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Though the non-district portion of the 2025 season did not turn out as expected, El Reno High School’s football team exits bye week with key pre-season goals still obtainable.
Head coach Russell Cook said in the preseason that winning a district title and getting back into the Class 5A playoffs were the program’s two main goals.
El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team snapped a three-game losing streak by posting a 2-1 record in the Del City Festival.
The Indians, now 8-13 on the year, defeated the Oklahoma City Broncos (2-1) and Putnam City (7-0) but dropped a close contest to 20-game winner Newcastle (2-1).
El Reno entered the two-day festival after losing a 10-6 battle with Guthrie in District 5A-2 play. The Indians slipped to 2-5 in the league standings but remain in fourth place.
A two-match win streak keeps El Reno High School’s volleyball team tied for the lead in the Suburban Conference standings following a 3-1 victory over No.16 Noble.
The 25-18/25-19/23-25/25-21 win moved the 12th-ranked (5A) Indians to 15-10 on the season and 3-0 in the conference standings, avenging two earlier tournament losses to the Bears.
Both teams served at 89 percent or higher with a combined 25 aces. El Reno logged 12 aces off a 91 percent effort. Dailey Maples, Jaida Richardson and Brantlie Charmasson led the way with three aces each and Ava Felton with two.
El Reno High School Special Olympics took three of its athletes and some coaches and volunteers to watch Special Olympics North America Softball play at the Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.
The group saw Special Olympics teams from New York, Kansas, Georgia and Pennsylvania.
Landon Zane Lerch, age 30, of El Reno, OK, passed away unexpectedly on September 17, 2025.
Landon was born on October 10, 1994, to Lane Lerch and Ann Wiggins. From an early age, it was clear he had a kind heart, a bright spirit, and a deep love for family and friends.
In 2021, Landon met the love of his life, Kaitlyn Pierce, and together they built a beautiful life filled with love and laughter. Their greatest joy was becoming parents to their beloved son, Liam Lerch, who is the light of their lives.
What happens when you are a high school senior, play on the football team and your grandfather happens to be the general manager of the world famous Cattlemen’s Steakhouse in Oklahoma City?
You get a steak dinner served to the whole team!
El Reno Blessing Baskets broke ground this week on its new food pantry at 2725 Crossroads Blvd. in the Crossroads Pointe Development. The local nonprofit was awarded a $1.5 million Food Insecurity Grant from the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, funded through the American Rescue Plan Act.
The grant will be used to help build the new 6,500-square-foot building.
El Reno Public Schools will host a pair of question and answer sessions, open to the public, pertaining to the upcoming bond election vote.
Voters living within the district will go to the polls Oct. 14 to decide on the proposed $69.5 million request which is broken up into two proposals.
There are 8,287 registered voters in the district, information from the county election board shows.
State law requires 60 percent majority approval for passage of school bond issues.
A sentence in the story about Main Street's request for $50,000 from the City of El Reno should have read, council member Amy Neathery suggested the former Main Street executive committee may have known of the dire financial status of the organization, but that information may not have been shared with the entire Main Street board. The story said Main Street representatives Casey Trejo and Heather Brothers made the comment. That was not correct.
