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El Reno High School’s softball team was competitive in each of its 14 league games during the 2022 season and it left a lasting impression on member coaches.

Nine El Reno players were named to the 2022 All-District 5A-2 team selected last week, one of those being elevated to a superlative award. Senior Kira Taber was named the Co-Defensive Player of the Year.

Taber was joined by first team selections Micah Woods (first base), Chenoa White (third base) and Iliana Ashford at shortstop.

MUSTANG – El Reno High School’s cross country season came to an end at the Class 5A West Regional recently as eight runners missed out on qualifying for passes to state.

Running at Wildhorse Park, El Reno had three entries in the girls 5-kilometer (3.1-mile) race, with Piedmont winning the team title after taking five of the top 10 individual finishes.

Cielo Caso Estrada was El Reno’s top finisher in 71st place after posting an average kilometer time of five minutes and 12.66 seconds. She completed the course with an overall time of 26:03.

El Reno High School has developed a run-first ground attack which has racked up over 1,600 yards on the ground through eight games.

Despite stronger play over the second half of the 2022 season, Redlands Community College’s soccer team fell one victory shy of making the field for the NJCAA Region 2 Championships.

Redlands dropped its final two matches of the regular season, traveling to Missouri for a 3-1 setback against Crowder College to split the season series with the Roughriders.

“We outshot them, just couldn’t find the back of the net,” said Redlands head coach Beau Richmond.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a four-part series looking at this year’s recipients of the El Reno High School Distinguished Alumni Award. Four EHS graduates are being honored for their education and life achievements.  

There may not be a trophy case large enough to hold the awards Mark Henricksen has been recognized with during his career as an attorney. He’s about to get one more.

October is Fire Safety Month and the El Reno Fire Department has been busy taking its traveling safety program to schools in El Reno and surrounding areas.

Last week students at Riverside School went through a two-stage hands-on demonstration. Older students toured the ERFD Fire Safety House, while younger students had an age-appropriate class.

Tracey Rider will get an early start – quite literally – as the newest Canadian County commissioner.

The lifelong county resident was elected this summer to succeed Jack Stewart as the District 3 commissioner.

The next four-year term doesn’t start until Jan. 1, 2023, but Rider will take office almost six weeks early. That’s because Stewart has been elected to the Oklahoma State Senate and will begin his official legislative duties Nov. 23 at the State Capitol.

Property adjacent to Canadian County’s juvenile center will be surveyed in preparation for a possible sale.

County commissioners have approved an agreement with Elevation Land Surveying to survey a parcel of land at the site of the Gary E. Miller Canadian County Children’s Justice Center, 7905 E. Highway 66.

The property is directly north of Youth & Family Services Donald W. Reynolds Caring Center.

“They have reached out to see if there would be any interest in us selling that property to them,” Commissioner David Anderson said.