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Playing perennial powerhouse Carl Albert close for seven innings seemed to awaken the sleeping giant as the Titans swept last week’s District 5A-2 doubleheader against El Reno High School’s baseball team at the Hub Reed Complex.

Carl Albert, the district leader, took the opening game of the set by a 6-0 tally, before blanking the Indians 16-0 in game two. The setbacks extended El Reno’s current losing streak to six games.

El Reno is now 12-15 on the season and 8-4 in the district standings, falling to fourth behind Carl Albert, Piedmont and Guthrie.

Redlands Community College is headed back to the National Junior College Athletic Association’s Women's Golf Championships after dominating the field at the 2021 Region 2 tourney hosted at Crimson Creek Golf Course.

The Cougars shot a 36-hole total of 626 to win the regional championship by 151 strokes over runner-up Seminole State College (777). Murray State College (835) was third - 209 strokes behind the Cougars.

It’s playoff time for slow-pitch softball teams in Canadian County and both Union City and Calumet High School head into the postseason on winning notes.

Union City takes an 18-12 record into the Class 2A, District 7 Championship at Fletcher – ranked 10th in the state.

The Tigers are coming off a 2-2 record in last week’s Fletcher Festival, beating Blair (17-1) and Big Pasture (12-2).

Union City lost to Class 3A’s 15th-ranked Boone-Apache (6-0) and Class A’s 18th-ranked Grandfield (10-4).

Redlands Community College’s soccer team is battling through a five-match losing streak after dropping the first two dates of its current road swing.

The Cougars slipped to 1-6 in the Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference standings with losses to Rose State College (7-0) and the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain (3-1).

Those losses came on the heels of a 4-1 setback to Northeastern Oklahoma A&M at Memorial Stadium.

Despite having five more minutes of possession time, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team had its four-match winning streak halted last week with a 6-0 loss to Bishop McGuinness.

The match was for the outright lead in the District 5A-1 title chase as El Reno slipped to 4-1 in the standings and into sole possession of second place with two matches remaining.

The Indians are now 8-4 on the season and were slated to play a makeup road match with Guthrie before closing out district play against Guymon.

El Reno High School’s boys soccer team’s hopes to make the postseason will rest with its final match of the District 5A-1 slate against Guymon.

The Indians dropped a 4-0 road match to Bishop McGuinness last week, lowering the Indians league record to 3-3. Guymon comes into Memorial Stadium with the same mark as the pair are tied for the fourth and final playoff spot from the district.

El Reno fell to 4-9 on the season with the loss to the Irish.

Cold weather forced El Reno to postpone its duel with Kingfisher. The Indians will now host the Yellowjackets on Monday at the Legion Park courts.

Both Calumet and Union City High School’s baseball teams will head into the district round of the Class A playoffs with momentum at their backs after recent wins.

Calumet, ranked 16th in the state, will host the District 16 playoffs after improving to 14-4 on the season with an 11-5 tune-up win over Oklahoma Bible Academy.

The Chieftains welcome in both Binger-Oney and Oklahoma Christian Academy for the district-level playoffs.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Despite temperatures nearly 20 degrees below normal and wet playing conditions, El Reno High School’s girls golf team surpassed its season-low total for a second straight tournament.

Playing in the Putnam City North Invitational on the east layout at Lincoln Park Golf Course, El Reno carded a 426 effort, which was 17 strokes better than its previous best at the 2021 Suburban Conference Championship.

A week’s layoff did little to hurt the momentum of El Reno High School’s girls soccer team as the Indians remain unbeaten in league play with an 8-0 road victory over Del City.

El Reno went into Monday’s match with fellow unbeaten Bishop McGuinness with a 4-0 mark in District 5A-1 play. The Indians are tied with the Irish for the league lead and are 8-3 on the season.