December 2022

OKLAHOMA CITY — A seasonal virus that takes a toll on young children and older adults has returned this fall with a vengeance.

Surges in respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, typically parallels flu season, running from late fall into the spring, but this year’s outbreak started earlier than normal.

This month, the Oklahoma State Department of Health reported rising case numbers and hospitalizations for RSV in many parts of the state.

The figures mirror national trends.

MARRIAGE LICENSES

Tyler Daniel Thanscheidt, 27; Jenah Christian Marchant, 24.

Nicholas Edward O’Sullivan, 28; Hannah Christene Fiewig, 26.

Roy Lee Robbins, 55; Michelle Davis, 51.

Dakota James Sims, 30; Kassidy Kilgore, 27.

Gustavo Angel Hucsca Cruz, 24; Alondra Guadalupe Davila Olivares, 20.

Daniel Ferderick Rockwell, 31; Mary Lorraine De Guzman, 30.

Avery Wilson Bates, 22; Kaylee Marie Christensen, 22.

Michael David Ray, 36; Tiffany Alexandra Williams, 26.

The guard-post combination of Carter Roman Nose and James Reveles combined for close to half of the scoring for El Reno High School’s boys basketball team in a 45-31 season-opening win over Shawnee.

The victory counts in the Suburban Conference standings since it's the lone non-tournament meeting.

Both teams struggled on offense as El Reno’s 29 percent shooting mark was six points higher than the Wolves. The Indians were 12-of-31 (39 percent) from 2-point range, while hitting 2-of-17 3-point attempts for 12 percent.

For 54 days, senior Ryan Sigler has stewed over El Reno High School’s only shutout loss of the football season at the hands of the Midwest City Bombers. Last week he got his revenge.

Sigler, wrestling at 215 pounds, pinned Midwest City’s Noah Haydon at the 2:41 mark for El Reno’s eighth and final fall as the Indians opened up the 2022-23 dual season with a 69-10 explosion over the Bombers.

Despite missing all 13 shots from behind the 3-point arc, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team kicked off the 2022-23 season and the Suburban Conference schedule with a 42-28 win over Shawnee.

El Reno trailed 13-12 after one period but took a 20-19 lead into the break after both teams combined for just 14 points in the second period.

The Indians found a scoring spark with 11 points in each of the final two periods, while the defense limited the Wolves to a free throw in the third period and eight points over the final eight minutes.

Head coach Haley Mitchell feels her Okarche High School girls basketball team still has to earn the respect of pollsters on the court, which the Warriors did in the first game after the season’s initial rankings.

Okarche got double-digit scoring efforts from Scout Payne and Jalie Rother to lead the Warriors to a 71-23 win over Coyle. Ranked sixth in that first poll, OHS improved to 3-2 on the season.

Payne knocked down four 3-pointers en route to her 18 points. Rother scored 10 of her 18 points for the game in the first period, six of those off a pair of 3-pointers.

Hunter Arnold knocked down a trio of 3-pointers en route to his team-leading 26 points as Calumet High School’s boys basketball team went on the road to defeat Granite 69-62 in a top 15 battle.

Calumet, ranked sixth in the first Class B poll of the season, improved to 5-1 with its third straight win. Granite, ranked 14th in the same poll and coached by Okarche alum Kol Bomhoff, had its five-game win streak snapped by CHS.

Mass of Christian Burial for John Charles “Chuck” Hauenstein will be held Friday, Dec. 2 at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Rev. Lance Warren officiating. Burial will be in the El Reno Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Funeral services for Donald Siler will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church, with burial following in the El Reno Cemetery.

Friends are invited to come pay their respects at Wilson Funeral Home on Sunday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. 

Redlands Community College women’s basketball team rallied from a nine-point deficit to open the fourth quarter last week to steal a 51-48 win over Southwestern Christian College’s junior varsity.

The victory was part of a holiday split as the Cougars dropped a 72-68 game to Crowder College. Redlands took a 5-5 season record back into NJCAA Region 2 action at Eastern Oklahoma State College.

Redlands put up an 18-point fourth period against the Eagles to sweep the season series, getting eight points in the paint from Jaiana Wiggins and three more from Isabelle Stafford.