September 2021

One day after sweeping Capitol Hill in district play, El Reno High School’s softball team split two games in the 2021 Dale Festival against a pair of ranked teams.

El Reno improved to 9-14 on the season after beating Class B’s ninth-ranked Kremlin-Hillsdale (4-0) in the first game of the festival before falling 12-0 to Class A’s sixth-ranked Shattuck.

For the two festival games, El Reno went 10-of-38 from the plate for a .263 team batting average. C.C. Medders (.400), Chenoa White (.400) and Kira Taber (.333) led the team with two hits each.

El Reno High School’s cross country team had a male-only look over the weekend with no female runners taking part in the Eighth Annual Mike Driskill Turkey Creek Classic.

The boys team, running the 5-kilometer (3.1-mile course) at Turkey Creek Golf Course in Hennessey, posted a seventh-place finish with an average time of 21 minutes and five seconds and an overall time of 1:45:25.

Jacob Long led El Reno with a time of 19:35 to place 15th overall. Cole Strong was close behind in 19th place with a time of 20:02.

The Indians had the weekend off but were slated to host Santa Fe South Charter School in a nonconference match Tuesday night at Jenks Simmons Field House.

Etta Dale Junior High’s seventh-grade football team improved to 3-0 on the season last week with a 44-30 win over Del City.

The Indians are now 2-0 in Suburban Conference action after a recent 44-12 win over Noble. The other victory was a 34-16 decision over Elk City.

Kaleb Blackwolf gave El Reno an early lead in the win over the Eagles, returning the opening kickoff for a touchdown. He scored several in the game, including one in the fourth period to cap off the Indians scoring.

Anton Grayson scored a touchdown and had several 2-point conversion runs.

The feeling of open space, which comes with rural living, was the underlying argument by a group of El Reno citizens in the Riverside Addition against a proposal to rezone acreage in the area for new housing.

Patricia Menchaca came before the Municipal Planning Commission in July with a request to rezone the 4.07 acres of land she purchased from Suburban Agriculture (A-2) to Residential Estates (R-E).

Members of El Reno’s fire and police departments and Pafford EMS paid honor to Leedey paramedic Angel Boyd who was shot and killed last week along with her sister.

El Reno will celebrate the road and the sky next weekend.

The dedication of the new Rock Island overpass will take place at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24.

The following day, the second El Reno Community Day and Fly-In will take off at the El Reno Regional Airport. That Saturday event runs from 1 to 7 p.m.

Several months after the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office was vandalized, a contractor has been hired to secure the glass front of the sheriff’s administrative building.

Canadian County will pay Tomas Ortiz $9,500 for the remodeling project at 208 W. Rogers, adjacent to the Canadian County Courthouse. Canadian County commissioners unanimously approved the action last week.

“What we’re doing is taking the glass out and replacing it with cinderblock,” Undersheriff Kevin Ward said.

El Reno Family Dentistry will give back to the community with a day of free dental care on Friday, Sept. 24 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 1570 SW 27th Street.

The event will be a day of free dental exams, extractions and fillings for patients who would not otherwise have access to dental care.

In 2017, the first year this service was offered, 75 people were treated and provided $20,000 in free dental services.