Riverside January Citizens of the Month are Ivan Hernandez, Piper Sneed, Kyndall Thompson, James Hudson, Steele Wooten, Lexi Matias, Kathryn Trujillo, Elijah Crites, Lincoln Rinehart, Yitzel Casanova, Bridget Crites, Wyatt Buchanan, Slade Siler, Airamy Hernandez and Tristan Blakely. Not pictured: Ava McCall, Shane Funk and Lyric Lehman.
Union City High School rebounded from a loss to Class 2A’s fifth-ranked Oklahoma Bible Academy with back-to-back wins over Ninnekah and Cement.
The Tigers fell to OBA 59-27 before earning a forfeit win over the Owls 2-0, followed by a 33-point blowout of Cement (57-24).
Union City improved to 12-9 on the year.
Breanna Goad was the top scorer for Union City over the three games with 34 points, 25 of those in a game-high effort against Cement. Morgan Brothers added 14 in the win over the Bulldogs and 20 total.
Playing its third ranked opponent in seven days, Okarche High School earned bragging rights as the best small school in Canadian County following a 90-85 win over Class B’s top-ranked Calumet.
Okarche, the top-ranked team in Class A, moved to 23-0 on the season with the win over the Chieftains.
The seven-day stretch included a win over No.9 (A) Amber-Pocasset 99-68.
Jett Mueggenborg led the Warriors in scoring with 72 points including 44 against Ampo, while adding 17 rebounds and 12 steals. Easton Roby followed with a line of 35 points, 14 boards and five steals.
Outscoring Northern Oklahoma College of Enid 39-15 in the second half, Redlands Community College women’s basketball team completed a first-run sweep of the NOC teams with a 69-54 victory.
The 15-point win over the Jets, after trailing 39-31 at halftime, came on the heels of a 73-64 victory over NOC Tonkawa. That win snapped a four-game losing streak.
The Cougars, who will play both squads again to close out the regular season, moved to 11-8 on the season. Redlands improved to 4-4 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings for fifth place.
Redlands Community College men’s basketball team jumped into a three-way tie for third place in the NJCAA Region 2 standings with back-to-back wins over teams from Northern Oklahoma College.
The Cougars snapped a three-game slide with an 86-76 road win over NOC Tonkawa, before downing NOC Enid 79-62 at home. The wins moved Redlands to 17-5 on the season.
Improving to 5-3 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings, the Cougars are tied with Western Oklahoma State College and Northeastern Oklahoma A&M.
LAWSUITS
Capital One N.A. vs. Jerry Forson for $3,455.56 to pay a debt plus costs.
Capital One N.A. vs. Lamarr Bell for $2,592.85 to pay a debt plus costs.
Capital One N.A. vs. Toni Karnes for $2,791.75 to pay a debt plus costs.
Communication Federal Credit Union vs. Nathan Redinger for $5,175.27 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Bank of America N.A. vs. Cade Watson for $9,135.43 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
The audience at the El Reno Now quarterly breakfast got an update on what’s happening with the City of El Reno as well as El Reno Public Schools and also learned the population of Canadian County is expected to double over the next two decades.
Dr. Russell Evans, chief economist of the Thorberg Collectorate in Oklahoma City, told the audience El Reno, Canadian County and other areas in the Oklahoma City market should prepare for growth that outpaces the national level.
About two dozen Canadian County landowners are suing El Reno city officials over their recent decision to expand the city limits through annexation.
The lawsuit was filed Jan. 30 in Canadian County District Court against two defendants – the City of El Reno, a municipal corporation, and the El Reno City Council, a municipal governing body. The suit lists two causes of action, declaratory judgment and inverse condemnation.
Plaintiffs listed in the civil action are:
