April 2023

Redlands Community College’s golf team must wait for an at-large bid to the 2023 NJCAA Division I National Championships after placing third recently in the Southwest District Championships held in Arizona. The Cougars carded a 910 total over 54 holes after shooting a 308 over the final 18 holes.

Kingston Arnold hit an RBI-triple to score Dalton Belcher in the top of the eighth inning as Calumet High School’s baseball team tuned up for the regional round of the playoffs with a 3-1 over Weatherford. Calumet, ranked fourth in Class B, improved to 16-7 on the spring season.

Extending its current win streak to seven games, Union City High School’s baseball team captured the 2023 Class A, District 18 Championship.

Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team will carry a three-game win streak into the regional round of the playoffs following an 8-5 tuneup victory over rival Hinton.

Losing three of four games to Murray State has slipped Redlands Community College’s baseball team into a tie for fifth place in the NJCAA Region 2, Division 2 standings. The Cougars avoided the sweep with an 11-8 win in the final game after dropping contests by scores of 11-1, 7-0 and 8-6.

The Big Burger is moving. For years, the massive El Reno fried-onion hamburger has been cooked next to Petree Plaza on Russell just east of Choctaw. But with a desire to create more room for spectators to watch the process, an agreement was reached to move north.

The Burger Day Festival is a tribute to the fried onion hamburger, cooked daily in El Reno since the early 1900s. It’s the burger that has helped make the community a destination for food lovers and those trekking along historic Route 66.

This year’s Burger Day Festival will feature several performances and festivities occurring on either the Route 66 Main Stage or Stage 66. The stages have moved from years past and a map of the new locations accompanies this story.

Following are recipes on How to Cook the Big Burger from Leann Tucker’s second-grade class at Rose Witcher: Squish the meat flat. Season it and cook it. Add cheese, sauce, pickles, tomatoes, enjoy! - Jadyn Then cook the burger add cheese if you want. - Garrett First get hamburger meat.

After spending a week looking into what El Reno Public Schools Superintendent Matt Goucher termed a “personnel matter,” the district has reinstated Tyrone Lewis as head wrestling coach.