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Dominating the overall shot total by 28 attempts, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team climbed into sole possession of third place in the District 5A-2 standings with an 8-0 shutout of Guthrie.

The win was the fourth in a row for the Indians, who improved to 9-2 overall. El Reno moved to 4-3 in the district standings, one game back of Piedmont for second with a match left to play at Guymon.

El Reno logged 33 shots in the win over Guthrie, 17 of those on goal, while the defense allowed five attempts.

None of the Bluejays shots got past EHS goalie Kinley Golden.

Shutting out Guthrie over the final 30 minutes of the second half, El Reno High School’s boys soccer team remains in the hunt for a playoff spot with a 2-1 win over the Bluejays.

With its third win in a row, El Reno jumped up to sole possession of fourth in the District 5A-1 standings at 3-3. The Indians, now 4-7 on the season, hold a half game lead in the league win column over Bishop McGuinness.

After tagging Kingfisher for a double-digit hit total in the opening game of the 2022 Guthrie 89’er Invitational, the wins and the base knocks seemed to dry up for El Reno High School’s baseball team.

El Reno slipped to 13-15 on the season with a 1-3 showing in the event.

Playing out of the Kingfisher bracket, the Indians defeated the Yellowjackets 7-1 but would follow it up with losses to the Oklahoma City Broncos (6-3), Midwest City (8-0) and Class 2A’s eighth-ranked Morrison (11-2).

DIVORCES GRANTED

Tiffanie Nicole Murray vs. Jerrod Scott Murray.

Charles Scott Nakvinda vs. Laurel Lee Nakvinda.

Nicholas Cupp vs. Tara Cupp.

Mark Stiles vs. Latoya Stiles.

Lara C. Baker vs. Adam C. Baker.

Cody Carnes vs. Katherine Carnes.

Joe Kyle Foster vs. Katelyn Makenzy Foster.

Cyrena D. Albert vs. Brandon L. Albert.

Scott Harris vs. Jennie Harris.

Jacklynn Patricia Elder vs. Brad A. Elder.

Michael Alan Minnick vs. Candace Danielle Minnick.

While three of its four entries in the 2022 Guthrie Invitational found match success, El Reno High School’s girls tennis team missed out on placing any of those players in the top 10.

El Reno’s No.2 doubles team of Bri Barksdale and Mary Almanza were the highest placers at 13th with a 2-2 record.

The Indians No.1 doubles team of sisters Melanna and Allynda Idell were 15th with a 1-3 record, defeating a second entry from Christian Heritage Academy 6-2/6-0. The pair lost to Ardmore (0-6/0-6), CHA’s top squad (3-6/3-6) and Oklahoma Bible Academy (3-6/1-6).

Fueled by senior Shayne Castrop’s second straight sub-100 round, El Reno High School’s girls golf team placed in the top 10 at the 2022 Del City Invitational.

Castrop shot a round of 96 to lead El Reno’s 425 team total. Emma Patswald carded a 105, followed by a pair of 107s from Madison Patswald and Kallie Maifield.

Berkley Kidd-Smith rounded out the team scoring with a 109. Skylar Ayers, playing as an individual medalist, shot a 102.

So you want to be a millionaire?

Chris Hicks has a little secret he’s willing to share to help you reach that goal: Go to work for Gemini.

Founded in 1964, Gemini is a 100 percent employee-owned company. It’s headquartered in El Reno and that’s where it plans to stay.

Hicks, president and CEO of the company, is all smiles as he sits at his desk inside the building named for the man he succeeded, the late David Warren.

Two young boys were seriously injured when the 8-year-old driver of an ATV failed to stop at an intersection and their vehicle collided with another vehicle, El Reno police said.

Major Kirk Dickerson said police were called just after 6:30 p.m. April 8 to the area of East Watts and South Mitchell after callers reported the accident.

Officers reported the two juveniles, one 8 years old and the other 6 years old, were on the ATV going south on South Mitchell.