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El Reno High School’s boys basketball team, ranked ninth in the state, came up on the short end of a 91-72 contest against Lawton MacArthur in the first of two meetings between the top 10 Class 5A powerhouses.

The Highlanders, ranked second in the latest poll, handed El Reno the 19-point loss in the finals of the 2021 Anadarko Warriors Classic. The Indians went 2-1 for the tournament to lift their season record to 4-2.

The two teams are set to play again Thursday night in Lawton for a non-conference game.

Pushing four players into double-digit scoring, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team rebounded from a semifinal loss to defeat Millwood 74-54 in the third-place game of the 2021 Anadarko Warriors Classic.

The win over the Falcons, ranked fifth in Class 3A, lifted El Reno to 2-1 for its first tournament outing of the season. The Indians, ranked ninth in Class 5A, improved to 4-2 on the season.

El Reno’s 74 points in the third-place game was a season high and was spearheaded by a 16-point effort from freshman Pauline Black-Harmon.

Despite giving up three of the final four weights, El Reno High School’s wrestling team posted a wire-to-wire road win over Guthrie to remain undefeated on the season.

El Reno’s 42-39 win over the Bluejays lifted the Indians, ranked sixth in Class 5A’s dual team rankings, to 2-0 on the season.

Tyrone Lewis’ team is ranked fourth in the state in the tournament team rankings.

The Indians got off to a fast start as Hunter Yeakey pinned Klaribel Kirk (2:42) at 106 pounds.

Winter temperatures can lead to frozen pipes in the home and even bigger problems if the pipes burst, said Gina Peek, interim associate dean and Oklahoma State University Extension housing and consumer specialist.

“Freezing water creates a lot of pressure inside the pipe, which in turn can cause the pipe to burst. This can lead to serious flooding, especially if it happens when no one is home or at night when everyone is asleep,” Peek said.

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Canadian County Sheriff Chris West said he traveled to the nation’s capitol last week to attend the Save America Rally, because President Donald Trump “has done so much in support of law enforcement during a very difficult time.”

West has been criticized on social media for attending the rally that turned violent and left four people dead, including a police officer, but he said the attacks are out of place.

Canadian County has entered Phase 2 of the state's COVID-19 vaccination plan, even though the overall number of doses administered to qualifying adults remains low.

“It is a large volume of vaccines and we are trying to get them out as quickly as we can,” said District 2 Public Information Officer Maggie Jackson.

Canadian County is part of District 2 along with Alfalfa, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major, Grant, Blaine and Logan counties.

Even with the collapse of the oil and gas industry and the debilitating haymaker delivered to the economy by COVID-19, El Reno still managed to issue close to 100 permits for new housing in 2020.

Records provided by the city’s Community Development Department show permits were issued for 90 new residences during 2020. That was a dip from the 125 permits issued for new homes during 2019 and the 132 permits in 2018. But it still shows growth, especially as the area suffered from the pandemic and the decline of the oil patch.