March 2024

Funeral services for Dorothy Fern (Little) Moore will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 20 at Calumet United Methodist Church with Dr. Tony Moore officiating.

Burial will be in the Calumet Cemetery under the direction of Turner Funeral Home, Geary. Public viewing will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday.

Dorothy was born April 25, 1929, in San Pedro, Calif., to William Evan Sr. and Dorothy Grainger (Shumate) Little. Fern went to be with the Lord on March 11, 2024.

Melvin was 71 when he passed away at his home on Feb. 21, 2024. He was born Sept. 7, 1952, in the Okarche Hospital. He was an Army veteran. Melvin moved to California where he worked in forestry, and moved back to El Reno to help take care of his mother.

Melvin was preceded in death by his parents, Richard Knight, and Louise Knight Grisby and husband, Wallie Grisby.

Dominating the time of possession and touches in the middle part of the pitch, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team picked up its second straight win with a 6-2 decision over the Oklahoma City Storm.

El Reno moved to 2-1 on the season with the wire-to-wire victory over the home-schooled program. The win came on the heels of a 6-0 home decision over Guymon to open EHS’ District 5A-2 slate.

After logging seven goals in the win over Tuttle, El Reno High School’s boys soccer team’s offense has dried up as far as shots finding the net.

El Reno slipped to 1-3 on the season with a 4-0 home loss to the Oklahoma City Storm. All four goals came in the first half as Indians goalkeeper Aldo De La Torre blocked a second-half shutout. The sophomore had more than 10 saves on the night.

El Reno has gone two matches without scoring following a 5-0 setback to Guymon in the District 5A-2 opener for both schools.

Kingfisher scored 13 runs in the first four innings, then held off a late rally by El Reno High School’s baseball team to hand the Indians their first loss of the 2024 spring season, 15-12.

El Reno slipped to 5-1 on the season with the non-district loss to the Yellowjackets.

The setback was part of a three-game home set over a 24-hour period as the Indians defeated Western Heights 17-2 and 25-6. The sweep of the Jets kept El Reno in first place in District 5A-1 standings at 4-0, tied with Carl Albert, Guthrie and Noble.

Calumet High School’s baseball team, Class B’s state runner-up in the fall, kicked off its spring schedule last week with a 16-6 win over Lomega.

The Chieftains are ranked second in the state in the first spring poll behind Fort Cobb-Broxton, which defeated CHS in the fall championship.

Calumet went 11-of-20 (.550) from the plate in the season opener with 16 runs batted in. The squad had two doubles by Derrick Krantzman and a third by Hunter Navanick. Brendon Voss and Kaleb Thiessen added a triple each.

Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team moved closer to a .500 record for the spring following an 8-5 road win over Wayne.

The Tigers are now 4-5 on the spring with two wins over Ninnekah by scores of 28-4 and 23-4 and a 6-5 win over Timberlake in the Waukomis tournament.

Morgan Brothers has been the main offensive weapon with 13 base hits, with two triples and five home runs.

Four of those round-trippers came in a game against Ninnekah.

Redlands Community College’s basketball teams were on the opposite ends of the seeding spectrum going into the 2024 National Junior College Athletic Association’s Region 2 Postseason Championships.

The Redlands women won three of the final four regular-season games, including a sweep of both Northern Oklahoma College programs (Enid, Tonkawa) to take the No.2 seed.

Jay Niehues’ team closed with a 20-9 overall record and posted a 10-6 mark in the Region 2 regular-season standings.

The Cougars were second only to Connors State (14-2).

MARRIAGE LICENSES

Waiseng Kong, 41; Amy Marie Dillard, 44.

Austin Jesse Graham, 28; Jalene Michelle Dawson, 26.

Riki Matsumoto, 53; Vivien Vogel Copelin, 55.

Burt Clinton Wheaton, 70; Esther May Tharp, 80.

William Travis Secrest, 45; Diana Elizabeth Pryor, 40.

Jacob Allen Easler, 37; Olanrewaju Mary Ajayi, 39.

Ethan Grant Romo, 24; Samantha Shyann Morris, 24.

Keith Derek Walker, 60; Margaret A. Riley, 52.

Scott Randall Chambers, 35; Lauren Elizabeth Beeson, 36.

NORMAN – Three, two, one … GOLD.

As the final seconds ticked off the clock, El Reno High School guard Nazhoni Sleeper let out a yell and bounced the ball high off the Lloyd Noble Center court.

The senior guard turned and was immediately swarmed by teammates celebrating El Reno’s 48-41 win over defending champion Sapulpa to win the 2024 Class 5A Oklahoma Girls State High School Basketball Championship.