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One second and two free throws kept Redlands Community College men’s basketball team out of the win column for a second straight outing.

Neosho County College, based out of Kansas, drew a foul with a second left on the clock and made both free throws to cap off a rally over the Cougars 80-78.

Redlands slipped to 2-3 on the season with the loss and 1-2 at home after squandering a 41-30 halftime lead. The Cougars trailed early but used a pair of 10-0 runs over the last 10 minutes of the first half to build that 11-point margin.

Redlands Community College women’s basketball team kicked off a tough four-game road swing with an 89-35 blowout of Southwestern Christian University’s junior varsity squad.

The Cougars have won three straight games to improve to 3-1 on the season.

Redlands made 33-of-74 shots for 45 percent including seven 3-pointers off 24 percent shooting. The Cougars were 16-of-22 from the free-throw line for 73 percent.

ATLANTA, Ga. —Global nonprofit Point 27, recently honored fallen El Reno Police Sgt. Thomas Duran, who died from injuries suffered on-duty in a hit-and-run incident Oct. 24.

Editor’s Note: Last week candidates for El Reno mayor and Ward 2 city council discussed the issues facing the community in a forum at Redlands Community College. This is the second look at the answers they gave to questions posed from the audience. Attending were Mayor Steve Jensen and challenger Phillip Church, as well as Ward 2 incumbent Pete Stapperfend and challengers Gary Baker and Heather Brothers. Hershel Gorham filed for the Ward 2 race, but did not attend the forum. The election is Nov. 18. 

The annual Distinguished Alumni Banquet will honor three EHS alums Nov. 18. The event will be at 6 p.m. at the Canadian Valley Career Tech. Tickets are $30 and are available at BancFirst, Great Plains Bank and at the door. 

The alumni to be honored are Marty Hall, Dr. Rhys Cole and the late David Eaton. 

Hall and Eaton started working early at El Reno fried onion burger establishments, while Cole was involved in agriculture at an early age.

The 14th Annual Canadian County Veterans Day Parade was held in El Reno Sunday.

The parade had floats, the El Reno High School Band and salutes to veterans.

See story in Saturday’s edition.

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It took only a few minutes for El Reno High School’s football team to dash any notions of a letdown after being eliminated from the playoffs a week earlier.

El Reno closed out its 2025 campaign with a 54-0 shutout of Western Heights to finish with a 4-6 overall record.

The shutout was the third in a row over the Jets and the seventh in the series dating back to 1972.

El Reno has now won seven straight games over Western Heights and closed the District 5A-2 race in fifth place with a 3-4 record.