In a matter of seconds, El Reno High School’s boys soccer team went from looking at an overtime battle with Carl Albert to seeing its season end with a 1-0 loss to its archrival.

The Titans scored the game-winning goal with 7:49 left in the second half on a header off a corner kick.

It was the lone shot surrendered by El Reno goalie Aldo De La Torre, who faced 25 Carl Albert shots on the night.

The junior keeper made 12 saves including a leaping block earlier in the half and a tip over the crossbar in the first 40 minutes.

Stepping up a classification for just the second time this season, El Reno High School’s baseball team dropped a 10-2 road game last week to Class 6A’s Norman North.

The loss moves El Reno to 1-1 against the state’s largest classification and 14-9-2 on the season.

The Indians scored two runs in the first inning off a pair of base hits by Davin Shamblin (double) and Dawson Davidson. El Reno went 5-of-22 from the plate (.227) and left six runners stranded on base – four in scoring position.

Hernan Blanco went 2-for-3 to lead all El Reno batters.

The Burger Day Festival is a tribute to the fried onion hamburger, cooked daily in El Reno since the early 1900s. It’s the burger that has helped make the community a destination for food lovers and those trekking along historic Route 66. 

It’s not uncommon to hear languages such as French or German being spoken in El Reno’s three main burger joints, Johnnie’s, Robert’s or Sid’s. 

In “Hamburgers & Fries: An American Story,” author John T. Edge describes the history of El Reno’s fried onion hamburger.