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More than a dozen former grapplers were stunned last week as El Reno High School’s top-ranked wrestling team gave up 40 straight points to Class 3A’s sixth-ranked Comanche en route to a 43-34 loss on Alumni Night.

The setback snapped a four-match win streak and dropped El Reno, ranked No.1 in Class 5A, to 7-2 on the season and 6-2 inside Jenks Simmons Field House.

El Reno jumped out to a commanding 34-3 lead after Terry Guzman (106), Foxx Kurtz (113), Kylar Kurtz (126) and Will Heger (144) earned forfeit wins.

Calumet High School’s boys basketball team cranked up its offensive game plan last week as the Chieftains downed Gracemont 82-33 in a return to Washita Valley Conference action.

Jacob Mayfield’s team cracked the 70-point barrier for the 13th time this season in the 49-point blowout. It’s the 10th time for the Chieftains to score 75 or more points.

Calumet, ranked seventh in Class B, improved to 15-1 on the season with its 13th straight win. The Chieftains remain atop the WVC standings at 6-0.

“Cheyenne people and Arapaho people always find their way home, either in life or in death … they always come home.”

The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes held a burial remembrance ceremony to lay to rest the remains of two young females and one male repatriated under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) from the University of Denver.

The ceremony took place Dec. 20.

The El Reno Public Schools Foundation has another scholarship to award after the Matt and Elisha White Scholarship was created.

Dana Gibson, longtime board member of the ERPS Foundation, said the scholarship will be endowed at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation and will provide a minimum of $1,000 per year to the selected student.

White, the former mayor of El Reno and his wife created the scholarship as a way to “give back” to the community.

Several annual appointments were finalized as Canadian County commissioners conducted their first meeting of 2023.

Mustang’s David Anderson, the four-term District 2 commissioner, will continue as chairman of the three-member board for this calendar year. Commissioners typically rotate chairmanship, but Anderson agreed Jan. 3 to remain chair for another year since two-thirds of the board has changed since late November.

“The chairman conducts the meetings and does all of the official communication on behalf of the board to anyone who corresponds with us,” Anderson said.

TUSKAHOMA — A Texas developer canceled plans for a $1.5 billion hydroelectric storage project in this southeast Oklahoma river community last week, citing protests from 200 residents and opposition from the Choctaw Nation.

Tomlin Energy LLC proposed using Kiamichi River outflow to produce energy that would stabilize grids in Oklahoma and Texas during extreme weather.

MUNICIPAL COURT

Bradley Kyle Burke, San Antonio, speeding, $185.

James Logan Oliver, El Reno, failure to stop at stop sign, $165.

Seth Andrew Lambert, El Reno, expired tag, $130.

Iris Janell Gonzalez, El Reno, possession of marijuana, $550.

Marie Littleraven, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $245.

Tura Jean McLaughlin, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $245.

Tyler Minear, El Reno, failure to comply, $145.

Adriana Corrales, El Reno, expired tag, no insurance and driving under suspension, $855.

ANADARKO – Senior James Reveles, the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, was one of three players in double digits as El Reno High School’s boys basketball team defeated Class 5A’s 13th-ranked Lawton MacArthur 67-33 to win the 2023 Anadarko Warriors Classic.

El Reno, ranked fourth in Class 5A, was making its second straight tournament championship appearance but claimed its first trophy.

The Indians are winners of four in a row and are now 9-1 after beating Capitol Hill (92-35) and Cache (64-37).