MUSTANG – El Reno High School’s girls basketball team was handed a wake-up call prior to the upcoming Class 5A playoffs as Mustang defeated the Indians 68-43 to close out the regular season.

The loss to the Class 6A Broncos dropped El Reno to 19-4 on the season.

It was the first meeting between the two schools since the finals of the Shawnee Invitational in 2022 – which Mustang won by 15 points.

Paced by six state qualifiers, El Reno High School’s boys squad took seventh place last week at the Class 5A West Regional Wrestling Championships with 108.5 points.

Chickasha, the host and top-ranked team in 5A, ran away with the title with 286.5 points, followed by Elgin (204), Lawton MacArthur (146.5), Carl Albert (141) and Duncan (134) to round out the top five. Blanchard (125) finished ahead of El Reno in the 18-team field.

With every shot that Carter Roman Nose took in last week’s game with Carl Albert, there were collective gasps rolling out of the mouths of El Reno fans along with the occasional, “There it is.”

And with every shot by the senior that ripped the threads, there were pencils and pens in the hands of the EHS coaches and this journalist jotting down notes and doing quick math.

Yet somehow through all that chaotic madness, Roman Nose never picked up on the fact he was on the brink of making El Reno High School history.

A new automated car wash is expected to be built on South Country Club and residents in newly annexed areas will be allowed to shoot off fireworks, as well as continue with open burning with some stipulations in place. 

The El Reno City Council took the action at last week’s regular meeting. 

Scott and Rachel Spurger requested 6.11 acres on South Country Club, directly across from Redlands Community College, be rezoned to allow for the car wash and later construction of some office and retail space.