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Though the end goal of reaching the Class 5A State Championships slipped his team’s grasp, El Reno High School fast-pitch softball coach Jason Little was proud of the way his players competed.

El Reno posted a 2-2 record in the Region 2 Championships, defeating Lawton MacArthur twice by scores of 24-1 and 17-0. The Indians were eliminated from state contention with losses to host and fourth-ranked Elgin by scores of 10-0 and 8-3.

“We played hard and never gave up and hopefully we learned a lot about how to get to that next level,” said Little.

These are students listed on Riverside Principal’s Honor Roll, front row from left, Kevin Beamer, Michael Queen, Aldo Saldana, Westley Wilkerson, Dawson Sneed and Zachary Queen; middle row, Jace Abshire, James Burke, Alexi Evans, Ava McCall, Natalie Ramos, Banx Ellison, Mersylla Brinker, Malachi Lockler, Korbyn Kraft, Abel Kerr and Calee Thompson; back row, Meghanne Burke, Eli Meeks, Zane Ledlow, James Hudson, Mason Martin, Jewel Hensley, Tristan Autrey, Haley Al-Mufleh and Jenna Manuele.

The El Reno Wranglers held their October meeting at the 4-H building. Annual election of officers was conducted, with Jimmy Johnston elected as president; Gary Sorrells, vice president; Betty Kappus, secretary-treasurer; Julie Huber, reporter; and Betty Johnston, historian.

Board members include Marie Hirst, Gordon Hirst, Delmar Barthelme, Dennis Duncan, Fred Kappus, Eric Kappus, Mickey O’Dell and Gary Bunn.

Club queen is Trisha Duncan.

MIDWEST CITY – With Piedmont jumping up to Class 6A, the door was left wide open for a new champion at the 2023 Suburban Conference Cross Country Championships – and Guthrie stepped through it.

The Bluejays won both the girls and the boys titles by a margin of 30 points or more. El Reno was fifth in the girls division with 120 points, 96 behind Guthrie, while the EHS boys were seventh with 181 points, 155 back of the champions.

The Oklahoma Home and Community Education Underwood Group met recently with Ann Ricketts serving as hostess. She led the flag salute and gave the devotional titled “Build Up One Another” based on I Thess 5:11.

Natalia Valenzuela called the roll with the question, “What do you do to keep a positive mindset?”

Bernita Davis read minutes from the September meeting, while Janan Fletcher gave the treasurer’s report.

Despite winning two of the final four matches to close the regular season, El Reno High School’s volleyball team had a short stay in the Class 5A playoffs.

Traveling east to eighth-ranked Sapulpa for the Region 8 Championships, El Reno dropped a 3-0 match to the host in the semifinals by scores of 25-14/25-6/25-20.

The loss left El Reno with a 5-16 overall record and extended the school’s longest hiatus away from the state tournament in any sport, having not qualified for the Elite Eight since its lone appearance in 1993.

El Reno football, now 3-3 on the year and 2-1 in the District 5A-1 standings, was slated to host Ardmore Friday night.

The team is close to passing 3,000 total yards after last week’s win over Midwest City.

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