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El Reno High School’s winter wrestling season came to a close last week as the Indians dropped a narrow 39-27 match to fifth-ranked Coweta in the quarterfinals of the 2021 Class 5A Dual State Championships.

The Indians, ranked sixth in the state, slipped to 8-2 on the year with their second straight trip to dual state.

El Reno won six weights, starting with Niko Gonzalez’s 7-4 victory over Colby Eighinger at 106 pounds. Will Heger (120) pinned Brock Hickman in 1:21, followed by Cole Mitchell’s (132) 3:41 pin of Brian Ballard.

After leaving three runners stranded in scoring position and spotting Santa Fe South two runs, El Reno High School’s baseball team went on a 6-1 scoring streak to defeat the St. Bernards.

The 6-3 victory at the Hub Reed Complex gave El Reno a District 5A-2 sweep of Santa Fe South after winning the road opener 2-0. The Indians improved to 3-1 on the season and 2-0 in the district.

Taking advantage of a swirling wind at their backs, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team scored two second-half goals to defeat Kingfisher 3-0 last week in the 2021 home opener.

El Reno improved to 3-1 on the season.

The Indians led 1-0 at the break after Caroline Huber scored an unassisted goal in the 27th minute of the first half.

El Reno went up 2-0 in the 12th minute of the second half when Bri Vickers took a crossing pass from Taylor Decker and found the bottom left side of the net.

El Reno High School’s boys soccer team ended a three-match losing streak on the pitch last week, defeating Kingfisher 2-0 in the 2021 home opener. The Indians improved to 1-3 on the season.

El Reno outshot the Yellowjackets 15-4 and held an 8-3 edge in shots on goal. The Indians also led in possession touches (65-35) and corner kicks (4-0).

El Reno’s goals came in the first half as Vincent Benedix scored in the 23rd minute off assists by Collin Vickers. Three minutes later, Vickers made it a 2-0 match with an unassisted goal.

El Reno High School’s boys powerlifting team qualified seven for the Class 5A state meet after winning the Northwest Oklahoma Regional Championship with 190 points.

El Reno was hosting three state meets at Jenks Simmons Field House, including both the Large School and Small School divisions.

Bradley Chavers won regional gold in the 123-pound class after increasing his weight totals by 20 pounds. His total weight of 875 pounds featured a 340-pound dead lift and a 320-pound squat.

Redlands Community College women’s and men’s basketball teams swept home games last week from Western Oklahoma State College to gain a split in recent Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference action.

The women defeated the Pioneers 48-37 to remain in second place in the OCAC standings with a 3-2 mark after a recent 65-49 loss to Murray State College.

The Cougars improved to 6-2 on the season with the split.

Kristen Murcer scored a team-high 20 points for the two games to go along with 10 rebounds and five assists.

Despite logging 13 extra base hits, Redlands Community College’s baseball team managed just one win over a four-game road set with Seward County College.

The Cougars defeated the Saints 7-6 in game two as Jace Acheson got the win in relief. He pitched 1 1/3 hitless innings, striking out two and walking one.

Redlands dropped the other games by scores of 6-2, 10-4 and 17-7 to slip to 2-8 on the season.

Skyler Fenton led the Cougars offense for the series with six hits, two of those doubles, leading to four runs batted in and scoring once.

Junior guard Ashlyn Evans-Thompson logged a career milestone which helped El Reno High School punch its ticket back to this week’s Class 5A Girls State Basketball Championship.

Evans-Thompson netted 18 points to surpass the 1,000-point career scoring mark as the Indians defeated ninth-ranked Coweta 58-36 to win the East Area III Championship.

El Reno, ranked fifth in the state, improved to 14-5 on the season. The Indians will play in the state quarterfinals Thursday against No.7 Lawton MacArthur. Tipoff is 4 p.m. at Tulsa Memorial High School.

A questionable split-second call helped end the season for El Reno High School’s boys basketball team, as the Indians fell 63-61 to No.18 Ardmore in the Class 5A West Area 1 Consolation Championship.

El Reno, ranked 16th in the state, dropped to 10-11 on the season – while Ardmore advanced to this week’s state tourney.

The call came in the waning seconds as El Reno’s Ryan Island took a 3-point shot that hit off the front of the rim and then bounced off the backboard and dropped into a scrum of players under the goal.

A quarantine issue at Oklahoma Christian Academy forced El Reno High School’s baseball team to cancel last week’s doubleheader at the Hub Reed Complex.

Instead, the Indians picked up a last-minute road game at Community Christian School, allowing two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning en route to a 5-4 loss to the Royals.

The setback left El Reno with a 1-1 season record heading into the District 5A-2 opener with Santa Fe South.