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El Reno native Cameron Hill made his Major League Baseball debut Sunday afternoon, retiring the side in the top of the ninth inning to preserve the Cleveland Indians 9-2 win over Kansas City.

Either on the 660-foot shortened course or the full 1,000-foot tracks, the 2020 Smoke on the Water Drag Boat Races produced some of the fastest speeds on Lake El Reno since the event moved here seven years ago.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

El Reno’s Renegades and Stars took each other on in youth softball action.