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El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team snapped a three-game losing streak by winning a trio of games in the 2023 Shawnee Festival.

El Reno improved to 7-4 on the season by defeating Del City (12-1), Duncan (13-2) and McAlester (3-0). The win over the Eagles was the second of the season for EHS.

The Indians had the sticks working as the team went 26-of-73 (.356) from the plate with nine extra base hits. Jacy Little logged a double as did Maddie Moss, Micah Woods and Raley Hartley.

After winning the first game of the 2023 Suburban Conference opener at Carl Albert by a narrow 25-22 margin, El Reno High School’s volleyball team dropped three games to fall to the Titans, 3-1.

Carl Albert rallied behind scores of 25-11/27-25/25-12 to drop El Reno to 2-4 on the season.

The team logged 22 kills, led by Jewell Graham with five, followed by Qyra Jones and Trinity Black with four each. Kallie Maifield added three kills, while Emercyn Looper had two kills. Looper and Daily Maples led all setters with seven apiece, while Maifield had two.

The El Reno Tribune’s 2023 Football Preview section contains the following:

2023 El Reno Indians Varsity

The cat is out of the bag

EHS 2023 Schedule

Kicking up turf

The run stops here

Patrick Dougherty has had his eye on El Reno for quite some time.

The founder and CEO of Dougherty Forestry Manufacturing (DFM) knew the family-owned firm would need a larger pool of qualified workers if it were to continue growing.

DFM builds equipment used to harvest red cedar trees. The business was established in Hinton 20 years ago.

Flogistix President and Chief Executive Officer Mims Talton talks with Roblyer Learning Center students about the STEM lab which was opened inside the school for fifth- and sixth-grade students.

See next Saturday’s edition for a story on the three STEM labs opened in ERPS sites with the help of Flogistix, Devon Energy and the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation.

Note: This is the final article in an effort to look behind the scenes of how Canadian County law enforcement and other entities work to find and stop online predators of children.

For the better part of his 35-year career as an educator, Craig McVay thought he had a good grasp on how to keep students safe from the evils lurking in the shadows on the worldwide web.

“As a matter of fact, I thought I did. As a coach, teacher, principal and then superintendent, I had confidence that I could keep all the kids under my care safe.

I scream. You scream. We all scream for ice cream – at the first-ever Ice Cream Freeze-Off held in conjunction with the 69th Annual Canadian County Free Fair. An event for all ages, participants can milk their favorite homemade ice cream recipes for top bragging rights at 11:30 a.m. this Saturday, Aug. 26, by the Canadian County Expo Center Stage, 3001 Jensen Road East.

The sponsor for the event is Canadian County District 2 Fair Board member Ken Carpenter.