After a year without caramel popcorn thanks to COVID-19, Ross Seed has brought the Wednesday treat back.

Ross Seed has made a practice of giving away free popcorn to customers with Wednesday designated caramel corn day.

Junior guard Ashlyn Evans-Thompson logged a career milestone which helped El Reno High School punch its ticket back to this week’s Class 5A Girls State Basketball Championship.

Evans-Thompson netted 18 points to surpass the 1,000-point career scoring mark as the Indians defeated ninth-ranked Coweta 58-36 to win the East Area III Championship.

El Reno, ranked fifth in the state, improved to 14-5 on the season. The Indians will play in the state quarterfinals Thursday against No.7 Lawton MacArthur. Tipoff is 4 p.m. at Tulsa Memorial High School.

A questionable split-second call helped end the season for El Reno High School’s boys basketball team, as the Indians fell 63-61 to No.18 Ardmore in the Class 5A West Area 1 Consolation Championship.

El Reno, ranked 16th in the state, dropped to 10-11 on the season – while Ardmore advanced to this week’s state tourney.

The call came in the waning seconds as El Reno’s Ryan Island took a 3-point shot that hit off the front of the rim and then bounced off the backboard and dropped into a scrum of players under the goal.

A quarantine issue at Oklahoma Christian Academy forced El Reno High School’s baseball team to cancel last week’s doubleheader at the Hub Reed Complex.

Instead, the Indians picked up a last-minute road game at Community Christian School, allowing two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning en route to a 5-4 loss to the Royals.

The setback left El Reno with a 1-1 season record heading into the District 5A-2 opener with Santa Fe South.