UNION CITY – Third baseman Kyah Baker snagged a game-sealing pop-up with two runners on base as Calumet High School’s slow-pitch softball team defeated Class 2A’s ninth-ranked Union City, 4-2.

The eight-inning victory lifted Calumet, ranked 10th in Class A, to 13-4 on the season and extended its current win streak to six games. Union City slipped to 12-2 on the spring.

Calumet, which has won two straight in the rivalry series, broke a 2-all tie in the top of the eighth with a home run to left field by Lila Winegeart with Jacks Bates (single) on board. 

After getting bumped from the top spot in the Class B rankings for the first time this spring, Calumet High School’s baseball team responded with wins over two ranked opponents within 24 hours.

Calumet moved to 8-4 on the season with an 18-6 blowout of Vici, ranked No.11 in Class B, and a 9-4 win over Class A-1’s third-ranked Arapaho Butler.

The Chieftains went 3-2 over their last five outings, all against ranked opponents, beating Colbert (4-2) and losing to Cashion (10-5) and Class A’s top-ranked Okarche (8-5).

For more than 20 years, Nancy Salsman has been dressing up as the Easter Bunny. Her reward has been a bunch of hugs from children around El Reno. 

Last week, her husband, Larry, drove her to some special Easter egg hunts with special education students at schools around town.

The hugs continued. 

Salsman said the eggs for the hunt were provided by the Francis E. Hamilton VFW Post 4938 Auxiliary in Edmond.

That’s the post the El Reno VFW Post 382 merged with after closing its doors here.

It was a busy 24 hours at the Oklahoma Trapshooting Association Park, located off Jensen Road, as El Reno played host to yet another postseason-level event for high schools.

The OTA Park was home to the 2026 Oklahoma Scholastic Shooting Sports Program’s regional shooting championships. The two-day event brought in 1,073 high school and junior high shooters.

The OKSSSP is organized and meets under the banner of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, which also conducts both the regional and state championships.