These girls from El Reno Public Schools took their solos to recent district competition in Mustang, receiving a superior rating and qualifying for state. They will be performing their solos at the All-State competition in Enid on April 22.
The Okarche High School Speech Team completed qualifying competition for the 2020-2021 school year by placing several students in two virtual speech tournaments.
During the month of February, OHS speech students competed in the Weatherford and Crescent invitationals.
Two students entered the Weatherford contest, and both received first place in their events, Emma Stover in prose and Brody Sadler in original oratory.
Winners of the Kingfisher County 25th Annual Essay Contest hosted by the Theta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority have been announced.
Winners for the eighth-grade level were Okarche students Brenna Crider, first place, Kylie Harper, second place, and Katy Creswell, third. Seventh-grade winners were Okarche students Jaici Easton, first place, Ethan Kirby, second place, and Addison Mingus, third. Seventh- and eighth- grade English teachers are Lyndal Westmoreland and Traci Fuller.
The first-place winners advance to state competition.
El Reno Indian Baptist Church will begin having church services starting Sunday, March 14 at 11 a.m.
Please wear masks and practice social distancing. All are welcome. Indian Baptist is located at 109 E. Arapaho St.
After leaving three runners stranded in scoring position and spotting Santa Fe South two runs, El Reno High School’s baseball team went on a 6-1 scoring streak to defeat the St. Bernards.
The 6-3 victory at the Hub Reed Complex gave El Reno a District 5A-2 sweep of Santa Fe South after winning the road opener 2-0. The Indians improved to 3-1 on the season and 2-0 in the district.
Taking advantage of a swirling wind at their backs, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team scored two second-half goals to defeat Kingfisher 3-0 last week in the 2021 home opener.
El Reno improved to 3-1 on the season.
The Indians led 1-0 at the break after Caroline Huber scored an unassisted goal in the 27th minute of the first half.
El Reno went up 2-0 in the 12th minute of the second half when Bri Vickers took a crossing pass from Taylor Decker and found the bottom left side of the net.
El Reno High School’s boys soccer team ended a three-match losing streak on the pitch last week, defeating Kingfisher 2-0 in the 2021 home opener. The Indians improved to 1-3 on the season.
El Reno outshot the Yellowjackets 15-4 and held an 8-3 edge in shots on goal. The Indians also led in possession touches (65-35) and corner kicks (4-0).
El Reno’s goals came in the first half as Vincent Benedix scored in the 23rd minute off assists by Collin Vickers. Three minutes later, Vickers made it a 2-0 match with an unassisted goal.
El Reno High School’s boys powerlifting team qualified seven for the Class 5A state meet after winning the Northwest Oklahoma Regional Championship with 190 points.
El Reno was hosting three state meets at Jenks Simmons Field House, including both the Large School and Small School divisions.
Bradley Chavers won regional gold in the 123-pound class after increasing his weight totals by 20 pounds. His total weight of 875 pounds featured a 340-pound dead lift and a 320-pound squat.
Redlands Community College women’s and men’s basketball teams swept home games last week from Western Oklahoma State College to gain a split in recent Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference action.
The women defeated the Pioneers 48-37 to remain in second place in the OCAC standings with a 3-2 mark after a recent 65-49 loss to Murray State College.
The Cougars improved to 6-2 on the season with the split.
Kristen Murcer scored a team-high 20 points for the two games to go along with 10 rebounds and five assists.
Despite logging 13 extra base hits, Redlands Community College’s baseball team managed just one win over a four-game road set with Seward County College.
The Cougars defeated the Saints 7-6 in game two as Jace Acheson got the win in relief. He pitched 1 1/3 hitless innings, striking out two and walking one.
Redlands dropped the other games by scores of 6-2, 10-4 and 17-7 to slip to 2-8 on the season.
Skyler Fenton led the Cougars offense for the series with six hits, two of those doubles, leading to four runs batted in and scoring once.
