March 2022

El Reno High School’s baseball team was slated to be back on the diamond for the 2022 Union City Spring Break Festival looking to snap a two-game losing streak. The Indians slipped to 3-2 on the season and 0-2 in District 5A-1 play with a 7-6 loss to Bishop McGuinness at the Hub Reed Complex.

Riding a 12-run third inning, Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team brought home third-place honors from the 2022 Waukomis Invitational with an 18-17 win over Class 4A’s 14th-ranked Fairview. Union City went 4-2 in the tourney to lift its season record to 10-5.

Calumet High School’s baseball team kicked off the spring season with a pair of wins in its own festival, defeating Class A’s 15th-ranked Shattuck 12-2 and Geary 12-0. The Chieftains are ranked 20th in the latest Class A poll.

Following a split with Carl Albert State College, Redlands Community College’s baseball team is hovering around the .500 mark for the season heading into a busy spring break slate.

Redlands Community College’s golf team kicked off its spring schedule with an 11th-place finish in the Diffee Invitational played on the East layout at Lincoln Park Golf Course. The Cougars shot a 652 for the 36-hole event with round scores of 325 and 327.

James “Jim” Leon Beard Sr., 84, peacefully passed away at his home in Yukon on Monday, March 14, 2022. Jim was born May 24, 1937, in Westville to Alton and Linnie Beard, the final son of 10 children. After a six-year tour with the U.S. Army, Jim established roots in El Reno.

Funeral services for Hannah Bigeagle Smart will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Concho Emergency Resource Center, with burial in the Concho Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. Mrs. Smart died March 14, 2022, at St. Anthony Hospital in Midwest City.

NORMAN – The shots that were falling during El Reno High School’s five-game postseason win streak bounced the other way when the Indians needed them the most – championship Saturday.

More new housing appears to be coming to El Reno. Last week the city council approved plans for the expansion of two growing housing developments, Crimson Lake Estates and Settlers Crossing.

The Oklahoma State Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of a fire that reportedly destroyed a vacant house Sunday morning. El Reno Fire Chief Jason Duff said the structure at 420 E. Wade caught fire Sunday.