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El Reno softball remains locked out due to virus

Body While band and volleyball began preseason work last week, El Reno High School’s softball program remains closed due to complications with COVID-19. “Softball will be shut down until Monday (July 27) because we had a second player test positive.
Rodney Haydon

Volleyball opens

Body El Reno High School’s volleyball team kicked off preseason workouts last week at the Jenks Simmons Field House Annex. Head coach Kristen Koehler said her varsity players self-quarantined for two weeks prior to starting drills to ensure they were not exposed to the COVID-19 virus.
Bailey Denwalt serves during drills

Smoke on the Water draws fans, drivers

Body After overcoming planning hiccups associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers of the 2020 Smoke on the Water Drag Boat Races had to deal with the queen of all elements – Mother Nature.
A.J. Finnigan holds up the American flag

COVID-19 shuts down EHS softball

Body Just one day after having her program shut down temporarily due to a positive COVID-19 player test, El Reno High School head softball coach Kylee Webb says reopening steps are well under way. “The majority of the team has gotten tested but we don’t have any results back yet.
EHS head softball coach Kylee Webb listens to former coach Davee Deaton

Smoke on the Water running this weekend

Body This year’s Smoke on the Water Drag Boat Races will run as scheduled starting Friday night, despite a recent upswing of COVID-19 cases in El Reno and Canadian County. “We are full steam ahead.
Smoke on the Water

Throttle down for SOTW

Body While they were held at the starting line due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Smoke on the Water organizers have been throttled down for the past month as the 2020 races will take place as scheduled.
Two contestants fly down the course at Lake El Reno

Sharks take a bite of state

Body Scoring 16 runs in the top of the first inning of the title game, the Oklahoma Sharks baseball team recently won the United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA) Oklahoma Double A West State Championships.
Mason Fulton, left, and Deacon Tillery show off rings

Dead period purged

Body El Reno High School athletes will have an extra week to get ready for the start of fall sports after the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association canceled this year’s dead period.
Darius Moore runs a sprint

Fishing report

Body Central Arcadia: June 8. Elevation normal, water 80 and stained. Blue and channel catfish good on cut bait, dough bait, live bait, punch bait and stinkbait along dam, points and rocks. Crappie fair on jigs and minnows below the dam, around brush structure and standing timber.
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