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OKLAHOMA CITY – It was a rough night for El Reno High School’s boys soccer team in its District 5A-1 opener, giving up a goal in the first two minutes against Bishop McGuinness.

The Irish went on to score six more times en route to a 7-0 shutout of the Indians. The loss dropped El Reno to 2-4 on the season.

McGuinness has won the last five meetings with EHS by shutouts, with the seven-goal margin tying the highest in the streak.

Despite an improved hitting effort, El Reno High School’s baseball team is still searching for its first District 5A-1 win of the season after dropping a two-game set to powerhouse Piedmont.

El Reno slipped to 4-11 overall and 0-6 in league play after losing 12-2 at home and 4-1 on the road to the district-leading Wildcats.

El Reno went 9-of-49 (.184) from the plate in the series, but had six balls in the home loss carry deep into the outfield for outs. The Indians left five runners stranded in the 10-run setback.

For a second straight year, El Reno High School’s trapshooting team will take one of the top four scores into the Oklahoma Scholastic Shooting Sports State Championships after defending its Northwest Regional team title.

Shooting at the Grand National Gun Club in Enid, El Reno beat out 22 other schools for the title. The Indians posted 215 team points to edge out Boise City (212) by three birds. Chisholm and Woodward tied for third with 203 points and Pond Creek-Hunter was a distant fifth with 190 points.

Blazing bats continue to be the calling card for Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team as the Tigers posted a .500 record over the past six games.

Union City defeated Watonga (16-1) and Fletcher (18-2) in the recent Highway 152 Classic but dropped games to Mangum (8-0), Hydro-Eakly (8-6) in extra innings and Alex (13-11).

The Tigers, ranked sixth in Class 2A, rebounded from the Alex loss with a 12-1 home win over Bray-Doyle to improve to 14-8 on the season.

Following a rough spring break, Calumet High School’s baseball team has regained its footing with a three-game win streak and victories in four of its last five games.

The Chieftains, ranked fourth in Class B, improved to 7-4 with a 5-2 win over Class 2A’s eighth-ranked Cashion. The victory came on the heels of a 3-1 effort in the Vici Invitational which carried Calumet to third place.

The tourney wins were over state-ranked Leedey (15-3), Seiling (5-1) and Mooreland (12-4) and the loss to Class A’s ninth-ranked Laverne by a 2-1 score.

Last summer when Shelby Skaggs was hired to coach the newly formed Redlands Community College Shooting Sports Team, she was already at a recruiting disadvantage since many students had already signed with other colleges.

She made the decision to hold open tryouts for any Redlands students who were interested in joining the team. The gamble paid off, with five members of the nine-member team qualifying for the national competition.

Redlands Community College’s baseball team slipped into a tie for fifth place in the NJCAA Region 2 Division 2 standings after losing three of four games to Northern Oklahoma College of Enid.

The Cougars are now deadlocked with NOC-Enid at 6-6 in the league standings following losses of 2-1, 4-2 and 7-2 to the Jets. The win came at home by a 5-3 margin.

Redlands took a 14-18 overall record into a four-game set with the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain.

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CHOCTAW – While the contest produced only a few points toward the team standings, El Reno High School track coach Graham Snelding was pleased with both the effort and team numbers for the season opener.

Running in the 2023 Yellowjackets Invitational, El Reno took 47 thinclads to the meet and fielded two teams in the boys division and one in the girls, who took 10th place with two points.

“I’m proud of how our kids competed and with our numbers. We have a lot of work still to do and will focus on beating our old times at each meet,” said Snelding.

El Reno High School’s boys soccer team finished as runner-up in the 2023 Rose Rock Invitational hosted by Noble, following a 5-1 defeat by Shawnee in the championship game.

El Reno went 2-1 in the event to improve to 2-3 on the season.

The Indians lone score in the championship game was a Tristan Chandler goal off an assist from Edgar Perez.

El Reno earned its first win of the season in the opening round with a 4-3 defeat of Miami in sudden death penalty kicks. Scoring goals for the Indians were Chandler, Angel Martinez, Mauricio Ruiz and Diego Mateo.