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UNION CITY – Coming back off a 14-day break, Union City High School’s girls basketball team had the tall task of facing Class B’s third-ranked Lookeba-Sickles.

Union City added to that task by committing 17 second-half turnovers, 10 of which were steals by the Panthers, leading to a 76-32 loss.

The Tigers slipped to 2-3 on the season and 0-3 in the Washita Valley Conference standings.

Lookeba-Sickles used the turnovers to outscore the Tigers 39-18 over the final two periods after building a 37-14 halftime lead.

Redlands Community College women’s basketball team shot 46 percent from the field against Eastern Oklahoma State College, but the Cougars netted only two baskets from behind the 3-point arc in a 102-75 loss.

The setback to the Mountaineers dropped Redlands to 5-4 on the season and 1-2 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.

The Cougars made 28-of-60 shots including a 2-of-12 effort (17 percent) from long distance. Redlands was 17-of-25 from the free-throw line for 68 percent.

Despite shooting 60 percent from the free-throw line and squandering a double-digit lead in the first half, Redlands Community College men’s basketball team defeated Eastern Oklahoma 84-80.

The win snapped a two-game losing streak as the Cougars improved to 7-5 overall and 2-1 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.

Redlands built a double-digit lead in the first half before the Mountaineers pressure defense closed the gap to three points in the final five minutes.

However, the Cougars hit several late 3-pointers to push the advantage back to 45-33 at the break.

El Reno’s Christmas holiday season got under way over the weekend as the Lights in Legion Park were flipped on for a 12th straight year, while a large cross-section of the community took part in the two-hour festivities.

“We estimated the total number to be between 450 and 550 people. We had a lot of vehicles that drove through and others that stopped and came in. It was a great crowd and it was a beautiful night,” said El Reno Mayor Matt White.

It’s a Wonderful Life is coming back to El Reno.

For the second consecutive year, students in the El Reno High School drama and speech program will present the Christmas classic in a live radio play.

“We are so excited to present a radio play for the second year in a row,” said Stacy Haberland, drama teacher and speech coach at EHS.

EHS students in Haberland’s class presented the live radio broadcast a year ago to an audience that parked itself, literally, in the parking lot outside the EHS Media Arts building.

Last year’s October ice storm, coupled with the sub-arctic temperatures that arrived in February, proved too much for the tree in Petree Plaza that served for 30 years as El Reno’s Community Christmas Tree.

Assistant City Manager Kent Lagaly said a new 23-foot pre-lit artificial tree will now serve as the El Reno Christmas Tree.

The tree will be plugged in Saturday evening when the El Reno Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting event is held downtown.

The tree lighting is expected to take place after 5:30 p.m. The parade that day will begin at 11 a.m.

Health Career students from Canadian Valley Technology Center’s Cowan campus volunteered last week to prepare boxes of food for the Blessing Baskets Christmas distribution to families. 

Blessing Baskets is preparing to help more than 500 families, which includes approximately 1,000 children.

High school juniors and seniors can earn up to 27 credit hours tuition-free through Redlands Community College’s concurrent enrollment program. Both eight-week and 16-week courses are offered online or via Zoom, as well as on high school campuses or on the El Reno campus.