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At halftime of his 45th birthday, El Reno High School head football coach Russell Cook looked well on his way to opening up a gift in the form of a playoff berth.

Cook’s Indians had the momentum and a three-point lead after a late second-quarter field goal and would open the third period with the ball.

Unfortunately, that gift will have to stay on his wish list for another year.

For the second time in three weeks, El Reno squandered a halftime lead with no second-half points en route to a 20-10 loss to Noble. The setback dropped the Indians to 3-6 on the season.

See Saturday’s edition for a complete state wrapup.

Surviving five ties in the first half, Redlands Community College women’s basketball team outscored Lamar College 34-27 over the final two periods to polish off a 61-51 season-opening victory.

Redlands led 27-24 at the break, but outscored the Colorado visitors 25-12 in the third period to pull away.

The Cougars closed the game shooting 29 percent (19-of-65) from the field which included a 5-of-32 effort (16 percent) from the 3-point arc.

The Cougars were 18-of-23 (78 percent) from the free-throw line.

Henry Sanchez led a group of five double-digit scorers with 29 points as Redlands Community College men’s basketball team kicked off the 2024-25 season with a 98-73 win over Neosho County.

The win over the Kansas-based school came off 46 percent (35-of-77) shooting by the Cougars, who made 8-of-26 (31 percent) shots from the 3-point arc.

Sanchez’s 29 points came off 11-of-18 shooting with five 3-pointers and two made free throws. He added a double-double with 10 rebounds and four assists.

El Reno will help decide the next president of the United States and will choose the next Ward 1 City Council representative in Tuesday’s General Election.

Early voting started on Wednesday and ends Saturday afternoon. In El Reno, early voting is taking place at the Public Safety Center off SW 27th Street. The location is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Friday and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

Local voters will also decide whether to grant OG&E another 25-year franchise agreement to provide electricity for the community.

The El Reno Fire Department was expecting a Halloween-eve trick, weather-wise, but ended up with a much-needed treat in the form of overnight precipitation.

According to Oklahoma Mesonet, El Reno received 0.49 inches of rain, which was the first measurable precipitation for the month of October according to the state’s weather network.

The city’s annual average rainfall for the month is 3.07 inches.

“It was not enough (rain) and what we got will be dried out by afternoon. What really was the savior was the wind came down with the storms,” said Fire Chief Jason Duff.

Sacred Heart Catholic School will host a traveling relics exhibit Monday, Nov. 4 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The exhibit will be set up inside the church. It is open to the public.

This exhibit has more than 60 relics from some of the Catholic church’s most influential saints.

The exhibit is sponsored by the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, as a way to focus on youth ministry and the Embracing our Call to Holiness in our youth. 

Ferb the tortoise had been missing from its Piedmont home for nine weeks. Then amazingly, last week, Ed Zaidi saw something in the field behind his home near Piedmont High School that looked like a clump of dirt. Turns out, it was Ferb. Finally.

Ferb is owned by Ed’s wife, Cherrie Zaidi. 

“I was at work when my husband called and said, ‘Guess who just came home?’

“He saw Ferb in the field west of Windmill Park,” Cherrie said.

Ferb, an African tortoise, would not have been able to survive temperatures under 40 degrees.