The outcome of El Reno High School girls basketball team’s season seems to uphold Aristotle’s famous teachings that “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”
However, those parts that made up a 24-5 squad and carried the Indians to their second state championship game in four years were pretty darn good and were recently honored with eight spots on the 2022 All-Suburban Conference Team.
For a team with one senior returning starter and slotted to finish in the middle of the conference race in the preseason, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team turned a lot of heads during the 2021-22 season.
El Reno exited the playoffs in the area round but closed the year with a 14-12 record.
The Indians were ranked 12th in the state, seventh on the West side, but played to a 5-1 record in league play and a second-place finish to eventual state runner-up Del City.
A dropped fly ball off the bat of Brayden Fulton allowed Davin Shamblin to score from third as El Reno High School’s baseball team blanked Guthrie last week 10-0 in five innings for its first on-field victory in District 5A-1 play.
The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Indians, who improved to 6-3 on the season.
El Reno moved to 3-0 in the 5A-1 standings after two recent losses to Bishop McGuinness were converted into forfeit wins.
El Reno head coach Keith Hill said the Irish used an ineligible player and had to forfeit the first five games.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been detected in backyard chicken flocks, commercial chicken operations or wild bird flocks in at least 12 states.
The virus primarily infects birds and requires rapid response. Oklahoma has not had a positive case of HPAI detected at this time.
El Reno High School senior Molly Carson signed a national letter of intent last week to become a member of the Oklahoma City University’s stunt team.
She is the second EHS cheerleader in recent years to sign with the Stars.
MUNICIPAL COURT
Daniel Lamont Littlebear, Oklahoma City, failure to appear warrant, $295.
Michael Don Wylie, Yukon, failure to appear warrant, $295.
Bobby Eaglenest, El Reno, violation of property maintenance code, $145.
Timothy S. Dominick, Okeene, failure to appear warrant, $295.
Brent Edward Hunt, El Reno, improper tag, $165.
Hailey Allison McLemore, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $295.
Kimberly Sue Eagle, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $295.
The original agreement with Pafford EMS to provide ambulance service to El Reno was modified a bit last week during a special city council meeting.
City Manager Matt Sandidge said the new agreement covers a 12-month period and will allow Pafford to have two ambulances equipped with lifesaving equipment in the community rather than the three called for in the original agreement.
A Canadian County Jail inmate faces the death penalty or life in prison for her alleged role in the drug overdose death of another inmate.
Oklahoma City’s Cydnei Tysha Mitchell, 31, was charged March 16 in Canadian County District Court with first-degree murder and bringing contraband into the jail.
“She’s being charged with bringing drugs into the jail, which another inmate took and died from,” Canadian County Sheriff Chris West said.
Candidate filing packets are now online for individuals who wish to run for county, judicial, district attorney, state or federal 2022 races.
Scheduled candidate filing dates are April 13-15 for those types of offices up for election in 2022.
El Reno Family Dentistry recently visited Rose Witcher Learning Center and Maple School for National Children’s Dental Health Month. Members of the staff spent some time educating the children on proper brushing and flossing techniques, and then passed out goodies to take home to assist with their new skills.
