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.

LAWSUITS Tinker Federal Credit Union vs. Jon C. Riley for $11,979.23 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees. LCS Capital LLC vs. Jena Rucker for $10,695.40 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.