Redlands Community College soccer player Riley Robertson dribbles up the field during the Cougars recent season opener at Memorial Stadium.
Robertson, who had originally signed with another NJCAA program, has since transferred to RCC and will have two years of eligibility. Robertson was a standout player for El Reno High School on the same field.
Redlands Community College landed two players on the NJCAA All-Region 2 basketball squads during recent voting among league coaches.
Forward Idalis Ortiz was one of five first-team players selected on the women’s all-region team, while Joshua Robinson was a first-team pick for the Cougars.
Ortiz played in 19 regular-season games, closing with a 37.8 percent shooting mark. She made 99-of-262 baskets including a 26-of-87 (29.9 percent) effort from behind the 3-point arc.
Right-hander Josh Harrel tossed a no-hitter last week as Redlands Community College’s baseball team split a road twinbill with Rose State College.
The Cougars dropped the first game of the set 14-12, before Harrel’s efforts allowed Redlands to win game two by a 10-0 margin.
The split left Redlands with a 9-19 record for the season. The Cougars are still 2-6 in Division 2 of the Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference standings as the Raiders play out of OCAC’s Division 1.
El Reno High School’s baseball team ran into a hitting and scoring freeze over the weekend in the Kingfisher bracket of the 2021 F&M Bank Classic.
The Indians went 1-3, scoring a run in the eighth inning to defeat Elk City 8-7. El Reno dropped games to Class A’s sixth-ranked Vici (10-0) as well as Class 5A powers Guthrie (6-0) and Pryor (11-0).
The effort left El Reno with a 10-9 record heading back into District 5A-2 play this week against Capitol Hill.
El Reno struggled at the plate, going 13-of-77 for the four-game set for a .168 average.
While both are ranked in the Class A polls, Calumet and Union City High School baseball teams trended in opposite directions last week.
Calumet, ranked 19th in the state at the time, won three straight home games including an 8-0 shutout of Southwest Covenant School. That win came on the heels of a 6-3 decision over Lookeba-Sickles, ranked 10th in Class B.
The Chieftains improved to 9-3 on the season.
Redlands Community College goalie Kennedy Hendren grimaces as she collides with a Northern Oklahoma College of Tonkawa player after sliding in to block a shot during the first half of last week’s season opener. After a year and a half hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, RCC returned to the pitch but fell to the Mavericks by a 4-1 score.
Pulling out a 59-58 win over Western Oklahoma State College over the weekend, Redlands Community College women’s basketball team will take a four-game win streak into the NJCAA Region 2 Championships.
The Cougars defeated Northern Oklahoma College of Enid (63-47), Eastern Oklahoma (70-63) and Connors State (66-58) ahead of the win over the Pioneers. Redlands closed Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference action in third place with a 10-6 record and a 13-6 mark for the season.
The Region 2 Championships for the women begin Thursday in Enid.
Redlands Community College men’s basketball team was scheduled to take the court Monday night for a spot in the NJCAA Region 2 against Arkansas Baptist in Little Rock.
The winner will be the eighth seed for the tourney, which starts Wednesday in Enid.
Redlands closed out Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference action as the eighth seed after splitting its final two games. The Cougars snapped a seven-game slide with a 100-94 win over Eastern Oklahoma State College but lost 84-66 to Connors State College.
Despite six homers and a combined team batting average over .300, Redlands Community College’s baseball team took just one of four games recently against the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain.
The Cougars took the first game 14-8 but dropped the final three to the Bucks by scores of 7-3, 14-5 and 16-10. Redlands is now 2-6 against Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic
Conference Division 2 teams and 8-18 overall.
Facing the two bottom schools in the latest District 5A-2 standings, El Reno High School’s baseball team used timely hits and a slew of free passes to sweep home doubleheaders from both Guymon and Southeast.
El Reno improved to 9-6 on the season and 6-0 in district play after beating the Tigers 27-5 and 24-3. A day later the Indians dispatched the Spartans by scores of 12-0 and 13-3 to extend their current winning streak to five games.
