Vernon High School

Last Friday the Lions sent their 2025 Homecoming crowd home happy after knocking of Boyd, 44-14, in a District 4-3A, D1 game. Earning Player of the Week honors for the game were: Jamari Chance, Offensive MVP & Ball Hawk; Adrain Felton, Defensive MVP; Mu Soe, Special Teams MVP; Ty Scott, Most Explosive; Thomas Gonzales, Lion Heart; Manny Ochoa, Boss Hog; Bowie Eakin, Big Stick; and Jacob Brown, Top Blocker. The Lions are now 6-1 for the year and 2-1 in district play. Vernon is open this Friday night. The Lions' next game is Oct. 24, in Bowie.

Our Health Occupations Program is hosting an Our Blood Institute Blood Drive Tuesday -- tomorrow -- from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The blood drive will be in the PE Gym. Our Blood Institute provides blood to all of our area hospitals, including Wilbarger General, Electra and United Regional. VHS is the defending Our Blood Institute Blood Drive champion, and this is our first blood drive of the new school year. You can scan the QR code or call the number on the flyer to set up an appointment. Please take a moment to give a gift that costs you nothing, but can safe a life!!

Our 3rd Annual Lions Roar Homecoming Tailgate Party was a huge success!! Thank you to all the businesses, organizations, clubs, Vernon ISD clubs, and food trucks who all helped make this a fun event. Thanks to all of our Lions fans who stopped by and visited one of the food trucks, played a game or just mingled with friends in the crowd. We appreciate all of you!!
Boys & Girls Club of Vernon
Amanda Lehman, Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Agent
Vernon College
Wilbarger St. Church of Christ
McCord PTO
Red River Valley Museum
City of Vernon
VES PTO
VMS & VHS PTO
VHS Student Council
VHS Drill Team
VHS FFA

If you are considering attending a university, two-year college or trade school this is a great opportunity to apply to those institutions at NO COST!!! This week is Apply Texas Free Application Week!! Also seniors and senior parents, don't forget about the FAFSA information meeting today at 5:30 p.m., in the VHS Cafeteria.

Congratulations to our Roarin' Lion Band!!! In preparation of their UIL Marching Contest on Oct. 18, the band competed in the Seymour Marching Competition on Saturday and marched away with a Division 1 (Superior) rating from all 5 judges!!! Band Director Jeremiah Hastings said he and Assistant Band Director Matt Golden are extremely proud of the students' accomplishment and look forward to continued improvement before the band goes to UIL competition this Saturday. The band will perform in the UIL Marching Contest at 1:45 p.m., Saturday, at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls.

Mariana Ortega was crowned the 2025 Homecoming Queen during a ceremony at halftime of tonight's homecoming game. Mariana was escorted by her father, Rogelio Ortega. Other members of the homecoming queen court included Breigh Halford, Brooklyn Harjo, Zayley Horn, Jeana Martinez, Olivia Carr, Soula Johnson, and Klancy Sherrill. Crown bearer was Sawyer Reeder, son of Jeremy and Sarah Reeder, and flower girl was Lillie Hawkins, daughter of Andy and Carrie Hawkins. The Lions won their homecoming game, defeating Boyd, 47-7.

During the Lions Spirit Pep Rally this afternoon Carlos Moreno was crowned Homecoming King. The king nominees and queen nominees were introduced during the pep rally before the king was crowned. Other king nominees were Jamari Chance, Ty Scott, Tru Gipson, Ben Armstrong, Kadyn Whiteside, Mason Ballard and Prentice Murray.

We're 4 hours away from the kickoff of tonight's 2025 Homecoming game between our Vernon Lions and the Body Yellowjackets, and here are highlights from last week's 49-13 victory over Ponder to get everyone pumped up and ready to cheer on the Lions!! https://youtu.be/0YvuGelqYU8

You could definitely tell it was Homecoming in our halls this morning. It may have been the mums that gave it away. The 2025 Homecoming Game is tonight, with our Lions taking on District 4-3A, D1 foe Boyd.

It's Homecoming 2025 and tonight's Homecoming game features our Vernon Lions hosting the Boyd Yellowjackets in a District 7-3A clash. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m., at Leo Brittain Field at Lion Stadium. The coronation ceremony for the 2025 Homecoming Queen will take place at halftime. Single game, reserve seat tickets will be sold at the Vernon ISD Administration Building until Noon. General admission tickets must be purchased online at www.vernonisd.org No tickets will be sold at the gate.
The Homecoming Pep Rally will be held at 3:20, in Fulton Gym.

Special Shoutout! 🙌

Huge thanks to the City of Vernon and their awesome employees — Tony DeHoyos, Ernesto De La Cruz, and Kaden Pittman — for helping VISD set up barricades for our Homecoming Tailgate tomorrow!

📅 Friday, 4:30–6:30 PM
📍 Vernon Elementary School Parking Lot

Come out for games, food trucks, and Lion Swag Sales as we get ready to cheer on our Vernon Lions! 🦁❤️

See you there!

Yesterday, students in Ms. Shelby Moore's chemistry classes conducted a spectroscopy lab to identify unknown metals.

Earlier this week, the Roarin' Lion Band performed at the Wichita Falls Marching Festival. The band received great comments from the judges. Although the band was not scored at this competition, the comments from the judges on what they liked in the performance and on areas that still needed work will help the band prepare for their next marching festival. The Roarin' Lion Band will participate in the Seymour Marching Festival this Saturday, as they work to sharpen their performance for the UIL Marching Competition later this month.

Our Lions will be battling some Yellowjackets today -- some Stephenville Yellowjackets. That's Vernon opponent in the Area Round of the Class 4A Team Tennis Playoffs. Their Area match is set for 11 a.m., at Wichita Falls Memorial High School. The winner moves on to the Regional Semifinals. Good Luck Lions!!! Gold ball hunting!!

Last year our health occupations program won the Our Blood Institute Blood Drive Championship and received a $1,250 scholarship. VHS is sponsoring the first blood drive of the 2025-26 school year on Tuesday, Oct. 14. The blood drive will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., in the PE Gym. You can schedule your donation by scanning the QR code or calling the number on the flyer. Our Blood Institute provides blood to all area hospitals. Please consider giving a gift that costs you nothing, but can save a life!

This is Homecoming Week, and today's Lions Spirit Day dress-up theme was "White Lies." Students had fun wearing white t-shirts with a little white lie on the front.

Tomorrow's JV game in Boyd has been pushed back to a 5:30 p.m. start. The game was originally scheduled for 5 p.m., however there was an issue on getting officials there by then. Tickets may be purchased, with cash only, at the gate in Boyd.
Our Vernon Middle School teams will play here with the first game set to begin at 5 p.m. Tickets must be purchased online at www.vernonisd.org

Our Lions and Lady Lions cross country teams ran at the District 7-3A meet Monday in Burkburnett. Almost every one of our runners set a new personal best at the meet, however this is a tough district and we were unable to get anyone out to regionals. Coach Robinson said the future is bright for the cross country team and was very proud of these athletes and their efforts this season. We apologize for not being able to get any photos of our Lady Lions in action at the district meet.