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With all five bags shooting season-low marks, El Reno High School’s girls golf team took fourth place in the 2025 Bishop Kelley Invitational held at LaFortune Park in Tulsa.

El Reno posted its best team score in three seasons with a 360 to place highest among the Class 5A schools in the field. The host (363), Collinsville (387) and Tahlequah (398) finished behind the Indians.

“Great day,” said El Reno head coach Cameron Wilkins.

“I believe that’s my best team score by 15-plus shots.

“I think we will really start rolling next week at our home tourney.”

UNION CITY – Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team got a solo home run from Kamryn Cook in the sixth inning but struggled for additional more big hits in key situations.

The Tigers dropped an 8-4 decision to Fort Cobb-Broxton, ranked No.8 in Class A, leaving 10 base runners stranded in the four-run loss. Seven of those runners were in scoring position.

The loss was the third in a row for the Tigers, who slipped to 4-9 on the spring.

Union City had 13 hits in the game but left the bases loaded in the third and sixth innings.

In what could be a preview of a fourth straight Class B championship game matchup, Calumet High School’s baseball team dropped an 11-3 decision to top-ranked Fort Cobb-Broxton. Calumet, ranked second in the same Class B poll, slipped to 2-2-1 on the spring.

The Chieftains had six base hits in the loss including a solo home run from Konnor Thiessen and a double by Carson Cooper.

Kaleb Thiessen and Cooper led all CHS batters with two base hits each, followed by a single from Kingston Arnold.

Redlands Community College’s baseball team jumped up a division last week to face Region 2 powerhouse Seminole State College, dropping a 12-1 decision to the Trojans. The loss came three days after Redlands ended a four-game set with the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain with a 22-11 loss.

The Cougars split the home set at Don Brown Field against the Bucks, winning the opener by a 12-4 margin.

OKLAHOMA CITY – On his 12th trip to the plate as a freshman, Davin Shamblin hit a solo home run to give his team an early lead in a district road game.

Spin forward 1,113 days and the El Reno High School senior did it again.

Shamblin’s second career home run gave the Indians a 1-0 lead in the opening game of a twinbill with Western Heights as El Reno went on to sweep the Jets to remain tied for the District 5A-1 lead.

“I hadn’t had that feeling in awhile,” said Shamblin of his home run.

Serving as one of five hosts, El Reno High School’s baseball team took on a pair of highly-ranked Class B programs in two varsity games of the 2025 Union City Spring Break Festival.

While the Indians did not win either contest, Keith Hill’s team remains unbeaten on the season.

Due to a strict two-hour time limit, El Reno battled Class B’s second-ranked Calumet to a 2-all tie.

The Indians followed that with a 5-all stalemate against Leedey, ranked sixth in the state.

The ties left El Reno with a 5-0-2 season record.

The El Reno girls and boys teams, both 1-2 on the year after losses to Cache, will host the COPA El Reno tourney starting Thursday.

The girls play Crooked Oak Thursday at 3 p.m. and the boys Putnam City West’s JV at 7:30 p.m.

The event wraps up Saturday.

Though enduring a loss and a tie, Calumet High School’s baseball team emerged from its first action of the spring season with a winning record.

The Chieftains, ranked second in Class B, hosted two games in the Union City Spring Break Festival. Calumet dropped a 7-3 contest to Allen, ranked No.17 in Class A-I, after walking or hitting seven batters – accounting for five of the AHS scores.

Calumet rebounded to defeat 10th-ranked Verden (Class A-II) by a 13-5 margin. 

Stepping closer to the double-digit win mark for the spring season, Union City High School’s baseball team won both of its varsity games in its own Spring Break Festival.

The Tigers, now 9-1 and ranked 11th in the state in Class A-II, defeated Class B’s 17th-ranked Varnum (7-6) and Lookeba-Sickles (5-0).

Those wins came on the heels of a non-tourney loss to Turpin (15-1) and an 8-2 win over Hollis, ranked 14th in Class A-I.

In its first spring tournament with a mix of two- and four-year programs, Redlands Community College women’s golf team took third place in the 2025 Kyle Blaser Invitational.

Held on the Gaillardia Country Club Course, the Cougars posted a 984 total for the 54-hole event.

Redlands logged duplicate 331 tallies over the first 36 holes before firing a 322 over the final 18 holes.

Texas Wesleyan University took first place at 951, while Oklahoma City University was runner-up with a 963. Redlands was the highest-placing two-year program in the field.