April 2022

Marcianna Jacobs, 81, of Oklahoma City, passed away April 4, 2022. Services were held Thursday at Wilson Funeral Home. A full obituary can be viewed at www.wilsoncares.com.

El Reno High School’s trapshooting team will take the top seed into next week’s Oklahoma Scholastic Shooting Sports Program’s State Championships after winning the Northwest Regional. The state shoot is Wednesday at the Oklahoma Trapshooting Association Park on Jensen Road.

A little home course knowledge worked its magic last week at the 2022 El Reno High School Invitational as the EHS boys golf team shaved 48 strokes off its score from the previous day. The effort lifted the Indians to a fifth-place finish with a 390 total in the 11-team field.

Four Redlands Community College students were recently honored at the state Capitol by the Oklahoma Association of Community Colleges for their outstanding academic achievement, record in the classroom and leadership ability.

Battling through the toughest part of its District 5A-1 schedule, El Reno High School’s baseball team has suffered some hard knocks, the most recent delivered by co-leader Carl Albert. The Titans defeated El Reno 14-0 and 13-1 in a doubleheader at the Hub Reed Complex.

Doubling up Southeast in both shots and attempts on frame, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team snapped a two-match losing streak last week with a 4-0 win over the Spartans. The shutout victory was the first for El Reno in District 5A-2 play as the Indians improved to 1-2 and into fifth place.

El Reno High School’s boys soccer team remained locked in a three-way tie in the cellar of the District 5A-2 standings after last week’s 7-0 road loss to co-leader Southeast.

World War II veteran Gideon Tinsley was presented with a Quilt of Valor on his 95th birthday. Tinsley served as a Seaman Second Class in the U.S. Navy, serving on the USS Duleuth Battleship. Piedmont Area Quilt of Valor Quilters made the quilt. The quilt was pieced and quilted by Carol Stine.

El Reno High School’s tennis teams were back in action last week for the 2022 Suburban Conference Championships. The boys fielded only singles players, earning seven points in the team standings to take seventh.

CALUMET — Despite logging 12 base hits, Calumet High School’s slow-pitch softball team continues to look for its first win of the season after dropping a 17-4 game to Thomas/Fay-Custer.