January 2020

Darius Moore made only two free throws in last week’s game with Elgin to kick off the 2020 portion of El Reno High School’s boys basketball schedule, but they were his biggest shots of the season to date.

The two-week break for the holidays proved to be just what El Reno High School’s girls basketball team needed to heal up and reset its direction for 2020. “We had a couple of weeks off and it allowed us to touch back on what we did this summer,” said El Reno head coach Jennifer Douglas.

Interstate 40 was closed for more than four hours Thursday night after an Oklahoma City police car struck a person who reportedly walked into traffic. The unnamed person died at the scene of the incident, Oklahoma City police said.

So the holidays are over. The kids are back in school, YAY! The decorations are all put away neatly and organized. Yeah, right? Now you are ready to start on your New Year’s resolutions which might include dieting, working out or quitting smoking.

Before her days as a “football mom,” El Reno native Ilene Scott loved the sport and still watches it on television whenever she can – even at the age of 90. “I’m a big football fan. All my kids played football at either Minco or Kingfisher and I was a football mom for sure.