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Wind and tricky greens on the south course at Earlywine took its toll on El Reno High School’s boys golf team, which placed 10th at the 2025 Tuttle Tigers Invitational.

El Reno carded a 350 - the third best score among Class 5A teams entered - but left the Indians 54 strokes behind winner Crossings Christian (296) and 24 shots out of the top five.

Baylor Pearson led the team for a second straight tourney with an 82 to place the junior in a tie for 22nd in the individual medalist chase.

Jacen Bear shot an 83, which left him in a tie for 26th.

Editor’s note: Brian Rukes is an El Reno High School AP English teacher and serves as District Historian.

Several weeks ago he asked his students to reflect on what they have learned about the Oklahoma City bombing. None of the teens were alive when the terrorist attack took place April 19, 1995, killing 168 people and injuring many more. 

The El Reno Tribune’s 2025 State of the School section contains the following content:

Working toward the best of the class

Pride of El Reno marching band taking group, individual honors

The El Reno Fire Department was one of the responding emergency units to the Oklahoma City bombing shortly after the blast on April 19, 1995.

Ron Martin was El Reno Fire Chief at the time. Kent Lagaly, who followed Martin as chief, said the department had 18 members at the time.

Lagaly said the El Reno firefighters would leave for Oklahoma City around 10 in the morning and return home the next day around 8 a.m.

This went on for an extended period.

I remember this day like it was yesterday.

Today, Jack Stewart represents parts of eastern Canadian County as a member of the Oklahoma State Senate.

Thirty years ago, Stewart was an engineer at the Oklahoma Department of Transportation and had many occasions to be at the Murrah Federal Building – including early mornings.

The 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing is April 19.

“April 19, 1995, brings back vivid memories and tremendous sadness at the senseless loss of life of the 168 souls that perished in an instant that day,” Stewart said.

El Reno High School Class of 2023 graduate Hayden Hefner, who is currently attending Oklahoma State University College of Engineering in Stillwater, has been inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. 

Hefner is working on a double major in Mechanical and Petroleum Engineering. He has collectively completed 74 credit hours which classifies him as a junior, but he is currently in the second semester of his sophomore year at Oklahoma State University College of Engineering.

He has maintained a 4.0 grade point average in his studies. 

Lamplighters OHCE of Canadian County met recently at Mount Zion Global Methodist Church with Carol Stine calling the meeting to order.

Donna Wehmuller read a devotional titled “Prosperity.”

Wehmuller was birthday honoree.

Maxine Little read minutes from the last meeting, while Patricia Morrison gave the treasury report.

A thank-you card was read from the Canadian County Sheriff’s Department thanking the group for the cookies delivered to them. 

Stine gave a report on the executive meeting she attended.