OHS Homecoming senior candidates are: front row: Amanda Riley, daughter of Skip and Julee Riley; Jessica Bates, daughter of Corey and Christina Bates; and Courtney Kirkpatrick, daughter of Steve and Brenda Kirkpatrick; back row class attendants: freshman, Jaymie Nesbitt, daughter of Glenn and Janna Nesbitt; sophomore, Maranda Moore, daughter of Charlotte and Ron Merwarth and Mike Moore; and junior, Brittany Jones, daughter of Linda Jones and Jimmy Jones. Coronation ceremonies will be held this Friday night at Arrowhead Stadium in Oswego.

The Oswego High School Booster Club (for all ages) will have its 2009-2010 “Back to School Bash” on Saturday, Aug. 15, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Mark and Chris Brannin’s House, 7 Woodcliffe Drive. Fun, food and games will be available for all ages.
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The Oswego High School Indians Football season will soon begin on Thursday, Aug. 13, with a parent meeting at Oswego High School at 7 p.m.
On Friday, Aug. 14, the new practice year officially begins with rules, equipment and locker check-out at Oswego High School at 6:30 p.m. This is Coach Fewin’s birthday. All players must be in attendance–it is very important that you are there.
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This Veterans’ Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11, the Oswego FVS in conjunction with the Oswego Schools will present a Veterans’ Day Program in the Oswego High School Commons area at 1 p.m.
The program will feature KKOW’s Tom Watts as guest speaker with music being provided by the fourth and fifth grade choirs from Neosho Heights and the sixth, seventh and eighth and high school choirs from the Middle School and High School.
A power point collage featuring pictures and military career data of our local veterans will be displayed during part of the musical presentation. This collage is the result of work done by Roberta Brightman and the Middle School Gen-Y Class.
All veterans and family members are encouraged to attend this celebration of freedom to receive thanks to those who gave their time, energy, and, in some cases, their lives for our country and our freedom.––by Robert Harrison, music instructor.

When the Oswego High School football team plays at Yates Center for the regular season finale Thursday night, Oct. 30, the Indians’ eyes will be squarely focused on the Wildcats.
However, their minds might be wondering about another game some 30 miles away.
That’s because Sedan and West Elk will be locking horns in Howard, Kan., to decide the class 2A district 8 playoff championship (Oswego is the third team in that three-team playoff).
Regardless of what happens at Yates Center on Thursday, Oswego has to hope for a berth in the class 2A state playoffs with a Sedan triumph over West Elk.
A Sedan victory would give the Blue Devils a 2-0 standing in the district playoffs, thereby eliminating West Elk out of state playoff contention. Oswego would then be the district playoff runner-up and will travel to Pittsburg-Colgan for the start of the class 2A state playoffs on Tuesday, Nov. 4.
Oswego entered last Friday’s game with a 20-14 win over West Elk on Oct. 17. The Indians could have had a chance to clinch the district playoff title outright last Friday with a win over Sedan, however the Blue Devils had other plans. The Blue Devils stunned the Indians, 31-14, in Oswego to put the Indians’ hopes for a district playoff on hold.
After Sedan had an 8-0 lead at halftime, Oswego got on the scoreboard when Damon Trotnic scored on a five-yard run. The Blue Devils would then score a pair of touchdowns to command 22-6 lead in the fourth quarter. Trotnic would find paydirt one last time by scoring on a seven-yard run in the final minutes. That touchdown would cut Oswego’s deficit to 28-14 — a two-possession, two-touchdown difference.
However, Sedan would expand its score when Brady McCoy knocked an 18-yard field goal through the uprights in the waning minutes to lift the Sedan team ahead by 17 points.
Oswego actually finished the game ahead of Sedan on the offensive charts. The Indians amassed 284 yards in offense (206 rushing, 78 passing) while Sedan had 269 total offensive yards (220 rushing, 49 passing).
Trotnic led the Indians with a game-high 142 rushing yards on 18 carries. Nick Billingsly logged 27 rushing yards on four totes.
Oswego quarterback Lane Martin hit six of 26 targets for 78 yards and threw two interceptions in the loss.
Head coach Andy Fewin’s Oswego team is now 5-3 overall. Regardless of a win or loss at Yates Center on Thursday, the Oswego team has now accumulated as many wins in one season as it has in the previous four seasons combined.
Oswego has not competed in the class 2A state playoffs since the 2004 season.

Students from Oswego High School will be joining thousands of other youth on athletic fields all across America on Wednesday, Oct. 8, to share their Christian faith with fellow students during the fifth annual “Fields of Faith” event. This rapidly growing, interdenominational outreach event will be held at more than 400 locations throughout the country on the same day.
While many Christian rallies are anchored to an entertainer or professional speaker, creating a spectator event, “Fields of Faith” is structured as a student-to-student ministry. Peers invite their own classmates and teammates to meet on their school’s athletic field to hear fellow students share their testimonies, challenge them to read the Bible and to come to faith in Jesus Christ.
“Throughout history, God has sparked great spiritual awakenings through young people,” said Jeff Martin, an Oklahoma Area Director for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. “And that is the power of what we are trying to accomplish through ‘Fields of Faith.’ It goes beyond its appearance of a one-night rally on an athletic field.”
Oswego High School’s Fields Of Faith will be held at the Oswego High School Football Field on Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. All area junior high and high school students, as well as area churches are invited to this special event.
More information about “Fields of Faith” is available at www.FieldsofFaith.com. For more information about the event in Oswego, contact Penny Spore, penmark@usd504.org  or 423-9265 and/or Rod Monroe, rmonroe@usd504.org

By Kelsey Farris
Oswego High School will be playing against Northeast High School of Arma Friday, Oct. 10, for their homecoming game. Crowning will be at 6:30 p.m. at the football stadium.
The senior queen candidates are Johna Gilliland, daughter of Darvin and Christina Gilliland; Deja Trotnic, daughter of Brett and Leona Trotnic; and Hayden Ward, daughter of Mikel and Sonja Ward. The freshman attendant is Kinzie Nesbitt, daughter of Glenn and Janna Nesbitt. Sophomore attendant is MaLeah Roark, daughter of Mike and Denise Roark. The junior attendant is Amanda Riley, daughter of Skip and Julee Riley. The kindergarten attendants are Isaac Elliott, son of George and Beverly Elliott, and Lindsey Dinnsen, daughter of Doug and Tina Dinnsen.
Homecoming week the school is having spirit week. Each day features a different activity. Monday is PJ day, Tuesday favorite sports team day, Wednesday no school, Thursday twin day, and Friday red and white day. Thursday, following the home JV volleyball game, there will be a bonfire located at Bill Trotnic’s land on North Street just south of the high school. Friday there will be a downtown pep rally. The caravan will be leaving the high school at 1:30 p.m. Come support our Indians to a victory.