It has been six years since Aurora has advanced into the playoffs and entering Wednesday's game wasn't an easy task. They traveled to Cassville to face the No.2 team in the state with a 9-1 record. Aurora played Cassville very tough in their first meeting in September. Cassville entered this game defending their state title and never even looked back after roaring to a 28-0 lead in the first quarter. Cassville racked up over 420 yards on the ground and were led by their star running back who scored 5 touchdowns on his own. The Houns didnt end their season the way they would have liked but the seniors have taken this program in a new direction and left it in a place to grow and advance even farther next season. Great job Dawgs and Good Luck Seniors. The Fall banquet will be Sunday Nov. 8th at the Highschool.

After nine long seasons of not beating the Mountaineers, Aurora finally ended that losing streak on a very wet, muddy night. The game was pushed back to due to lightning, but it finally got under way and Aurora came out and took it to the Mt' Neers. Almost three quarters of the game, Aurora had possesion and rushed for over 240 yards and picked up 13 first downs, and held the Mt' Neers to 28 yards rushing for the game! Aurora got on the scoreboard early when Garrett Ormsby picked of a Mt' Neer pass and nearly ran it back for a touchdown before being pushed out at the 2 yard line. Dustin Hedrick trucked his way into the endzone and Hickman converted the two point conversion to put the Houns up 8-0 and that's all the Dawgs would need to beat the Mt' Neers. The defense stood strong and the offense took care of the ball the rest of the game. The end of the game got a little out of hand on the Mt' Neers side, and their head coach was ejected and a player was ejected as well. Aurora was awarded 45 yards in penalties but could not go that far on the field so not the refs marched the penalties off and Aurora was jumping up and down and the celebrations began as Aurora took a kneel down and counted off the remaining ten seconds to end the Bell Bowl drought, with this win the Houn Dawgs will advance to the state playoffs for the first time since 2003 and will travel to Cassville to face the Wildcats who won their district and knocked Monett out of the playoffs. The first round of the playoffs will be next Wednesday @ Cassville at 7pm. Great Job Dawgs 

It wasnt only Homecoming night with a former Head coach on the other sideline coaching the visiting Wolves, it was opening night of district play, and Aurora opened districts with a big win and celebrated a homecoming win as well! Aurora dominated the Wolves on defense and stopped the Wolves five times inside the Red Zone! Aurora was able to find the endzone four times, two scores from Garrett Ormsby, one being a 50 yard run down the sideline to seal the game, and one being a quarterback sneak. the other two scores came from Dustin Hedrick. Overall the offense played outstanding and made big plays all night long, especially from newcomer Austin Lennox who almost busted another opening kickoff return for a touchdown, and had a good night running the ball. Hedrick and Kris Stone also made some great catches for big gains. On the defensive side of the ball it was Michael Parbury's night as he came away with two interceptions against the Wolves. Kris Stone had also had one! The Defensive line destroyed the Wolves up front causing havoc in the backfield all night long and Waylon Doty came up with his conference leading 9th sack of the season! The Dawgs played intense the entire game and every hit was a big hit on the Wolves. This coming week the Dawgs will travel to Springfield Catholic to try and upset the Fighting Irish at home for a second District Victory and hope to secure a spot in the State Playoffs for the first time since 2003.

The Aurora Houn Dawg State Champions will be honored before the first three home games of the season! September 4th will be the 1999 team, Sept. 11th will be 1969, and October 2nd will be 1965.