El Reno High School’s Carter Roman Nose made a pair of game-changing plays in the final two and a half minutes which helped the Indians become the first Class 5A team to defeat Carl Albert this season.
The sophomore buried a 3-pointer from the left arc with 2:24 to play to put El Reno up by three points. He then came up with a steal with 3.1 seconds left that sealed the Indians 45-44 win over the Titans.
Double-digit scoring in all four periods helped Calumet High School’s boys basketball team extend its win streak to 21 straight games as the Chieftains defeated Carney 88-48 to win the Class B, Area 1, District 1 Championship.
Calumet, ranked fourth in the state, improved to 24-1 and will host 20th-ranked Lomega Thursday in the Region A Winners Bracket. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m.
The Chieftains 88 points came off 46 percent shooting as the team made 22-of-43 (51 percent) attempts from inside the arc. Calumet was 10-of-26 from the perimeter for 39 percent.
Okarche High School’s girls basketball team reached the 20-win plateau for a second straight year with a 58-24 win over Canton in the title game of the Class A, Area 2, District 5 Championship.
The Warriors, ranked seventh in the state, improved to 20-5 on the year and advanced to the Region C Winners Bracket needing three more wins to make the state tourney.
Okarche will host Coyle Thursday at 6 p.m.
Three candidates for an El Reno School Board seat fielded questions, some prepared in advance and others from the audience, at a forum last week leading up to the Feb. 14 primary election.
While the primary election is this coming Tuesday, if no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two candidates will proceed to the school board general election set for April 4.
A candidate who receives a majority vote of 50 percent, plus one, on Feb. 14 will be elected, according to information on the website of the Oklahoma School Board Association.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Two Canadian County school leaders traveled to the nation’s capital to attend an Advocacy for Public Schools Conference and Educational Equity Symposium.
Board of Education members Suzanne Cannon of Yukon Public Schools and Dorrie Parrott of El Reno Public Schools are Area 10 representatives on the Oklahoma State School Boards Association (OSSBA).
The two were among 14 OSSBA members who traveled to Washington, D.C., from Jan. 27 to Feb. 1 for the conference and symposium.
Canadian County restaurant owners - along with local leaders and residents - want voters to decide whether the county’s 38-year-old Sunday alcoholic beverage sales restriction should be removed.
Since 1985, the sale of liquor by the drink before 2 p.m. on Sunday has been prohibited in the county.
Several dozen people attended last week’s commissioners meeting, with everyone who spoke publicly voicing support for changing the liquor rule to match Oklahoma state law.
Canadian County commissioners have been asked to call an election on proposed changes to the county’s liquor rules restricting Sunday sales.
But commissioners are limited on when such an election can be called for voters to decide the issue. As it stands now, the countywide vote couldn’t be held until March 2024.
Since 1985, it has been illegal for any business in Canadian County to sell liquor by the drink before 2 p.m. on Sunday.
Special donations were made to three local nonprofits in honor of Margaret “Sue” Terneus, former El Reno Public Schools special education teacher. Terneus died Dec. 25, 2021.
Sue was an EHS special education teacher for more than 20 years. Her husband, John Terneus, a retired El Reno Public Schools teacher, made special donations in memory of his wife.
Joyce A. Lee passed away peacefully in her sleep the morning of February 2 in El Reno at River Oaks Skilled Nursing & Therapy.
Joyce was born to Carl and Ada (Baker) Boyer on May 8, 1942, in Geary, Okla.
She was the oldest of four daughters.
Like many children born in her time, she stayed busy with chores, helping her mom tend the garden, cook, clean and take care of her younger siblings.
Kathryn (Kathy) Louise Havener was born Sept. 23, 1955, at Kingfisher Regional Hospital to Joseph Irwin Farrell and Betty Lou Farrell.
She passed away Feb. 7, 2023, in Oklahoma City.
Kathy was the middle child of four brothers, Greg, Mark, Jeff and James Farrell. She was a very tough gal because, well, she had to be.
She was a heck of a basketball player, she played piano and clarinet, and was eventually the Drum Major of the Kingfisher High School Band.
