Girl Scouts Western Oklahoma has named its 2024 Gold Award recipients.
Emma Bannister of El Reno is one of 13 Girl Scouts recognized for her outstanding leadership and community impact achieved through a hands-on project.
Bannister’s project, Sensory Walk for Tots, provides children with opportunities to connect learning with nature.
Lamplighters OHCE of Canadian County met recently at Mount Zion Global Methodist Church, with Carol Stine calling the meeting to order. Patricia Morrison offered a devotional titled “In His Time.”
Maxine Little read minutes from the previous meeting, with Morrison giving the treasury report.
Donna Wehmuller was birthday honoree.
Janice Taylor gave the leader lesson on “Alpha-Gal Syndrome.”
Stine reported on the executive meeting she and Taylor attended.
OHCE Week will begin May 6, with Spring Fling set for May 7 in Mustang.
The El Reno Wranglers met recently for their April meeting at the 4-H building. Jimmy Johnston opened with leading of the Pledge of Allegiance, with Gary Sorrells offering prayer.
The club held an open playday March 23 that had a great turnout and another playday will be scheduled soon.
Members discussed riding in the Chickasha parade June 22. Planning is under way for the annual rodeo set for Aug. 2 and 3.
Next regular meeting will be held at 7 p.m. May 2 at the 4-H building.
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El Reno High School, the 2023 team champion, put its title on the line last week during the 2024 Oklahoma Scholastic Shooting Sports Program State Championship at the OTA Shooting Park on Jensen Road.
Early-round matches were shot under heavy fog that rolled into Canadian County just minutes before the start of the event.
El Reno was dethroned as the team champion.
Four errors led to five early Noble runs as El Reno High School’s baseball team fell 11-2 to the Bears at the Hub Reed Complex in a key District 5A-1 battle.
Noble, which took the series opener by an 8-0 score, moved to 11-1 in the league standings to maintain the second seed.
El Reno slipped to 14-12 on the year and 6-4 in 5A-1 for fourth place.
Davin Shamblin singled in the bottom of the first and moved to third on a Noble error off a pop fly by Mason Fulton. He scored on a groundout by Hernan Blanco to tie the score at 1-all.
El Reno High School’s track teams ran in the Elk City Track Classic, with the boys team earning 15 points from its sprinters and three relay squads.
The Indians 4x800-meter relay team of Caiden Hooyman, Shannon Russell, Antonio Baxajay and Brendon Evans earned four points with a fifth-place finish in a time of 10 minutes and 15.81 seconds.
The 4x200-meter squad of Nakos Plentybears, Antwon Grayson, Jacon Nichols and Kaleb Blackwolf added four points with a fifth-place showing in 1:38.67.
A six-year drought of home playoff matches came to an end last week as El Reno High School’s girls soccer team defeated Southeast 3-1 to secure no worse than the runner-up spot from District 5A-2.
The top two teams from each district are awarded hosting rights for the first round of the 16-team Class 5A playoffs.
El Reno has not hosted a playoff match since a 2-0 loss to Santa Fe South in 2018.
