Honoring Aurora’s Ormond family for three generations of service over 80 years, West Aurora School District 129 dedicated Ormond Stadium at West Aurora High School Thursday, Sept. 15. West Aurora’s a capella choir opened the ceremony outdoors on Ken Zimmerman Field at the stadium with the alma mater. Jason Buckley,
Rick Albright, right, with Neal Ormond, recently was selected for the 2022 Friends Class of the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) Hall of Fame. Ormond, a 1984 IBCA inductee, nominated Albright.
April 24 and 25, the A+ Foundation will celebrate the 14th anniversary of the Distinguished Alumni Hall of Honor. This year, four individuals will join the ranks of the 66 previously honored West Aurora School District 129 alumni when they are inducted into the 2020 Hall of Honor. • Marina
Neal Ormond waves to the crowd at the reception for his award of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Distinguished Media Award.
Neal Ormond, III, West Aurora High School broadcaster, will receive the Distinguished Media Service Award from the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) prior to the boys varsity game against Yorkville Saturday.
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) announced its seventh class of recipients of the IHSA Distinguished Media Service Award. The 2019-2020 honorees include two of the longest-active media members in Illinois, alongside a legendary high school sports writer. Fowler Connell is 95 years young and still going strong as a
West Aurora School District 129 started the 2019-2020 school year with a new tradition, the presentation of a West Aurora Challenge Coin. Challenge coins, which began as a military tradition, have become a widely-recognized way of showing membership and boosting morale. West Aurora has minted a limited number of coins
