Maple January Citizenship Award recipients, front row from left, Beau Davis, pre-kindergarten; Serenity White, first grade; Jentry Cullen, third grade; Cale Wedman, second grade; and Zoey Robles, kindergarten; back row, Daughtry Swigart, fifth grade; Addison Kennedy, seventh grade; Ethan Brooks, sixth grade; and Zuri Lewis, fourth grade. Not pictured: Mya Robles, eighth grade.
The El Reno Wranglers met recently at the property of Jimmy and Betty Johnston. Gary Sorrells led in prayer, while Johnston read thank-you letters from Savannah Station, Mobile Meals and Main Street.
The club discussed riding in the OKC stockyards parade scheduled for March 12th. Members also discussed an upcoming bullriding event and the annual rodeo, both of which will be held at the Denny-Crump Arena, with details to be advertised soon.
Next Wranglers meeting will be held April 7 at the 4-H building.
Southwestern Oklahoma State University students were recently honored for their academic achievements and service during a Distinguished Student Award ceremony and reception held recently on the Weatherford campus.
Campus nominating committees select the students based on academic achievements, service to the community, leadership in extracurricular activities and potential for continued success.
Students selected from SWOSU include Kelln Bodley, Minco High School, and Zachary Grimes and Ashtyn McAddo, Piedmont High School.
OKLAHOMA CITY – After jumping out to a one-run lead, El Reno High School’s baseball team was unable to hold off a rally by Bishop McGuinness in the District 5A-1 opener for both schools.
The Irish scored three runs each in the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings to rally for a 6-1 win over the Indians. The loss dropped El Reno to 3-1 on the season.
Freshman Devin Shamblin gave the Indians the early lead with a solo home run in the top of the first inning. However, El Reno’s hits and base runners were sporadic over the final six frames.
El Reno High School’s boys squad, the defending Class 5A state champion, will be among the favorites for the team title again at the 2022 Oklahoma Football Coaches Association’s State Powerlifting Meet.
“We have got a good chance to go back-to-back. It won’t be as easy this year but we have put ourselves in good position to have a chance,” said El Reno coach Austin Fedderson.
El Reno High School sent four lifters to the 2022 Oklahoma Girls Powerlifting Coaches Association’s State Championships hosted in Dickson.
El Reno placed 11th in the Large School team race with 17 points. Claudia Garcia picked up four of those team points after placing seventh overall in the 150-pound weight class. She had a 625-pound total weight, highlighted by a 285-pound deadlift and a 230-pound squat, followed by a 110-pound bench press.
Edgar Garcia logged a hat-trick as El Reno High School’s boys soccer team posted its first victory of the 2022 season with a 5-1 decision over Western Heights.
The Indians moved to 1-1 on the season but will not be in action again until after spring break.
Matches with Woodward and Mount St. Mary were postponed due to state basketball.
El Reno outshot the Jets 13-7 and held a commanding 11-3 edge in shots on goal.
The Indians logged 60 possessions in the win compared to 40 for Western Heights, while scoring four goals in the second half.
Taking advantage of nearly 15 more minutes of possession time, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team dominated Western Heights en route to a 6-0 victory in its home opener.
The shutout win lifted El Reno to 2-0 on the season.
El Reno logged a total of 47:17 of possession time leading to 40 shots overall, with 23 of those being on frame.
Meanwhile, the Jets had only one shot on goal for the match.
Since opening the season with a home win, Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team has posted a 5-3 record over the eight games since shutting out Dover.
The Tigers are 6-3 for the spring.
During the eight-game stretch, Union City logged wins over Geary (12-0), Alex (18-5), Fletcher (12-4), Hinton (16-3) and Fort Cobb-Broxton (7-0).
The losses were to Wayne (12-1), Newcastle (11-1) and Binger-Oney (14-1).
Union City’s offense over the eight games has been led by MacKinzie DeLong with five doubles, a home run and 16 hits total.
Union City High School’s baseball team snapped a two-game losing streak to open the 2022 spring season by beating Lomega 10-4 behind a four-hit pitching effort.
Tigers pitchers Aden Ellington and Tyler Norton threw three innings each, combining for a line of 11 strikeouts, five walks, four runs and four hits allowed. The pair had a .477 strike percentage as 62 of their 130 pitches found the zone.
Union City’s offense recorded six hits as Dalton Stout and Laven Ziere had two hits each. Ellington and Blake Ross added a single each.
