Vernon dominated Ponder, 49-13, Friday for the Lions' first District 4-3A, D1 victory of the season. Receiving Player of the Week honors for the game were: Tyce Payne, Offensive MVP; Adrain Felton, Bowie Eakin & Tyce Payne, Co-Defensive MVP; Mu Soe & Gavin Ranjel, Co-Special Teams MVP; Cordell Scott, Lion Heart; Ty Scott, Most Explosive; Tru Gipson, Ball Hawk; Brayden Booth, Boss Hog; Bowie Eakin, Big Stick; and Kayson Sanders, Top Blocker. This week is Homecoming, and the Lions will host the Boyd Yellowjackets in another district battle Friday night at Leo Brittain Field.
It is HOMECOMING WEEK!! Our Lions will be hosting the Boyd Yellowjackets for the 2025 Homecoming Game Friday night. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m., and the 2025 Homecoming Queen will be crowned at halftime. Single game, reserve seat tickets can be purchased at the Vernon ISD Administration Building until Noon, Friday. General admission tickets must be purchased online at www.vernonisd.org No tickets will be sold at the gate.
Parents, Vernon ISD likes to hear from you and values your input. Please take a moment to complete our parent survey. We do this survey every year, and survey results from previous years have played a part in the district altering various processes and procedures. Please follow this link https://forms.gle/43AqPYJqYvvhu1fp7 to complete the survey. The deadline to complete the survey is Friday.
In case you missed it, this is Homecoming Week for VISD and here are the dress up themes, as each day of the week is Lion Spirit Day!!
Last Friday, "Decades Day" was the theme for our Lion Spirit Pep Rally, and several of our teachers and staff enjoyed wearing some groovy threads. Check out these pics from VES and VHS.
GOOD LUCK!!
Our cross country team is competing this morning in the District 7-3A Cross-Country Meet in Burkburnett and we hope they have their best times of the season!!
Our cross country team is competing this morning in the District 7-3A Cross-Country Meet in Burkburnett and we hope they have their best times of the season!!
The Boys & Girls Club is hosting a Pickleball Tournament tomorrow at the Lion's Den Teen Center.
Here are some sights and sounds from this morning's Spirit Pep Rally as the Lions hit the road to take on another pride of Lions in Ponder tonight. Good luck Lions!!
https://youtu.be/icR6fYrFrAI
https://youtu.be/icR6fYrFrAI
This morning, Amanda Lehman and Tiffany Rosalez with Texas Farm Bureau Insurance in Vernon presented Ty Scott, Bowie Eakin and Jamari Chance with game balls for their performances in last week's game against No. 4-ranked Paradise. Ty was named Offensive MVP, Bowie was named Defensive MVP, and Jamari was named Special Teams MVP.
Today's Lions Spirit Dress Up Theme was "Decades" and from the 1950s to the 2010s there was decades represented in our hallways.
Our Lady Lions on the road this afternoon, traveling to Wichita Falls to face City View in a District 7-3A battle. The sub-varsity matches will start at 2 p.m., with the varsity match set to get underway at 3 p.m. Good luck Lady Lions!!
Our 2025 Homecoming is next week and members of our homecoming court have been elected. Our homecoming queen nominees are: Jeana Martinez, Zayley Horn, Brooklyn Harjo, Klancy Sherrill, Olivia Carr, Breigh Halford, Mariana Ortega, and Soula Johnson. Our homecoming king nominees are: Tru Gipson, Mason Ballard, Jamari Chance, Ty Scott, Kadyn Whiteside, Ben Armstrong, and Prentice Murray. Not pictured is Carlos Moreno. Both the queen and king will be selected by popular vote. The king will be announced during the Homecoming Pep Rally, while the queen will be announced during halftime of next Friday's game against Boyd.
Here is VISD Social Worker Nicole Cameron's newsletter for October.
Our Lions hit the road today and will tangle with another pride of lions tonight, when they battle the Ponder Lions in a District 4-3A, D1 contest at Ponder Lion Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. All tickets must be purchased online at this link: https://events.hometownticketing.com/boxoffice/ponderisd/L2VtYmVkL2V2ZW50LzE1Ng==
Today's Spirit Pep Rally will begin at 9:25 a.m., at Fulton Gym. Vernon heads into the game 4-1 overall and 0-1 in district play, while Ponder is 4-0 overall and 1-0 in district. Good luck to OUR Lions!!!
A parent meeting for all VHS juniors will be held at 6 p.m., Monday, in the VHS Cafeteria. Items on the agenda include discussing a place to hold the prom, deciding the date for the prom, and creating a list of prom themes for students to vote on. If you have a child in the junior class, please make plans to attend the meeting.
We surprised our VHS custodians with pizza for lunch today, which is National Custodian Day. Our custodians to a great job keeping our campus clean and they are greatly appreciated.
VHS Senior Yearbook Ads are now available. See the graphic for prices. https://yearbookforever.com/school-store/Uj9vx7HLtsJEWP2Z04oUxH7I/ad/personal-ad
Today, Oct. 2, is National Custodian Day and we want to give a big shout out to all the members of our Vernon ISD custodial staff!! They are some of the behind-the-scene, unsung heroes who keep our district running!! We couldn't do it without them!! Thank you to each and everyone of custodians for all you do! You are greatly appreciated!!
Last Friday night our Lions gave it their all in a battle against No. 4-ranked Paradise in the district opener for both teams. Here are a few highlights from that battle to help keep the intensity and Lion spirit up as the team gets set to tangle with the Ponder Lions this Friday night. Video courtesy of Iban Lira, and audio courtesy of Vernon radio station KVWC. https://youtu.be/h6bwt4LWIZg
Our Vernon homecoming is next Friday, Oct. 10, and we start pumping up that Lion spirit Monday and continue to build it all week with "Dress Up" themes for each day. Get your costumes ready for each day and show that Lion spirit!!!
