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El Reno Public Schools will bring back its mentoring program, Superintendent Matt Goucher said.

Goucher made the announcement at last week’s El Reno Now Breakfast.

Sponsored by the El Reno Public Schools Foundation, the mentoring program has earned recognition from the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence for its work with students.

The program pairs adult volunteers with students. The mentors help with reading and are essentially serving as role models for their student. COVID interrupted the program for about three years.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Logan Phillips, R-Mounds, on Thursday praised the Oklahoma House and Senate Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding for their focus on addressing broadband issues through projects they advanced.

The projects advanced during the joint committee’s meeting will now be considered when the Legislature reconvenes its special session to appropriate American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars.

“We have not seen this type of investment in Oklahoma since the 1920s when we initially built out electricity to rural areas,” Phillips said.

Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) in Weatherford will host a free “Oklahoma and The Cuban Missile Crisis” symposium on Thursday, Oct. 27, featuring SWOSU history professors Dr. Becky Bruce and Landry Brewer.

The event coincides with the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Bruce and Brewer will speak in the Stafford Center, Room 104, at 7 p.m.

Bruce is a diplomatic historian who will discuss the Cold War in general and the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis in particular.

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After three straight road games and an open week, El Reno High School’s football team will be back inside Memorial Stadium Friday night for a homecoming district battle with Noble. And that’s just what head coach Russell Cook is expecting from Noble, a battle.

“I know they have a good quarterback and they beat Piedmont, so it’s going to be a battle,” said Cook.

ELGIN – Two special teams errors and a sluggish start on offense coming out of bye week proved costly for El Reno High School’s football team in its District 5A-1 opener.

Elgin turned both first-period miscues into scoring drives and added a third touchdown in the opening stanza as all three possessions started at midfield or inside El Reno territory.

The Owls rode the 21-point first period to a 47-8 win over El Reno, which slipped to 0-4 on the season.

Sophomore pitcher Kaydence Pawnee struck out the final batter with the tying run on base as El Reno High School’s softball team stunned Noble 8-7 to garner a split with the Bears in District 5A-2 play.

El Reno improved to 11-15 on the season and 7-6 in district play, leap-frogging Guymon into fourth place. Noble remains in third but only a half game ahead of the Indians.

After a straight games loss to No.16 Santa Fe South, El Reno High School’s volleyball team jumped back into the win column with a 3-0 victory of Noble.

The 25-20/25-23/25-1 win over the Bears left El Reno with a 10-13 overall record, coming two days after a 25-23/25-23/25-19 loss to the St. Bernards.

Trinity Black led El Reno with 22 kills for the two matches, followed by Jewell Graham with seven kills and four each from Qyra Jones and Emma Patswald.

Pauline Black-Harmon and Madison Patswald had three kills each, while Savannah Robinson had two kills.