April 2022

El Reno High School’s girls soccer team is still looking for its first District 5A-2 win after going into overtime at Piedmont last week before falling to the Wildcats 3-2. “They were very good. We gave them everything we had,” said El Reno head coach Andrea Williams.

Allowing two goals in each half, El Reno High School’s boys soccer team dropped a 4-0 road match to Piedmont last week in District 5A-2 play. The loss was the fifth in a row for the Indians, who slipped to 1-6 on the season.

Sporting two teams for the John Marshall Invitational, El Reno High School’s girls golf team carded a pair of top 12 finishes at the event played at Cedar Valley Golf Club in Guthrie.

Redlands Community College’s golf team, ranked ninth in the latest NJCAA rankings, placed sixth in the recent Kyle Blaser Invitational at Gaillardia Country Club. The tourney was the first of the spring for Redlands to face fellow NJCAA opponents.

A community meeting to discuss oil and gas drilling inside the El Reno city limits is set for 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Public Safety Center on SW 27th Street.

The work of El Reno artists is being featured at the Redlands Community College Art Gallery. The exhibit, which includes the creations of 18 local artists as well as seven youth artists, will be on display until April 9.

First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) El Reno will host its annual Easter egg hunt on Sunday, April 10 beginning at noon at Frank Knight Park on the corner of Woodson and Williams. Refreshments will be provided for the children. The community is invited to participate.

Just before 1 p.m. Tuesday, a semi-truck got the load it was hauling stuck under the Union Pacific Railroad bridge that spans Sunset Drive. El Reno police said the driver of the semi was ticketed for failure to obey a traffic control device.

A Mexican fiesta will benefit Canadian County’s domestic violence agency. A Cinco De Mayo celebration will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 5 inside the Education Building at the old Canadian County Fairgrounds, 220 N. Country Club Road.

The Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women (OCSW) has selected eight women to be inducted into the Oklahoma Women’s Hall of Fame (OWHOF). The women will be honored at the induction ceremony on Friday, April 29 at the Omni Hotel and Resort in downtown Oklahoma City.