Sports

CALUMET - Two teams trending in the right direction before the start of the district round of the fall playoffs collided last week as Calumet High School’s baseball team defeated Union City 6-3 in the Canadian County Bedlam Series.

Ripping off 36 hits within a 24-hour period, Calumet High School’s softball team closed out the regular season last week with three straight wins to snap the Chieftains six-game losing streak. Calumet improved to 13-11 on the season with a doubleheader sweep of Verden by scores of 12-11 and 10-3.

Starting Friday night there will be 32 schools in Class 5A, including El Reno High School’s football team, all with the same record and goal in mind – getting to the playoffs. Win-loss records to this point are tossed out the window as the start of district play begins and each squad is 0-0.

El Reno High School’s volleyball team took another step toward the 20-win mark with a 3-0 victory over Class 4A’s 15th-ranked Tuttle last week. The Indians, ranked fourth in Class 5A, improved to 18-5 on the season.

Neither field used by El Reno High School’s softball team brought much luck last week as the Indians dropped home games to both Ardmore and Lawton Eisenhower in District 5A-1 action. El Reno was defeated 16-13 by Ardmore in a game played at Joe E. Riley Field.

El Reno High School’s volleyball team had a rare four-day break after having its Class 5A top-10 battle with Santa Fe South postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak at the Oklahoma City school. The Indians, ranked fourth in Class 5, will host the seventh-ranked St. Bernards Sept. 28.

El Reno High School’s football team was off Friday night but will return to action next week with a home game against Noble, looking to snap a two-game losing streak.

While Mother Nature sacked the second round of the Southwestern Christian University Invitation after six holes with rain, the stoppage proved to be the golden lining in the dark clouds for Redlands Community College.

After mustering just three runs and three hits combined in losses to state-ranked Canute and Lookeba-Sickles, Union City High School’s softball team has bounced back with three straight big-hit victories.

Calumet High School’s baseball team got its offense shifted into high gear last week, belting out a combined 35 hits en route to a split against Verden and Arapaho-Butler. The Chieftains are 8-8 on the fall season after logging 21 hits in a 25-1 trouncing of Verden.