Freshman Ethan Brooks earned his first double-gold of the season as El Reno High School’s boys track team took fifth place at the 2025 Elk City Classic.

Brooks earned 20 of the team’s 46 points by winning both the mile and two-mile runs. In the mile he posted a time of four minutes and 45.48 seconds to win by 23 seconds over Bethany’s Arthur Calderon and 25 seconds over his teammate Jagger Weaver.

His two-mile time of 9:47.69 won by 28 seconds over Woodward’s Dathan Custar and by over a minute and a half quicker than North Rock Creek’s Kypton Battershell.

A memorial service for Billy Joe Trindle of Kingfisher will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 25 at Huber-Benson Funeral Home with Deacon John Teague officiating.

Billy died April 11, 2025, at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. He was born Sept. 14, 1960, in Kingfisher. He was a painter for a trailer manufacturer and worked many jobs on the farm as well as many handyman projects.

He is survived by nephews, Trindle Brueggen and John Matteson.

Setting up a showdown with Carl Albert for second place in the District 5A-2 standings, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team logged its second mercy-rule victory of the season in a 10-0 shutout of Del City.

El Reno moved to 7-5 on the season and 5-1 in the league standings, tied with the Titans for second place behind Bishop McGuinness.

However, Carl Albert currently holds a 19-13 edge over the Indians in the tiebreaker points.

Overcoming 13 offside penalties, El Reno High School’s boys soccer team took over sole possession of sixth place in the District 5A-2 standings with a season-high goal count in a 6-1 win over Del City.

El Reno moved to 5-7 on the season and 2-4 in league play with the five-goal victory – its largest winning margin of the season.

The Indians were flagged offside six times in the first half but never trailed, getting a goal by Vicente Saldana Barboza (28:29) off the rebound of a blocked shot by Diego Reyes.