April 2021

Funeral services for Juanita Rose Handke of Minco were held Friday at First Baptist Church of Minco, with burial following in the Evergreen Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home. Juanita passed away April 12, 2021, at her home.

Graveside services for Miguel Angel “Miguelito” Miller were held Thursday in the Kingfisher Cemetery with Pastor David Lee of the Watonga Indian Baptist Church officiating. Services were under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

El Reno High School’s boys soccer team stormed back into the win column last week, downing Guthrie with its highest single-match scoring total of the season. The Indians 4-1 win lifted El Reno to 3-8 on the season and 2-2 in the District 5A-1 standings.

While El Reno High School seems to have dodged most of the COVID-19 troubles this spring, the same cannot be said for the Indians opponents.

Two El Reno High School seniors have signed national letters of intent to play college sports. Jaylin Reveles signed to play basketball at Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Mo. Wyatt Compton signed to wrestle for Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Ark.

El Reno was back on the track recently with thinclads competing in two meets within a 24-hour period, including the tough Carl Albert Invitational.

It was a full house at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center last week as El Reno High School’s girls tennis team took on stacked brackets in the 2021 Guthrie Invitational. El Reno’s four entries in the event all placed out of the top 10, but all earned at least one victory in four matches each.

Despite hitting two home runs in the seventh inning to tie the score, Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team dropped an 11-10 game to Okarche last week.

Extending its current win streak to three games, Calumet High’s baseball team defeated Hinton 11-3 last week. The win was the sixth out of the last seven games for the Chieftains, ranked No.16 in Class A, who improved to 13-4 on the season.

Redlands Community College’s Ashley Monterrosa watches her shot sail toward the goal in a recent home match with Northern Oklahoma College of Tonkawa. The Cougars dropped two matches last week to Seminole State (6-0) and Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (4-1).