The Mexico High School is announcing a unique homecoming week for 2020. The event will take place October 5th-9th. The football game is against the Kirksville Tigers. Halftime band performance and coronation will happen after the game, and will be live-streamed through YouTube video. Spirit days will be held, as usual. The student assembly will…
A petition is being circulated online to change the name of the Mexico High School Dixie Gray Band. The petition is on change.org and was started by a MHS graduate. https://www.change.org/p/mexico-missouri-school-board-change-the-name-of-the-dixie-gray-marching-band?recruiter=559226240&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=fb_dialog&recruited_by_id=847f5ec0-368c-11e6-81fc-1deaddaa7751&utm_content=fht-22955080-en-us%3A1 According to a the petition the name glorifies the traitorous slave-owners of the Confederacy and should be relegated to Missouri’s racist past. There is…
The Captain of Mexico High School’s Cross Country team is signing her national letter of intent to continue running in college. Senior Rosanna McKeown will be running cross country and track for Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas while studying for a pre-med route. Rosanna is a 3-time All-Conference honoree and a two-time All-District recipient during…
Lucas Breneman, Mexico Middle School teacher and high school track coach is a young healthy man who contracted COVID-19 about a month ago. Coach Breneman joined the Am I Awake Morning show on AM 1340 KXEO this morning to talk about his full recovery and a first hand account of what it was like to…
Mexico speech & debate send several to state competition following district action. The One-Act Play Mexico performed, “Flowers For Algernon”, took first place at Districts and will be performed at State. The Reader’s Theatre entry, “Bullet Points for Learning”, tied for first place but ended with 2nd place after a tie breaker. Individual results: District…
Mexico High School is once again hosting the District 2 Speech and Debate Tournament soon. Mexico High School teacher and Tournament Coordinator Sara Given has the information for us. Friday will be the day for Reader’s Theatre and One Act Play entries to perform and Given says they are open to the public. Mexico students…
Sara Given, educator, director, and speech & debate coach at Mexico High School talks about Mexico hosting District Speech & Debate Tournament March 7th & 8th and the Jellybean Conspiracy among other topics on Public Perspective.
Current Mexico Girl’s Basketball guard Reghan Smith signs her National Letter of Intent this (Monday) afternoon. She will continue her basketball career at Columbia College while pursuing a nursing degree. Smith leads the Lady Dawgs in assists and steals for the second year in a row, and was named 1st Team All Conference and to…
National FFA Week this year is being celebrated February 23rd through February 28th. Mexico FFA Chapter members Sophomore Lexi Kelm, Junior Grant Norfleet, Sophomore Chayse Davis and Instructor Kendra Allen joined AM 1340 KXEO and the Am I Awake Morning Show today to talk about upcoming and past events.
It’s the opening day for the State Wrestling Tournament taking place in Columbia at Mizzou Arena. Final results for Mexico include Keith Ransom with a 1st round pin. Kevin Duong with a first round win by pin and Brayan Juarez with a win by decision. Terrell Williams lost by pin but won by decision in…
Mexico grapplers are into district action and didn’t have to travel as Mexico is the host site for Class 2 District 2 action. Yesterday’s (Saturday’s) results: Keith Ransom 1st place in the 106 pound class. Bryan Juarez 3rd at 113 pounds. Ricky Juarez 2nd in the 120 pound class. Dylan Mosley took 2nd in the…
A dozen members of the Mexico Speech & Debate Team traveled to School of the Osage yesterday (Saturday) to compete in the Osage High School Speech & Debate Tournament. A number of them finished in the top 10 in their respective categories, but didn’t make the cut to finals due to tie breakers. Taking first…
