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Forward Jaiana Wiggins made a basket with 40 seconds to play as Redlands Community College women’s basketball team jumped back into the thick of the NJCAA Region 2 title chase with a 56-55 win over Connors State.

“We were down by one and Jaiana came up with the big basket and then we got a couple of good stops on the other end that allowed things to go our way,” said Redlands head coach Jay Niehues.

The Cougars improved to 9-9 on the season and 2-2 in the region standings with the rally against the Cowboys, who hit 14 3-pointers in the loss.

Though the seedings race for the NJCAA Region 2 Championship is still in its early stages, Redlands Community College men’s basketball team has its work cut out.

The Cougars went into Monday night’s game at Murray State College sitting in the bottom half of the Region 2 regular-season standings with a 1-3 record after dropping an 86-63 home game to Connors State College.

Redlands slipped to 9-9 on the season with that loss and will have 12 straight league games to close out the regular season, six of those at home.

El Reno High School’s wrestling program has a combined 22 state team titles between dual state and the Oklahoma State High School Wrestling Championships.

In the past, 43 EHS grapplers have amassed 75 individual championships and the program recognized over two dozen of those former wrestlers during its annual Alumni Night before the duel with Comanche.

Bouncing back from a loss in its second tournament finale appearance of the season, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team went on the road to defeat Class 5A’s 17th-ranked Del City 51-39.

The win kept El Reno, ranked fourth in the same 5A poll, in the hunt for the Suburban Conference title at 2-1.

The Indians are second in the league standings behind Piedmont (1-0), while Shawnee and Del City are 0-1.

Noble, Carl Albert and Guthrie have yet to start league play.

Scoring in double digits for all four periods, Calumet High School’s girls basketball team uncorked its second highest point total of the season en route to a 65-18 home win over Gracemont.

The win snapped a two-game losing streak as the Chieftains improved to 10-6 on the season. Calumet remained in the thick of the Washita Valley Conference title chase with the 47-point win, which left CHS with a 5-1 record.

Calumet scored no fewer than 13 points in any quarter after opening with a 20-4 blitz over the first eight minutes.

Since joining the Suburban Conference four seasons ago the Del City Eagles have been the thorn in the side of El Reno High School’s boys basketball team, a trend which continued last week.

In a battle of top five teams in Class 5A, the third-ranked Eagles logged their seventh straight win over El Reno, 69-53, to kick start their league slate.

“They are good and that is all there is to it. They played and shot the ball about as good as you can and we didn’t.

“You cannot beat anyone if you don’t play up to your potential.

More than a dozen former grapplers were stunned last week as El Reno High School’s top-ranked wrestling team gave up 40 straight points to Class 3A’s sixth-ranked Comanche en route to a 43-34 loss on Alumni Night.

The setback snapped a four-match win streak and dropped El Reno, ranked No.1 in Class 5A, to 7-2 on the season and 6-2 inside Jenks Simmons Field House.

El Reno jumped out to a commanding 34-3 lead after Terry Guzman (106), Foxx Kurtz (113), Kylar Kurtz (126) and Will Heger (144) earned forfeit wins.

Calumet High School’s boys basketball team cranked up its offensive game plan last week as the Chieftains downed Gracemont 82-33 in a return to Washita Valley Conference action.

Jacob Mayfield’s team cracked the 70-point barrier for the 13th time this season in the 49-point blowout. It’s the 10th time for the Chieftains to score 75 or more points.

Calumet, ranked seventh in Class B, improved to 15-1 on the season with its 13th straight win. The Chieftains remain atop the WVC standings at 6-0.

ANADARKO – Senior James Reveles, the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, was one of three players in double digits as El Reno High School’s boys basketball team defeated Class 5A’s 13th-ranked Lawton MacArthur 67-33 to win the 2023 Anadarko Warriors Classic.

El Reno, ranked fourth in Class 5A, was making its second straight tournament championship appearance but claimed its first trophy.

The Indians are winners of four in a row and are now 9-1 after beating Capitol Hill (92-35) and Cache (64-37).

ANADARKO – Reagan Bugaj’s one-handed 3-pointer at half-court sailed wide left as El Reno High School’s girls basketball team suffered a 51-50 loss to Class 5A’s 12th-ranked Lawton MacArthur in the finals of the 2023 Anadarko Warriors Classic.

El Reno, ranked fifth in Class 5A, was making its second tournament championship game this season but settled for runner-up again with the one-point loss. The Indians are now 7-3 on the year after beating Capitol Hill (64-15) and Chickasha (52-42) to make the finals.