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The El Reno Wranglers recently held their first meeting of 2023, with Jimmy Johnston opening the meeting, followed by the flag salute led by Trisha Duncan and Gary Sorrells offering prayer.

It was reported the Wranglers have donated $500 to the following charities: House of Healing, The Lord’s Harvest, Mobile Meals, Savannah Station and Blessings Baskets.

The El Reno Wranglers Annual Rodeo was rated one of the Top 5 Indoor IPRA Rodeos of the Year.

Members discussed upcoming playdays and parades.

Oklahoma Oil & Natural Gas is sponsoring an energy education workshop on Feb. 4 at Okarche High School.

All teachers are welcome to register to attend for free and leave with up to $1,100 in classroom supplies.

The free workshops coordinated by the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board (OERB) offer training in nine different energy curricula for K-12.

Each curriculum includes hands-on lessons aligned to Oklahoma academic standards and provide real-world applications to concepts that are already being taught in the classroom.

The Underwood Oklahoma Home and Community Education Association met recently at a local restaurant for their January meeting.

Members present were Delpha Miklautsch, Bernita Davis, Vicki Duncan, Natalia Valenzuela and Janan Fletcher.

Okarche High School seniors Kylie Bailey and Jacob Hendrickson were named as December Lioness and Lion honorees.

OHS December Students of the Month were Madi Vogt and Jalie Rother.

LAWSUITS

Discover Bank vs. Dustin M. Houston for $2,817.36 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Discover Bank vs. Shaun John for $6,776.41 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Tanya Glass for $3,979.90 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

U.S. Bank N.A. vs. Donna Clark for $6,662.61 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Bouncing back from a loss in its second tournament finale appearance of the season, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team went on the road to defeat Class 5A’s 17th-ranked Del City 51-39.

The win kept El Reno, ranked fourth in the same 5A poll, in the hunt for the Suburban Conference title at 2-1.

The Indians are second in the league standings behind Piedmont (1-0), while Shawnee and Del City are 0-1.

Noble, Carl Albert and Guthrie have yet to start league play.

Scoring in double digits for all four periods, Calumet High School’s girls basketball team uncorked its second highest point total of the season en route to a 65-18 home win over Gracemont.

The win snapped a two-game losing streak as the Chieftains improved to 10-6 on the season. Calumet remained in the thick of the Washita Valley Conference title chase with the 47-point win, which left CHS with a 5-1 record.

Calumet scored no fewer than 13 points in any quarter after opening with a 20-4 blitz over the first eight minutes.

Since joining the Suburban Conference four seasons ago the Del City Eagles have been the thorn in the side of El Reno High School’s boys basketball team, a trend which continued last week.

In a battle of top five teams in Class 5A, the third-ranked Eagles logged their seventh straight win over El Reno, 69-53, to kick start their league slate.

“They are good and that is all there is to it. They played and shot the ball about as good as you can and we didn’t.

“You cannot beat anyone if you don’t play up to your potential.