February 2025

TULSA – Logging only three wins, El Reno High School’s first trip to the Class 5A Dual State Championship since 2021 ended with a 58-14 quarterfinals loss to second-ranked Claremore.With the setback to the Zebras, El Reno, ranked 12th in the state, closes its dual season with a 6-4 overall...

For a third straight season, El Reno High School will have multiple entries at the 2025 Oklahoma Girls State High School Wrestling Championships.Competing in the Class 6A West Regional Championships in Shawnee, freshman Remy Whitney and senior Brooklynn Huggins punched state tickets while helping...

Logan White scored a season-high 21 points to lead Okarche High School’s girls basketball team to the Class A, Area I, District 4 Championship with a 50-38 decision over Cherokee.The Warriors, ranked 20th in the state, improved to 18-8 on the season.Okarche moves into the double-elimination Region...

Scoring 20 or more points in all four periods, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team took the first step toward its third straight trip to the Class B state tourney with a 97-55 win over Covington-Douglas.The Chieftains third straight win came in the Area I, District 1 Championships, which...

Winning four of its last five outings, including two in a row, has vaulted the Redlands Community College women’s basketball team up two spots in the conference standings.The Cougars defeated Eastern Oklahoma State College (58-38) and Western Oklahoma State College (64-58) to improve to 13-9 on the...

Splitting a pair of conference games has left the Redlands Community College men’s basketball team alone in fifth place in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.The Cougars defeated Eastern Oklahoma State College (67-61) at home before losing a road game at Western Oklahoma State College (76-72).

Fred Slaughter has spent hundreds if not thousands of hours walking the basketball court inside Jenks Simmons Field House as either an assistant coach or fulfilling his duties as assistant athletic director.

Redlands Community College’s College and Career Fair has been moved to Feb. 26 after the original date collided with below freezing temperatures.

OKLAHOMA CITY - Pro Tem Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle, advanced legislation that would add discharging a firearm at or into a dwelling or building used for public or business purposes to the state’s list of 85 percent crimes.

A cardinal and a blue jay had a chilly morning last week when temperatures plunged and winter precipitation moved into the area.More winter weather is forecast this week.