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Okarche speech team talks its way to state

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Okarche Speech Team recently took part in Southwest Regional Competition in Weatherford. The team, coached by T.J. Harris, placed second in 3A sweepstakes and is headed to state April 12 at Tulsa University.

The Okarche team took 12 of its members to this competition and won many placements in individual events.

Senior Zoe Palmer placed first in Poetry and Dramatic Interpretation. Senior Jaylan Candy-Fire placed second in Original Oratory.

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Public Records - 4/12/25

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LAWSUITS

Crown Asset Management LLC vs. Kelin Penda for $29,459.92 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Freedom Mortgage Corporation vs. Kameron Phillips for $179,778.52 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lots 10 and 11, Block 3, Northwood Lake Estates Addition, Oklahoma City.

Tinker Federal Credit Union vs. Brandon Scarberry for $18,860.79 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

El Reno drops close calls against archrival Titans

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Both on the road and at the Hub Reed Complex, El Reno High School’s baseball team was one hit away from making some big noise in the District 5A-1 standings.

El Reno dropped a 2-1 road decision to league leader Carl Albert, leaving six base runners stranded, including the bases loaded in the sixth inning.

Five of the unaccounted runners were in scoring position.

In the home rematch with the Titans, El Reno left nine runners stranded in a 4-1 loss, including the bases jammed in the second inning. Five of those left were potential runs.

Hernan Blanco lays down a sacrifice bunt

Hayes, Rochdi hat tricks spark Indians

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Juniors Lily Hayes and Madison Rochdi each scored a hat trick to lead El Reno High School’s girls soccer team to a 7-0 shutout of Guthrie to remain tied with Carl Albert for the District 5A-2 lead.

El Reno improved to 4-4 on the season and 2-0 in the league standings with its second straight shutout and fourth on the season.

Hayes scored two of her three goals in the first half. Rochdi and Conley Knapp added one each as El Reno led 4-0 at the break.

Madison Rochdi collides with a Guthrie defender while battling for control of the ball

ER blanked by Guthrie in 5A-2 play

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Despite winning the shot count in the second half, El Reno High School’s boys soccer team struggled to find the net in a 2-0 loss to Guthrie in District 5A-2 play.

The loss dropped El Reno to 3-5 on the season and 0-2 in the district standings, tied with Western Heights for seventh.

El Reno trailed 1-0 at the half after Guthrie scored with 7:40 left after getting one of 14 shots past EHS keeper Aldo De La Torre, who had eight saves in the first half.

Vicente Saldana Barboza tries to free a wrist grab by a Bluejays player

ER golfers earn pair of runner-up bids

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Class 5A’s third-ranked El Reno High School’s girls golf team posted back-to-back runner-up finishes last week within a 24-hour period.

El Reno placed second at the 2025 Elk City Invitational with a season-low 343 tally, finishing 10 strokes back of Clinton, the top-ranked team in Class 4A.

Freshman Radley Miller led the way for El Reno with her season-low round of 77, placing third in the individual medalist race.

Lily Elliott carded an 82 to close in ninth place, followed by Skylar Ayers in 17th place with a round of 91.

Skylar Ayers putts the ball toward the hole

Calumet, Union City find mixed diamond results

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Carson Cooper logged Calumet High School’s lone base hits in a 4-0 loss to top-ranked Fort Cobb-Broxton as the Chieftains had a two-game win streak snapped in the shutout loss.

Calumet, ranked second in the same Class B poll, slipped to 6-4-1 with its second loss this spring to the Mustangs. The Chieftains were coming off wins over Class A-I’s eighth-ranked Okarche (5-1) and Blackwell (15-3).

The Chieftains went 20-of-66 (.303) from the plate for the three games with only two extra base hits on doubles by Kyler Thiessen and Kingston Arnold.

Slow-pitch softball teams break streaks

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All three Canadian County slow-pitch softball teams ended losing streaks last week as Okarche High School defeated Class A’s 10th-ranked Covington-Douglas 5-4.

Okarche moved to 8-5 on the season and snapped a four-game slide that included losses to Hinton (5-0), Shattuck (14-0) and Apache (16-0) in the Highway 152 Classic.

In that classic, the Warriors got two hits from Chesney Black and one each from Kayla Kremeier, Katie Parham, Callie Cramer, Belle Beam and Harper White.

Tigers win three