March 2021

Peyton York, a 2019 graduate of El Reno and current sophomore education major at Oklahoma City University, was recently named All-American Cheerleader for the second year in a row. The announcement came over the weekend after her coed team won the NAIA National Championship in Davenport, Iowa.

The Canadian County Association for Oklahoma Home and Community Education (OHCE) is giving two $500 scholarships to students planning to attend a two- or four-year college or university.

Five of its seven qualifiers placed in the top 10 as El Reno High School recently won the Class 5A team title at the 2021 Oklahoma Football Coaches Association’s State Powerlifting Championship. El Reno logged 88 total points from its seven lifters to beat out Ardmore by 35 points for the title.

Redlands Community College’s baseball team snapped a four-game losing streak last week with a 15-12 win over Rose State College to split a doubleheader with the Raiders. The Cougars improved to 3-11 on the season after dropping the series opener 9-4.

Redlands Community College’s basketball teams are struggling through three-game losing streaks which have dropped both squads down in the Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference standings.

Redlands Community College’s golf team opened up the spring season recently with a fourth-place finish in the Diffee Invitational held at Kickingbird Golf Course in Edmond. The Cougars had a 36-hole total of 625 after rounds of 314-311.

Several El Reno bowlers won scholarship money recently by placing in the 2021 Oklahoma Youth State Championships, held at Heritage Lanes in Oklahoma City. Zak Billings, Collin Vickers, Mallory Watkins and Brianna Vickers joined forces to win the Mixed B Handicap title.

Calumet High School’s baseball team opened up the spring season by winning two games in its own festival. The Chieftains, 2-1, were slated to be one of the five host teams for the 2021 Union City Spring Break Festival, which was set to get under way Thursday.

Following a 1-3 start, Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team has found a recent groove by winning six of its last nine games to improve to 7-6 on the season. Two of the wins came during a three-game stint in the Ringwood Festival.

Graveside memorial services for Joe Carl Ray were held Thursday at the Evergreen Cemetery in Minco under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home. Joe passed away Feb. 5, 2021, at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Oklahoma City. He was born Dec. 19, 1935, in Okemah.