December 2021

Funeral services for Charles Edward Lonelodge Jr. were held Thursday at the Concho Community Hall with Rev. Waylan Upchego officiating. Burial followed in the Concho Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. Charles died Nov. 25, 2021, in Oklahoma City.

DIVORCES GRANTED Tabitha Katrina Spiegel vs. Danny Reid. Rebecca Elise Hackney-Fuller vs. Dustin James Ray Fuller. Tammy L. Loberg vs. Charles A. Loberg. Jay Curtis vs. Tonya Curtis. Cristina Lozoya-Carbajal vs. Richard Burl York. Lacey Danielle Frank vs. Kyle Alan Frank.

With 28 players, freshmen through seniors, numbers is not the problem facing El Reno High School’s boys basketball team going into the season opener against Shawnee.

El Reno High School’s wrestling team opened up the 2021-22 season on the road in the home of Class 6A’s top-ranked team – the Stillwater Pioneers. Despite two wins in the final four weights, the Indians suffered a 53-18 setback.

UNION CITY – A slow offensive start to each half and gaps in its perimeter defense were a killer combination for Union City High School’s boys basketball team in last week’s 51-43 loss to Class B's 16th-ranked Lookeba-Sickles.

UNION CITY – Coming back off a 14-day break, Union City High School’s girls basketball team had the tall task of facing Class B’s third-ranked Lookeba-Sickles. Union City added to that task by committing 17 second-half turnovers, 10 of which were steals by the Panthers, leading to a 76-32 loss.

Redlands Community College women’s basketball team shot 46 percent from the field against Eastern Oklahoma State College, but the Cougars netted only two baskets from behind the 3-point arc in a 102-75 loss.

Despite shooting 60 percent from the free-throw line and squandering a double-digit lead in the first half, Redlands Community College men’s basketball team defeated Eastern Oklahoma 84-80.