August 2023

The champion of the 2023 El Reno High School Softball Invitational will have to wait a few days before being crowned after Mother Nature halted play in the final game.

El Reno trailed Enid 3-1 in the bottom of the second inning when play was suspended.

“We are going to finish it when we go to Enid and then play another game after that,” said El Reno head coach Jason Little.

El Reno had two hits when play was suspended, one each from Iliana Ashford and Maddie Moss. Ashford scored on a sacrifice groundout by Kaydence Pawnee.

El Reno High School’s football program held its first day of padded preseason drills in near 100-degree temperatures Friday at Memorial Stadium.

The Indians will host Elk City Friday night in their only preseason scrimmage with junior high teams starting at 5 p.m., with the varsity to follow around 6:30 p.m.

Prayer service for Louis George Slater will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Benson Memorial Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Church with Rev. Lance Warren and Deacon Lloyd Menz officiating.

Burial with military honors will follow at the El Reno Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

El Reno had an extra week of preseason workouts before opening up the 2023 season on Tuesday at Tecumseh.

El Reno will host its annual tournament on Saturday inside Jenks Simmons Field House.

Bradley Scott Bomhoff was born Oct. 17, 1965, in Okarche. He was a remodeling contractor.

Bradley was a member of the Lutheran Church of Our Savior in Bethany where he was chairman of the Evangelism committee and also a missionary. 

Calumet High School’s baseball team made quick work of Arapaho-Butler’s pitching staff in its 2023 season opener, cranking out 13 hits en route to a 20-0 run-rule victory.

The Chieftains went 13-of-25 (.520) from the plate with six doubles and a home run. Calumet took advantage of 11 walks against three strikeouts. Logging doubles for CHS were Kaleb and Kyler Thiessen, Derrick Krantzman, Kingston Arnold, Hunter Navanick and Carson Cooper. Brendon Voss recorded a homer for one of his two base hits.

Walking opposing batters took its toll on both Union City and Calumet High School’s fast-pitch softball teams during early-season tournament action.

Union City dropped to 1-4 on the season after losses to Cache (13-3), Fort Cobb/Broxton (15-0), Alex (6-5) and Riverside Indian School (17-0) in the Verden Festival.

Lily Russell and Skylar Morgan threw a total of 12 combined innings over the four-game slate, walking 39 batters against 10 strikeouts. The pair allowed 51 runs off 22 hits.

MUNICIPAL COURT

William Aaron Elledge, El Reno, driving under suspension and failure to appear warrant, $640.

Kaidence Madison Teel, Yukon, improper turn, $195.

Anthony Louis Bedoka Jr., Okarche, failure to appear warrant, $245.

Christofer Fernando Ortega, El Reno, driving without license issued, $252.

Jana Jean Stapleton, El Reno, dog at large, $145.

Robert Dale Pettersen, Yukon, speeding, $165.

Brittany Gonzalez, Hinton, failure to appear warrant, $245.

The El Reno Tribune’s Back to School section for 2023 contains the following:

Excitement for new school year never grows old

El Reno Public Schools Calendar 2023-2024

Back to School Night (2023)

A Chick-fil-A restaurant is planned on South Country Club after the El Reno City Council signed off on zoning changes.