El Reno High School’s boys basketball program held its annual youth skills camp recently.
Forty-two campers took part in the three-day event, spending two hours each day working fundamentals of ball handling, shooting and defense.
Contests were held in both individual and team events.
In a shocking turn of events, the No.2 seeded Oklahoma City University Stars dropped back-to-back games in the 2024 NAIA Softball World Series in Georgia and were eliminated.
“We didn’t get the outcome we wanted but it was a great season and a great experience. I enjoyed every minute of it,” said El Reno freshman Iliana Ashford
The Stars, winners of 34 of the final 35 games before the World Series, took a 54-3 overall record into their championship run.
Three intricate parts of Calumet High School’s run to back-to-back Class B state runner-up titles during the 2023-24 school year will have one more baseball game each before heading to college.
Hunter Arnold and Dalton Belcher, both Redlands Community College signees, will play Sunday in the Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association’s All-State Games.
The pair were picked for the West squad in the Small School Game, which will be contested at 6 p.m. inside David Allen Memorial Ballpark in Enid.
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Arcadia: May 27.
Elevation is 1 ft. above normal and stable, water temperature 72°F and stained.
Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits, flukes and spinnerbaits around coves, points and shorelines. Blue and channel catfish fair on cut bait and dough bait around coves and flats. Crappie fair on hair jigs, minnows and tube jigs around brush structure, docks and standing timber.
Hub died peacefully in his home on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at age 89. He was born in Maysville, Okla., to Edith and Floyd Reed. He also lived in Purcell before moving to Oklahoma City as a teen.
Hub attended Capitol Hill High School where he excelled in basketball. He played college basketball at OCU and played seven years for the National Basketball Association. Hub was inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in 2020.
Hub married Rosa Moore in 1960 and would have celebrated 64 years of marriage on July 1.
City leaders are looking to partner with the public to help spread the word about El Reno Fast Connect, the city-owned fiber internet system being developed.
At the May city council meeting, the elected leaders unanimously supported offering a $40 credit to anyone who is a current ER Fast Connect customer who refers someone who also chooses to tap into the El Reno system.
The new customer will also receive a $40 credit for sighing on to ER Fast Connect.
The El Reno Arts Council has curated a unique collection of burger-themed artworks, showcasing the creativity and talent of local residents and students.
The exhibit, which was initially displayed in downtown business windows, celebrates the spirit of Burger Day with an array of mediums—ranging from mixed media to watercolor, acrylic, paper mache, and even Legos.
El Reno opened its municipal swimming pool for the summer this week.
Mike Booher will again serve as pool manager. Last week he assembled his lifeguard crew for a last-minute walk-through and some final touch-ups before the pool in Legion Park opened for the summer.
Booher said pool hours will be from 1 to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Holiday hours are noon to 5 p.m.
Relationships more than 10 years in the making led to the Kansas City Chiefs giant drum ending up temporarily in the Canadian County living room of Cheyenne and Arapaho artist George Levi.
Now the converted stock tank is back at Arrowhead Stadium, its once-torn rawhide cover patched with a piece of bison leather from a bull raised on tribal land.
With a new power play -- now that he is in place again as Agriculture Committee Chairman -- Congressman Frank Lucas is putting flesh on his determination to deny locals in western Oklahoma -- leaders in El Reno and their neighbors who belong to the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma -- the opportunity to plan, embrace and build their own future.
