El Reno High School cheerleaders toss their pom-poms into the air at the end of their annual holiday dance routine during halftime of a recent basketball game at Jenks Simmons Field House.
El Reno’s basketball teams kick off the 2025 portion of their schedules Friday night at home against Elgin.
The Canadian County Sheriff’s Office has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office that will help fund a new armored tactical vehicle.
Canadian County is among 25 counties that each received $300,000 in grant monies. Grants of $250,000 were awarded to 26 counties and grants of $200,000 were awarded to 26 counties.
Becky Craig Cattle, El Reno, is a new member of the American Angus Association.
The American Angus Association, with more than 21,000 active adult and junior members, is the largest beef breed association in the world.
Its computerized records include detailed information on over 21 million registered Angus.
The association records ancestral information and keeps production records and genomic data on individual animals to develop industry-leading selection tools for its members.
El Reno High School held a duck toss fundraiser event at its recent basketball game with Noble.
LAWSUITS
Discover Bank vs. Richard Bibbs for $15,632.27 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Discover Bank vs. Stephen Winstead for $12,712.82 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Discover Bank vs. Kaylie Bucher for $16,988.70 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Bank of America N.A. vs. Randy Franklin for $13,871.72 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Bank of America N.A. vs. Edwin Goodloe for $10,709.78 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
El Reno High School’s boys basketball team has been dominating opponents in the paint over the first six games of the 2024-25 season.
The Indians have scored 114 baskets in the paint off 51 percent shooting.
Dunks have become an early calling card for El Reno, with at least two in each outing and 38 total.
Senior guard Carter Roman Nose has 11 dunks on the season.
Senior Tre Davis has two or more dunks in each game and 22 on the season.
Kason Haydon is third on the team in dunks with five.
Calumet High School senior Kyler Thiessen (seated center) took advantage of the early signing period to ink with Cowley County College based out of Arkansas City, Kan.
The Tigers are a NJCAA Division I program playing out of Region 6.
When the Redlands Community College women’s basketball team jumps into NJCAA Region 2 play next week, it’s going to be a shootout from the first game to capture a postseason tourney berth.
The Cougars are slated to open the 2025 portion of their schedule Tuesday at Oklahoma Wesleyan before kicking off the 16-game run through Region 2 games.
The first will be at home Thursday with Northeastern Oklahoma A&M.
Redlands closed out 2024 with a 91-60 win over Southwestern Christian University’s junior varsity to improve to 6-4 on the season.
