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With eight games left in NJCAA Region 2, Division II play, Redlands Community College’s baseball team needs victories in order to secure a berth in the postseason tourney.

The Cougars head into a four-game set with West Division leader Murray State with a 17-26 overall record and an 8-8 mark in the West standings, which is currently third.

Redlands lost a non-division game to Rose State (16-6) after splitting a West series with the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain. The wins over the Bucks were by scores of 12-10 and 7-4 and the losses, 15-14 and 11-4.

With one shot separating El Reno High School’s boys soccer team and Bishop McGuinness, the outcome came down to which team did the most with those scoring opportunities.

The Irish, with the wind at their backs, broke a scoreless halftime deadlock with two second-half penalty kicks en route to a 3-0 win over El Reno.

The Indians slipped to 6-3 on the season with their fifth straight shutout loss to McGuinness in the past six seasons by a 22-0 margin.

The three-goal difference tied the lowest score over that stretch.

For more than 73 minutes, including the first 32:22 of the match, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team kept one of the state’s leading scoring teams off the scoreboard.

Unfortunately, Bishop McGuinness, which had 46 season goals coming into the match at Memorial Stadium, added three more in a shutout win over the Indians.

The 3-0 loss dropped El Reno to 3-6 on the season and 1-2 in the District 5A-2 standings. The Indians are tied with Guymon for fifth place but are one game out of third and two out of first.

Despite averaging six hits per game, El Reno High School’s baseball team could produce only nine runs over three games in the Midwest City bracket of the 2026 Bill Tipton Classic.

The offensive hurdles led to a 1-2 record, which dropped the Indians to an even .500 for the season at 11-11.

El Reno started off strong with a 7-5 win over Bishop McGuinness in a 10-inning thriller.

The Indians got a double by Garrett March in that frame, followed by four walks, two from Preston Ashford and Damien McKelvey with the bases loaded.

El Reno High School’s track teams continue to cut times and increase distances in the third outing of the 2026 season, the Chickasha Invitational.

The girls team was paced by its distance runners as freshman Raquel Seymour and junior Lilly Owen both trimmed over three seconds off times from the last meet in the 800-meter run.

Seymour was sixth with a time of two minutes and 39.26 seconds, while Owen (2:41.96) took ninth.

The pair placed in the top 10 of the 1,600-meter run, with Seymour (6:07.23) taking sixth and Owen (6:15.85) placing 10th.

While playing on opposite sides of the state, El Reno High School’s golf teams turned in top 10 performances, including a season-low round for the boys squad.

The Indians took fifth in the Tecumseh Invitational played at the Firelake Golf Course, shooting a 317, five shots better than Class 6A Yukon. Tishomingo (302) won the event, followed by Newcastle (304), Byng (313) and Lone Grove (313).

Enjoying a week with a jump up in the district standings, El Reno High School’s baseball team took a step back after dropping two games to powerhouse Carl Albert.

The Indians took a brief 2-0 lead over the Titans in the home game at the Hub Reed Complex, only to allow 12 unanswered runs leading to a 12-2 run-rule loss. The two runs were the second most scored on Carl Albert in District 5A-1 games to date.

Space in the upper half of the District 5A-2 standings got a little more crowded as El Reno High School’s boys soccer team shut out Del City 2-0. The road win was the fifth shutout victory of the season for El Reno, which improved to 6-2 on the season.

The Indians also jumped three spots in the league standings into a tie for third place at 1-1. El Reno is tied with Classen SAS and Carl Albert for third, trailing Bishop McGuinness and Guymon by a game for first place.

El Reno High School’s girls soccer team snapped a three-match losing streak and climbed back into the District 5A-1 playoff picture with a 3-0 road win over Del City.

The Indians moved to 3-5 on the season with their third shutout victory. The win lifted El Reno to 1-1 in the district standings, tied with Guymon and Classen SAS for third place.

Lily Hayes sparked the offense with eight shots, four of those on frame, leading to a team-high two goals. Naomi Solis had the other goal off one of two shots, while Grisell Guzman and Haven Fleenor logged an assist each.

El Reno singles players MaeKenna Wyrick and Sergio Rosas combined to win 31 games over eight matches in the 2026 Guthrie Invitational.

The fields for both boys and girls were full of returning state qualifiers as the El Reno teams won a combined 71 games and each finished in 10th place.

Jacob Richey won nine games at No.2 singles, while the Indians No.2 doubles team of Kale Overholser and Kyler Graham won seven games.

In girls action, McKenzie Smith played No.2 singles, followed by the No.1 doubles team of Cali Mayo and Emma Resendiz, who won 12 games.