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El Reno High School’s Hunter Yeakey and Daegen Griffin will be in action Friday at 9:30 a.m. as the Indians take on Glenpool in the quarterfinals of the Class 5A Dual State Championships in Enid.

Picking up a second straight road win, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team improved to 2-1 on the season with a 7-0 shutout of U.S. Grant in non-district action.

El Reno held a lopsided edge in overall shots (31-7), shots on goal (26-5) time of possession (45:27-32:41) and 5-2 in corner kicks.

The seven goals came from Caroline Huber, Krystiana Guzman, Alexis Lively, Ruby Vazquez, Ximena Salazar, Piper Graves and Bre Spann. Joey Lierle logged four assists, while Huber, Vazquez and Spann added one each.

Union City kicked off its high school softball and baseball spring seasons recently, with both clubs finding the win column in early action.

The Tigers baseball team is 2-1 following wins over Casady (8-1) and Binger-Oney (12-8), with a 13-10 loss to Fletcher.

Blake Ross leads the team in hits as the Tigers are hitting .281 with 16 total hits. Ross is 4-of-8 with three runs scored and three runs batted in for a .500 average.

Nine days short of a full year away from the ballpark, El Reno High School’s baseball team returned to the diamond to open the 2021 spring season last week with a 6-2 win over Rush Springs.

“That’s a long time when you put it that way. It was nice to be able to play again. Life is better with baseball than without it,” said El Reno head coach Keith Hill.

The Indians were in Lawton Friday night to take on the MacArthur Highlanders for the area championship. El Reno, ranked 16th in the state, needed a win either Friday night or Saturday to make a repeat trip to the Class 5A state tourney in Tulsa.

Jennifer Douglas’ team was in Tahlequah starting Thursday for the area round, needing one win out of the next two games to earn a trip back to Tulsa and the Class 5A state tourney.
 

El Reno High School’s boys powerlifting team recently took second place in the Large School division at the 2021 Chickasha meet, scoring 118 points.

Caleb Hulbutta led the way for El Reno with a first-place effort in the 275-pound weight class, beating his weight total for the season by 75 pounds. His 1,315 total weight was highlighted by a 560-pound dead lift, followed by a 475-pound squat and a 310-pound bench.

Redlands Community College women’s basketball team remained second in the Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference standings following a recent 50-38 win over Connors State College.

The victory was the second in a row as the Cougars improved to 6-1 on the season and 3-1 in the OCAC, a game and a half back of Eastern Oklahoma for the lead.

Idalis Ortiz scored a game-high 17 points off 7-of-18 shooting, including a pair of 3-pointers. She added six assists and four rebounds. Shakira Patterson came off the bench to score 11 points and added seven boards.

El Reno High School’s soccer teams took to the pitch last week to open the 2021 season, recording one win in four road matches as the Indians play their first three dates away from Memorial Stadium.

The El Reno girls improved to 1-1 on the season with a 1-0 win over Chickasha in the U.S. 81 Battle. The win came on the heels of a 3-1 loss to Ardmore, in which El Reno lost in penalty kicks by a 2-0 margin.

Redlands Community College’s baseball team kicked off the 2021 season with a 5-4 win over Clarendon College, but has since fallen on hard times with a five-game losing streak.

The Cougars dropped three games to the Bulldogs by duplicate 11-1 scores and a 16-4 defeat after winning the opener. Redlands then dropped two non-conference games to Eastern Oklahoma State College by scores of 11-10 and 6-4.

The Cougars are hitting .242 as a team with 36 hits, 25 runs and 20 runs batted in over the six-game stretch.