extremely excited and proud of him. Gavin pitched with conviction and commanded all three pitches and was dialed in from the first pitch to the last,” said El Reno head coach Keith Hill.

El Reno High School’s girls soccer team had its two-match win streak snapped last week as playoff hopes took a serious, if not fatal, setback with a 5-0 shutout loss to Guymon.

It was El Reno’s fourth shutout loss in league play as the Indians slipped to 5-6 on the season. The loss dropped EHS to sixth in the district standings at 2-4.

Guymon led 2-0 at the half after squeezing two of its seven shots off the hands of El Reno keeper Bri Vickers.

Guymon scored on its first and fourth shot attempts of the first half and steamrolled past El Reno High School’s boys soccer team 11-1 in a critical District 5A-2 match for both teams.

The win kept the Tigers within striking distance of third, while the loss kept El Reno locked in seventh place in the district standings at 1-5. The Indians slipped to 3-8 on the season.

While dropping back below the 400-stroke mark, El Reno High School’s boys golf team ran into a strong field at the 2023 Kingfisher Yellowjackets Invitational.

El Reno carded a round of 387 to place 21st in the 23-team field, beating Putnam City North (401) and Anadarko (442).

Oklahoma Christian School won the event with a 274, followed by Heritage Hall (291) and Elk City (297).

Cooper Park led El Reno’s effort with a 92, followed by Jackson Albrecht with a 94.

Tuning up for a run in the NJCAA Southwest District Championship, Redlands Community College’s golf team tied for third last week at the 2023 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic.

Playing at the Lincoln Park Golf Course in Oklahoma City, the Cougars carded a 36-hole total of 606 (305/301) to tie with Bellevue University.

Oklahoma City University won with a 573 and Texas Wesleyan University was second at 592.

Clara Peake paced Redlands with a 144 tally (74/70), which tied her for fifth in the individual medalist chase.

It took two days and an array of elements from Mother Nature, but El Reno High School’s baseball team earned its first district sweep of the 2023 season over the Southeast Spartans.

Originally set for a one-day doubleheader, El Reno took the first game by a 15-0 score. However, play was halted due to thunder and lightning and eventually called because of rain.

Game two was played a day later in mid-70-degree temperatures and a brisk south wind, which El Reno used to post a 20-1 victory. The Spartans avoided the shutout with a run in the final inning.

El Reno High School’s track team made the long trip north to Ponca City for the 2023 Jerry Runyan Wildcat Relays, turning in two top eight finishes in the team standings.

The El Reno girls placed fourth in the Large School Division with a season-high 48 points. The boys had two teams in the standings, with the varsity taking eighth with 12 points and the junior varsity earning two points and placing 12th.

Returning to the Oklahoma City Tennis Center for its third tourney of the season, El Reno High School’s girls squad ran into some tough brackets at the 2023 Guthrie Invitational.

El Reno logged a 13th-place finish, led by Jayna Graham at No.1 singles.

She posted a 2-2 record following a 6-1/6-2 win over Putnam City’s Van Sui. Graham had a bye following losses to Oklahoma Bible Academy’s Ashley Miller (6-0/6-0) and Carl Albert’s Zoey Shaw (6-0/6-2).

Bri Barksdale took 15th at No.2 singles with a 1-3 mark but logged six winning games in her three losses.

Playing shorthanded for the second of three matches due to red-card suspensions, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team stayed in contention for a playoff berth with a 3-2 road win at Guthrie.

El Reno improved to 5-5 on the season and 2-3 in the District 5A-2 standings for sixth place.

The Indians trail Southeast, Carl Albert and Guymon (2-2) by a game in the loss column for third place and have the latter two remaining on the schedule.

The top four teams in each district make the playoffs.