Ripping off 36 hits within a 24-hour period, Calumet High School’s softball team closed out the regular season last week with three straight wins to snap the Chieftains six-game losing streak.

Calumet improved to 13-11 on the season with a doubleheader sweep of Verden by scores of 12-11 and 10-3. A day later the Chieftains downed Okeene 10-2.

The barrage of hits was led by Abby Nitzel with two doubles and six hits total. Sisters McKinley and Presley Stilley had five hits each, with McKinley getting a double and Presley a triple.

Services for Pearline Anderson will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 26 in the Benson Memorial Chapel with Rev. Willie Brown officiating. Burial will be in the El Reno Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Pearline was born Oct. 1, 1938, in Mississippi and died Sept. 21, 2020, at her home in El Reno.

She was a chef working at the Park Suite Hotel and J & K Restaurant and was a member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church.

Rosary for Joe “Nick” Ramirez and his wife, Emily, was held Thursday, Sept. 24 in the Benson Memorial Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial was held Friday, Sept. 25 at Sacred Heart Church with Rev. Lance Warren and Deacon Lloyd Menz officiating.

Burial followed in the El Reno Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. 

Nick died Sept. 21, 2020, at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City. He was born Dec. 6, 1935, in El Reno, one of eight children of Jose Ramirez and Feliciana Ramirez.

Etta Dale Junior High has another case of COVID-19, this time after a coach reportedly tested positive, possibly impacting as many as 90 students and two staff members.

“It does seem like Etta Dale is the center but there is no reason for that. There is no evidence of a spread, it's just two cases that hit them hard and by the nature of what those two cases are," said Pat Liticker, who serves as El Reno Public Schools Director of Instructional Leadership.

“Just like the high school, there is no evidence of a spread, it's just hit and miss.”