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.

The loss was the second straight for El Reno, which slipped to 5-2 on the season. The Indians fell into a tie for seventh with Guthrie in the league standings at 0-2.

The contest was close in the final stats as well with Piedmont holding a 16-12 edge in shots and a 13-12 margin in shots on goal.

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. El Reno is 0-2 in the district standings and tied for sixth with Guthrie and Carl Albert.

El Reno was outshot 22-7 by the Wildcats, who also held a 13-1 edge in shots on goal. Piedmont dominated possessions 65-35 and had a 3-1 edge in corner kicks.

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.

El Reno’s varsity placed ninth in the team standings with a 425 tally, while the junior varsity took 12th with a 464 round.

Kallie Maifield had the low round for El Reno’s varsity squad with a 98, followed by Madison Patswald with a 104 and a 109 from Berkley Kidd-Smith.

Emma Patswald was close behind with a 112, while Trinity Black carded a 128.

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. Western Texas (971) and McLennan (989) Community Colleges, both top 10 teams as well, placed fourth and fifth, respectively.

Redlands carded rounds of 329, 328 and 352 for the 54-hole event to close with a 1,009 tally. The Cougars were 48 strokes better than seventh-place finisher Kansas Wesleyan.

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.

Mayor Matt White said the meeting will offer information to residents who have expressed concerns about drilling operations near their homes or neighborhoods.

White said the city has no control over where drilling operations are set up. He said that falls to the state Corporation Commission. White said the city faces lawsuits if it attempts to stop a drilling operation.

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.

Sue Bear, who serves as curator at the Loud Cloud Gallery and president of the El Reno City Arts Council, helped organize the showing, along with other members of the local arts council.

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.

For more information, contact the church office at (405) 262-3539.

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.

Officials from the UP as well as the Oklahoma Highway Patrol were requested to respond to the accident.

A crew from Cavin’s Wrecker was able to free the truck and the bridge and roadway were reopened after about an hour delay.

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 public is invited to attend and support the Intervention & Crisis Advocacy Network (ICAN), honoring 35 years of moving survivors from crisis to safety, stability and self-sufficiency in Canadian County.

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.

To be eligible for the Oklahoma Women’s Hall of Fame, nominees must live in Oklahoma or be a former resident of Oklahoma.

Inductees were nominated because they have made enduring contributions to the state of Oklahoma and beyond.