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While notching a thrilling win in the postseason, Calumet High School’s slow-pitch softball team had the daunting task of beating top-ranked Binger-Oney twice in order to advance.

The Bobcats had other plans.

Binger-Oney tagged Calumet’s defense for 32 runs en route to 15-0 and 17-1 wins to claim the Class 2A, District 1 Championship.

The Chieftains season ends with a 5-12 record, with Calumet earning a 6-5 playoff win over Sentinel.

Sarah Nitzel hit a walk-off triple in the bottom of the seventh inning to score Jazmine Mayo – on with a single.

Riverside Public Schools recently took part in the 2021 Oklahoma Rural Elementary Schools State Track meet at North Rock Creek in Shawnee.

Eight Riverside athletes competed in various events, bringing home three medals. Zaida Kraft took the silver in the 800-meter run with a time of two minutes and 48.46 seconds, while placing fourth in the mile with a time of 6:22.99.

Riverside’s 4x200 relay squad comprised of Brylee DuPris, Drew Kraft, Zaida Kraft and Nataly Arellano took third place with a time of 2:13.13.

Offense played center stage for both teams recently as Redlands Community College’s baseball team split a four-game series against National Parks College based out of Hot Springs, Ark.

The teams combined for 105 runs, with Redlands winning the first two games of the series by scores of 6-1 and 10-9.

The Nighthawks rallied to win both games on day two by scores of 21-12 and 28-18.

The split left Redlands with a 12-21 record for the spring and a 5-15 mark and eighth place in the NJCAA Region 2, Division 2 standings.

After dropping an overtime match by one goal in their first meeting, Redlands Community College’s soccer team was looking for some revenge last week against Eastern Oklahoma State College.

Despite matching their season-high goal total, the Cougars could not find such satisfaction, suffering a 4-2 loss to the Mountaineers at Memorial Stadium.

The setback extends Redlands losing streak to eight matches.

The Cougars slipped to 1-9 on the season and in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.

With only two wins and out of the playoff picture in early April, El Reno High School’s boys soccer team has kicked its way into the Class 5A postseason – and they did it in the final 25 minutes of district play.

Trailing Guymon 1-0, El Reno scored two second-half goals to defeat the Tigers 2-1 and clinch the final playoff spot from District 5A-1.

While the top three teams, Southeast, Bishop McGuinness and Capitol Hill are still jockeying for playoff seeds, El Reno and Guymon were tied for fourth going into their district finale at 3-3.

In a period of four days, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team's postseason hopes went from a shot at winning the district title to needing help just to make the playoffs.

After losing to Bishop McGuinness in a battle of unbeaten District 5A-1 teams, El Reno proceeded to drop matches to Guthrie (2-1) and Guymon (1-0) and slip from first into fourth place in the league standings.

“We just squandered this away. Two matches in a row, I thought we were the better team on the field and we just could not finish,” said El Reno head coach Andrea Williams.

The Indians played over the weekend in the 2021 Guthrie 89’ers Day Invitational. El Reno lost 8-4 to Ponca City, but snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 12-5 win over Clinton.

Keith Hill’s team was playing Midwest City when the game was halted in the third inning by heavy rains and was not resumed.

El Reno was scheduled to return to the diamond Monday and Tuesday to wrap up league play against Guthrie.

Kaleb Melvin saved one of his best pitching efforts of the season for his final home game as Calumet High School’s baseball team won the Class A, District 16 Championship.

Melvin tossed a seven-inning no-hitter as the 16th-ranked Chieftains defeated Binger-Oney in the championship game 7-0.

Calumet, now 17-4 on the season, defeated Oklahoma Christian Academy (5-3) in the first round before handing the Bobcats their first loss of the double-elimination tourney by an 11-1 score.

Redlands Community College’s soccer team went into weekend action looking to snap a seven-match losing streak after dropping a 4-2 decision to Murray State College.

Redlands, which defeated the Aggies earlier this season, slipped to 1-8 on the season and in the NJCAA Region 2 standings. The Cougars fell to eighth in the league.

The setback came two days after a close 3-2 loss to Northern Oklahoma College of Tonkawa.

Stepping up its offensive attacks, Redlands had 22 shots in the two matches. Katy Eddy led the way with seven shots, two goals and an assist.

Braydon Armstrong struck out the final batter with the tying run at second base as Union City High School’s baseball team defeated Thomas/Fay-Custer 5-4 to win the Class A, District 14 Championship.

Union City, ranked 14th in the state, improved to 22-8 on the season with the win over the Terriers, its second of the tourney after a 12-5 win in the semifinals. The Tigers opened with a 10-0 shutout of Southwest Covenant.