After a rocky shooting effort in the opening round, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team rebounded with back-to-back wins to claim the consolation championship at the 2020 Shawnee Invitational.

It was the Indians second straight consolation title this month as El Reno, ranked No.8 in Class 5A, improved to 9-7 on the season.

Jennifer Douglas’ team caps the tournament portion of its schedule with a 5-4 record.

El Reno opened the Shawnee run with a 51-45 loss to Class 6A Stillwater after making just 15 baskets and shooting 33 percent.

El Reno is entering Phase 2 of some major drainage work.

A new Community Development Block Grant was accepted by the city recently which means $105,000 in federal money was received, boosting to $650,000 as funding for the new project.

Over the past year, the city has employed contractors to improve the drainage system near Legion Park and Sunset.

Neighborhoods in that area have seen significant flooding in the past, and the new work was intended to make the drainage systems more effective.

El Reno High School’s wrestling team is going home.

One of the state’s prolific programs for more than a decade in the mid-1990s to 2000s snapped an 11-year hiatus away from the Class 5A Dual State Championships Thursday with a 44-36 win over No.6 Lawton MacArthur.

El Reno, ranked No.7 in the state, won the 2020 Class 5A, District 4 Championship with the win over the Highlanders and a 58-16 defeat of Carl Albert. Ardmore forfeited to all three teams.

Funeral services for Sharon Sue Williams of Maysville were held Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, at Winans Funeral Home Chapel in Maysville with Brother Aaron Hembree officiating.  Burial was in the Maysville Cemetery under the direction of John W. Williams of Winans Funeral Home.