Grapplers close regular season on high note
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El Reno High School’s wrestling team is in the middle of a 14-day break before heading to the Class 5A Dual State Championships in Enid after ending the regular season on a high note.
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RCC women suffer rare back-to-back losses
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For the first time this season, Redlands Community College women’s basketball team is trying to play itself out of a twogame losing streak after dropping a close 73-72 game at Western Oklahoma State College. Redlands slipped to 18-4 on the season with the loss after WOSU outscored the Cougars 27-21 in the fourth quarter.
Redlands defense struggling on the road
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Redlands Community College men’s basketball team’s offense has been good enough of late to win games, but the Cougars defense continues to struggle to keep opponents off the scoreboard.
El Reno girls cold shooting in third period allows top-ranked Piedmont to stave off Indians upset bid
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In a game which played a huge part in determining the 2020 Suburban Conference Championship, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team let a huge opportunity slip through its grasp.
Trailing top-ranked Piedmont by 13 at halftime, El Reno went on a 7-0 run to start the third period before the Indians offense hit a brick wall that eventually led to a 53-40 loss.
“I think we let the officiating bother us. Piedmont gave us chances but we have got to put the ball in the hole.
Scram ’Cats
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Junior Darius Moore made a basket and free throw with 13.5 seconds left to help El Reno High School’s boys basketball team snap a three-game losing streak with a 44-38 win over Piedmont.
However, the three plays that preceded Moore’s clutch delivery were equally important for the Indians, who were looking for their second win in Suburban Conference action.
With El Reno holding a slim 40-38 lead, Piedmont missed two shots at either a tie or the lead before EHS post player Kolton Hunt pulled down a rebound.
Indians perimeter game struggles in losing skid
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El Reno High School’s boys basketball coach Kale Simon said at the start of the year that his team would have to shoot the outside ball effectively in order to have success on the scoreboard.
ER girls extend win streak, sweep Guthrie
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In the last game before reporting season records for playoff seeding purposes, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team made a big statement with a 49-36 win over Guthrie in a battle of top 20 teams.
Redlands cagers drop OCAC pair to Murray State Aggies
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For the second time in 10 days, Redlands Community College’s basketball teams dropped a doubleheader at home in Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference action.
Chieftains pull away in final period to sweep Warriors series
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CALUMET – After losing a rare game to close out the month of January, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team kicked off February with a hard-fought victory over cross-county rival Okarche.
Calumet, ranked No.2 in Class A, improved to 20-2 on the season with a 73-61 win over the Warriors in a game that was tied after three periods. The win came a day after the Chieftains dropped a 63-61 double overtime outing to Class A’s sixth-ranked Hydro-Eakly.
Late free throws help seal revenge win for Okarche in top 5 battle with CHS
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CALUMET – Okarche High School’s girls basketball team was kept off the free-throw line for more than 31 minutes of its Class A top five showdown with Calumet over the weekend.
However, the Warriors made 3-of-5 shots when they did get to the line in the final 40 seconds to seal a 54-47 revenge victory over the Chieftains.
“The free throws were key at the end,” said Okarche head coach Kelli Krowes-Jennings, whose team lost to Calumet by the same seven-point margin back in November.
