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El Reno High School’s volleyball team took over sole possession of third place in the Suburban Conference standings last week with a 3-0 road win over Del City.

The 25-6/25-16/25-16 victory over the Eagles lifted El Reno to 2-2 in the league standings. El Reno, ranked 11th in Class 5A, improved to 20-11 on the season heading into Tuesday’s match against No.7 Piedmont.

El Reno served at 96 percent for the match with 15 aces. Bailey Denwalt led the way with seven aces, followed by Madison Patswald with six and Qyra Jones with two.

Take away two defensive breakdowns and Etta Dale’s seventh-grade football team would have had a total domination of the Guthrie Bluejays on both sides of the football last week.

Instead, the Indians walked away from Memorial Stadium with a 30-12 win and a 4-1 overall record after a recent road loss to Piedmont.

Guthrie scored a touchdown on a 65-yard run on its first offensive play, then added a 13-yard scoring pass on fourth down in the third period. The Bluejays ran less than 25 plays on the night thanks to El Reno’s ball-control ground game.

What started out as a promising sight quickly turned to a disastrous first period as El Reno High School's football team dug itself a hole in which the Indians could not climb out from Friday night in a 49-8 loss to Lawton MacArthur.

The setback dropped the Indians to 0-5 on the season and 0-2 in the District 5A-1 standings. The Highlanders, meanwhile, kept pace with Noble and Ardmore for the district lead at 2-0 while improving to 5-0 on the year.

While El Reno’s offense was cutting loose at the plate on senior night, Indians right-hander Raley Hartley kept McLoud’s bats handcuffed with her second straight home shutout in a 10-0 win last week.

The victory was the sixth in a row for El Reno, now over .500 for the season at 15-14.

Hartley threw four innings, allowing two hits and striking out one. She had a .697 strike percentage after 23 of her 33 pitches found the zone. Hartley got help from the defense as center fielder Maddie Moss chased down two fly balls for outs.

El Reno High School’s volleyball team stepped closer to another 20-win season last week with a 3-0 victory over Weatherford.

The 25-12/25-12/25-18 decision lifted the Indians, ranked 11th in Class 5A, to 18-11 on the season.

El Reno served at 93 percent against the Eagles with 12 aces, 11 of those from Bailey Denwalt and one by Madison Patswald.

At the net, the offense closed with a .206 hitting percentage with 33 kills against 12 errors. Avery Peffer had a team-high 14 kills, Denwalt with nine and Emma Patswald with four.

An unassisted goal by Marissa Kirkendall with 2:07 left in overtime snapped a 15-match on-field losing streak for Redlands Community College’s soccer team, defeating Murray State College 3-2.

Redlands improved to 2-4 on the season and in the NJCAA Region 2 standings with the win. The last on-field win for the Cougars was over the same Murray State team back in April during the COVID-19 delayed 2020 season.

The other win this season for Redlands was a forfeit by Seminole State College.

Union City High School’s softball team reached the title round of the Class A, District 12 Championships recently before having its season end with back-to-back losses to ninth-ranked Cyril.

The Tigers defeated Waurika 11-3 before dropping the games to the Pirates by scores of 6-0 and 9-0 . Those losses left Union City with a 15-13 overall record.

The team went 22-of-83 (.265) from the plate, getting a double from Kylie McCoy, a triple from Makenna DeLong and a home run by Makinzie DeLong.

Rebounding from a first-round loss to fifth-ranked Dale, Calumet High School’s baseball team reached the finals of the Class A, District 4 Championships before bowing out to the Pirates.

The Chieftains 10-0 and 12-2 losses to Dale were split by a 13-3 win over Okarche. Calumet closed the fall season with an 8-11 overall record.

Over the three games the team went 14-of-60 from the plate (.283) with a double each from Wyatt Dean, Jaxon Olive and Gavin Tinsley.

Olive was the team’s leading hitter, going 5-of-8 (.625) with two runs scored and a run batted in.

Sweeping the District 5A-1 field like it did a year ago to win the title will not happen again this season after El Reno High School’s football team dropped a 25-point game to Noble last week.

But there is little time to cry over spilled milk as the Indians are set to host Lawton MacArthur Friday night in their home opener.

“They are loaded and their front seven on defense, we could have a nightmare with them. Both of their lines are a year older and they have got a quarterback that is not a game-changer but is very consistent in taking care of the football.

With the bats blazing, El Reno High School’s softball team set itself up for a possible two-spot leap-frog in the final District 5A-2 standings by sweeping a twinbill from Western Heights.

El Reno went into Monday’s road game at Bishop McGuinness needing to beat the Irish to force a three-way tie for third with Noble and Guymon – both at 8-6 in 5A-2 action.