October 2025

The Canadian County 4-H Volunteer Leaders Council’s annual fundraising gala, Soupapalooza, is set for Tuesday, Oct. 14 beginning at 6 p.m. at the Canadian County Expo. 

Each year, Canadian County 4-H Clubs, sponsors and local businesses donate live and silent auction items to raise nearly $10,000 to support Canadian County 4-H’ers.

These funds provide Canadian County 4-H the opportunity to send 4-H’ers to district and state competitions, assist with leadership trip costs and expand countywide leadership and citizenship programs.

The Pride of El Reno recently participated in the Elgin Southwest Showdown, placing fourth in 5A Red and Top 12 in Prelims to advance to the final round.

In the final round the band placed 10th out of 26 bands.

El Reno High School September Students of the Month are McKenzie Smith, Aaron Seewald, Serenity Billings, Iris Morand de Jouvencel, Jacob Oakes, Olive French, Kristian Brock and Case Wilkowske.

Riverside August Citizens of the Month are Rosario Ramos, Nahla Cabrera, Natalie Woolley, John Hicks, Macen Moore, Aspyn Moore, Leyla Johnson, Evie Alexander, Rafe Rowland and Kyler Ford.

Also, Syrus Jackson, Leta Dunford, Rilynn Richmond, Robert Woods, Sophia Lemus, Legend Hatton, Hazel Blakely, Ezekiel Benson and Huxley Macias.

Anna Rinehart recently hosted the October meeting of Chapter AE of P.E.O., with Karen Pappas as co-hostess.

Special guest was Lyndsay Bayne, public information and marketing manager for the City of El Reno. She is also in charge of The Filling Station Visitors Center.

EDMOND – Seven defensive errors allowed Edmond Santa Fe to rally twice to defeat El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team 4-3 in the regular season finale for both schools.

El Reno slipped to 13-16 on the season with the one-run loss, its third of the year, and drops Bri Michalicka’s team to 3-7 against Class 6A programs.

The Indians were slated to join Lawton MacArthur (9-20) and host Duncan (25-9) for the Class 5A Region 1 Championship.

A strong serving effort by Carl Albert led the Titans to a 3-0 win over El Reno High School’s volleyball team and ended the Indians hopes of a tie for the 2025 Suburban Conference Championship.

The Titans, ranked No.7 in Class 5A, won the league title with a 6-0 record following the 25-21/25-16/26-24 decision. El Reno, ranked No.14 in the same poll, slipped to 18-12 on the year and into third in the conference standings at 4-2.

While drawing a small field, the inaugural El Reno High School cross-country meet brought about two team titles and three personal best marks for EHS runners.

The El Reno girls won gold with 24 points, while Chickasha (36) was second and Midwest City (69) third. There were four teams represented in the field.

El Reno’s Lily Owen set the course and meet record by running the 5,000-meter (3.1-mile) course through Adams Park in 22 minutes and 23 seconds – her personal record.

Freshman Raquel Seymour set her new personal best with a time of 23:21 to take second. 

The last four Class B state championships, between fall and spring seasons, have been decided between Calumet High School’s baseball team and archrival Fort Cobb-Broxton.

The fifth could be on the horizon.

Calumet, ranked second in the state, drew the No.2 seed for the 2025 Class B Fall State Baseball Championships after winning the Region 2 title with a sweep of No.16 Kiowa (12-0) and No.10 Tupelo (15-8).

Both Union City and Okarche High School’s fast-pitch softball teams reached the championship round of their respective Class A regional playoffs before seeing their seasons come to an end.

Union City, playing in the Region 3 Championships, defeated No.19 Pioneer-Pleasant Vale twice by scores of 7-2 and 13-12 but fell twice to third-ranked Canute (16-1/17-1).

The 2-2 split left the Tigers with a 25-11 overall record.