September 2024

Services for Joe Edward Wall, 84, of El Reno, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13 in the Wilson Funeral Home Chapel.

Joe passed away Aug. 26, 2024.

MARRIAGE LICENSES

Anthony David Hunter, 49; Belinda Kaye Smith, 46.

Larry Gene Treas, 66; Kim Renee Tidwell, 64.

Nicolas Tyler Wehba, 24; Karis Catherine Clark, 24.

Geremy Gregory Thomas, 25; Sydney Nicole Ellis, 26.

Timothy Cole Yoder, 62; Connie-Lynn Amy Waddell, 61.

William Christopher Whitney, 32; Sarah Elizabeth Blakely, 35.

Luke Thomas Edwards, 26; Emilia Lynn Sikorski, 26.

Chance Ares Brigner, 23; Mercedez Rhea Wagner, 24.

Ronald Earl Hatfield III, 32; Brittny Jordan Sena, 31.

El Reno hosts cross-county rival Piedmont Friday night at Memorial Stadium.
 

Runs were few and far between as El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team got into a pitching duel with Putnam City North last week in a non-district home game.

The loss to the Class 6A team dropped El Reno to 5-5 on the season, while the Panthers snapped a seven-game losing streak with the win over the Indians.

Kaydence Pawnee took the loss from the circle for El Reno, throwing seven innings with a line of three runs (two earned) off seven hits and three walks, while striking out two batters.

Building off the success he had in middle school, El Reno High School freshman Ethan Brooks took third place in the Elite Boys Division at the 2024 Carl Albert Titans Invitational.

Brooks ran the 3.1-mile course (5 kilometers) in 16 minutes, 28.30 seconds, finishing just under 12 seconds faster than Tulsa Regent Prep’s Clay McKinney. His time was the fastest among runners from schools not fielding a full team. 

Brooks was 40.28 seconds off the winning pace set by Stillwater’s Mez Barth (15:47) and 30.7 seconds behind Moore’s Dominic Mathias (15:57).

Pulling out a dramatic two-point victory in the fifth and deciding game, El Reno High School’s volleyball team avenged an earlier loss to Chickasha in the U.S. 81 rivalry series.

El Reno won 3-2 over the Chicks by scores of 20-25/25-22/25-20/21-25/18-16 to move to 9-9 on the season.

The win came on the heels of a 3-0 Suburban Conference loss to Carl Albert. That loss dropped EHS to 0-2 in the league standings.

El Reno High School’s freshman football team opened up the 2024 season with a 48-12 victory over Kingfisher.

Quarterback Donovan Mahsheet threw for one touchdown to Kobe Little. It was one of four scores for Little in the 36-point blowout, rushing for three other scores.

Grant First scored three times on the ground and carried in a pair of 2-point conversions.

Brent Parker had one conversion.

El Reno’s defense was led by Cooper Coble with 14 tackles.

Bragging rights in fast-pitch softball between Calumet and Union City high schools will stay with the Tigers for another season after UCHS defeated the Chieftains last week 10-2.

It was the only non-tournament meeting between the two Canadian County small schools.

The victory was part of a four-game win streak for Union City, which also defeated Anadarko 2-1 to sweep that series.

The win over the Warriors came in eight innings as Union City scored Morgan Brothers on the international tiebreaker following a fly out by Jaidyn Grandstaff.

Sweeping three ranked teams in Class 2A, Calumet High School’s baseball team earned its third tournament or festival title of the fall season amid an 11-game win streak.

The top-ranked team in Class B moved to 12-1 on the season after beating No.7 Latta (9-2), No.5 Byng (4-3) and No.6 Tushka (9-1) to win the Roff Invitational. 

Calumet then defeated Oktaha 7-4 on a neutral site at Seminole State College.

The Chieftains hold the No.1 spot in the polls for a second straight week and garnered 36 of the 43 first-place votes cast.

Redlands Community College women’s soccer team opened up the 2024 season on the road with a 13-2 loss to Kansas-based Garden City and a scoreless tie with Dallas College of North Lake.

The Cougars dropped a 3-2 decision closer to home against Mid-America University’s junior varsity squad.

In that loss, Ashinti Lewis scored both goals and has logged three on the season. Lewis leads the team in shots with eight and four on-goal attempts. Billie Orth had two shots and a goal against Garden City. Gaby Figueroa (2) and Payton Brickey (1) had scoring chances in the losses.