The Fair Grove R-X School District was home to a flurry of activities on the week of September 5th, and was even crazier than normal. Why? The first week of September was Homecoming week. This year’s Homecoming theme was The Best Day of My Life, and featured a beach/tropical themed dance, and spirit days like Tourist Tuesday, and Winterwear Wednesday.

Six girls also had to do some additional shopping for a dress, on top of what was needed for spirit week. This years homecoming court feature freshman princess Hallie Newman, sophomore princess Camie Sims, and junior princess Shelby Wallace. 2013 queen, McKayla Coddington also returned, to hand the crown over to this years queen. The candidates for queen were princess Makalie Woody, princess Lucy Newkirk, and the 2014 homecoming queen, Kayli Coddington.

“I’m really excited to have been selected by my peers as homecoming queen. It means a lot,” says Coddington “It made it even more special that I got to receive the crown from my cousin McKayla. I’m just so honored that my peers would think so highly of me.”
The game followed the coronation with the eagles playing the Pleasant Hope Pirates. The Eagles got off to an early lead, and put the game in the win column with a final score of 26-14. The Eagles had a total of 207 yards over 53 plays.