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Members of Chapter AE of P.E.O. International gathered at a local coffee shop for their January meeting, with Christy Eichholz serving as hostess and Ann Zavy as co-hostess.

Other members attending were Margaret Price, Karen Pappas, Becky Reuter, Anna Rinehart, Lindsey Vise, Karen Rushing and Janan Fletcher.

After the social, Eichholz called the meeting to order. Pappas gave the treasurer’s report, while Vise read minutes from the December meeting.

Zavy read Mark 9:23 for the devotional. 

Lamplighters OHCE met recently at Mount Zion Global Methodist Church, with Carol Stine calling the meeting to order.

Donna Wehmuller read a devotional titled “Growing Pains.”

Reports from Maxine Little and Patricia Morrison were read and accepted.

Yearbooks were distributed and leader lessons were assigned.

Thank-you cards were read from Sheriff Chris West and Bethany Children’s Health Center for contributions made at Christmas.

Projects were discussed for this year with several under consideration.

El Reno High School’s boys wrestling team pushed two grapplers into the top five at the recent 60th Annual Malcolm Wade Titans Classic.

Junior Nick Mitchum (285) took third place, followed by a fourth-place effort from senior Diesel Baker (138). El Reno took 13 grapplers to the event, finishing with a collective 17-25 record.

Mitchum posted a 6-1 record with five falls.

His fastest was in 32 seconds over Ada’s Gage Van Horn, while two pins were against Carl Albert’s Korbin Pendley – the last in 3:42 for the bronze.

Fueled by one of its best shooting nights of the season, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team jumped back into the win column with a 64-30 decision over Lawton.

The 34-point victory moved El Reno to 8-7 on the season and gave the Indians the season sweep of the Wolverines.

More importantly, El Reno improved to 6-3 in the District 5A-2 standings and maintains the third seed at 6-3. The Indians trail Midwest City (8-0) by 2.5 games and Carl Albert (7-0) by two but stayed a game and a half ahead of Noble (4-4).

Hampered by 34 percent shooting and 19 turnovers over the final three periods, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team dropped a 71-47 home game to Lawton.

The 22-point victory gave the Wolverines the season sweep over El Reno as the Indians slipped to 5-10 on the year.

The league loss was the second in a row for EHS, which dropped to 3-6 in the District 5A-2 standings.

El Reno remains in fifth place in the league but now trails Lawton by 2.5 games and Noble by two. Midwest City and Carl Albert are the top two seeds.

Despite having two starters out due to sickness, Union City High School’s girls basketball team defeated Geary 62-14 to extend its current win streak to six games.

The Tigers improved to 13-6 on the year as the streak included a 51-7 romp over ASTEC Charter.

Despite having a better win total than nine teams in the top 20 of the latest Class B-1 poll, Union City slipped three spots in the rankings to No.26.

Keely Riley led all Union City scorers with 30 points for the two-game set, followed by Kamryn Cook with 22 and 17 from Mariah Alley.

Jett Mueggenborg uncorked what is believed to be a school-record 51-point performance as Okarche High School’s boys basketball team defeated Hennessey 99-41.

The Warriors, ranked No.1 in Class A, moved to 16-3 on the season with the 58-point blowout – its sixth straight win. It was Okarche’s 14th game this season scoring 90 or more points and followed an 88-48 victory over Thomas-Fay-Custer.

Mueggenborg scored his career-high mark off a 20-of-29 (69 percent) shooting effort.

Churning out a season-high block total and its third highest 3-point production, Redlands Community College men’s basketball team snapped a two-game losing streak with a 73-64 win over Western Oklahoma.

Redlands improved to 8-11 on the season and drew closer to the top of the NJCAA Region 2 standings. The Cougars are currently eighth at 2-3 but a half game out of third place.

From behind the arc the Cougars logged 27 points off 41 percent (9-of-22) shooting.