January 2024

Marilyn Estes Clark, 86, of La Canada and Newport Beach, Calif., passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Jan. 5, 2024. Marilyn was born in El Reno on Dec. 10, 1937, to Eugene Earl Estes and Idamae Florence Russ Estes.

Okarche High School December Students of the Month are Kera Avilez and Gabe Vogt. Okarche High School December Lion and Lioness honorees are Caden Schieber and Jill Glazier.

Cassie Brunkhurst Hardin, born Feb. 5, 1936, died peacefully surrounded by family on Jan. 5, 2024. She attended El Reno High School, married and raised her family in El Reno for over 30 years.

For just the second time in the past 24 years, El Reno High School has elevated a player to the Oklahoma Coaches Association’s All-State Football Game in back-to-back seasons. Senior Malachi Nicholson was named to the Large West offense last week after his record-breaking season.

In one of its longest-running rivalries, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team capped off a four-game road stretch with a 53-43 win over Carl Albert in its return to District 5A-1 play. The 10-point decision was the closet margin of victory this season for El Reno, which improved to 16-0.

El Reno High School’s boys basketball team suffered its second double-digit loss of the season, both at the hands of Carl Albert, following a 75-57 road setback to the Titans last week. The 18-point loss dropped El Reno to 11-5 overall and 0-2 against the Titans this season.

CALUMET – In its biggest test of the season, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team used a 19-0 run in the second period to rally past Southwest Covenant School for a 73-53 win.

CALUMET – A late run of baskets proved too little too late for Calumet High School’s girls basketball team in a 57-26 loss to Southwest Covenant School in the Chieftains final home game of the regular season.

A two-game offensive explosion has lifted Redlands Community College women’s basketball team into a tie for second place in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.

Deazhon Perkins scored a squad-high 22 points as Redlands Community College men’s basketball team jumped back into the win column with a 78-74 decision over Seminole State College. The victory came on the heels of a 103-98 setback to Western Oklahoma State College.