Graveside service for Ellowene “Rennie” (Bergstrom) Minnix of Corn was held Thursday, May 6, 2021, at Fort Cobb/Oak Grove Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Ray and Martha’s Funeral Home, Anadarko.

Ellowene passed away peacefully May 3, 2021, at the Corn Heritage Village. She was born Nov. 8, 1933, to Raymond and Ester Bergstrom in Mobridge, S.D. Ellowene grew up and attended school in Central City and Spearfish, S.D.

Three pitchers combined for a two-hitter as El Reno High School’s baseball team capped off the regular season with an 8-0 shutout of Santa Fe South.

El Reno, with its second win in the past 10 games, will now take a 14-18 season record into the postseason. It was the third win this season for EHS over Santa Fe South by a combined 16-3 margin.

The Indians were slated to start the Class 5A West Region 1 Championships on Thursday against Lawton Eisenhower in Noble. Southeast is the other team in the four-team bracket, with the winner advancing to state.

OKLAHOMA CITY – El Reno High School boys soccer team’s come-from- behind run to get into the postseason came to a halt last week as the Indians dropped a 4-0 match to Santa Fe South in the opening round of the Class 5A playoffs.

El Reno, which had won four of its last six matches to take the fourth seed from District 5A-1, ends its season with a 5-10 record.

PIEDMONT – El Reno High School’s track team split forces last week for the 2021 Suburban Conference Track and Field Championships, with several young thinclads competing in the freshman division.

Gracie Wieland was one of those ninth-graders who dropped down a division and went on to win the 400-meter dash with a time of one minute and 8.3 seconds. She also ran the 300-meter dash, placing fourth with a time of 30.41 seconds.

Ochien Gross joined her classmate with a silver-medal effort in the shot put with a throw of 28 feet.