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Aurora students and content creators Torri Danhauer (left), Kylie Svoboda, Mady Brown and Camdyn Vermillion learned a lot from their presentation at the ESU9 “Teaching and Learning Conference.” -
Edgerton mad scientist Nicole Havlik demonstrates the power of sound during the “Rarely Seen” presentation at Sunday’s Edgerton Spooktacular. -
Skeletal jester Ayanna Miller jumps out to give a scare at Haunted Fairgrounds. The event was a boo-st of Halloween spirit attracting 842 people to get a fright last weekend and raising $977 for the Hamilton County Food Pantry. -
Aurora’s big guys up front controlled the line of scrimmage much of the night Friday, helping the offense gain 462 total yards in a 43-13 opening round playoff win. -
HPC’s Emily Ackerson receives a serve during a three-set loss to Shelton in the D2-4 district final Saturday afternoon.
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The tradition of excellence at Aurora High School often extends past the borders of Hamilton County.
This was true and evident Oct. 24 as a group of four Huskies accompanied integration specialist and digital innovations teacher Craig Badura to ESU (Educational Service Unit) 9’s “Teaching and Learning Conference” at Hastings Adams Central.
“It was just like a teacher conference, we were kind of the only young kids there,” said senior Kylie Svoboda. “There were a lot of teachers learning about how to cater to their kids better, all that kind of stuff.”
There were also a few other social media groups in attendance teaching some of the digital media teachers how to run school social media accounts, she added.
Edgerton Spooktacular a scary good time
This year’s Edgerton Explorit Center “Spooktacular” has come and gone in festive fervor.
With somewhere near 125 people walking through the doors at the center on Sunday, it’s no surprise the event was considered a success.
“The 2022 Spooktacular was very successful,” said Edgerton Executive Director Mary Molliconi. “Our mission is to create amazing experiences that encourage discovery through play, asking questions, exploration and using creativity to solve problems. This is exactly what this program and all of our programming are geared towards.”
Guests came dressed to impress, with themed group costumes and individual spooktastic spectacles of all ages.
Haunted Fairgrounds lures huge crowd
Like a blob from outer space that grows, bit by bit, Carl Franklin and Angry Ginger Haunts has grown from one backyard to two and now covers the entire Hamilton County Fairgrounds throughout the pre-Halloween weekend.
The first year for Haunted Fairgrounds seemed to be a huge hit for Franklin and organizers with 842 attendees total: approximately 150 Friday, 400 Saturday and 322 Sunday. The event, which was co-sponsored by the Hamilton County Ag Society, was able to donate 718.4 pounds food and $977 to the Hamilton County Food Pantry.
Huskies not fooled by Shamrocks
Aurora played shut-down defense when in counted in Friday’s playoff opener and built a 29-point half-time lead over Scotus Central Catholic, cruising to a convincing 43-13 first-round win.
Coach Kyle Peterson said his staff didn’t know a lot about Scotus upon initially seeing the bracket, but by game-time Friday the Huskies were prepared for pretty much everything the Shamrocks tried to do.
“I was really happy with the way that we keyed,” Peterson said. “There were some keys that we really focused on and I thought we played those really well. There are always some nuances off of those that you can anticipate and we kind of anticipated those right so we were well prepared for everything they threw at us.”
Storm falls short in district final
For the third year in a row, High Plains was in a district final game, with a win moving the Storm into its first-ever state tournament.
In the end, Saturday played out the same as the other two as HPC fell short against a solid Shelton team as the Bulldogs won in three, 25-13, 25-11 and 25-14.
HPC co-coaches Nicole Keenan and Jenna Mattox discussed after the game about the toughness of the Storm’s schedule throughout the year.
Four of HPC’s nine losses are state tournament teams while the Storm also defeated a fifth, Meridian.
“We had a really successful season. We were just talking about the teams we lost to, most of them are in district finals,” Keenan said. “That’s exciting for us as a team. We were fully capable of bringing it today but we just had some silly mistakes and not there mentally.”
