August 2023

MARRIAGE LICENSES

Kekaula Damian Beck Hussey, 37; Jessica Christine Conaway, 44.

Roy Lyman Headlee, 78; Dorthie F. Cummings, 76.

Darren John Wheal, 52; Megan Joy Ferguson, 39.

Brandon Lee McGill, 24; Savannah Elizabeth Rains, 23.

Noah Lane Williams, 25; Katelin Elizabeth Hamilton, 25.

William Jeffery Garrett, 57; Christina Marie Burkett, 49.

Tre Alan Parks, 32; Leah Marie Bourlon, 24.

Corey Lee Wireman, 34; Stephine Michelle Dean, 33.

Steven Joseph Delorme, 31; Holly Michelle Tyler, 33.

YUKON – El Reno High School coach Jason Little has been preaching execution on the little things in the game of softball and how critical they become in any ballgame.

However, when you’re opening up the season against a perennial Class 6A powerhouse such as Yukon, the lack of execution usually ends up in a snowball effect resulting in a loss.

That’s just what happened last week when El Reno kicked off its 2023 campaign with a 10-2 setback to the Millers.

What was slated as a road game to open up the 2023 fall season turned into an 8-0 home win for Union City High School’s baseball team over Wellston.

The game was shifted back to Cecil Simmons Field after morning rains made Wellston’s field unplayable.

Union City broke open a scoreless game in the third with four runs, followed by two-run bursts in the fourth and fifth innings to enact the run-rule.

The Tigers had 10 base hits in the win, led by Korbin Cook’s 2-for-3 effort with a triple and a home run. He drove in two runs and scored twice.

Several players with local ties were selected to play in the 2023 USSSA Oklahoma All-State Softball Games. The event was played at the Firelake Softball Complex in Shawnee.

Presley Bilderback represented the West Yellow 14-and-under team which took runner-up honors.

Bilderback, an eighth-grader, currently plays for El Reno Junior High’s softball team.

Bilderback’s effort earned her a spot on Team Oklahoma, which will play in the USSSA National All-State Games in Florida in December.

Welcome to school year 2023-24!

The excitement and hopeful anticipation I feel at the beginning of a new school year has never faded, even though I am about to begin my 32nd year in education.

Our faculty and staff are ready to start the work required to achieve our mission, which is to ensure every student’s achievement and to inspire excellence. Our goal is to strive to get 1 percent better every day in all that we do.

We are expecting a fantastic year in our after-school programs!

The district was able to secure special funding to offer free after-school care to students in pre-kindergarten through second grade for one more year.

Specifically, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students will be at Hillcrest, while first- and second-graders will be at Rose Witcher in play-based programs.

Third through sixth grades also have one more year with their free, grant-funded program at Roblyer Learning Center.