Taking advantage of nearly 15 more minutes of possession time, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team dominated Western Heights en route to a 6-0 victory in its home opener.
The shutout win lifted El Reno to 2-0 on the season.
El Reno logged a total of 47:17 of possession time leading to 40 shots overall, with 23 of those being on frame.
Meanwhile, the Jets had only one shot on goal for the match.
Since opening the season with a home win, Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team has posted a 5-3 record over the eight games since shutting out Dover.
The Tigers are 6-3 for the spring.
During the eight-game stretch, Union City logged wins over Geary (12-0), Alex (18-5), Fletcher (12-4), Hinton (16-3) and Fort Cobb-Broxton (7-0).
The losses were to Wayne (12-1), Newcastle (11-1) and Binger-Oney (14-1).
Union City’s offense over the eight games has been led by MacKinzie DeLong with five doubles, a home run and 16 hits total.
Union City High School’s baseball team snapped a two-game losing streak to open the 2022 spring season by beating Lomega 10-4 behind a four-hit pitching effort.
Tigers pitchers Aden Ellington and Tyler Norton threw three innings each, combining for a line of 11 strikeouts, five walks, four runs and four hits allowed. The pair had a .477 strike percentage as 62 of their 130 pitches found the zone.
Union City’s offense recorded six hits as Dalton Stout and Laven Ziere had two hits each. Ellington and Blake Ross added a single each.
NORMAN – A third-period blitz on both ends of the floor propelled El Reno High School into the semifinals of the Class 5A Girls State Basketball Championships for just the third time in school history Thursday.
El Reno, one of two Suburban Conference Schools to make the Elite Eight, defeated Grove 50-26 in the quarterfinals at Norman North to improve to 23-4 on the season.
The Indians were slated to play Sapulpa in the semifinals and now are the lone league team remaining in the championship hunt after Carl Albert's 49-37 quarterfinals loss to Tulsa Will Rogers.
The Reno Cinema 8 Theatre will reopen for business on Friday, March 11.
The theatre closed March 20, 2020, as the COVID pandemic forced businesses not considered vital to shutter. The building south of I-40 on Country Club was put up for sale and attracted several offers, said co-owner Curtis Blanc.
But after receiving a grant from federal stimulus funds, Blanc said the theatre will have new life, at least for a year.
Yukon city leaders are mulling a proposal to expand mass transit to this rapidly growing part of the Oklahoma City metro.
The Regional Transportation Authority of Central Oklahoma (RTA) is seeking input from the city of Yukon on its public transit program. Transit modes are:
Teacher union employees could no longer exploit an alleged loophole in state law that allows them to accrue increased state retirement benefits even when they are actually working for a labor union and not a public school, under legislation that has received committee approval.
MOORE – Senior Ashlyn Evans-Thompson uncorked a career-high 41 points as El Reno High School’s girls basketball team punched its ticket to this week’s Class 5A State Championships with a 60-47 win over Midwest City.
The victory over the Bombers came in the 5A West Area 1 championship game and extended El Reno’s current win streak to six games. The Indians, now 22-4 on the year, play Thursday in the state quarterfinals at Norman North against Grove. Tipoff is set for 3:30 p.m.
