December 2025

Weatherford’s Aiden Willard pinned El Reno High School wrestler Nicholas Mitchum with 57 seconds left in their heavyweight match as the Eagles rallied for a 39-38 victory.

The loss to Weatherford, ranked No.14 in Class 4A, dropped the unranked Indians to 1-1 on the dual season.

“We knew it was going to be close. I had it as a three-point dual and we gave up bonus points where I had us not giving up bonus and that came to bite us in the butt.

Juliana Thomas came up with a steal in the waning seconds to preserve a two-point victory as El Reno High School’s girls basketball team jumped back into the district win column.

El Reno moves to 2-1 on the season with a 43-41 road win over Noble. The Indians hold the same record in the District 5A-2 standings and move up to third behind Carl Albert and Midwest City – both at 2-0.

Thomasv steal came near mid-court and resulted in a jump ball whistle as time expired. El Reno led 43-39 and fought off four 3-point shots by Noble in the final two minutes.

A third straight double-digit loss has dropped El Reno High School’s boys basketball team to the cellar of the 5A-2 standings for the first time since large schools switched to district format.

El Reno suffered a 62-40 setback to Noble to slip to 0-3 on the year. It’s the first time in more than a decade for the Indians to start a season with three straight losses.

Rodney Haydon’s team is tied with Guthrie, Guymon and Southeast for fifth in the standings but slides to eighth on the tiebreaker points.

Kaiden William Hood-Statton was born March 24, 2005, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Kennith Wayne Statton and Hollye Annette Hood. He passed away Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, at his home in Geary, Oklahoma, at the age of 20.  

Kaiden attended Head Start and kindergarten in Geary and later attended Calumet Schools before moving to Houston, Texas. He graduated from Spring Woods Senior High School in Houston.

Haydon Mayfield put up team-high efforts in points, rebounds, assists and steals as Calumet High School’s girls basketball team won its third straight game with a 76-30 rout of Hinton.

Calumet, ranked No.7 in the latest Class B-I poll, moves to 5-1 on the season with the 46-point win.

Mayfield logged 36 points off 46 percent shooting including a trio of 3-point baskets off a 33-percent effort. She had a double-double with 13 rebounds, eight assists and eight steals.

Gavin Righter scored seven 2-point baskets en route to a team-high 14 points as Union City High School’s boys basketball team won its third game.

The Tigers 71-27 blowout of Cordell moves unranked Union City to 4-3 on the season.

Max Norton knocked down a pair of 3-pointers to highlight his nine points, while Kaden Stewart had a trey and nine points total. Braxton Sickler netted two treys and eight points.

The Tigers had 12 players score in the 54-point blowout.

Calumet 95, Hinton 49

Graveside services for Sarah Frances Hatcher, a former Minco resident, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13 at the Evergreen Cemetery in Minco, under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home.

Frances died Dec. 9, 2025, in Yukon. She was born April 26, 1923, in Lexington. She worked at the Minco Senior Citizens Center for many years and was a voluntary EMT for the Minco community. She was a member of the First Reformed Presbyterian Church in Minco. 

Mass of Christian Burial for Beverly Ann Reichert will be celebrated on Thursday, Dec. 11 at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church with Rev. Lance Warren officiating. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery in Minco under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Editor’s Note: This is the second of two parts of the story about 16 Cheyenne and Arapaho children whose remains were reclaimed from the cemetery at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania. The United States created the school in the late 1800s as a way to “assimilate” Indian children into the ways of the prevailing culture. The remains of the children were brought home to Concho and in an October ceremony were buried on their native land. 

The holiday season in El Reno officially arrived over the weekend with the annual Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting.