El Reno capped off a three-match road swing last week with a 3-1 loss at Weatherford.
The setback to Class 4A’s 14th-ranked Eagles left EHS with a 1-2 mark on the road trip and a 10-14 season record.
See Wednesday’s paper for a recap.
Due to low Shawnee numbers, El Reno’s seventh and eighth grade football teams, shown here in a game earlier this season, combined forces last week to defeat the Wolves in a 72-48 shootout.
Union City High School’s fast-pitch softball team took Rush Springs into the title round of the Class A, District 29 Championships before bowing out with back-to-back losses to the Redskins.
The Tigers season ended with a 23-14 record after 6-0 and 10-7 losses to Rush Springs, following a 14-3 victory over Empire.
Mackinzie DeLong was a big hit machine for Union City over the three games, falling a single short of hitting for the cycle. The senior had two home runs in back-to-back innings on the first day of the district tourney.
Redlands Community College’s soccer team jumped back into NJCAA Region 2 action last week, kicking off a four-match road swing with a 6-1 setback to Rose State College.
The loss dropped the Cougars to 2-8 for the season and 1-6 in the region standings.
The Raiders led 3-0 before Redlands scored an unassisted goal by Moriah Reed to trail 3-1 at the break. Rose State added three second-half goals.
Redlands had seven shots, five on goal, led by Reed with three shots. Gladis Avalos followed with two shots, while Amya Lindsay and Riley Robertson had one shot each.
Oct. 1 will be a busy day for thousands of “stick-and-string” hunters in Oklahoma. That Saturday is when several archery hunting seasons will open across the state. Those seasons are:
► Deer archery, running through Jan. 15, 2023.
► Elk archery, on private lands through Jan. 15, 2023 (or until zone quotas are met).
► Black bear archery, running through Oct. 16.
When Kevin Stitt was elected governor of Oklahoma in 2018, the state had a $1 billion deficit.
Four years later, as Stitt seeks re-election, Oklahoma has a $3 billion surplus, the fourth largest reserve account of any state in the nation.
And Stitt said another billion should be added to the coffers next year.
That was part of Stitt’s message last week when he spoke at the El Reno Now Breakfast.
The monthly event hosted by Mayor Matt White and El Reno Schools Superintendent Matt Goucher raised more than $400 for the El Reno Public Schools Foundation.
The United States Cavalry Association wrapped up its annual four-day competition over the weekend at Fort Reno.
Two of the key events were the Mounted Saber and Paul Scholtz Mounted Pistol competitions.
Competitors in the Paul Scholtz Mounted Pistol event had to shoot at balloons while riding a set course, which at times forced some tough shots.
Longtime Canadian County Election Board Secretary Wanda Armold has resigned her position with about seven months left in the term.
Armold informed Oklahoma State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax of her decision in a letter dated Sept. 14.
“Please know that as of today, I have decided that it would be best for my health if I left my position as Secretary of the Canadian County Election Board immediately,” Armold wrote in the letter.
El Reno Public Schools will bring back its mentoring program, Superintendent Matt Goucher said.
Goucher made the announcement at last week’s El Reno Now Breakfast.
Sponsored by the El Reno Public Schools Foundation, the mentoring program has earned recognition from the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence for its work with students.
The program pairs adult volunteers with students. The mentors help with reading and are essentially serving as role models for their student. COVID interrupted the program for about three years.
