OKLAHOMA CITY – Sometimes a team’s best offense is a good defense – even in the state tourney.

Making its first-ever appearance in the Jim Norick Arena a/k/a the Big House, El Reno leaned heavily on its defense to overcome a slow shooting effort to defeat Durant 42-25 in the quarterfinals of the 2025 Class 5A Girls Oklahoma State High School Basketball Championships.

“Our defense did carry us and played a big part in this win. I’m glad we did everything we did to stop the things they were doing,” said El Reno senior Emmary Elizondo.

Carolyn G. Hanneman of Norman, a native of El Reno, has been selected for induction into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame.  

She will be presented with a special medal during a March 20 ceremony in Oklahoma City, an annual event of the Oklahoma Historical Society that recognizes individuals for their distinguished contributions to Oklahoma history.

Hanneman is the daughter of the late Ralph and Isabel Hanneman of El Reno, and is a graduate of El Reno High School.  

Chamber of Commerce directors for El Reno, Yukon, Mustang and Piedmont held their annual Quad luncheon at the Canadian County Expo Center.

Some 164 business and county leaders attended the event.

Richland Road is a gravel road south of Northwest Expressway and NW 150th in unincorporated Canadian County. About a dozen homes are on semi-rural acreages in a development known as Gordon’s Hollow. 

Since the homes were built, some residents have lived on water supplied by the City of Piedmont, water that Piedmont purchases from Oklahoma City. 

Gordon’s Hollow is just west of the Oklahoma City western border at Richland Road. 

Residents are wondering if their water could be cut off.