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Elgin did not dominate El Reno High School’s football team like a 54-21 final score might indicate.

In fact, only 40 yards separated the two schools in total offensive output.

So what was the biggest factor in the Owls 33-point win over El Reno in the District 5A-1 opener for both schools?

Bad luck on the part of the Indians.

More specifically, bad luck on four separate instances which played a direct factor in points being put on the scoreboard for both teams.

El Reno High School’s football team will play back-to-back road games in District 5A-1 play beginning with a road trip to Noble Friday night.

The Bears (1-3) are fourth in the district following a 28-27 overtime win over Ardmore. El Reno is tied with the Tigers, Altus and Duncan for fifth, but by tiebreaker points, stands in sixth place.

El Reno leads Noble 16-7 in the all-time series as the teams have met yearly since 2018, with the Indians holding a 3-2 lead in those five games.

Senior Raley Hartley belted out three extra base hits as El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team closed out a 14-game road slate with an 8-5 win over Clinton.

El Reno went 6-8 over the road trip, which started Aug. 29, following a 10-3 loss to Carl Albert the day before to close out District 5A-2 action.

The Indians finished third in the standings with a 7-5 record behind the Titans and Piedmont.

The Indians won four of the final five games of the road slate, three of those wins coming in district play to make the jump from fifth to third.

Putting games and eventually matches into the win column continues to elude El Reno High School’s volleyball team after a close 3-1 loss to Noble last week.

The 23-25/19-25/25-16/22-25 setback dropped El Reno to 3-13 on the season. The Indians are now 1-2 in the Suburban Conference standings with their ninth straight loss.

El Reno had opportunities to win the first two games but blew a 9-2 lead in the opening game.

The Indians then held a 23-21 lead before allowing four straight points by the Bears, three of those on errors.

David Dunn and Melissa Stringer are familiar with El Reno.

The couple live in Yukon and will often drive over for an onion burger or to take in special events such as A Small Town Weekend and Smoke on the Water.

Dunn has friends in El Reno. He once bought a used bus from Midwest Bus Sales and his friend, David Tinsley. He painted it lime green and used it to advertise his Oklahoma City bar known as Margaritaville.

He also tried to get the late Mark Gilmore to come work for him when he was operating an establishment that featured steaks.

Gary Baumwart and others have been working for months to prepare for the arrival of the Vietnam Memorial Wall that will arrive in El Reno on Wednesday.

The Wall, a replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall that stands in Washington, D.C., will travel from the Canadian Valley Technology Center, starting at about 10 a.m., said Karen Nance, executive director of the El Reno Chamber of Commerce.

It’s scheduled to travel west on Route 66 before turning north onto Rock Island, headed to Heroes Plaza in downtown El Reno.

Two Canadian County departments are seeking grant funds to combat the harmful, addictive effects of opioid drugs. The Canadian County Children’s Justice Center and the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office would receive funding through the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office.

County commissioners last week approved letters of intent for both county government offices to submit opioid abatement grant award applications to the Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board.

OKARCHE - Voters in Okarche approved a proposal to add two new trustees to town government in the Sept. 12 special election.

Voters approved the proposal for two more trustees with 109 votes, 85.83 percent in favor, to 18 votes, 14.17 percent opposed.

Currently, there are three trustees. Two positions will be added, and the existing trustees, Mayor Jeff Sadler and trustees Jason Kroener and Jeff Brueggen will decide whether the additional trustees will represent wards or serve in at-large positions.