A Review of MVAOCOU Homecoming 2026

Homecoming Court
    At Coronation Sunday evening, Chloe Hamman, daughter of Amy and Corey Hamman of Anthon; and Bo Clausen, son of Jaclynn and Kevin Clausen of Anthon were crowned the MVAOCOU Homecoming queen and king.
    This year, due to impending rain, coronation was held in the school.

Seniors Caden McCormick, Collin Smeltzer, Dierks Hieber, King Bo Clausen, Queen Chloe Hamman, Claire Smallwood, Chloe Parr, and Taya Ohlmeier.

Underclasspersons: Freshmen Creighton Koenigs and Bailey Allen, Juniors Levi Trucke and Ella Staley, and Sophomores Ford Welte and Lily Jacobson.

Emcees Ben Meseck and Caitlee Koenigs

Dress Up Days     During the week, students and staff at all grade levels celebrated Homecoming with different dress up days. At the high school level, dress up days were Slumber, Duos/Trios/Groups, Class Color Day, USA, and Ram Pride.

Bring on the Parade
    A parade was held on Wednesday evening. Some raindrops joined the parade, sprinkling drops of water instead of candy to those watching the parade. Beginning and ending at the athletic complex, floats from each class were included along with floats carrying younger athletic groups and business parade entries.
    Photos by Kathy Scholl and Courtney Pithan. Thank you, ladies!

Bring on the Peppy Rain
    Following the parade the stands at the football field filled with Ram fans for the pep rally. Unfortunately, the rally was shortened as a deluge of rain joined the pep rally.
    Photo by Courtney Pithan. Thank you, Courtney!
Ironman Volleyball
    Due to rain the powderpuff football games were cancelled.
    Thursday afternoon was reserved for the annual ironman volleyball games. In a twist, the seniors played the varsity girls volleyball team to end the day.

All-School Pep Rally
    The school week ended with the elementary students from the Anthon, Mapleton, and Charter Oak locations along with the MVAO and COU middle school students joining the MVAOCOU High School students for an all-school pep rally.

Bring on the Cheer
    The cheerleaders kept busy during the week with the pep rallies and the game.

Smeltzer Given Ram Pride Award     At halftime, Brian Smeltzer was given the Ram Pride Award by student council member Olivia Pithan.

Bring on the School Song     The band also added to the school spirit by playing the school song during the all school pep rally and at the game.