April 2025

Body 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. 

Body 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. The Tigers dropped to 5-13 overall with their seventh loss in the past eight games, including four in a row.

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

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body William Michael (Mike) Thompson passed away at the age of 72 on March 28, 2025, at River Oaks in El Reno. He was born in Okarche on Oct. 1, 1952, to William Sidney Thompson Jr. and Florine (Hanks) Thompson.

Body Betty Mack Wolfe Smith, 98, passed away peacefully March 31, 2025, in Bethany. She was born in Corsicana, Texas, in 1926 to parents, WM. M. Wolfe and Georgia Bishop.Betty dedicated her life to caring for those around her, including time as a teacher.