March 2026

El Reno High School’s boys soccer team is off to its best start in recent seasons after going 2-1 in the COPA El Reno tourney en route to a third-place finish.

Improving to 5-1 on the year, El Reno defeated Guymon (2-0) in the third-place match following a close loss to Yukon (2-1) in the semifinals, which stopped a four-game win streak.

The Indians opened the event with a win over Pathways (3-0). El Reno now has four shutout victories in six matches.

In the win over Pathways, Tristan Chandler scored a goal off one of his team-high five shots.

After having a four-game win streak snapped, El Reno High School’s baseball team rebounded to post one of its biggest victories of the season, closing the 2026 Bryson Cael Festival with a winning record.

El Reno defeated Class 2A-2’s seventh-ranked Oklahoma Christian Academy 12-0 to go 2-1 in the event. The Indians lost to Bethany (14-4) but bested host team Putnam City (5-4).

El Reno is now 6-6 on the season following an 0-4 start.

A gusting south wind played havoc with El Reno High School’s tennis team in its second and last home dual of the season, a shutout loss to Harding Charter Prep at the Legion Park courts.

El Reno slipped to 0-2 in duels with a 7-0 loss to the Eagles despite winning 47 of the 89 games played but winning just one set.

The girls lost 4-0 after falling on the short end of a 54-26 score in games won and lost. In No.1 singles play, Serenity Billings lost to Meera Assaiah (6-3/6-3), while No.2 singles player MaeKenna Wyrick fell in three sets to Regina Ramos (2-6/6-0/7-10).

Rain, gusting winds and cold temperatures greeted El Reno High School’s track team in its kickoff to the 2026 season at the Southmoore Sabercats Relays.

The El Reno girls took fifth place in the team standings with 18 points, highlighted by a gold-medal effort in the 300-meter hurdles by junior Khadija Ba in a time of 57.31 seconds.

She was 1.31 seconds faster than Newcastle’s Riley Ann Wilmouth and three seconds quicker than third place.

Dear El Reno Strong Community … Please Help Again! 

I’ve had the pleasure of witnessing the El Reno Strong community in action for many years to support families with various needs such as tornado victims, cancer patients and car wrecks.

Unfortunately, you are needed again. 

After years of serving as maintenance support for volunteers, the City of El Reno is hoping to hit a home run in its first swing at running a youth sports league.

El Reno Youth Baseball held its first league games last week with the city at the helm in every phase of the sport at the Ashbrook Complex.

“Obviously this is a new endeavor for us but what we hope to accomplish is that every family and every kid deserves an opportunity to play youth sports sports here in El Reno.

We just learned more than 9,000 people came to El Reno recently over a three-day period to watch teens lift weights. 

That should lift your spirits, especially if you operate a restaurant, run a motel or sell Bengay. 

Gemini Industries Inc., an employee-owned leading manufacturer of innovative wood coating solutions, celebrated the completion of its new 52,000-square-foot warehouse in El Reno with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Company officials said the $6.4 million investment expands the company’s distribution capacity and strengthens its ability to serve customers across North America while continuing its long-standing commitment to the El Reno community. 

The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Diabetes Wellness Program is planting seeds to promote healthy foods and healthy wallets.

With the cost of groceries continuing to rise and more information about the detrimental health factors of processed foods, a community-based volunteer garden is just what the doctor ordered.

Located on the lands of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes at the headquarters in Concho, the community garden will be located behind the historic building referred to as Building One.

In Oklahoma, you can catch catfish all year long.

In the winter months you can catch blue catfish like they are going out of style. Summer months, you can catch flathead catfish with live bait if you set up at the right spot.

But springtime is when the catfish are getting ready to spawn their new hatches and they must bulk up to prepare for sitting on eggs and not eating all that often.