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OKARCHE – Senior Jett Mueggenborg added his name to the school and state record books as Okarche High School’s boys basketball team cruised to a pair of lopsided home wins.

The Warriors moved to 3-0 on the season with victories over the Bison (92-33) and Burns Flat-Dill City (99-26).

Okarche has now won 44 straight games dating back to the end of the 2023-24 season.

Mueggenborg became the school’s newest player to eclipse the 2,000-point career scoring mark behind Barry Schwarz (2,674).

He’s now the 147th player in state history to reach the milestone.

El Reno High School senior Ariana Estrada (center) recently signed with Friends University to be a part of the Falcons dance team.

Calumet High School senior Kaleb Thiessen (seated center) recently signed a scholarship to play baseball for Big 12 Conference powerhouse Texas Tech.

OKARCHE – Putting on a clinic in both half- and full-court defense, Okarche High School’s girls basketball team forced 52 turnovers in a sweep of Geary and Burns Flat-Dill City in less than 24 hours.

Okarche defeated the Bison 64-19 and Burns Flat-Dill City 59-29 to move to 2-1 on the season.

The majority of those turnovers were steals, 49 between the two games, leading to 57 of the team’s 123 combined points. Katie Parham led Okarche in steals with 13, followed by Callie Cramer with six.

Kate Baustert added five steals and Logan White posted four steals.

LAWSUITS

American Express National Bank vs. Josh Haskins for $9,522.35 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Capital One N.A. vs. Deborah Burns for $4,328.68 to pay a debt plus interest and costs.

Capital One N.A. vs. Armando Ochoa for $8,497.92 to pay a debt plus interest and costs.

TD Bank USA N.A. vs. Alyssa Farris for $531.51 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

TD Bank USA N.A. vs. Lara Haney for $1,729.77 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

District Court Judge Paul Hesse has denied all but one parcel of El Reno’s plan to annex land. The ruling was issued Friday afternoon.

According to Canadian County Court documents, the ruling says El Reno has a valid plan to annex Part A of the annexation territory, but the city’s plan to annex the other areas “B thru F” was ruled invalid.

Part A is just south of I-40 and east of U.S. 81. Hesse said the Plaintiffs in the suit did not have standing in that particular area.

El Reno re-elected Steve Jensen as mayor Tuesday night, but sent a new face to serve on the city council as Heather Brothers captured the Ward 2 seat. Jensen will serve his second term as mayor.

A rancher and cattleman, Jensen gathered more than 59 percent of the vote, according to the Canadian County Election Board.

Phillip Church, an El Reno realtor and businessman, picked up a little more than 40 percent of the vote in challenging the incumbent.

The election board said the mayor's race saw Jensen garner 948 votes, compared to Church with 647 votes.

My editor/brother, Ray Dyer asked me to cover the El Reno Now meeting last week because he was headed out of town.

He went with Chaney Haynes, Dallas Curtis and Jay Mauldin to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to watch some football team play a game.