April 2021

After dropping an overtime match by one goal in their first meeting, Redlands Community College’s soccer team was looking for some revenge last week against Eastern Oklahoma State College.

Despite matching their season-high goal total, the Cougars could not find such satisfaction, suffering a 4-2 loss to the Mountaineers at Memorial Stadium.

The setback extends Redlands losing streak to eight matches.

The Cougars slipped to 1-9 on the season and in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.

El Reno became an official Purple Heart City last week after a ceremony at VFW Post 382 recognized close to two dozen Americans who were awarded the military honor after being wounded while serving this nation.

Terry Walker, District 13 VFW commander, led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance to open the program, while El Reno High School students, under the direction of Michelle Lloyd, performed the National Anthem.

A new, centrally-located Family Justice Center provides a “direction for hope” to domestic violence survivors across Canadian County.

Cardinal Point now occupies a renovated 5,000-square-foot space at the Gary E. Miller Children’s Justice Center, 7905 East Highway 66.

Canadian County has Oklahoma’s fourth Family Justice Center supporting victims impacted by domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking and child abuse.

OKLAHOMA CITY – A measure to better protect victims of domestic violence from harassment through social media was approved last week in the Senate. Sen. Jessica Garvin, R-Duncan, is the principal Senate author of the measure and said House Bill 1007 is needed to bring victim protection laws in line with new technologies and communication platforms.

“Sadly, domestic violence is all too common in our state, and those who prey on others will use whatever means they can to break down their victims — be it physical, emotional or mental,” Garvin said.

The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced the first round of technology partners participating in a new initiative for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund - a program that will allow eligible restaurants and other food establishments to access the RRF application or data they need to fill out the application through their trusted point-of-sale service providers.

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With only two wins and out of the playoff picture in early April, El Reno High School’s boys soccer team has kicked its way into the Class 5A postseason – and they did it in the final 25 minutes of district play.

Trailing Guymon 1-0, El Reno scored two second-half goals to defeat the Tigers 2-1 and clinch the final playoff spot from District 5A-1.

While the top three teams, Southeast, Bishop McGuinness and Capitol Hill are still jockeying for playoff seeds, El Reno and Guymon were tied for fourth going into their district finale at 3-3.

In a period of four days, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team's postseason hopes went from a shot at winning the district title to needing help just to make the playoffs.

After losing to Bishop McGuinness in a battle of unbeaten District 5A-1 teams, El Reno proceeded to drop matches to Guthrie (2-1) and Guymon (1-0) and slip from first into fourth place in the league standings.

“We just squandered this away. Two matches in a row, I thought we were the better team on the field and we just could not finish,” said El Reno head coach Andrea Williams.

The Indians played over the weekend in the 2021 Guthrie 89’ers Day Invitational. El Reno lost 8-4 to Ponca City, but snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 12-5 win over Clinton.

Keith Hill’s team was playing Midwest City when the game was halted in the third inning by heavy rains and was not resumed.

El Reno was scheduled to return to the diamond Monday and Tuesday to wrap up league play against Guthrie.