Corinne R. Beck, 96, passed away March 21, 2022, in Broken Arrow. She was born Feb. 17, 1926, in Buffalo to Archie V. and Ellen L. (Arney) Roberts. She grew up in Buffalo and graduated from Buffalo High School. She earned a B.S. degree in Vocational Home Economics in 1946 from Oklahoma College for Women and a master’s degree in City School Administration in 1969 from the University of Oklahoma.
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Bishop McGuinness made the most of its scoring chances as the returning state runner-up handed El Reno High School’s girls soccer team its first home loss of the 2022 season.
The Irish’s 5-0 win at Memorial Stadium kept McGuinness at the top of the District 5A-2 standings at 2-0, while El Reno slipped to seventh after its first league contest and 5-1 on the season.
After pitching a shutout over the first 40 minutes, El Reno High School’s boys soccer team allowed three second-half goals to Bishop McGuinness en route to a 3-0 shutout loss.
The Indians have now lost four matches in a row to slip to 1-5 on the season and 0-1 in the District 5A-2 standings – which is sixth. The Irish improved to fourth in the league at 1-1.
El Reno’s defense held off 10 shots by the Irish in the first half as goalie Angel Gonsales logged six saves, including a sliding kick clear out in the 25th minute.
While producing 11 hits in its two-game series against league leader Piedmont, El Reno High School’s baseball team was unable to score any runs against the Wildcats.
El Reno slipped to 8-7 on the season and 3-2 in the District 5A-1 standings after back-to-back shutout losses by scores of 6-0 and 15-0.
The Indians dropped to fifth in the league.
In the six-run road loss, El Reno left nine runners stranded – including the bases loaded twice.
The Indians left six unaccounted in the loss at the Hub Reed Complex.
With only four players, El Reno High School’s boys tennis team was short-handed in its first tourney outing of the season – the 2022 Putnam City North Invitational.
Playing at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center, Erik Vazquez and Lazaro Acosta were 14th in No.2 doubles with a 1-3 record. The pair lost to duos from Piedmont (6-4/7-5), Guthrie (6-2/6-3) and Midwest City (6-0/6-1).
Their win was a 6-1/6-2 victory over Putnam City West.
El Reno High School singles player Jayna Graham follows through on a forehand return shot during an early-round match at the 2022 Putnam City North Invitational.
The event was played at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center with Mother Nature providing brisk winds, cloudy skies and temperatures in the high 40’s at the start of the day.
See a recap in Wednesday’s edition.
El Reno High School’s track team opened up the 2022 season at the 59th Annual Ed Forester Bethany Invitational, competing in the running events only.
The girls were paced by Maria Moreno’s eighth-place effort in the 200-meter dash with a time of 29.21 seconds. Justine Johnson was 26th in the same event with a time of 31.28 seconds.
The pair also ran the 100-meter dash, with Moreno taking 15th at 14.21 seconds. Johnson (14.68) was 27th and teammate Madeline Taylor (16.17) was 44th.
Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team, ranked No.19 in Class 2A, had its three-game win streak snapped last week with an 11-9 loss to state-ranked Amber-Pocasset.
The two-run loss to the Panthers came on a walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh. Union City tied the game at 9-all with a three-run homer by Kaitlyn Linson in the top half of the frame.
Union City slipped to 14-8 on the season.
The recent state powerlifting meet proved to be more than just an economic windfall for both El Reno High School’s football program and the community. It helped secure the program’s next head football coach.
“I have been involved with the state powerlifting for years and El Reno has been a place on our radar as a city and a school we liked to raise our kids,” said Russell Cook.
