OKARCHE - Following in the footsteps of her legendary mom, Cherie Myers, Haley Mitchell has her Okarche High School girls basketball team one win away from a trip back to state.

Okarche, ranked eighth in Class A, defeated Woodland 45-34 to win the Area 1, Region C Championship. The win was the fifth in a row for the 15-5 Warriors, who now move to the area title game against third-ranked Seiling.

The area round will be played at the Stride Center in Enid.

Redlands Community College’s basketball teams have hit a few early snags in Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference play, dropping three out of four games.

Jay Niehues’ women's team posted the only win, defeating Northern Oklahoma College of Enid 66-61.

The victory came on the heels of a 75-65 loss to Seminole State College.

The split left the Cougars with a 5-1 overall record and a 2-1 mark in the OCAC standings.

Redlands is currently third in the women’s standings behind Eastern Oklahoma (3-0) and NOC Tonkawa (2-0).

In less than 24 months, El Reno has dealt with a killer tornado, torrential rains, a devastating ice storm and now a sub-zero arctic nightmare that left much of the city without water.

In his weekly El Reno Live program, Mayor Matt White called on residents to pray. He asked for patience and admonished those who he said were “water detectives” and spreading misinformation on social media.

Like the thousands of El Reno residents dealing with electrical and water outages during the recent winter storms, those in charge of overseeing prisoners on the county, state and federal level were also left out in the cold.

“We are in the same boat as other residents in El Reno. We have had to do the same things to get by, but we are making it work,” said Canadian County Sheriff Chris West.

The Canadian County Detention Center, which had 180 inmates during the storms, briefly lost power before on-site generators restored electricity.