Wake service for Mary Elizabeth Sankey will begin at 7 p.m. Friday, May 9, with funeral services on Saturday, May 10 at 2 p.m., both at the Concho Emergency Response Center. Burial will follow in the Concho Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Mary died May 2, 2025, at St. Anthony Healthplex in El Reno. She was born May 24, 1962, in Clinton.

She was raised in Canton, later moving to Geary and lastly to El Reno.

She was a certified nursing assistant working for Grace Living Center in El Reno and was a member of the Pentecostal Church.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Getting the chance to correct some back nine miscues from day one of the 2025 Class 5A Girls State Golf Championships never materialized for third-ranked El Reno High School.

Overnight rains rolled into day two, forcing the cancellation of the final 18 holes and awarding of the state championship based off the numbers from the opening round.

Unfortunate events which hampered El Reno.

Second-ranked Duncan was crowned state champ with a 333, six shots better than top-ranked Carl Albert (339).

DUNCAN – In what proved to be the second closest of the eight first-round matches of the Class 5A playoffs, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team gave up two goals to Duncan’s Dasha Givens in a shutout loss to the Demons.

The 2-0 setback ends El Reno’s season with a 7-7 record and extends a first-round postseason losing streak that dates back to 2015.

The Indians are 0-7 in playoff games over the past decade.

The match with Duncan was close as the Demons closed with 22 total shots, of which 13 were on frame.

After rallying from three down to even the score, El Reno High School’s baseball team gave up five runs over the final two innings to close out the regular season with a 9-4 loss to Class 6A Enid.

The loss dropped El Reno to 14-10-2 on the year heading into the regional round of the playoffs. The Indians were slated to play in the 5A West Region 4 Championships at Elgin, facing Santa Fe South in the first round.