September 2022

Union City High School’s fast-pitch softball team has logged only three wins in its last seven games, but head coach Cody Schmidt can see signs of the Tigers becoming a tough opponent come playoffs.

Among the four losses were narrow setbacks to Binger-Oney 4-3, Leedey 4-2, Empire 4-3, and a 9-1 loss to an under-rated Rush Springs.

Union City’s wins came in the Dover Festival against Enid’s junior varsity 13-5, Pioneer/Pleasant Vale 12-0, and the host school 15-3. The Tigers are 14-13 on the season after the seven-game run.

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Tiona C. Malone, individually and as parent of T.M., a minor, vs. Lana L. Beebe for an amount in excess of $75,000 for injuries and damages alleged to have occurred during an automobile accident.

El Reno will host its third annual Battle of the Bands in combination with an arts festival.

The events are being put on by the Centre Theatre for the Arts along with the El Reno Arts Council.

Kristin Richardson of the Centre Theatre for the Arts said the two-day event will be Sept. 9-10 with music performed downtown at Petree Plaza.

Sound and lighting will be provided by Mike Freeman of FM Audio Production Inc.

Regardless of who you are, most everyone likes a little “axe”citement in their life, and John and Coby Andrews believe they have just the venue - Red Dirt Axecitement.

Red Dirt Axecitement, 215 S. Country Club, is a new axe-throwing venue in El Reno. Coby said it is the place to have fun, relieve stress, relax and enjoy a new kind of sport that is quickly spreading across the United States.

Canadian County’s four-day free fair was its largest ever, county officials reported.

The 68th Annual Canadian County Free Fair was staged Aug. 24-27 at the Canadian County Expo and Event Center, 3001 Jensen Road East.

“Preliminary numbers are indicating about a 30 to 40 percent increase over last year,” Canadian County Fair Board Chairman Kelly Beck said.

“To me, that’s huge. What a success. Everybody had an absolute great time out there.

“It was everything and more than we had hoped for.”

El Reno Regional Airport will host the Third Annual Community Day and Fly-In this Saturday.

Gates for the free event open at 10 a.m. and the air show is planned to start at 1 p.m.

Canadian County employees are due to receive a 5 percent raise in 2023.

The cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increase has been proposed as part of the county’s fiscal year 2023 general fund budget. Commissioners and the Canadian County Excise Board on Aug. 23 unanimously approved a balanced FY 2023 estimate of needs totaling $35,145,017.

County Clerk Sherry Murray was directed to forward the document to the budget maker for completion.

While some coaches would like to have what is termed as a “weak sister” somewhere on their non-district schedule in order to pick up early-season wins, El Reno High School head coach Russell Cook has a different philosophy.

“You don’t get better playing those games,” said Cook.

Those games will not appear on El Reno’s schedule as the Indians head to Weatherford Friday night to take on the Eagles to close out the non-district portion of their 2022 schedule.

A shot at a key road win slipped through the grasp of El Reno High School’s volleyball team last week as the Indians fell to Shawnee 3-2 in league play.

The 18-26/25-22/25-22/22-25/7-15 cliffhanger loss dropped El Reno to 6-6 on the season and 0-2 in the Suburban Conference standings.

El Reno served at 95 percent for the five-game thriller as Qyra Jones had a team-leading five ace serves. Savannah Robinson followed with four aces and Emma Patswald with two.

The net offense produced 31 kills but was plagued by 29 errors.

Despite swinging the bats in step with that of league-leader Piedmont, El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team was unable to match the run production of the Wildcats.

El Reno was outhit by a close 8-7 margin, but managed less than a handful of runs in a 14-4 setback to the Wildcats.

The loss dropped El Reno to 4-6 on the season and 1-3 in the District 5A-2 standings and into fourth place by a half game over Guymon.