OKLAHOMA CITY – With its offense hitting on all cylinders, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team snapped its two-game losing streak here last week with an 84-56 win over Western Heights.

The game was not as close as the final 28-point margin might indicate as El Reno went deep into its bench for the final eight minutes against the Jets starters.

“We’ve still got to work on our defense, it seemed like we stooped down to their level and we need to get back to working harder because in the beginning of the game we were dogging them.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Turning eight third-period steals into an 18-3 run, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team pulled away from Western Heights to return to the win column with a 58-41 decision over the Jets.

The win moved the Class 5A’s 13th-ranked Indians back to even ground for the season at 10-10.

El Reno is now 3-6 in games against Suburban Conference teams and 2-3 in those games counting toward the league championship.

El Reno School Superintendent Craig McVay said he has received threats for allowing two high school students to continue wrestling after they reportedly accepted a plea deal following their involvement in the assault of a junior high student.

The incident that apparently sparked the threats took place May 10, 2019.

McVay said the threats were made by voice mail and by email.

“I’m not sure if it was a death threat, it was a voice mail on my office phone. When I answered it there was one voice that said, ‘Hey McVay, kick those rapists off the team now or else.’

Funeral services for Billy Gene Elliott were held Friday, Feb. 7 at Ingram, Smith & Turner Mortuary in Yukon.

Billy passed away Feb. 3, 2020, at the age of 37. Billy was born to parents, James Elliott and Delores “DeDe” Henderson on June 14, 1982, in Oklahoma City. He grew up in El Reno.

Billy had two sons, James and David Elliott and one stepdaughter, Renae Rankin, whom he loved very much.