Articles from the November 4, 2016 edition
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By All-State member selected from Band of Gold
Saturday, Oct. 29, students from the Alva band went to Tecumseh to try out for Small School All-State Honor Band, where they competed against other students from all over the state. Preparing for the competition requires “lots and lots of practice a...
Ladybug Riley makes all-state team
Ladybug senior Ally Riley has been selected for the Oklahoma High School Fast Pitch Coaches' Association Middle West All State team. Riley will extend her softball career at the University of...
Q&A with Band of Gold Drum Major Amanda Breeden, senior
Q: What is your favorite part about being a Goldbug? A: I like being able to be in parades for the community and doing pep rallies and games that make other people at said games hyped up. Q: What is...
Q&A with band senior Aaron Erickson
Q: What is your favorite part about being a Goldbug? A: Being able to take part in new activities that my old school didn't offer, such as speech and One Act. Q: What is your favorite memory from...
Q&A with band senior Noah Place
Q: What is your favorite part about being a Goldbug? A: Being able to go out and represent the community to the best of my ability while doing things I love to do. Q: What is your favorite memory...
Beeler selected as State Officer for Heath Occupation Students of America (HOSA)
On Oct. 22, Riley Beeler, a senior at Alva High School, got selected to be a state officer for Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA). HOSA is an organization that helps better the health field by participating in service projects. Beeler has...
Q&A with cross-country senior Brandon Antonio
Q: What's your favorite part about being a Goldbug? A: My favorite part about being a Goldbug is to proudly represent Alva and my school. Q: What's your favorite memory from cross country? A: My...
Q&A with cross-country senior Noah Place
Q: What's your favorite part about being a Goldbug? A: Representing my community to the best of my ability. Q: What's your favorite memory from cross country? A: Winning 7th at state. Q: What advice...
Q&A with Football Manager Riley Beeler
Q: What does being a Goldbug mean to you? A: I believe being a Goldbug is striving to be the best individual you can be – in academics, any extracurricular activities – what's most important is str...
Q&A with football senior Austin Shklar
Q: What does being a Goldbug mean to you? A: Being a Goldbug is always doing the right thing, being the first one there and the last one to leave. Q: What is your favorite football memory? A: My...
Q&A with football senior Chase Jones
Q: What is your favorite part about being a Goldbug? A: My favorite part about being a Goldbug is always having a community that will support you and help you through anything you go through, whether...
Q&A with football senior Ethan Harzman
Q: What does being a Goldbug mean to you? A: It means giving 100% no matter what you do. Q: What is your favorite football memory? A: During the Thomas game when I stripped the football, recovered...
Q&A with football senior Grant Ritter
Q:What does being a Goldbug mean to you? A: It means giving 100 percent in everything you do and not giving up when things get tough. Q: What is your favorite memory from football? A: My favorite...
Q&A with football senior Hayden Colwell
Q: What is your favorite part about being a Goldbug? A: Being a Goldbug is representing your community as best you can in any and everything you do and always showing up prepared. Q: What's your...
Q&A with football senior Justin Meyer
Q: What is your favorite part about being a Goldbug? A: The community is great; there is so much support no matter what you do. Q: What's your favorite memory from football? A: My favorite memory is...
Q&A with football senior Kennedy McKnight
Q: What is your favorite part about being a Goldbug? A: My favorite part would have to be the community and having the coaching staff that we have. Q: What's your favorite memory from football? A: My...
Goldbugs fall short of getting post-season game
On Friday, Oct. 28, the Alva Goldbugs faced off against the Tonkawa Buccaneers as they made their last attempt of getting a Week 11. The Goldbugs struggled all through the first half with offense as...
Key Club helps with Haunted Maze
On Friday, Oct. 28, Key Club members from AHS worked the Haunted Maze at the Menagerie. Students signed up earlier in the week eager to scare people at the maze. "It was a really fun experience but I...
Alva One-Act performs Divinely at state competitions
The Alva High School (AHS) one-act team was busy during the week of Oct. 23 – 29. On Thursday the 27th, they performed "The Diviners" for the AHS student body and staff at 11 a.m., and again that nigh...
AHS athletes compete at state cross country competition
On Oct. 22, the state cross country competition was held in Tulsa. Four athletes from Alva competed. Senior Noah Place represented the boys, and junior RayRay Bell, sophomore Priscilla Samaniego, and...
Western Honor Choir 2016
On Monday, Oct. 24, several students from Alva high and middle schools went to Elk City to perform in the Western Honor Choir concert. Western Honor Choir (WOCDA) is an audition-only elite choir filled with students from across the western part of th...
Sanders crowned Outstanding Teen
Miss Northwestern's Outstanding Teen 2016 Ducky Wyatt crowns her successor Emily Sanders. To view more photos of the pageant, visit https://goo.gl/ayAnE8 and https://goo.gl/hj7meg....
Hughart crowned Miss Northwestern
Miss Northwestern 2016 Mary Shklar crowns Kandi Hughart, who won Miss Northwestern 2017 in the Sunday, Oct. 30, pageant. To view more photos of the pageant, visit https://goo.gl/ayAnE8 and...
Hughart performs fitness dance at pageant
Kandi Hughart performs a fitness dance for her talent in the Miss Northwestern Pageant. Hughart won Miss Northwestern and People's Choice award. To view more photos of the pageant, visit...
