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EDMOND – Five errors over the first three innings tossed Union City High School into a hole it could not ascend in the semifinals of the Class A2 Oklahoma State High School Baseball Championships.

Union City dropped an 11-2 decision to top-ranked Rattan in just its second state semifinal appearance in school history for spring ball and first since 2017.

The fourth-ranked Tigers (24-5) reached the semifinals after eliminating No.5 Cameron (19-4) in the quarterfinals. Union City’s 1-1 run lifts Ludy Griggs program to a 2-2 state mark for spring ball.

Having won five state championships, logged 436 career victories and a .752 winning percentage, Jenks Simmons can arguably be called one of El Reno High School’s greatest coaches.

Yet that success did not happen overnight for the Hall of Fame skipper.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Aided or not by a gusting south wind, Santa Fe South showed why it is the top-seeded team in the bracket, defeating El Reno High School’s girls soccer team 6-0 in the knockout round of the Class 5A playoffs.

El Reno, the fourth seed from District 5A-2, closes its season with a 6-8 record.

It was just the second time in the past 10 years for the Indians to play the Saint Bernards, the 5A-1 champion, losing a 2018 meeting by a 2-0 score.

El Reno High School senior Juliana Thomas recently signed with Connors State College for basketball.
 

El Reno High School seniors (from left) Aldo De La Torre (SW Christian), Grisell Guzman (Rose State), Tristan Chandler (Murray State) and Diego Reyes (SW Christian) recently signed college letters of intent in soccer.

Despite being one of five teams to improve its score over the final round of the 2026 Class 5A Oklahoma Girls State Golf Championship, El Reno High School was unable to break out of the ninth position.

Playing the Shangri-la Resort Course on Grand Lake, the Indians improved their score two strokes from the opening tally, closing with rounds of 400-398 for a 36-hole total of 798.

Bishop McGuinness, Blanchard and Claremore also made jumps.

Aiden Robinson hit a two-run triple and then scored the game-winning run off a subsequent error as Redlands Community College defeated Arkansas Mid-South 6-5.

Redlands took the first game of the best of three series with the Greyhounds 15-4. The sweep came in the crossover round of the NJCAA Region 2, Division II playoffs.

The Cougars improve to 13-13 in league play and 22-34 on the season and advance into the six-team, double-elimination bracket for the NJCAA Region 2, Division II Championship, which starts Thursday in Enid.

El Reno High School’s baseball team recently recognized its seniors.

Jonathan Shelley, Aziah Pedro, William Gipson, Mason Fulton, Trevor Felz, Jonah Dew and Preston Ashford were honored.

The program honored Angela Lesperance and Jessica Shamblin for their efforts to support the program behind the scenes.

CALUMET – It’s known as the Triple Crown, and top-ranked Calumet is on the verge of joining an elite list of Class B schools to have won a fall and spring baseball championship as well as basketball all in the same academic year.

“Hopefully we can get it done,” said Calumet head baseball coach Cody Thiessen.

The Chieftains, who have the fall baseball and basketball titles under their belt, won the Region 1 crown to punch a ticket to the Elite Eight for the Class B Oklahoma State High School Spring Baseball Championships.

UNION CITY – While its offense made some noise, Union City High School’s pitching hushed any doubters as the fourth-ranked Tigers rolled to the Class A2, Region 4 Championships.

Union City defeated No.13 Cheyenne/Reydon twice (10-0-/12-2) and Ninnekah (12-0) to punch its ticket to the spring Class A2 Oklahoma State High School Baseball Championships for the first time since 2017.