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ELGIN – Two special teams errors and a sluggish start on offense coming out of bye week proved costly for El Reno High School’s football team in its District 5A-1 opener.

Elgin turned both first-period miscues into scoring drives and added a third touchdown in the opening stanza as all three possessions started at midfield or inside El Reno territory.

The Owls rode the 21-point first period to a 47-8 win over El Reno, which slipped to 0-4 on the season.

Sophomore pitcher Kaydence Pawnee struck out the final batter with the tying run on base as El Reno High School’s softball team stunned Noble 8-7 to garner a split with the Bears in District 5A-2 play.

El Reno improved to 11-15 on the season and 7-6 in district play, leap-frogging Guymon into fourth place. Noble remains in third but only a half game ahead of the Indians.

After a straight games loss to No.16 Santa Fe South, El Reno High School’s volleyball team jumped back into the win column with a 3-0 victory of Noble.

The 25-20/25-23/25-1 win over the Bears left El Reno with a 10-13 overall record, coming two days after a 25-23/25-23/25-19 loss to the St. Bernards.

Trinity Black led El Reno with 22 kills for the two matches, followed by Jewell Graham with seven kills and four each from Qyra Jones and Emma Patswald.

Pauline Black-Harmon and Madison Patswald had three kills each, while Savannah Robinson had two kills.

CALUMET – While its offensive output looked like that of Las Vegas long shot, Calumet High School’s baseball team left no question about being a solid bet to make the Class B State Championships.

The third-ranked Chieftains used a 50-1 scoring blitz to sweep past Erick and Dover last week to win the District 3 Championship. Calumet, now 22-3 on the fall season, heads to the regional round with a shot at state on the line. The top two teams in each of the four regional sites, to be announced Monday, earn state passes.

Believe it or not, the biggest upset of the fall baseball season was the ousting of No.11 Ripley at the hands of unranked Union City High School in the Class A, District 11 Championship.

It was the third overall fall district title for head coach Ludy Griggs, but his first since the Tigers jumped to Class A.

Union City improved to 21-5 on the season and head to the regional round.

The Tigers path to the district title started with a 6-1 win over Carney/Agra before sweeping Ripley by scores of 6-3 and 4-3.

What could have been a moving day in the district standings turned into a two-game dogfight as El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team battled to a split with Guymon.

The Tigers scored seven runs in the fourth inning to rally for a 13-8 win in the series opener, but El Reno rode a six-run fifth inning to a 13-3 win in game two for the split.

El Reno improved to 10-15 on the season and 6-6 in the District 5A-2 standings.

With two league games left, the Indians remain in fifth place but now trail Guymon by a half game in the loss column following the split.

Taking advantage of a series of unforced errors by Amber-Pocasset, El Reno High School’s volleyball team snapped a four-match home losing streak with a 3-1 win over the Panthers.

The 25-16/25-21/20-25/25-20 non-conference win moved El Reno to 9-12 on the season and 2-4 inside Jenks Simmons Field House for non-tournament matches.

The Panthers committed 59 errors in the loss but were able to take leads in three of the four games after El Reno struggled to 44 total miscues. The Indians had a strong serving night with 14 aces and a 95 percent team serving effort.

A schedule swap sent El Reno High School’s cross country team back to Anadarko for a second time in a week for the 2022 Warriors Invitational.

The boys team placed 15th overall with 447 points. Logan Singletary led the effort in 51st place with a time of 22 minutes and 44.8 seconds over the 5-kilometer (3.1-mile) course.

Shane Caso Estrada (24:45) took 93rd, followed by Cobyn Mendez (25:20) in 102nd and Jayden Taylor (25:49) seven spots back. Bryce Black (30:55) took 137th.

It’s playoff time in Oklahoma for the lower classifications in fast-pitch softball and Union City High School enters the postseason riding an offensive juggernaut.

The Tigers take an eight-game win streak into the Class A, District 29 Championships at Rush Springs having outscored their last four opponents by a 43-10 margin.

Union City’s run margin led to wins over Community Christian (14-2), Calumet (11-5), Riverside Indian School (17-3) and Class B’s fifth-ranked Lookeba-Sickles (1-0).

The highest-ranked Calumet High School baseball team in more than a decade will take a three-game win streak into the playoffs after winning the Hammon Invitational – its second tourney title of the fall season.

Calumet, ranked third in Class B, improved to 19-3 on the season with wins over Canute (No. 5/B) 10-4, Cheyenne/Reydon 10-4 and Duke (No. 20/B) 12-0.

The Chieftains were slated to host the Class B, District 3 Championships to start their playoff run.