September 2023

Calumet High School’s fast-pitch softball team was able to break its recent run of scoreless games and turn hits into runs last week, splitting a two-game road set at Burns-Flat.

After watching a 14-game win streak snapped by another one-run affair against cross-county rival Okarche, Calumet High School’s baseball team rebounded with a 15-1 victory over Lomega. The Chieftains, now 15-1 on the season, remain second in the latest Class B poll behind Fort Cobb/Broxton.

Still seeking out its first win of the 2023 campaign, Redlands Community College women’s soccer team dropped a 5-0 match to Rose State College. The shutout loss was the second of the season for the Cougars, who slipped to 0-4 overall and 0-3 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.

A new roundabout is coming to Canadian County. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) plans to install a roundabout on U.S. Highway 81 at the State Highway 66 intersection in El Reno. A roundabout is among engineering innovations being implemented by ODOT.

One family sold a business to another family, but as it turns out, it stayed in the family. A bit more distant, but still there’s a connection. For decades the Rother family operated the Culligan water franchise in El Reno.

For the first time in Oklahoma history, Nuhu’ Hinono’eitiit heetniixoohoo3ihei3i’ Howoh’oowu' co’ouutou3eino’oowuu’ which translates: The Arapaho language will be taught at El Reno High School.

Redlands Community College is experiencing substantial growth in the student population with a 10.8 percent increase in total enrollment this fall, including a historic boost in concurrent enrollment with a 21.2 percent increase.

Three passing plays, all working against El Reno High School’s football team, proved to be the turning point in the Indians Canadian County rivalry game with Piedmont. The Wildcats converted two of those passes into two touchdowns as Piedmont defeated El Reno for a third straight season 14-6.

Three goals allowed in the first 26 minutes came back to haunt Redlands Community College women’s soccer team in a 3-1 home loss to the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain. The loss dropped the Cougars to 0-3 on the season and 0-2 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.

While the outcome of El Reno’s first three games on the 2023 schedule means nothing when it comes to making the playoffs, the Indians are not devaluing the importance of their non-district slate. In fact, it’s just the opposite.