February 2022

Stephanie Lynn Pierce Steele of Yukon passed away February 20, 2022, at Gran Gran’s Place in Yukon. Stephanie was born January 15, 1953, in Oklahoma City to Corle Nelson and Betty Laverne (Ward) Pierce.

LAWSUITS Chickasaw Community Bank vs. Angelica Borunda for $146,604.52 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 7, Block 15, Sycamore Gardens Addition Section 3, Oklahoma City.

Getting a wake-up call from a home-school program, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team closed out the regular season with a 59-35 win over the Oklahoma City Storm. The victory was the third straight for El Reno and the 11th out of the past 13 games.

Mother Nature’s recent blast of winter weather forced the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association to push back the time frame for the upcoming Class 5A playoffs.

Paige Primeaux has shot and made hundreds of baskets inside Jenks Simmons Field House over her El Reno High School career. However, all those shots fall short in comparison to the one she took in the Indians regular-season finale against the Oklahoma City Storm.

Head coach Tyrone Lewis will have his second largest contingent on the mats this weekend as seven El Reno High School grapplers qualified for the 2022 Class 5A State High School Wrestling Championships.

El Reno High School’s baseball team scrimmaged North Rock Creek and Minco last week at the Hub Reed Complex.

El Reno High School’s boys powerlifting team took fifth place at the 2022 Dave Tapp Invitational hosted in Chickasha. El Reno had three lifters place, with Bradley Chavers winning the 123-pound weight class with a total weight of 930 pounds, up 35 pounds from his last outing.

Okarche High School’s girls basketball team is now one win away from making a return trip to the Class A state tourney after defeating 20th-ranked Stuart 76-55 to win the Area II, Region A Championship.

While it took an extra day, the area rounds of the Class A playoffs are now set and Calumet High School remains one of two programs in the county still left in the chase for the Big Dance. But the sixth-ranked Chieftains will have to do it the hard way.