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NORTHEAST Birch: July 2. Elevation is 2 ft. below normal and stable, water temperature 80°F and stained. Crappie fair on minnows around brush structure. Copan: June 30. Elevation is 5 ft. below normal and falling, water temperature 79°F and murky.

Webmaster’s Note: Due to a production error, the wrong story ran Wednesday’s Tribune. This is the story for the pictures printed in that issue.

When Josh Finnigan and his mother, Karon Grulkey moved the Smoke on the Water Drag Boat Races to Lake El Reno, they wondered if the event would have the staying power they both sought. A decade later, Finnigan answers that question with a resounding yes.

BETHANY – After having several rally attempts halted in the first game of a doubleheader against Bethany on defensive plays by the Broncos, El Reno’s junior high baseball team got its revenge in the nightcap.

Pictured are the youth who took part in the 2023 El Reno High School Volleyball Skills Camp.

MUSTANG – Having lost yet another doubleheader due to the lack of players by its opponent, El Reno High School’s Varsity 1 baseball team made its first road trip of the summer having played two games in eight days. The lack of diamond time showed.

Uncorking a summer-high 12 base hits, El Reno High School’s Varsity 1 baseball team rebounded from its first loss of the summer to defeat Crossings Christian School 13-12 in a Red Dirt League shootout. The Knights defeated El Reno 1-0 in the opening game of the series at the Hub Reed Complex.

Union City played host to a wooden bat tournament last weekend but it was Mother Nature that ended up striking out the field of teams after one day. “We have a lake,” said Union City head coach Ludy Griggs on field conditions after overnight rains forced the cancellation of the event.

Other than winning a state title, there are few firsts that have eluded El Reno High School’s girls basketball program under the watch of head coach Jennifer Douglas.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Three pitchers combined for a two-hit performance as El Reno High School's Varsity 2 team defeated Capitol Hill 5-1 to split a Red Dirt League series here last week. It was the first win for the Indians in RDL action to improve to 1-1-1 on the summer.