April 2025

Crimson Creek Golf Course hosted the 2025 El Reno High School Girls Invitational.The 15-team field included eight Class 5A schools including Carl Albert and EHS.See recap in Wednesday’s edition. 

A 10-8 loss to Minco in the River Series extended a multi-game losing streak for Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team.

El Reno High School senior Lathen Pruitt (seated center) signed to play college football last week with Kansas Wesleyan University.

Right-hander Aiden Williams completed the month of March with a 5-0 record after handcuffing Weatherford’s junior varsity to a pair of hits in an 8-3 win over the Eagles in the Union City Wood Bat Tournament.The junior posted a five-inning line of 12 strikeouts, four walks, three runs and two hits.

Struggling through a losing streak, Redlands Community College’s baseball team dropped a four-game set to Northern Oklahoma College of Tonkawa to fall into last place in the NJCAA Region 2, Division 2 standings.The Mavericks, ranked 20th in the nation, beat Redlands 13-9/6-3/16-3 and 14-4.

Nine strokes kept Redlands Community College women’s golf team out of the top 10 at the 2025 Hardscrabble Invitational held in Fort Smith, Ark.The Cougars posted a 54-hole total of 964 (320/319/325) to place 12th in the 17-team field.

El Reno High School’s tennis teams took part in the 2025 Suburban Conference Championships last week in Shawnee, with both teams finishing in the top five.The boys were third overall with 11 points, finishing behind Shawnee (22) and Guthrie (14).Jim Rinehart led the effort at No.1 singles, taking...

William Michael (Mike) Thompson passed away at the age of 72 on March 28, 2025, at River Oaks in El Reno.

Betty Mack Wolfe Smith, 98, passed away peacefully March 31, 2025, in Bethany. She was born in Corsicana, Texas, in 1926 to parents, WM.