The 2025 Tarkio High School East Atchison Fall Homecoming King is Bo Peregrine and Queen is Dylan Drummond. They were crowned following the homecoming football game October 3.
The 2025 Fairfax High School East Atchison Fall Homecoming King is Tate Johnson and Queen is Piper Morris. They were crowned following the homecoming football game in Fairfax.
The 2025 Craig High School East Atchison Fall Homecoming King is Darrian Gilliland and Queen is Payten Hufford. They were crowned following the homecoming football game Friday night.
The 2025 East Atchison Fall Homecoming Court recognized at the football game Friday, October 3, were, from left to right: front row – crownbearers, Mattie Sundermann, Raxtin Riggins, Rory Lambertsen, Verity Whetsel, and Tyler Habrum; and back row – Deanna Krohn, Amelia Larson, Jaeka Wiley, Isaac Vette, Kennedy White, Gavyn Irvine, Fairfax King Tate Johnson and Queen Piper Morris, Tarkio Queen Dylan Drummond and King Bo Peregrine, Craig King Darrian Gilliland and Queen Payten Hufford, Bailey Wennihan, Finn Hurst, Azlynn Wiley, Jax Peregrine, Keely Bredensteiner, and Josh Schlueter. Not pictured is Craig Sollars.
Businesses on Main Street in Tarkio and Fairfax were painted or decorated for East Atchison Fall Homecoming. Fairfax City Hall and the Fairfax branch of the Atchison County Library are pictured above.
The Tarkio Post Office was decorated by the Class of 2029.
The Wolf football players auctioned off their jerseys Wednesday, October 1, so that they could be worn by their fans at the homecoming game Friday night. (Ken Miller photo)
One of the most loved homecoming activities is the color war, which has the high school boys throwing colored powder at the high school girls and vice versa. (Ken Miller photo)
Everyone gathered around a roaring bonfire for homecoming cheers and pep talks on Wednesday at Fairfax. (Ken Miller photo)
Tarkio Main Street was the place to be Friday afternoon when hundreds of people either participated or watched the East Atchison Fall Homecoming Parade. This year, Tarkio, Fairfax, and Craig schools, businesses and residents took part.
If you want to know whether the East Atchison football players are in shape, look at this picture for proof. Jax Peregrine, in cowboy boots, easily crossed the finish line in first for the football boys in a 4×100 meter race – which had the golf girls, volleyball girls, cheerleaders, cross country runners, staff members, and football players going head to head at the homecoming pep rally October 3 in Tarkio.
To keep the crowd pepped up at halftime of the Wolves’ fall homecoming football game against the Mound City Panthers Friday night, the East Atchison high school cheerleaders (middle), junior high cheerleaders (at top) and the Tarkio High School dance team (above) performed routines.
Receiver Carter Oswald has a big catch to give the Wolves a first down.
Tate Johnson busts through the line to add six points to the score.
Mason Kingery hauls in a pass from Brody Wennihan to set the Wolves up for a score.
Parker Livengood makes a good catch and scored the first touchdown on the night.
Running back Gavyn Irvine pulls a Mound City defender across the goal line for a touchdown.
Quarterback Brody Wennihan, under pressure, hits Knox Oswald for a 10 yard gain.
Luke Gebhards gets into the back field to stop Mound City’s running back.
East Atchison comes up short against Mound City
The East Atchison Wolves hosted the Mound City Panthers Friday, October 3, at Fairfax for their Fall Homecoming.
East Atchison would put the first points on the board following a big defensive stance holding the Panthers inside the 1 yard line. Runningback Gavyn Irvine was able to move the ball to midfield. On the next play, Brody Wennihan would hit wide-out Parker Livengood on a 40-yard catch and run. Mound City answered back fairly quickly, tying the game at 8. Both teams would battle defensively throughout the first quarter, not allowing any more scoring.
This was about to change as Mound City started the second quarter with a 4th and 10-yard, deep in EA territory. Mound City quarterback Henry Smith would hit Creyton Roup on a quick pass for their third touchdown, making the score 16-8. The Wolves would have a high snap, pinning them deep. This was followed by a fumble, which Mound City recovered resulting in a touchdown, making it 22-8 with 11:11 still to play in the first half. The Wolves continued to fight there way back with a 36-yard run by Gavyn Irvine to bring the score to 22-14 with 9:54 left in the first half. The Panthers would score two more times to extend the lead to 36-14 at the half.
As the Wolves came out of halftime their defense came up big recovering a fumble and setting up runningback Gavyn Irvine, who found the endzone once again in a 26-yard run to bring the score to 36-22 following a two-point conversion. With another strong defensive stance, the Wolves would score their second touchdown after the half with a run by fullback Tate Johnson to bring the score to 36-28.
Mound City wouldn’t score until the fourth quarter making the score 44-28 which would be the final score of the game.
East Atchison will travel to Barnard, Missouri, this Friday, October 10, to take on Platte Valley for the seventh game of the season.
