Aurora High School

Join the Pride of Aurora Band as we host our annual fall carnival this evening from 5-8 at the high school. There will be food, games, giant inflatables, prizes, a costume contest, and a haunted hallway. We hope to see you tonight as you support the band!

Congratulation to these Houn' Dawg Footbll players on receiving Big 8 East All Conference honors: First Team Offense: Ryan Clark Tight End Felix Barrientos-Perez Tackle Ethan Husmann Guard “Unanimous” Ian Jackson Running Back “Unanimous” Kohl Rohlman Running Back “Unanimous” Aaron Fisher All Purpose Back Second Team Offense : Trey Mulholland Guard Jackson Cline Center Gavin Youngblood Wide Receiver Honorable Mention Offense : Cameron Savage Tight End Alex Dewitt Tackle First Team Defense : Jackson Cline Defensive Tackle “Unanimous Ian Jackson Linebacker “Unanimous” Cameron Savage Linebacker “Unanimous” Aaron Fisher Defensive Back “Unanimous” Kohl Rohlman Defensive Back “Unanimous” Big 8 East Defensive Player of the year: Aaron Fisher Second Team Defense: Ryan Clark Defensive End Brendan Hall Defensive Back Honorable Mention Defense : Ethan Husmann Defensive End Trey Mulholland Defensive Tackle Felix Barrientos-Perez Linebacker Kyle Anderson Defensive End Specialist Second Team : Trey Mulholland Punter Kohl Rohlman Returner

The marching band had a successful last competition of the season at the Ozark Mountain Marching Festival in Reeds Spring. The band placed second in class and would have made finals if they were not cancelled due to rain.

Congratulations to AHS softball players on the following post season honors: Aubrey Simpson - 1st Team All-District Outfield, 2nd Team All-Conference Outfield, 2nd Team All-Region Makena Hall - 1st Team All-District Catcher, 1st Team All-Conference Catcher, 2nd Team All-Region Mallorie Schmidt - 2nd Team All-District Infield, Honorable Mention All-Conference Infield Brooke Schutte - 1st Team All-District Utility, 1st Team All-Conference Utility, 1st Team All-Region

Congratulations to the Speech/Debate team on their wins at the Carthage Novice Speech/Debate tournament this past weekend. Emilee Coffey won 4th place in Original Oratory, Castle Speiker placed 8th in Informative Speaking and missing advancing to finals by two placements. Skyler Ross placed 9th in Original Oratory and missed advance to finals by three placements. In debate, the Public Forum team of Skyler Ross and Emily Buckley went 3-2 placing them 11th overall. The Public Forum team of Castle Speiker and Emilee Coffey went 1-4. Congratulations to the team on their wins and good luck as they prepare for their next tournament in two weeks at Republic High School.

Congratulations to our FFA Grasslands Team where they finished in 4th place in the state contest last Thursday. Team members include: Berrick Dobyns was 10th High Individual Kyrstin Gold Lexie Burch Bailey Andrews They have qualified for the National Range Judging Contest in May and the Mid-America Grasslands Contest in June.

For any Houn Dawg fans traveling to Nevada for tonight’s football game. Due to some road construction in Nevada we have some road closures. They would advise you to take the Highland exit and go west on Highland to Ash St (.5 miles). Turn south on Ash then back west on Hickory St. (1 mile). In about .5 mile the school will be on your right.

Come out to support The Pride of Aurora Marching Band at the annual Halloween Band Carnival on Thursday, October 28th starting at 5:00 p.m.

Congratulations to Kaci Singer for finishing 2nd at the Big 8 cross country meet, which makes her 1st team All-Conference.

Aurora High School will be hosting in person Parent Teacher conferences on Monday, October 18th and Tuesday, October 19th from 4:00 to 7:00 PM. Hope to see you there.

Correction: Aurora High School will having Parent Teacher Conferences on Monday, October 18th and Tuesday, October 19th from 4:00 to 7:00 PM. We hope to see you there.

Congratulations to the Pride of Aurora marching band which competed at MSU's marching festival. We placed 4th in our class and advanced to finals. In finals, we placed 3rd overall.

Congratulations to our FFA Grasslands Team where they finished as the Reserve District Champions today. Team members include: Kyrstin Gold was 1st High Individual Berrick Dobyns was 6th High Individual Lexie Burch was 10th High Individual and Bailey Andrews They will now compete at the State Contest in two weeks.

Congratulations to our September Students of the Month. Pictured left to right: Freshman Castle Spieker, Junior Orran Cope, and Senior Khianna Hart Brandyn Pina (not pictured)

This Saturday, the marching band performed at Parkview HS and won the following recognitions: In Class A - 1st Place, Best Drum Major (Olivia Ray), Best Winds, Best Percussion In Finals - 12th Place Overall

In light of tomorrow's rescheduled football game at Hollister, we are canceling the AHS bonfire, which was set to kick off Fall Homecoming Week. Please support your Houn' Dawgs by making the trek to Hollister for the 2 p.m. game or tuning into KSWM 940 on the AM dial.

Congratulations to Olivia Ray. She is the district champion in girls tennis.

Congratulations to Kaci Singer who won the Large School division at the Hermitage Cross Country race today (9/25).

The Pride of Aurora marching band had a successful day in our first festival in two years at the Carl Junction Festival. The band placed first in our class and Olivia Ray won best drum major and we won best guard. We made finals and placed 9th overall.

Robert Wagner earned 8th place in Cyber Security at the Virtual FBLA National Leadership Conference last June 2021. This is Robert's second year to achieve Top 10 at the FBLA NLC. Pictured is from Left to Right, Mr. Pettegrew, FBLA Advisor, Robert Wagner, and Vice Principal Mr. Spooner.