Sports

Redlands Community College’s soccer team continues to battle through a losing streak which has now stretched to 10 matches after recent road setbacks to Northeastern Oklahoma A&M and Rose State College.

The Cougars slipped to 1-11 on the season and in the NJCAA Region 2 standings after dropping a 5-0 match to NEO.

Redlands then allowed a season-high goal count in a 14-0 loss to the Raiders.

An injury forced RCC to play without a goalie for part of the match which led to the lopsided score.

Larry Quisenberry of El Reno pulled a 46-pound blue catfish from Lake El Reno. The catch was made April 27 about 2:30 p.m.

The fish measured 47 1/2 inches and Quisenberry said he used shad as the bait.

Despite cutting 17 shots off its score from the first time playing the Aqua Canyon Course at the Cimarron Nation Golf Club, El Reno High School’s girls golf team fell short of the mark needed to make state.

“I’m disappointed and the team is disappointed because we know that we could have done better than we did. But the team this year is young, and they are only going to continue getting better and I can see next year as El Reno’s year,” said head coach Sarah Brower.

El Reno High School’s tennis team closed out the regular season last week by scoring 32 points at the 2021 Lawton MacArthur Highlander Classic.

Played at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center, El Reno placed 10th overall, finishing ahead of Anadarko and Purcell. The Indians were a point behind Perry and six points back of Northwest Classen.

El Reno’s top placing was a runner-up effort by No.2 doubles team of Kenzie Holsted and Riley Connor. The pair defeated Tecumseh’s Kylie Thornton and Yanez Moore (6-0/6-1), followed by a three-set win over Elk City (6-4/3-6/10-6).

The Indians pitching staff was hit hard by the Yukon Millers in a 14-0 win over the Indians.

El Reno was slated to play a playoff tuneup game on Monday against Santa Fe South at the Hub Reed Complex.
 

While it pushed Canute to the limit, Calumet High School’s baseball team had its spring season halted by the top-ranked Trojans 5-3 in the title game of the Class A, Region 1 Championship.

Calumet, ranked 16th in the state, went 2-2 for the regional with wins over Oklahoma Bible Academy (7-3) and Hollis (13-0) – which defeated the Chieftains 12-10 in the opener.

The Chieftains ended the season with a 20-4 mark.

Calumet batted .325 as a team for the four games, going 37-of-114, with 33 runs, 31 walks and 27 runs batted in against 15 strikeouts.

El Reno High School’s tennis team closed out its dual season last week by hosting Kingfisher at the Legion Park courts, getting mixed results in both singles and doubles action.

Xiven Wallin played No.1 singles for the EHS boys and lost both of his matches in pro sets by scores of 3-8 and 2-8. Jacob Guerrero dropped both of his No.2 singles matches by scores of 0-8/3-8.

The two then teamed up for doubles, losing 0-8.

For the second time in four days, Mother Nature threw a curve ball at El Reno High School’s baseball team as a steady rain forced a stoppage in play during the Indians District 5A-2 series with Guthrie.

With the score tied at 3-all, El Reno’s Grady Lesperance drew a lead-off walk in the bottom of the fourth inning before play was halted. El Reno head coach Keith Hill said the game will not be restarted since the outcome will not affect the final district outcome.

El Reno High School’s boys soccer team played through the rain recently to defeat Guymon 2-1 in its final match of the regular season.

El Reno will now travel to Oklahoma City to play Santa Fe South in the first round of the Class 5A playoffs, set for Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team fell one win shy of advancing to the regional round, losing 7-2 to Fort Cobb-Broxton in the title game of the Class 2A, District 7 Championship.

The Tigers went 3-2 in the postseason to close out the season with a 21-14 record.

“Our girls put it all on the line. I’m sad the season ended but we left it all on the field,” said head coach Cody Schmidt.