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Jack Hornberger shows his Grand Champion Crossbreed Steer at last week’s Canadian County Junior Livestock Show.

EDMOND – For the second straight year, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team was bumped from the postseason with a loss to sixth-seeded Ardmore.

The Tigers outscored El Reno, the seventh seed, 12-3 in overtime en route to a 77-68 victory in the Class 5A West, Area 1 consolation semifinals.

The loss ended the Indians season with a 14-12 mark.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The showdown between the top two teams turned into a runaway for No.1 Hydro-Eakly as the Bobcats defeated Okarche 63-41 in the semifinals of the Class A Girls State Championships.

Okarche’s season ends with a 26-4 record after the Warriors were held to single-digit scoring over the first two periods and trailed 38-13 at the break.

In a repeat of its semifinal win, Okarche’s offense came alive in the second half to outscore the Bobcats 29-25 to close the game shooting 58 percent (10-of-17) from 2-point range.

Congressman Tom Cole has introduced the “Prohibition on Imports of Russian Oil Act,” which would immediately cease all imports of Russian oil and other petroleum products to the U.S.

Cole is a member of the House Energy Action Team and believes suspending oil imports from Russia is a key sanction against Russia that hasn’t been used yet. Many countries have leveled sanctions at Russia for its invasion and attack in Ukraine.

El Reno High Schoolvs baseball team kicked off its home schedule last week by sweeping Oklahoma Christian Academy to move to 3-0 on the spring season.

The Indians won the first game of the doubleheader 6-4 before taking the nightcap by a 10-9 margin, featuring three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning.

Trailing 9-7 going into the bottom of the eighth, Brayden Fulton doubled in Davin Shamblin (double) before scoring himself along with pinch runner Daylan Pruitt off a single by freshman Hernan Blanco.

Women of the 1960 El Reno High School graduating class are looking for ladies who graduated with them for a luncheon.

Due to COVID, the class was unable to have a 60th class reunion, and now turning 80 years old this year, the ladies want to celebrate surviving another year.

A gathering is planned April 6 at 11:30 a.m. at Johnnie’s Charcoal Broiler, 2652 W. Britton Road in Oklahoma City.

For more information, contact Phyllis DeLaughter Mosher at 405-301-2629. 

LAWSUITS

Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Michael Dunkle for $1,979.55 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Synchrony Bank vs. Jayce Johnson for $4,976.29 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Jeremiah Bryant and Angel Bryant vs. Cristobal M. Jimenez for $12,076 for damages alleged to have occurred during an automobile accident.

Towd Point Mortgage Trust vs. Judy Ferguson for $304,157.26 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage.

Tim Young is the new assistant city manager and finance director for the city of El Reno, while Bailey Kennemer has stepped into the role as manager of the El Reno Regional Airport.

The pair, City Manager Matt Sandidge said, bring a combination of experience, vision and vitality to the positions.