January 2020

Adventures in beer making

Body There are many forms of art. One is making beer. A new brewery is opening up in Okarche. Called Expedinture Brewery, it is owned by a team of five men with ties to Okarche — Heath Robinson, Keith Griesel, Cody White, Michael Vogt and Thomas Vogt.
Expedinture Brewery

Jimmie Thomas

Body Funeral services for Jimmie D. Thomas of Minco were held Friday at the First Reformed Presbyterian Church in Minco, with burial following in the Hazel Dell Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home.
Jimmie Thomas_obituary

Loretta Schaefer

Body Funeral services for Loretta Schaefer of Okarche are pending with Huber-Benson Funeral Home. Loretta died Thursday at Cimarron Nursing Center in Kingfisher.  

Red, white and blue

Body From his first snap as a Little League player through four years on varsity, El Reno High School senior Rafe Goucher has always worn a jersey with the color blue.
EHS football_Goucher carries American flag

Home duel

Body El Reno’s Joshua Perkins tries to kick out of a throw attempt during last week’s District 5A-4 dual with Lawton MacArthur. The Indians were slated to wrestle Santa Fe South Tuesday night at Jenks Simmons Field House.
EHS wrestling_Perkins tries to kick out

Union City third in Paden tournament

Body After suffering a 55-point loss to Southwest Convent in a tune-up game, Union City High School’s boys basketball team rebounded over the weekend with a thirdplace finish in the Paden tournament.

Ray paces Calumet girls to third

Body Post player Breanna Ray scored a teamleading 18 points as Calumet High School’s girls basketball team held off a second-half charge by Thomas/Fay-Custer for a 48-42 win over the Terriers in the third-place game of the West Central Tournament.

UCHS girls lose consolation

Body Despite three straight double-digit scoring games from Taytim Woods, Union City High School’s girls basketball team dropped a 60-40 contest to Prue in the consolation finals of the Paden tournament.

Okarche falls to Pats in Coyle finale

Body Southwest Covenant cracked the top 20 of the Class A polls this week at No.19 after the Patriots handed Okarche High School’s boys basketball team a 57-40 loss in the title game of the Coyle tournament.