El Reno High School’s football program added two more names to its storied list of elite players as seniors Dorian Plumley and Darius Moore were selected to the Oklahoma Coaches Association’s All-State Team.
Both will play for the Large West squad which will take on the East July 30 at a site to be determined.
PIEDMONT – After being denied a game-winning basket at the buzzer, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team, ranked seventh in Class 5A, went on a 10-4 run in overtime to defeat Piedmont.
The 62-56 victory over the third-ranked Wildcats lifted El Reno to 9-4 on the season and 3-1 in the Suburban Conference standings. The Indians are 2-0 in games which count toward the title.
El Reno trailed by as many as seven in the fourth period but made a late run. Ashlyn Evans-Thompson’s jumper with 2:14 left in regulation cut Piedmont’s lead to three.
PIEDMONT – A little over 24 hours after El Reno High School’s wrestling team defeated Piedmont, the boys basketball team made it a clean sweep of the Wildcats in Suburban Conference action.
Fueled by a 24-point blitz in the first period, El Reno rolled to a 78-54 win over Piedmont to sweep the season series on the hard court.
The victory moved El Reno, ranked 14th in Class 5A, to 7-7 on the season and 2-2 in the Suburban Conference standings. The Indians are 1-1 in games which count toward the title.
Sealed with key wins in the heavier weights, El Reno High School’s wrestling team earned its first win over cross-county rival Piedmont in more than five years.
The Indians, ranked sixth in the latest Class 5A dual rankings, defeated the Wildcats 42-33. The win over eighth-ranked Piedmont, postponed from early December, lifted El Reno to 6-1 on the season and 3-0 against Suburban Conference opponents.
It’s been said you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, a theory which Canadian County Deputy Robert Baysinger and his K-9 partner Bandit plan to put to the test.
The pair will have plenty of extra time as Bandit, a deputy as well, officially retired last week from his duties as a drug dog assigned to the Canadian County Children's Justice Center.
“We will have to try and see if we can do that (new tricks). He’s going to have free time now to be a dog and do whatever he wants,” said Baysinger.
Chizum Johnson is a corporal with the El Reno Fire Department. His photo can be found on the department’s website along with the other members of the ERFD.
Several months ago, his photo could also be found on a giant billboard in southern California, along with the mug of his now famous dog, Kepo.
Oklahoma’s Third District Congressman Frank Lucas received an A+ rating on the Susan B. Anthony List National Pro-Life Scorecard for his pro-life voting record during the 116th Congress.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Nathan Dahm has filed legislation to address censorship by Big Tech. Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, said Senate Bill 1019 would fight back using fines, lawsuits and the removal of tax credits.
Dahm filed the legislation after watching large companies in recent weeks and months increasingly censor those they disagree with, even removing them entirely from their platforms.
Funding opportunities to enhance the specialty crop industry within the state are now available, thanks to the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program through the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Marketing Services. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations, local, state and federal government entities, for-profit organizations and colleges and universities.
El Reno High School’s wrestling team, sitting fourth in the latest Class 5A tournament rankings, earned its third top-five finish of the season over the weekend.
The Indians racked up 193 points en route to a third-place finish in the 2021 Chickasha High School Classic. The field had 18 teams, with eight of the first 10 placers appearing in the top 20 of their respective rankings.
Shawnee, ranked sixth in 5A, won the team title with 207.5 points. Heritage Hall, ranked sixth in Class 4A, edged out El Reno by six and a half points for the runner-up spot.
