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Important Homecoming 2025 Information

Homecoming week is an exciting and busy time in our district, and we cannot wait to celebrate with you all next week leading into Friday’s Homecoming football game against Fossil Ridge at Tim Buchanan Stadium.

As you know, the events of Homecoming week and the football game are very large events with lots of attendees and moving parts. Below is important information and expectations for next week as we work to ensure a safe and fun experience for everyone.

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Homecoming Parade and Community Pep Rally - 6 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 22

  • Please review the map below of the homecoming parade below; there has been a pretty significant change from last year’s route. Some important things to note:
    • The parade will start along Bailey Ranch Road; spectators will ONLY be permitted to sit on the north side of Bailey Ranch Road (sit in sidewalk or grass areas only).
    • There will still be two-way traffic along Bailey Ranch Road during the parade; please follow the directions of the police officers on site.
    • The lot immediately south of Aledo HS (between Aledo HS and Bailey Ranch Road) is open to the public for parking; however, this lot will close at 5:30 p.m. or prior to that if it is already full.
  • Spectators are welcome to start setting up for the parade at 5 p.m., and the parade starts at 6 p.m. Please remain on the sidewalks or grassy areas and avoid the street.
  • Spectators must park in the designated parking lots surrounding the AHS and DNG buildings. No parking will be permitted on Bailey Ranch Road or in the grass. 
  • Spectators will be expected to comply with requests to remain off the road and driveway during the parade and follow directions provided by the administrators, police and volunteers assisting with the parade.
  • Tailgating will not be permitted during this event.
  • The Aledo ISD Bearcat Store will be set up in the area just in front of the Aledo ISD Administration Building beginning at 4:30 pm!
Homecoming Parade Route graphic

Even though we will have AHS-DNG administrators, AISD police officers and volunteers stationed throughout the route to ensure the safety of our participants as well as spectators, we ask that parents/guardians and adults attending the parade supervise their children and help to make sure children do not enter the driveway/parade route during the parade.

The Community Pep Rally will begin immediately following the parade inside Buchanan Stadium. Spectators should sit on the home side of the stadium.

Please remember that this will be a heavily attended event, meaning more vehicles and traffic than usual. Please assist us by monitoring your children; do not allow them to play in parking lots or other areas where vehicles are driving or near other spectators. Thank you for your patience as traffic and getting into and out of the stadium will take longer than usual. Please plan your arrival time accordingly!

Homecoming Game Ticket Sales

We will utilize the same timeline and systems for ticket sales that we did for the first varsity home game last week for next week’s Homecoming game. Please note that tickets will sell out extremely fast! Bearcats fans may purchase tickets on the visitor side, but you MUST sit on the visitor side with a visitor ticket. 

The following is the varsity home football game ticket timeline:

  • AHS-DNG students in grades 9-12: May purchase 1 ticket per non-participating student from 8 a.m. on Monday through noon on Thursday the week of a home game. Reminder: student athletics passes are not valid varsity home football games.
  • Parents of students participating in home varsity football games: May purchase up to 4 tickets from 8 a.m. on Monday through noon on Tuesday the week of a home game.
  • General Admission Public Ticket Sales: Begin at 1 p.m. on Tuesday the week of a home game until sold out. More General Admission tickets may become available beginning at 1 p.m. on Thursday the day before the home game. Reminder: Family athletic passes are not valid for varsity home football games.

An email will be sent to non-participating students in grades 9-12 as well as parents of students participating in home varsity football games when ticket sales are open before each home game (8 a.m. on Mondays) with instructions on how to purchase tickets. Please check Aledo ISD Facebook for links to purchase general admission tickets on Tuesdays as well as for updates on sell outs and if additional tickets are available on Thursday afternoons.

As a friendly reminder, seats in Tim Buchanan Stadium with a back on them (whether they are orange and black or not) are reserved seats. If your ticket has a section, row and seat number on it, then you have a ticket for one of these reserved seats. Otherwise, all other tickets are general admission tickets and patrons should sit in general admission seating on rows that do not have backs. We ask that if you have reserved tickets and can’t make it to the game, please consider sharing them with or selling them to other Bearcat fans!

Homecoming Game Reminders

Remember, Aledo ISD had a clear bag policy it follows for varsity home games at Tim Buchanan Stadium. You can find the Clear Bag Policy and other Gameday Reminders on this website.

We ask that you please have your tickets out and ready to be scanned through the HomeTown Fan App, which you can find in the App Store or on Google Play or via a printed copy of your ticket. We will ask fans who are having trouble scanning tickets to go to a separate troubleshooting line so that we can scan fans in as quickly as possible; this often happens with screenshots and pictures of tickets on a screen. 

We will also have a "pass" gate for those entering with the passes that are accepted for this game, including UIL district passes, THSCA passes and senior citizens/SilverCats passes.

Gates will open an hour before the game (6PM gates open; 7PM kickoff).

Homecoming Tailgating at Bearcat Alley

Don’t forget ALL tailgating at Buchanan Stadium will be in Bearcat Alley this year! You can reserve your spot that includes a tent, nearby parking space, fire extinguisher and trash can online only beginning at 8 a.m. on Friday, September 19.

Please also review the Bearcat Alley general tailgating rules on our website at aledoisdathletics.com/tailgating.

Bearcat Alley tailgating graphic

The Homecoming Court will be introduced and the Homecoming Queen will be announced at halftime. And be sure to stick around after the game to watch the Bearcat Regiment perform!

Thank you for all that you are doing to help make this an exceptional experience for all of our Bearcats and our guests from Fossil Ridge!