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While an injury cut short his senior year, El Reno High School’s Jay Gililland had already caught the eye of several college scouts and recently signed to play college basketball with East Central University in Ada.

Surrounded by teammates and coaches, Calumet High School senior Kaleb Melvin, seated, signed a national letter of intent to play baseball next year for Murray State College in Tishomingo. Calumet head coach Tyler Tignor said Melvin is getting a full ride scholarship from the Aggies.

While finding some success in game scores, El Reno High School’s two entries in the Class 5A West Region III Championships fell short of winning the matches needed to make state.

Xiven Wallin, playing No.1 singles, dropped an 0-6/0-6 match to Altus’ Tristan Gregg before being eliminated in a close 4-6/3-6 loss to Lawton MacArthur’s Kinlyn Payne Binder.

Jacob Guerrero played No.2 singles, losing in straight sets to Duncan’s Gavin Curry before exiting with a 1-6/0-6 setback to Mac’s Austin Urbanski.

It was a tough end to the season for two El Reno High School golfers as Dallon Biswell and Bryan Richardson competed in the marathon Class 5A Boys State Golf Championships.

Playing the Meadowbrook Country Club Course in Tulsa, the two placed low in the final individual medalist standings.

The state tourney featured 36 holes the first day, followed by an 18-hole round the next day for a 54-hole total.

Closing out the COVID-19 delayed 2020 season, Redlands Community College’s soccer team failed to qualify for the NJCAA Region 2 postseason tournament.

The Cougars closed out the year on an 11-match losing streak after dropping a 5-1 home match to the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain. Redlands was 1-12 overall and in the Region 2 standings.

Redlands was the first to score in the loss to the Bucks as Emily Williams took a pass from Ashley Monterrosa and netted her lone shot of the match. It was the first RCC goal in three matches and the 13th on the season.

Redlands Community College’s baseball team hit four home runs in the final game of the regular season to avoid a sweep at the hands of Northern Oklahoma College of Enid with a 22-8 victory.

The Cougars improved to 14-38 on the season and 7-21 in the NJCAA Region 2, Division 2 standings after losing the first three games of the series by scores of 18-0, 16-15 and 18-7.

The Cougars will be the eighth seed for the upcoming postseason tournament in Enid.

Tylor Richey had one of those homers, a grand slam, as one of his five runs batted in for the game.

Charles Martin and three other men were wing foiling on the water thanks to a strong north wind.

The men use surfboards that are equipped with a foil on the bottom that allows, with the help of the wing-type sail, to rise out of the water.

The group normally rides on Lake Hefner but switches to Lake El Reno when the wind is right to practice sharp turning, said one of the riders.

OKLAHOMA CITY – El Reno’s first girls doubles team to make the final tournament of the season in more than five years fell into the tough side of the bracket at the 2021 Oklahoma High School Girls State Tennis Championship.

Seniors Riley Connor and Kenzie Holsted played the No.1 doubles bracket at state, which was held at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center. The pair drew top-seeded Lily Plaster and Annabell Treadwell of Heritage Hall in the first round.

While the El Reno duo won several points, the Chargers pair rolled to a 6-0/6-0 win over the Indians.

NOBLE – While El Reno High School did not emerge the winner of the Class 5A, West Region 1 Baseball Championship, it will go down as one of the more memorable postseasons for the Indians.

El Reno posted a 1-2 record, beating Southeast 16-0, to close the season with a 15-20 record. However, it was the two losses to Lawton Eisenhower, by scores of 4-0 and 9-1, which drew the most attention.

Nerves may have played a part in the outcome for El Reno High School’s two entries in the 2021 Class 5A Girls State Golf Championship.

Junior Shayne Castrop and sophomore Berkley Smith were making their first-ever appearance at state, playing the Chickasaw Point Golf Club Course in Kingston. Neither golfer was able to break into the top 45 of the individual medalist chase.