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The road continues to be a hard opponent to overcome for El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team as the Indians went 1-2 in the recent Shawnee Festival. El Reno slipped to 1-4 in road games and 5-5 on the season after losing to Deer Creek (15-1) and Claremore (4-3).

El Reno High School’s volleyball team, ranked 16th in Class 5A, ran into several ranked teams en route to a 1-3 record in the recent Weatherford Classic.

El Reno High School’s football team was on the road Friday night at Piedmont in the second of three non-district games.

El Reno’s junior high football squads opened the season last week with the seventh grade losing 22-12 to Elk City and the eighth grade winning 42-22.

After home setbacks to cross-county rival Calumet and Elmore City, Union City High School’s fast-pitch softball team snapped the two-game losing streak with two wins in the Covington-Douglas Festival.

A nine-game win streak to open the fall season came to a grinding halt as Calumet High School’s baseball team, ranked third in Class B, dropped a 5-4 game in extra innings to Amber-Pocasset. Ampo, ranked No.8 in Class A, scored the winning run in the top of the ninth inning on a wild pitch.

Redlands Community College freshman Ruby Sifuentes (8) and a University of Arkansas Rich Mountain player look to be in step as each tries to control a bouncing ball during their NJCAA Region 2 match at Memorial Stadium last week. It was the home opener for the Cougars, who host NEO Sunday at 2 p.m.

Redlands Community College’s cross-country teams kicked off the 2022 season recently with a pair of third-place finishes at the Bucks Invitational hosted by the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain.

There are several reasons why Piedmont’s football team is causing El Reno High School’s coaching staff to spend extra preparation time this week ahead of Friday night's first road game of the 2022 season. Those reasons stem from the Wildcats flexbone offense. “It’s all about misdirection.

Errors against a hard-hitting Carl Albert team, ranked eighth in Class 5A, took its toll on El Reno High School’s volleyball team in Suburban Conference action last week. After a close 25-19 tally in game one, the Titans handed 5A’s 16th-ranked El Reno a 3-0 loss by scores of 25-9 and 25-17.