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More than $81,000 was raised at the third annual Community Night Gala to support Canadian County’s Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). The event was held at the Canadian County Expo Center.

The funding Canadian County CASA received will be used to support and advocate for abused and neglected children in the foster care system.

Dana Lutz, executive director of CASA, thanked the gala audience for their generosity.

“This is so much more than we could have hoped for,” she said, after the check unveiling.

“This is such a huge honor.”

The Okarche speech team recently attended the State Speech Tournament at Rose State College in Midwest City.

The tournament lasted two days, ending with the awards ceremony. The team as a whole took fourth in Academic Achievement, with the majority of those attending state having above a 3.7 grade point average.

Senior Chloe Goble was a state finalist in Humorous Interpretation and placed fourth in Monologue.

Junior Zoe Palmer was a finalist in Dramatic Interpretation. 

The team is coached by TJ Harris.

Okarche High School April Students of the Month are Henry McIlvain and Parker Schieber.

Okarche April Lion and Lioness honorees are Wager Black and Haley Mayo.

MIDWEST CITY – Whether it was the rain delay, a gusting south wind or a case of the jitters at the end of the day El Reno High School’s boys golf team let its ultimate season goal slip through it grasp.

Playing in the Class 5A West Regional on the John Conrad Municipal Golf Course, El Reno missed a state berth by 12 shots, winding up the season with a seventh place finish.

Despite logging 11 more shots than Choctaw, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team struggled to get the ball past Yellowjackets goalie Kiley Loage in the knockout round of the Class 5A playoffs.

Hosting its first playoff match since 2018, El Reno’s season ended with a 3-1 loss to a physical Choctaw squad.

The Indians were one of three 5A-1 teams to exit the postseason in the stage, with only Carl Albert surviving with a 2-1 win over Santa Fe South.

El Reno, the 5A-1 runner-up, closes the year with a 6-5 record, though the team outshot Choctaw 26-15.