April 2021

Editor’s Note: The following is an open letter from Catholic League President Bill Donohue to Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred.

Dear Commissioner Manfred:

As president of the nation’s largest Catholic civil rights organization, I would like to commend you for your new-found interest in policing human rights in the United States.

While your objections to the voting reform law in Georgia are baseless, let’s assume nonetheless that you have a genuine interest in alleged violations of human rights.

El Reno High School’s baseball team had a two-game win streak snapped last week with a 10-2 loss at Elk City.

The Indians slipped to 12-10 on the season in the rematch loss to the Elks, splitting games for the season.

El Reno batted .263 from the plate, going 5-of-19 with one walk versus five strikeouts. Brayden Fulton had one of the five hits in the loss, adding a walk and a run scored.

Kolton Hunt (.333) singled as did Ryan Island (.500) and Boston Ellison (.333). Palmer Ellis (.500) had the lone extra base hit with a double to drive in a run.

Still looking for its first dual win of the season, El Reno High School’s tennis team dropped a 4-1 decision to Harding Charter Prep last week at the Legion Park courts.

El Reno slipped to 0-2 on the season.

The lone win was by the No.1 girls doubles team of Riley Connor and Kenzie Holsted, who posted a 6-0/3-6/6-1 win over Tory Nguyen and Emma Klover.

El Reno’s No.2 doubles team of Brianna Barksdale and Ida Terkildsen dropped a 6-3/6-0 match to Tracy Nguyen and Lily Boevers.

Both of the county’s ranked small school baseball teams had successful weekend action, including a runner-up finish by Union City in the Moss Pirates Invitational.

The Tigers, ranked 14th in Class A, defeated Maud (16-4) and Earlsboro (17-4) but fell to the Class B 12th-ranked Pirates 8-3 in the title game. Union City improved to 15-5 on the season.

Union City bats combined to go 25-of-63 from the plate for a .397 average with 11 extra base hits. The Tigers drew 30 walks against 22 strikeouts.

Surviving a first-half score from Capitol Hill, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team remained undefeated in District 5A-1 play last week with a 2-1 win over the Red Wolves.

El Reno, ranked third in the district, improved to 7-3 on the season and 3-0 in the 5A-1 standings. Only the Indians and Bishop McGuinness remain undefeated in league action.

The Red Wolves led El Reno 1-0 at the half after the Indians missed scoring chances off three goalie saves, two wide shots, a pair of corner kicks and a high shot on frame.

El Reno High School’s boys soccer team played an inspired match against league-leader Capitol Hill, however, an upset win was just not in the numbers.

The Red Wolves outshot El Reno 11-2 and had five more scoring chances on frame to pull out a 2-1 victory over the Indians. The loss dropped EHS to 2-8 on the season and 1-2 in the District 5A-1 standings.

El Reno had just two shots on frame in the loss, one each from Lazaro Acosta and Edgar Garcia. Acosta’s shot, off an assist by Oscar Ortiz, found the net in the 24th minute of the first half to tie the score at 1-all.

Cutting 39 strokes from its previous outing, El Reno High School’s girls golf team shot its lowest round of the season during the 2021 Suburban Conference Championship.

Playing at Trosper Park, El Reno carded a 443 effort, with three golfers shooting under 110.

Shayne Castrop birdied the fifth hole en route to a team-low round of 103, followed by three pars and a 108 from Madi Patswald. Berkley Smith posted a 111 round, while Daniella Velazquez closed with a 121, one shot better than Emma Patswald.

Redlands Community College’s soccer team earned its first win in more than a year and a half recently, beating Murray State College 2-1.

It was the first of five matches for RCC within a nine-day period and was followed by a close 2-1 overtime setback at Eastern Oklahoma State College.

With the split, the Cougars are 1-2 on the season and in the NJCAA Region 2 standings after losing 4-1 to Northern Oklahoma College of Tonkawa in the season opener.

Redlands Community College’s baseball team dropped a four-game set to league-leading Western Oklahoma State College to slip to the bottom of the league standings.

The Cougars lost 13-0/16-6 at Altus, before losing the home twinbill by scores of 9-1 and 7-4.

Redlands is now 9-23 on the season and 2-10 in Division 2 of the Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference standings.

Redlands was outscored 45-11 after going 27-of-109 from the plate for a .248 team batting average.

MUNICIPAL COURT

Tracy Jo Whitebuffalo, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $295.

Isiah Luke Botone, Oklahoma City, failure to appear warrant, $295.

Landon Dallas Morris, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $295.

Amy Lynn Prentiss, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $295.

Cody Ryan Bert, El Reno, driving without license issued and failure to appear warrant, $547.

Brittney Nicole Kessinger, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $295.

Trashel Sharon Samad, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $295.