April 2024

Services for Jerry Sam Tinsley of Bridgecreek, a former Minco resident, were held April 26 at Hazel Dell Baptist Church, with burial following at the Hazel Dell Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home of Minco.

Sam passed away April 21, 2024, at the Integris Hospice House in Oklahoma City.

He was born July 4, 1942, in Junction, Texas. He was raised in Junction, later moving to the Minco and Bridgecreek areas.

Sam worked for Firestone Corporation as a tire builder, retiring in 2005. He was a member of Hazel Dell Baptist Church.

A big offensive day helped El Reno High School’s baseball team blank Capitol Hill and split the final two home games of the 2024 regular season.

The 13-0 run-rule of the Red Wolves, called in the third inning, came a day after El Reno suffered a 16-2 run-rule loss to Duncan – a team EHS could face in the upcoming regional playoffs.

The split left El Reno with a 17-16 overall record going into Monday’s game against Class 6A’s Edmond Santa Fe.

A much-anticipated rematch between Calumet High School’s baseball team and Fort Cobb-Broxton is a step closer to reality.

The top two teams in Class B cruised through the regional round of the playoffs to punch state tickets.

Calumet, ranked second in the state, won the Region 1 Championship by outscoring its three regional opponents by a 50-3 margin to improve to 21-3 on the spring.

Fort Cobb-Broxton swept its regional games by a 35-1 margin to make state. The Mustangs were the fall state champs after defeating Calumet in the title game.

Redlands Community College will begin the search for a new baseball coach after parting ways with Kyle Koehler last week with less than 10 games left in the regular season.

Redlands made the announcement in a prepared statement which read, “Kyle Koehler is no longer the head coach of the Redlands baseball team. Assistant coach Trent Troxell has been named interim head coach for the remainder of the season. The head coaching position will be posted and advertised soon.”

Kindergartners from Hillcrest Learning Center sang the national anthem ahead of El Reno High School’s baseball game with Capitol Hill last week at the Hub Reed Complex.
 

El Reno High School’s track teams posted several high finishes in the 2024 Suburban Conference Track and Field Championships despite the boys team missing several key runners.

The missing pieces forced the boys to run only freshmen in the relay events. The championships feature both freshman and varsity divisions.

The girls varsity had 10 finishes place 10th or higher, led by Madeline Taylor’s fifth-place effort in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.36 seconds.

The El Reno Tribune’s Burger Day Preview section for 2024 contains the following:

Follow the smell

2024 Fried Onion Burger Day map and schedule

The burger that brings them back

How the fried onion burger changed a town

When you walk or jog in the May 4 Wesley UMC Bun Run, not only will you be getting a bit of exercise, you’ll also be helping people who might be struggling in El Reno as well as in other parts of the world.

El Reno’s Wesley United Methodist Church has been coordinating the Burger Day Bun Run for the past decade. This will mark the 11th annual event run by UMC.

El Reno High School held its annual prom last week with the theme “The Golden Gala.”

Students arrived to the downtown event and were greeted by cheering family members and a walk down the red carpet.

A walk through El Reno's history of public safety was presented at last week's El Reno Now gathering.

City Manager Matt Sandidge said it was appropriate that the focus on public safety be presented in the Public Safety Center on Faith Avenue, just off SW 27th Street.

Police Chief Ken Brown and Fire Chief Jason Duff used power point presentations to walk the audience through the history of both departments.

Brown, the city of El Reno’s longest tenured employee, having started with ERPD in 1980, has served as Chief of Police for 16 years.