September 2022

El Reno High School’s volleyball team went into the Noble Invitational looking to rebound from 3-1 losses to Duncan, ranked 13th in Class 5A, and unranked Chickasha.

The close losses to the Chicks were by scores of 24-26/19-25/25-19/22-25.

Trinity Black led the team in kills for the two matches with 12, followed by Savannah Robinson with 11.

Jewell Graham led those in single digits with seven kills, while Emma Patswald and Bri Barksdale added five each and Pauline Black-Harmon with four kills.

MARRIAGE LICENSES

Tristan David Hill, 27; Sydney Christine Eggers, 27.

Luis Angel Morales Jr., 32; Krislynn Jennifer Kellebrew, 35.

Cary James Morgan, 32; Autumn Dawn DeJulio, 26.

Jay Thomas Shank, 23; Anna Christine Coffee, 23.

Clifford Clay Clark III, 31; Stephanie Rachelle Camp, 31.

Willie Jagers III, 20; Natalie Sue Cowling, 22.

Dany Varghese, 39; Sneha S. Varughese, 27.

John Paul Resendez DeLeon, 29; Gabrielle Leigh Kissner, 21.

Kevin John McFarland, 34; Terri Lynn Henderson, 60.

WEATHERFORD – It's been said lightning doesn't strike the same place twice, which is a hard theory to sell El Reno High School's football team.

For the second time in three weeks the Indians have had a win snatched from their grasp in the final minute, this time by Weatherford, which scored a touchdown with 22 seconds to play to steal a 20-19 victory.

The loss closed out non-district play for El Reno with an 0-3 record, while the Eagles improved to 1-1.

El Reno’s Board of Adjustment unanimously rejected a request from an oil and gas company seeking a waiver from city ordinances that would allow for the drilling of a well in an area surrounded by homes.

Board chair T. Mike Smith made the motion to deny the request from Revolution Operating Company, LLC. He drew a second from board member Dave Mehan and the motion drew support from fellow Board of Adjustment members Brad Baker, Paul King and Robert Stevenson.

The Denny-Crump Arena could host more rodeo-related events due to a contract between the city of El Reno and the arena’s most notable tenant – the El Reno Wranglers.

“The city approached us about coming on-board and helping take care of the arena, so we entered into a contract to where we would assist in preparing the arena for other events besides the ones we run ourselves,” said ER Wranglers rodeo chairman and board member Marie Hirst.

Barbara Musser sure knows how to make a coconut cream pie.

“That’s my specialty,” said Musser, who was named Senior Champion Pie Baker at the recent 2022 Canadian County Free Fair.

“One judge did say it was just an original pie, and the meringue did not weep at all. And that’s an important factor. She said it really had a true coconut flavor.”

The El Reno woman is a repeat blue ribbon winner, having been honored for her pie-baking acumen during the 2021 county fair.

Tara Douglas, a Redlands alumna and El Reno native, has been named to fill the role of Director of Foundation Development and Alumni Relations.

Douglas has a background that includes leading in both public service and nonprofit sectors, cultivating community partnerships and supporting relationships to build community engagement and accomplish initiatives, said information provided by RCC.

El Reno police took a 21-year-old El Reno man into custody after he allegedly led officers on a high-speed chase.

At approximately 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 30, an officer patrolling in a residential area saw a white Chevrolet HHR being operated at an excessive rate of speed.

The driver of the vehicle was “clearly operating the vehicle without due regard for the safety of others as evidenced by the vehicle’s speed and the operator failing to obey posted traffic control devices,” said a report from the ERPD.

El Reno High School's football team was scheduled to travel down Interstate 40 Friday night to play Weatherford to wrap up the non-district portion of its 2022 schedule.

El Reno is 0-2 on the year following a 42-8 loss at Piedmont.

El Reno High School’s science department recently worked on lab assignments called Locard’s Principle.

Students were given articles of clothing with different hair samples and using a visual description and a microscopic analysis, they had to see which suspect the victim’s clothes matched based on a transfer of evidence.