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El Reno had its district 5A-2 series with Guymon canceled twice last week due to rain and wet field conditions. The Indians, 3-4 on the season, were slated to play this weekend in the Washita Valley Classic in Chickasha.

El Reno’s Ximena Salazar dribbles down the field during a recent home match. Both El Reno teams were in the Northwest Classen Invitational this weekend at Taft Stadium in Oklahoma City.

It was a slow offensive start for both Calumet and Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball teams as the pair returned from spring break with shutout losses. Union City, ranked 20th in Class A, fell to 7-7 on the season with a 15-0 loss to Binger-Oney, the top-ranked team in the same poll.

Playing its third series in a week, Redlands Community College’s baseball team headed north to Kansas to split a series with NJCAA Division 1 Hutchinson Community College. The teams combined for 55 runs as the Blue Dragons won the opener 24-6. Redlands took game two 15-10.

Redlands Community College’s basketball teams continue a rough stretch through the latter stages of the Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference schedule, winning one of four games against Northeastern Oklahoma A&M over a 48-hour period.

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After a year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Union City High School’s Spring Break Baseball Festival got back on the diamond last week with five host sites holding games – four of those inside Canadian County. In-county sites El Reno, Union City, Calumet and Okarche hosted games.

Five of its seven qualifiers placed in the top 10 as El Reno High School recently won the Class 5A team title at the 2021 Oklahoma Football Coaches Association’s State Powerlifting Championship. El Reno logged 88 total points from its seven lifters to beat out Ardmore by 35 points for the title.

Redlands Community College’s baseball team snapped a four-game losing streak last week with a 15-12 win over Rose State College to split a doubleheader with the Raiders. The Cougars improved to 3-11 on the season after dropping the series opener 9-4.

Redlands Community College’s basketball teams are struggling through three-game losing streaks which have dropped both squads down in the Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference standings.