Better late than never.

El Reno High School’s football program kicked off spring drills last week, nearly two weeks later than normal, due to the extended spring athletic schedule used by the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association.

“The OSSAA has some rules and we abide by those rules,” said El Reno head coach Russell Cook.

According to the OSSAA manual, football-playing schools cannot conduct spring padded drills until after the last state championship for spring sports has been contested.

Both Calumet and El Reno sent three players each to last week’s Western Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association’s All-Star Games in Weatherford.

See Wednesday’s paper for a recap of the Small and Large School games.

Margaret M. Moon Thompson, 95, of Calumet, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.

She was born Oct. 21, 1929, in Geary to Harry Owen and Faye (England) Moon. Margaret graduated from Calumet High School where she proudly played basketball.

On May 10, 1951, she was united in marriage to Harry Aldean Thompson in Calumet. They made their home in the Calumet area and spent their lives there together until his passing on Feb. 2, 2011.

Adams Park could become home to the world’s largest bison sculpture. And that could attract a massive herd of tourists to El Reno. 

So says Nathan Pratt, the son of legendary artist Harvey Pratt and a noted artist in his own right.

Pratt pitched the idea of creating the world’s largest bison sculpture to the El Reno City Council at last week’s regular monthly meeting.