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The celebration of the El Reno High School Lady Indians basketball team continued last week as the city of El Reno honored the team for its perfect season en route to the school’s first state championship in girls basketball.

Mayor Steve Jensen read a proclamation celebrating the Lady Indians for their 28-0 season record and Class 5A state title.

The team recorded only the third perfect season for an EHS team, the proclamation read, the others coming in 1933 and 1949.

The city of El Reno honored the Redlands Community College Livestock Team for being named Team of the Year for the 2023-24 season.

The honor came after the RCC team’s showing at the Houston Livestock Showand Rodeo in Houston, Texas.

Mayor Steve Jensen read a proclamation listing the RCC team’s accomplishments that included wins in Kansas City, Louisville, Denver and Oklahoma City as well as RCC’s Spencer Scotten being named Coach of the Year. Four members of the RCC team were named to the Livestock Judging All American Team.

When school board elections were held April 2, the results continued a longstanding trend in Oklahoma: Few voters knew there were any elections under way and school leaders across the state were selected by a small sliver of voters who may not represent the broader community, including most parents.

A day later, parents from across Oklahoma rallied at the state Capitol to urge lawmakers to shift school board races to a November general election ballot that will produce far greater input from the public.

Following the Feb. 8 suicide of Dagny Benedict, a 16-year-old Owasso girl who recently identified as nonbinary and went by the name Nex Benedict, one prominent 2STGNC+ activist said state officials should no longer require teachers to notify parents of information related to their child’s mental health.

2STGNC+ is an acronym for “Two Spirit, transgender, gender nonconforming+.”

These are the Maple March Students of the Month, front row from left, Andrew Bass, kindergarten; Riley McKee, third grade; Kennedy Bonilla, first grade; and Olivia Tredway, pre-kindergarten; back row, Ryder Striegel, fourth grade; Jacob Bugaj, sixth grade; Landy Giesbrecht, eighth grade; Addison Brandley, fifth grade; and Wager Ferguson, second grade. Not pictured: Quinn Charmasson, seventh grade.

LAWSUITS

BMO Bank N.A. vs. Stephanie Brodersen for $14,079.64 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 9, Block 5, Plantation 2nd Addition, Mustang.

Cornerstone Home Lending vs. Brandon Verdoza for $249,632.72 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 2, Block 8, Westbrooke Estates Section 4, Oklahoma City.

Running into a pitching buzz saw by front-runner Carl Albert, El Reno High School’s baseball team suffered its first league losses of the season at the hands of the Titans.

El Reno was a no-hit in the 11-0 setback to Carl Albert at the Hub Reed Complex, then managed just two hits in a 10-1 loss in Midwest City a day later.

It was the first series sweep allowed by El Reno this season, which slipped to 13-8 overall after having its three-game win streak halted. The Indians dropped to 6-2 in the District 5A-1 standings and into fourth place.

Guthrie scored three unanswered goals in the second half to defeat El Reno High School’s boys soccer team 3-0 in a key District 5A-2 match at Memorial Stadium.

The win kept Guthrie in the fourth spot in the league standings at 2-2, while El Reno slipped into a fifth-place tie with Western Heights and Del City at 1-3.

The Indians emerged from the district cellar with a 5-3 overtime win over Midwest City ahead of the loss to the Bluejays. El Reno is 3-6 on the season with the two-match split.