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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.