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MIDWEST CITY – While El Reno High School’s track team was posting better times and measurements, it was Mother Nature that proved to be the fastest mover at the 2023 Suburban Conference Track and Field Championships.

Despite starting three hours early, a fast-moving rainstorm forced the meet to be called off with four events on the track and one field event left unsettled.

“With the regional meet so close, the coaches didn’t want the take the chance of someone getting hurt or pulling a muscle,” said El Reno head coach Graham Snelding.

CALUMET – In a game that was over for all practical purposes after the first inning, Calumet High School’s baseball team defeated 13th-ranked Mulhall-Orlando 14-0 Sunday to win the Class B, Region 4 Championship.

The win sends the Chieftains, ranked fourth in the state, to the 2023 Class B Oklahoma State High School Baseball Championships for the first time in spring ball.

Calumet, which improved to 19-7 on the season with its seventh straight win, will be making its third state appearance in the sport after fall trips in 1975 and 2022.

Cody Schmidt’s last tournament as Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball coach will be the biggest of his career as well as the school’s, after the Tigers defeated Frontier 12-7 to clinch the runner-up spot at the 2023 Class 2A, Region 1 Championships.

The top two teams from each of the four regionals make the Class 2A State High School Slow-Pitch Championships, which start Wednesday at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.

Union City, ranked sixth in the state, will play at 10 a.m. against fourth-ranked Cyril.

The El Reno Tribune’s 2023 Burger Day section contains the following content:

El Reno’s world-famous Big Burger on the move

Burger Day’s history piled high with onions that bring you back

Music, science, dance and exotic animals to fill Burger Day stages

El Reno police said information was received Thursday morning that a person was being held against their will in an apartment located at 303 N. Barker Ave. The call came in just after 4:30.

Police dispatchers believed the caller was trying to keep the call quiet.

“Due to the tone and context of the call, dispatch personnel believed the reporting party, later identified to be a 49-year-old female, had surreptitiously called 911 in an apparent attempt to keep the call secret,” said reports from police.

Canadian County Commissioners will consider signing a letter of support to help El Reno Public Schools gain more federal funding.

It’s an issue that all three elected commissioners, Dave Anderson, Tracey Rider and Tom Manske, have discussed recently with El Reno Public Schools leaders.

“We lose at least a quarter, and maybe a third, of our school district to federal land,” ERPS Superintendent Matt Goucher said. “And we get absolutely nothing (financially) for it because of a date.”

El Reno High School held its 2023 prom over the weekend in downtown El Reno.

Students arrived for the grand march in a variety of vehicles from golf carts, sports cars, pickups and even a semi-truck.

Colorful dresses and suits were top choice for this year’s prom.

Once students arrived, they walked down the red carpet to the cheers and camera shots from friends and family.

The theme for this year’s prom was “A Night in the Spotlight.”