March 2023

In the early dawn hours of Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, 1952, RDell McMahan was born to Ramona Alice (Nail) McMahan and Joseph Samuel “Sam” McMahan Jr. at the Okarche Memorial Hospital in Okarche, Okla.

El Reno High School will be sending four lifters to Monday’s Oklahoma Girls Powerlifting Coaches Association 2023 State Championships being held in Durant.

Lifting out of the North Regional in Miami, Jewell Graham took third place in her division, while Raley Wicker-Hartley placed second to grab state passes.

Maria Espinoza and Claudia Garcia earned at-large bids to state.

Wicker-Hartley (heavyweight) posted a total of 885 pounds with a 385-pound squat, a 360-pound dead lift and a 140-pound bench.

OKLAHOMA CITY – A second period scoring drought proved too large of a hurdle to overcome as the Okarche boys suffered a 75-60 loss to No.2 Rattan in the quarterfinals of the 2023 Class A Oklahoma State High School Basketball Championships.

The setback ended the fifth-ranked Warriors’ 13-game win streak and ends Okarche’s season with a 26-3 record. It was the first loss of the year for OHS to a Class A school in 12 games.

Despite losing seven of its last eight outings, Redlands Community College women’s basketball team qualified for the NJCAA Region 2 Championships as the No.8 seed.

The Cougars took an 11-18 overall record and a 4-11 Region 2 mark into their regular-season finale at Seminole State.

Redlands was coming off a 59-57 road loss at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, just days after snapping a six-game losing skid with a 73-60 win over Western Oklahoma State College.

Redlands Community College men’s basketball team was officially eliminated from the field for the NJCAA Region 2 Championships following an 84-74 road loss at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M. The Cougars took an 11-18 overall record into its season finale at Seminole State College.

The loss to the Golden Norsemen dropped RCC to 3-12 in the Region 2 regular-season standings which are used for the postseason tourney qualification and seeding.

Redlands Community College’s baseball team closed out February by winning five out of six games including a road sweep of North Central Missouri College.

Playing in Joplin, Redlands defeated the Pirates 6-3, 2-1, 8-6 and 18-7 to close out the sweep, which left the Cougars with an 8-8 season record.

The four-game set saw Redlands log a 34-17 run margin off a .353 batting average. The Cougars went 41-of-116 from the plate with four doubles, two triples and four homers.

Paul Joseph Biller passed from this life on his 95th birthday, Feb. 26, 2023. The time has come to mourn his passing and celebrate his long and beautiful life.