El Reno High School’s boys soccer team remained locked in a three-way tie in the cellar of the District 5A-2 standings after last week’s 7-0 road loss to co-leader Southeast.
The setback extended El Reno’s losing streak to six matches as the Indians fell to 0-3 in the league standings and 1-7 overall.
Guthrie and Carl Albert are both winless in 5A-2 play and remain ahead of EHS on the schedule.
World War II veteran Gideon Tinsley was presented with a Quilt of Valor on his 95th birthday. Tinsley served as a Seaman Second Class in the U.S. Navy, serving on the USS Duleuth Battleship.
Piedmont Area Quilt of Valor Quilters made the quilt. The quilt was pieced and quilted by Carol Stine.
Making the presentation was Laura Sylvestor, Carol Stine, VFW Post 382 Auxiliary president Nancy Salsman and Auxiliary secretary/ treasurer Amy Stout.
El Reno High School’s tennis teams were back in action last week for the 2022 Suburban Conference Championships.
The boys fielded only singles players, earning seven points in the team standings to take seventh. Xiven Wallin, playing in the top bracket, lost in straight sets to Piedmont’s Bradley Carr, but rebounded with a 6-1/6-3 win over Del City’s Admir Deyu.
Wallin finished sixth after a 6-1/6-0 setback to Shawnee’s Hagen Wells.
CALUMET — Despite logging 12 base hits, Calumet High School’s slow-pitch softball team continues to look for its first win of the season after dropping a 17-4 game to Thomas/Fay-Custer.
Calumet trailed the Terriers 8-4 going into the fifth inning but allowed nine runs in the frame to slip to 0-12 on the season.
Jazmine Mayo went 2-for-3 from the plate with a run scored, while Paige Mayo and Kylee Smith logged two base hits each and combined for three runs scored. Tina Ortiz added a pair of base hits.
Two Okarche High School seniors are among this year’s recipients of the State Superintendent’s Award for Arts Excellence.
Given each year to high school juniors and seniors who have achieved artistic and academic excellence in the fields of music, drama, dance and visual media, students selected are chosen by a panel of university arts educators based on their applications and letters of recommendation.
Emily Neuenschwander and McKenzie Stewart are two of the 23 student-artists chosen in the field of theater.
Union City High School’s baseball team climbed over the .500 mark for the season after snapping a two-game losing streak with a trio of road wins.
The Tigers moved to 7-6 on the spring with victories over Lomega (15-7), Alex (8-0) and Cement (13-6).
Union City hit 20-of-60 (.333) for the three-game win streak with seven doubles and triples from Aiden Ellington and Dalton Stout. Ellington added a home run to lead all Tigers hitters with a 5-of-8 (.625) effort with six runs batted in and three more scored.
The Canadian County Association for Oklahoma Home and Community Education is awarding two $500 scholarships to students planning to attend a two- or four-year college or university.
Scholarships are available to any 2022 graduating senior or new G.E.D. certificate holder who resides in Canadian County, is registering for further education for the first time and will be attending an institution of higher education full-time. Recipients will be selected on the basis of financial need, academic record and character recommendations.
Redlands Community College’s golf team, ranked ninth in the latest NJCAA national poll, is the best junior college squad in Oklahoma and has the scores to prove it.
The Cougars won the Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship last week by 128 strokes and took the top four spots in the individual medalist field.
Playing at Firelake Golf Course in Shawnee, Redlands carded a 36-hole total of 642 (324/318) for the runaway win. Seminole State College was second with a 750 tally and Murray State College was third at 836.
